Network with a select group of analysts in a roundtable seating on specific themes. Spaces are limited!

Theme 1 Launching and Developing Profitable WiMAX Services In A Competitive Marketplace

• Advantages that WiMAX brings over cellular networks
• Matching service propositions to network requirements
• Service opportunities in developed markets and emerging markets

Theme 2 WiMAX Vertical Applications

• Transportation
• Safety
• Health care
• Education

Theme 3 The Economics of Broadband Wireless

• Understand how new device types can be used to leverage network coverage and achieve a much higher QoS requirement
• Discuss how the amount of spectrum and the allocated frequency band impacts network economics - how much spectrum is enough?
• Gain knowledge of key economic metrics, including $/pop covered, and how $/MB and $/subscriber change with increased network traffic

Theme 4 State Of WiMAX Regulation In Asia

• Spectrum issues
• Licensing issues

Theme 5 Latest WiMAX Developments in Asia Pacific

• WiMAX development in Asia in 2007
• Market Snapview for 2008-2010
• Ecosystem analysis

• How is wireless broadband disrupting the telecommunications industry?
• What new possibilities does this wireless broadband revolution promise?
• How will WiMAX provide the broadband connectivity that we all crave in our business and personal lives?

• How have the dynamics of the new world of mobile internet providers affected the service offerings?
• Is there room for everyone - operator, content provider, service providers?
• What are the various opportunities for using WiMAX technology in conjunction with a cable operator’s hybrid fiber coax networks to increase market reach and improve service offerings?
• Open Internet Model - Where will the money pie for mobile services be and are there new market models to adopt and succeed?
• How can WiMAX be adapted to deliver advanced multimedia services eg HDTV, Mobile WiMAX TV?
• What are the technical and regulatory restrictions?
• What are the case studies and lessons to learn?
• How can they get backhaul?

• Why mobile WiMAX?
• How can mobile WiMAX networks and services meet consumer demand for mobile broadband services?
• Possibilities for WiMAX especially in emerging markets
• How will changes in consumer demand impact the design and use of mobile and portable broadband devices?

• Is the legacy baggage of 3G affecting the growth of mobile internet?
• To what extent does LTE pose a threat to mobile WiMAX?
• What are the technology roadmap options for operators – WiMAX, LTE or UMB?
• Is it possible for 3G to match the efficiencies of mobile WiMAX across a range of applications?
• Have investments in 3G met with the expectations of the market in terms of ROI to shareholders and expectations of subscribers?
• Can they get away from switching to Mobile WiMAX?
• What are the constraints on deployment timescales and evolution roadmap to LTE?
• What are the deployment issues for LTE and Mobile WiMAX on radio network planning, spectrum licensing, network and service provisioning?
• What are the vendor strategies in developing 802.16e and LTE?

• Launching and developing profitable WiMAX services in a competitive marketplace
• Examining the roll-out of WiMAX networks and services
• Identifying and overcoming the challenges

• What are operators’ roadmaps for 4G and broadband?
• Technology roadmaps for WiMAX?
• Is it fulfilling operators’ needs?

• Vision and Engagement in Mobile WiMAX
• WiMAX progress update
• Milestone and Success case study
• Future evolution analysis

• Technology changing the business model and making a real return oninvestment
• Looking ahead into how content will develop in the new media space
• Creating a perfect marriage between content and operators

• Bryan Wang, Research Director, Connectivity, Springboard Research, Singapore

• Differentiation strategies for operators using WiMAX
• Reaching subscribers cost effectively using WiMAX
• How to use VoIP as a profitable service over WiMAX networks

• Discussing how operators can take advantage of broadband wireless technology today to move into new markets worldwide to set themselves apart and win favor with end-users
• Why and How can content providers and device manufactures want to partner with operators?
• What are the services to be offered - mobile TV, IPTV, ipodcasts?

• Driving consumer adoption of the mobile internet
• Transform mobile search from random to relevant
• Creating indispensable mobile experiences that engage subscribers
• How to monetize the mobile internet

This section will kick start with a 15 mins update on the Developments of M-Taiwan WiMAX Application Lab (MTWAL) by Dr. Fang-Chu Chen, Engineering Deputy Director, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan, followed by panel discussion

• How to use WiMAX to deploy next generation applications?
• What will those applications be and which will be critical for each specific user segment?
• What is the performance benchmark on legacy and WiMAX?
• How to have a cohesive marketing and technical strategy?
• Which service providers have achieved return on investment and how?

• Overview on how the new OPEN WiMAX ecosystem is coming to fruition
• How will it answer the needs of operators who want to offer personal broadband services using mobile WiMAX?
• How can the OPEN WiMAX concept offers the most advanced solutions, an outstanding user experience and a variety of applications?

• Reviewing the complexities of WiMAX testing
• Outlining the proper testing methods required for successful deployment
• What are the test strategies to evaluate WiMAX devices and services against industry conformance requirements?
• How to ensure reliability & QoS?

• Evolving Mobile Services and Applications
• Mobile WiMAX Certification Overview and Status
• Mobile WiMAX E2E Network Architecture and Solution

These informal groups are designed to give opportunity to discuss the key issues and benchmark your progress with your industry peers. Each group will be lead by a facilitator on specific topic.

Group 1 : Current Status of the WiMAX Certification Programme & Certification Labs

• Certifying interoperability of BWA products
• Accreditation of the testing laboratory
• Validation of the test systems and expected date for starting the WiMAX certification program
• How to meet the requirements of network operators - combining robust conformance and interoperability tests with backward compatibility?

Group 2 : WiMAX Radio Access Infrastructure & Base Station Architecture

Group 3 : WiMAX Cell Planning Tools

Group 4 : WiMAX Backhaul Solutions & Performance

Group 5 : Antenna Technology

• How rapidly can we expect devices to become available in the marketplace?
• What are the price points & kind of services to offer?
• What intellectual property right considerations are likely to emerge as the WiMAX device market proliferates?

• What are the current business models to address the digital divide?
• Should and can cellular handsets be incorporated with WiMAX?
• What is the pricing roadmap for CPE and when will they hit USD100?
• How to ensure that WiMAX equipment from different vendors are interoperable?
• What are the considerations in evaluating WiMAX devices and services so that operators can maximize subscriber revenues?

• Key success factors for evaluating performance parameters of BWA technologies: frequency band availability and associated performance, true KPIs under realistic operational conditions, indoor coverage aspects and backhaul
• Description of a multi technology tool environment to evaluate service production cost: market inputs, technology performance, capacity and coverage aspects, evaluation of technologies for performance improvement, e.g. MIMO
• Selected examples: WiMAX, UMTS HSPA, proprietary solutions

• The Broadband experience
• Technology trends
• Enabling experience through software

• Sitting in groups with your peers, tap into the expertise and experience of speakers that had just presented and discuss with fellow operators on
• What’s the current status of WiMAX deployment in the world
• What are the pre-requirements to expedite roaming - WiMAX-WiMAX, WiMAX-WiFi, WiMAX-HSPA/3G/2G/li>
• Current activities and updates of WiMAX Forum Roaming Working Group