Generating Sustained Revenues by Empowering Emerging Markets with Wireless Broadband

India’s economic boom is creating huge demand for broadband technology from urban homes and businesses alike. Meanwhile, rural communities are now being given opportunities to prosper, supported by government investment into addressing the digital divide. This demand for connectivity cannot be met cost effectively with wireline technologies therefore generating a huge opportunity for WiMAX to succeed. However, operators in this market face many challenges, notably those pertaining to spectrum availability and competition with the future 3G licence holders.

With this in mind and following extensive primary research with the industry and consultation with the WiMAX Forum Regional Director, Informa Telecoms and Media bring you WiMAX India. This new and unique event is fully endorsed by the WiMAX Forum and brings together 30+ industry experts to share their visions on:

• Engineering Innovation: How Many MHz Do You Need To Enact a Successful WiMAX Strategy?
• What Are The Dangers Of India Becoming Isolated From The Rest Of The World With WiMAX At 3.3GHz?
• How Is Regulation Achieving Social And Economic Goals Relating To The Nascent Broadband Market In India?
• Integrating WiMAX with Existing Network Assets to Deliver a Competitive Pan-Indian Offering
• WiMAX: A Technology Ahead Of Its Time In A Market Where 3G Is Still Not Launched? Is The Indian Market Really Ready For Deployment?
• Competing On Price At Higher Speeds: How Can Operators Monetise The Capabilities Of Advanced Technologies In Such A Price Sensitive Market?

The agenda already includes a number of high level keynote visionaries, with Mallikarjun Rao, Associate VP Technology & Network Planning, Maxis India, Pradeek Kumar Yadav, Vice President IT, Vodafone Essar, Naresh Ajwani, President Consumer Infrastructure and operations, Sify Corp, Bhalchandra Joshi, Vice President & Head Strategic Business Development, Reliance and Prateek Pashine, VP Marketing & Technology, Tata Communications among those already confirmed.

Space on the agenda is limited. Do you have valuable deployment experience to share? If you represent an incumbent, mobile or Greenfield WiMAX operator, application developer, content owner, regulator or laptop manufacturer, and would like to play a key role in defining the direction of the industry’s most influential events, please submit your proposal to Helen.Ponsford@informa.com