Mobile Broadband Solutions
Hosted by Radio Application Management Committee, China Institute of Communications & People's Post & Telecom News
Mobile users are demanding ubiquitous high speed Internet access. How well can China’s 3G network satisfy this demand? What is being done by operators, hardware manufacturers, device makers and service providers to provide a seamless and quality mobile broadband experience for users? Is there a role for WiMAX in China’s mobile broadband network? How big will the market for mobile broadband be in China? What business, entertainment and other applications are going to attract users to subscribe to mobile broadband? Are handsets and mobile computers being developed to take advantage of mobile broadband services? How can enterprises take advantage of mobile broadband to enhance your business process?

Path to Ubiquitous and Seamless Broadband Connectivity with Mobile WiMAX
Whether you are a wireless broadband operator or OEM, you need to be thinking about Mobile WiMAX for your future fixed, nomadic, portable or mobile broadband services and devices. With ITU’s recent approval of WiMAX technology as the new IMT-2000 standard along with ongoing compatibility and interoperability tests, WiMAX is accelerating into the mainstream computing, consumer electronics and telecom marketplace with astounding speed. This session will discuss Mobile WiMAX’s opportunities and potential to succeed or augment current generation cellular based networks in order to meet growing demands for bandwidth. You'll hear about the business case and value proposition of mobile WiMAX for wireless Internet, mobile computing and consumer electronics. Find out whether WiMAX is going to be complementary or disruptive, where mobile is WiMAX heading and where it stands in the migration strategies by carriers, latest developments on spectrum allocation for WiMAX, current trial results, progress with product certification and deployment issues.

Emerging Wireless Technologies – Femtocells "Wireless Inside"
As in-home wireless access point known as femtocell is drawing wide interest as a means for mobile operators to tap the home market with value added services. At this early juncture, the question is whether femtocell is going to revolutionize the mobile industry and drive fixed–mobile convergence as claimed. This session will examine whether femtocell are a good idea and where the market opportunities lies, what's the business case for their application and technical issues involved in their mass deployment. You'll learn how femtocell compares with other wireless technologies for indoor base stations and home networks. What is the value proposition for users and benefits mobile operators expect from deploying femtocell. Who are going to be the key players and the impact as femtocell takes hold. What are the pre-conditions for femtocell to take off in China? Why is femtocell expected to take off elsewhere in the world, plus more.

IMS: Making a Seamless Transition to Next Generation Network and Services
The promise of operational and cost efficiencies have attracted carriers worldwide to IP Multimedia Subsystem. So what has been the development and experiences so far? Will carriers be able to realize the value proposition of IMS in allowing new advances services to be developed quickly and economically using a common platform? This session explores the progress and implications of IMS and how it will influence the carrier business, the crucial role it is to play in service creation and competitiveness. Other topics to be covered include an update on the development of standards-based IMS, what are going to be the killer applications, business case for implementing IMS, technical issues with IMS architecture, integration IMS with SDP, OSS/BSS integration, service development and delivery, QoS, and more.

Location & Navigation – Finding Opportunities with LBS and GPS
Presentation by In-Stat
Location-based technologies combined with mapping and navigation software provides mobile users the intelligence to find what they want and that's good news to businesses of all types including carriers. LBS enabled devices with GPS tracking capabilities also allows companies to capture and accesses critical information. Such capabilities are now driving the growth in innovative LBS applications and services. At the 2nd annual China LBS/GBS Summit, application developers and service providers will have the firsthand opportunity to take part in an informative forum along with industry experts and leaders. This event is a timely occasion for dialogue, learning and collaboration to advance location based services development and adoption. It is intended for China's budding LBS development community along with leading providers of end to end solutions, geospatial software/systems, platforms, development tool kits, mapping/tracking engines, GPS silicon, handset/devices, service gateways and smart location technologies. There will be interesting presentations and panel discussions featuring industry experts and case studies by pioneers on topics related to market; application development; service deployment; business opportunities; and technology. The possible uses of location based services are only limited to one's imagination making it one of the most important niche wireless data applications to evolve.