International Conference on Next Generation Networks & Basestations Tackles LTE, WiMAX, Femtocells, Backhaul, Spectum Re-farming and Also Goes 'Green'
BATH, England--(Business Wire)--
Prominent speakers from leading operators Vodafone, NTT DoCoMo,
Telefonica 02, Teliasonera, BT (British Telecom), T-Mobile, Telecom
Italia, Carphone Warehouse will share a platform with Industry
Analysts from Deloitte, Yankee Group, ABI Research, Cartagena, Arete,
Deutsche Bank, Frost & Sullivan and major network vendors Nokia
Siemens Networks, ZTE, Huawei, Ericsson, Qualcomm, Motorola,
Alcatel-Lucent, at the annual NGN & Basestations Conference in Bath,
UK, 22nd-25th April, 2008.
Keynote speaker John Carvalho, Head of Core Innovation at 02 will
open the conference by examining the challenges and opportunities
faced by mobile operators seeking to capture business from the fixed
line carriers.
One of the hot topics to be debated is the deployment of home
basestations / femtocells with both T-Mobile and Vodafone announcing
likely commercial deployments in 2008. Green Basestations and Networks
are also flavour of the month and the conference will be taking a long
hard look at the claims made by vendors and operators alike to be eco
friendly.
"Whilst there are many conferences on wireless networks, the
International Basestation Conference is exceptional both for its clear
focus and the high-quality of attendees," commented Rupert Baines, VP
of Marketing at picoChip, who will be addressing the hot topic of
Architectures for Next Generation Networks on the opening day of the
conference.
Each day of the conference brings together a mix of Operator,
Network Vendor, Analyst and Subsystem/Chip Providers to provide
delegates with the latest updates on LTE Standards, Backhaul,
Femtocells, Spectrum Refarming, Mobile WiMAX, VoIP, HSDPA,
Fixed/Mobile Convergence to name a few.
Full details of the conference programme can be found on the event
web site at http://www.avrenevents.com/bath2008
For Avren Events
Marketing and Sponsorship
Carole Mayhew, +44 1761 492547
carole@avrenevents.com
or
Programme Organiser
Andrew Bateman, +44 1225 723349
ab@avrenevents.com
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