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100 of the World’s Leading Operators to Present at LTE World Summit 201114 March 2011 – With
an increasing number of LTE deployments taking place around the world,
this year’s LTE World Summit - the world’s meeting place for the LTE
community – promises to address the challenges operators face and
stimulate debate across the global LTE industry.
In association
with strategic partner, 3GPP, and host operators, Deutsche Telekom and
BT Wholesale, the 7th annual LTE World Summit - taking place on 17-18
May at RAI Amsterdam, Netherlands. It will present over 100 operator
case studies and provide the backdrop for in-depth discussions ranging
from business models through to the technology challenges operators
still face and the work that needs to be carried out.
The start
of each day will see a series of keynote sessions run by C- level
executives from operator companies covering a number of topics,
including Is the future of mobile fixed? Examining the evolving
architecture and the convergence of fixed and mobile networks and User
experiences, policy control concepts central to LTE – Is
personalisation key to a generation that has grown up with mobile
phones? This year’s global keynote line-up includes:
• Hartmut Kremling, CTO, Vodafone D2, Germany
• Tommy Ljunggren, VP System Development – Mobility Services, TeliaSonera, Sweden
• Seizo Onoe, SVP and Managing Director of R&D Strategy, NTT DoCoMo, Japan
• Thierry Bonhomme, Executive VP, France Telecom/Orange, France
• Christian Daigneault, CTO, CSL, Hong Kong
• Marwan Zawaydeh, CTO, Etisalat, UAE
• Denis Sverdlov, CEO, Yota, Russia
• Andrea Folgueiras, CTO, Telefonica/O2
• Sally Davis, CEO, BT Wholesale, UK
• Dr. Abdul-Malik Al-Jaber, CEO, Zain, Jordan
• Martin Harriman, EVP, LightSquared, USA
• Thomas Welter, Chief Frequency Officer, SFR, France
• Joseph Brunoli, Managing Director, free-hotspot.com, Ireland
• Stephen Bye, VP Wireless, Cox Wireless, USA
• Ed Candy, CTO, Three, UK
Plus
there will be analysis and thought leadership from key invited industry
analysts on the most pertinent issues and challenges that the industry
faces with the commercialisation of LTE and the future of mobile
broadband at the LTE Analyst Spotlight – new for 2011.
More than
2,500 attendees and over 120 exhibitors are expected to attend the two
day show. Ian Hemming, CEO of Informa Telecoms & Media, commented:
“This is our seventh annual LTE World Summit and this will be by far
the biggest. The 100 operator case studies and a comprehensive
LTE-focussed exhibition will enable everyone attending to get a clear
picture of where LTE is now and where it is headed.”
LTE World
Summit 2011 provides delegates with a unique opportunity to hear and
learn from a powerful panel of over 150 expert speakers who will be
sharing insights and engaging in high-level debate.
Adrian
Scrase, Head of 3GPP Mobile Competence Centre at the 3GPP, remarked:
“The LTE World Summit has become a must attend event and I am sure that
Informa have done everything possible to raise the bar still further
this year.”
To view the full event programme and register for the conference, visit the LTE World Summit 2011 website at
www.lteconference.com or call +44 (0)20 7017 5505. Join the event’s LinkedIn discussion group at
www.lteconference.com/linkedingroup. View the YouTube channel at
www.youtube.com/lteworldseries. Follow LTE World Summit on Twitter at
http://twitter.com/LTEWorldSeries using hashtag #lteworldseries.
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For further information, please contact:
Press and media enquiriesKirsty Roberts
Tel: +44 (0)115 948 6901
E-mail: kirsty@bcspr.co.uk Conference programme or speaking enquiriesDaniel Cole
Tel: +44 (0)20 7017 4873
Email: daniel.cole@informa.com Sponsorship and exhibition enquiries
Elizabeth Carter
Tel: +44 (0)20 7017 5829
Email: elizabeth.carter@informa.com About Informa Telecoms & Media
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