UMA '07

Migrating to ALL IP Solutions Today

20 - 21 March 2007, Hilton Cannes, France

Main Agenda

Day One: Tuesday, 20th March 2007

Registration & Coffee

08:30

Speed Networking: Your opportunity to get to know your peers before the start of the conference and set a relaxed and informal atmosphere

09:00

Chair's Welcome and Opening Address

09:05
  • Emma Mohr-McClune, Senior Analyst Wireless Services Europe, Current Analysis, Germany

STRATEGIC DEPLOYMENT OF UMA

Defining the UMA Offering

09:15
Operator
  • Establishing the technical issues and concerns of rolling out UMA services
  • Explaining the technical challenge of implementing UMA service across the globe
  • Analysing the evolution of UMA and IMS/UMTS
  • Yves Tyrode, Vice President Consumer and Business Offers, Orange, France

Exploring the Revenue Generating Potential of Utilising UMA as an MVNO Option

09:45
  • Defining the financials benefits of deploying a UMA MVNO solution
  • Navigating complexities of roaming and peer agreements for UMA MVNO operators
  • What additional opportunities does UMA offer MVNOs?
  • Case Study: Nokia & MVNO UMA partnership
  • Mikko Seppäläinen, Director for Marketing and Sales, New Voice Services, Nokia Networks, Finland

How can Mobile Operators Increase UMA ROI by Capitalising on the Broadband Market?

10:15
  • Defining the new broadband service revenue streams that can be tied to UMA deployment
  • Understanding the key technical challenges of entering into the broadband market as a mobile operator
  • Case Study
  • Roland Theis, VP Strategy Partnerships & new Technology, Alcatel
Commercial Telecom Italia Presenation

Strategies for Commercial UMA Deployment

10:45
Operator
  • Debating UMA as 'just another access technology'
  • Defining the cost benefit of UMA to operators
  • Reviewing the network implications for implementing UMA
  • Analysing the handset implications for implementing UMA
  • Andrea Lagana, Project Manager, Home Networks and Terminals, Telecom Italia, Italy

Networking and Refreshment Break

11:15

Can UMA Overcome the Critics and Go Beyond Voice? Pushing Data Services through UMA

11:45
Panel Discussion
  • Understanding what UMA offers the data environment
  • Overcoming the challenges of the current cost of data
  • Evaluating UMA's suitability to drive data services
  • Comparing UMA with alternative BWA solutions (HSPA,WiMAX, Flash-OFDM)
  • Matts Spore, Mobile Director, TeliaSonera, Sweden
  • Peter Jennings, Solutions Architect, Motorola Networks & Enterprise EMEA, UK
  • Tarek Wahba, Product Development Manager, Orascom Telecom, Egypt

Establishing the Business Case for a UMA Convergence Strategy for a Integrated Fixed/Mobile/ISP Operator

12:15
  • Reviewing Orascom Telecom's global footprint
  • As an integrated operator could UMA be viewed as a strategy to compete with the VoIP market?
  • Differentiating services based on a UMA service offering
    • How could UMA fit into a long term integrated operator service offering?
  • Defining the limitations of UMA from a integrated operator
    • What could be the likely alternative technologies or approaches?
  • Tarek Wahba, Product Development Manager, Orascom Telecom, Egypt

Networking and Lunch Break

13:00

PACKAGING, MARKETING AND SELLING UMA

Developing Realistic Pricing Points for UMA Services

14:30
  • Reviewing the lessons learned for UMA pricing during 2006
  • Creating economies of scale for UMA handsets
  • Utilising pricing initiatives to reduce network traffic
  • Comparing bundling or separate offering pricing solutions
  • Examining the differences of pricing for the residential & enterprise market
  • Peter Jennings, Solutions architect, Motorola Networks & Enterprise EMEA

UMA & SECURITY CONCERNS

15:00
Operator
  • Exploring the potential of UMA for enterprise applications
  • Addressing the specific security concerns of the enterprise
  • Implementing user authentication and tunnel termination
  • Defining the heightened level of QoS required by the enterprise market and means to achieve it
  • Examining effective strategies to target to enterprise market
  • Colin Blanchard, IT Security Consultant - Security Risk & Compliance, BT, UK

Networking and Refreshment Break

15:30

UMA/GAN Technology-Security and Fraud Issues

16:00
Operator
  • Demonstrating the problem with EAP-SIM authentication procedure used in UMA which can lead to cloning SIM card (explication of Sarvar Patel method)
  • Establishing how to clone SIM card using weakness of "full authentication with EAP SIM " termination in the MT" procedure
  • Defining how to access GAN without SIM using weakness in "fast re-authentication with EAP SIM " termination in the MT"
  • Explaining how to access GAN without USIM using weakness in "fast re-authentication with EAP AKA " termination in the MT"
  • Revealing how different scenarios make fraud using access to GAN
  • Robert Bienias ,Telecommunication’s Security Specialist, Polkomtel, Poland

UMA HANDSET EVOLUTION

Creating Effective Value Drivers for UMA Handsets

16:30
  • First generation UMA handsets - key lessons learned
  • Drivers for next generation UMA handsets
  • What comes after voice? Non-voice use cases for WLAN enabled UMA feature phones
  • Carsten Schimanke, Marketing Manager Business Line Cellular Systems, NXP Semiconductors (Founded by Philips), Switzerland

The Holy Grail: Strategies to Reach High Volume for Handsets

17:00
Panel discussion
  • Reviewing the UMA handsets on the market
  • What forces have been impeding the growth of UMA handsets?
  • Developing economies of scale for UMA handsets
  • Addressing questions of how new hybrid WiFi/mobile phones will fit into municipal WiFi networks
  • Building compelling UMA handsets " getting the user interface right
  • Alan Wright, Head of Strategy and New Business Development, Motorola Devices Europe, UK
  • Carsten Schimanke, Marketing Manager Business Line Cellular Systems, NXP Semiconductors (Founded by Philips), Switzerland
  • Jinsung Choi, VP, Head of Mobile Communication Technology Research Lab, LG Electronics, Korea
  • Plus other operator speakers

Pushing to the Future: Addressing Operator and Consumer Demands for 3G/UMA Phones

17:45
  • Supporting for SIP & IMS on 3G/UMA phones
  • Forecasting the availability of 3G/UMA phones
  • Predicting pricing points for 3G/UMA handsets
  • Jinsung Choi, VP, Head of Mobile Communication Technology Research Lab, LG Electronics, Korea

Networking Drinks Reception

18:15

Day Two: Wednesday, 21st March 2007

Registration & Coffee

08:30

Chair's Welcome and Opening Address

09:00
  • Mark Rowland, IBB Consulting

THE EVOLUTIONARY PATH OF UMA

UMA and the Evolution Towards Wireless Convergence

09:10
  • The trend towards multi-bearer solutions
  • Moving towards an all IP network
  • The what, why and how of the convergence handset
  • How does UMA fit into a convergence future?
  • The need for whole-system hand-over - RF coexistence issues
  • Charles Sturman, Director Radio Products & Technology, Motorola TTPCom Product Group, UK

Comparing UMA vs. Voice Call Continuity (VCC) " How Can Mobile Operators Deploy an all-IP Solution Quickly?

09:40
Panel discussion
  • Is UMA vs. VCC a much more fair and accurate comparison than UMA vs. IMS?
  • Is UMA different than other access technologies when it comes to its dependencies?
    • Handset capabilities - Handset availabilities
    • Home gateways - User experience
  • Is UMA capable of supporting IMS & SIP?
  • Exploring the pros and cons of UMA vs. VCC handover
  • Comparing the differences between using VCC and UMA for indoor for SMS
  • Examining how UMA is built specifically for mobile operators, where VCC is designed for non-mobile operators
  • Colin Blanchard, IT Security Consultant - Security Risk & Compliance, BT, UK
  • Janne Linkola, Consultant, IBB Consulting, USA
  • Robert Bienias, Telecommunication's Security Specialist, Polkomtel, Poland

The Role of UMA in an Evolving IMS Landscape

10:25
  • Should UMA and IMS be seen as competitors?
  • How can UMA and IMS be differentiated?
  • Understanding how UMA could serve as a path to IMS
  • Complimenting IMS implementation through UMA
  • Malcolm Latham, Marketing Manager, Seamless Mobility Solutions EMEA, Motorola Networks & Enterprise, UK

Networking and Refreshment Break

10:55

TeliaSonera Case Study: Examining the Business Case for UMA and SIP Coexistence

11:25
Operator
  • Can UMA and SIP coexist within the same operator?
  • Understanding TeliaSonera's strategy in having UMA and SIP on their technology portfolio
  • Examining the motivations for investing in UMA and SIP
  • Defining the types of services enabled by the inclusion of UMA and SIP in an operator's technology portfolio
  • Matts Spore, Mobile Director, TeliaSonera, Sweden

Networking and Lunch Break

12:25

EVOLVING UMA APPLICATIONS: FROM ‘UNLICENSED' TO ‘UNIVERSAL'

From ‘Unlicensed' to ‘Universal': UMA's Expanding Service Opportunity

13:55
  • How operators are looking beyond dual-mode handset service for UMA infrastructure
  • Using UMA to provide generic access over broadband IP networks
  • UMA-enabled femtocells, softmobiles, terminal adaptors, dual-mode WiMAX devices
  • The business drivers for expanding UMA's role in mobile service delivery
  • Steve Shaw, Director Marketing, Kineto Wireless, USA

Debating the Role of UMA in Dual Mode UMTS/WiMAX Mobile Devices

14:40
Panel discussion
  • Addressing the technical challenges of UMA-enabled UMTS/WiMAX dual mode devices
  • Is there really a market for these devices?
  • Predicting the availability of these devices
  • Exploring the potential benefits of WiMAX access points in the home for the operator and the consumer
  • Steve Shaw, Director Marketing, Kineto Wireless, USA
  • Will Franks, CTO and Founder, UbiquiSys, UK
  • Charles Sturman, Director Radio Products & Technology, Motorola TTPCom Product Group, UK
  • Theo Schuurman, Project Manager, Orange, Netherlands

UMA-Enabled Terminal Adaptors: Fixed Line VoIP from the Mobile Operator

15:10
  • Using the mobile network to deliver fixed line services in the home
  • Capturing all fixed line and mobile traffic in a single plan and one bill
  • Leveraging existing UMA network infrastructure
  • Do subscribers want all mobile, or fixed and mobile services?
  • Speaker to be confirmed

Networking and Refreshment Break

15:40

UMA AND NETWORK CONSIDERATIONS

Getting it Right: Implementing UMA into the Network

16:10
  • UMA traffic and network architecture
  • Situating UMA in a GSM network
  • Network scalability and the impactions of high traffic over WiFi
  • Addressing capacity implications for the network
  • Janne Linkola, Consultant, IBB Consulting, USA

TECHNICAL TELECOM ITALIA PRESENTATION

UMA Deployment in Telecom Italia

16:40
Operator
  • UMA Telecom Italia offer & architecture
  • Implementing UMA in a real network, problems & solutions
  • Enhanced UMA (dual ring, conditional routing, call deflection)
  • UMA vs. VCC in Telecom Italia
  • Claudio Vergati, Project Manager, Service Layer Engineering, Telecom Italia, Italy

Outlining the Challenges of Access Point and UMA Interaction

17:10
Operator
  • Addressing concerns of AP interference
  • How will existing APs and UMA interact?
  • Managing bandwidth and reception challanges
  • Addressing concerns of quality of service guarantees
  • Theo Schuurman, Project Manager, Orange, Netherlands

End of Conference

17:40