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CDMA WLL '07

From Wireless Local Loop to Full Mobility and Data Services

26-27 June 2007,Polat Renaissance Hotel, Istanbul, Turkey

Main Agenda

Day One: 26 June 2007

  • Chairman: Colin Chandler, Vice Chair, IA50 Association (UK)

Registration

08:30

Speed Networking

09:00

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

Chairman’s Opening Remarks

09:15

How Can Fixed Operators Expand Their Footprint In The Market With CDMA WLL? Quantifying the Benefits of Investment and Forecasting Impact upon the Bottom Line

09:30
Operator
  • How can WLL services be packaged to complement existing wireline service offerings?
  • Defining the wireless proposition
  • What VAS should be offered?
  • Capitalising upon new opportunities with CDMA WLL
  • what factors should determine timing of launch?
  • Frans Ndoroma, Managing Director, Telecom Namibia (Namibia)

Establishing the Business Case for CDMA Operators to Invest in WLL: Developing Roll-out Strategies to Accomplish Objectives of Deployment

10:00
Operator
  • What are the objectives of deploying WLL for operators with existing CDMA network assets?
  • How effective is CDMA WLL as part of a long-term growth strategy?
  • Turning revenue into profit
  • how can CDMA operators generate
  • commercially viable service offerings with WLL?
  • Fazal Hussain, CEO, GO CDMA TeleCard (Pakistan)

Positioning CDMA WLL in the Context of Evolving Commercial

10:30
Operator

Strategy: Defining the Network Planning Criteria for CDMA

  • Developing a business case by making accurate assessments of the market
  • Leveraging the capabilities of CDMA WLL technology to enhance service offerings
  • Defining the planning criteria for coverage and network evolution
  • Selection of terminals for better acceptance by customers
  • Positioning limited mobility as a value-added in an efficient network framework
  • Luigi Gasparollo, Vice President Business Development MENA, Qualcomm (Italy)

Networking & Refreshments Break

11:00

Understanding the Feasibility of the Fixed Mobility Proposition: Implementing Cell-Locking/Home-Zoning with CDMA WLL

11:30
  • How technically demanding is implementation of cell-locking with CDMA WLL?
  • Defining the boundaries of nomadic usage
  • how big should the radius be?
  • Communicating the limits of the fixed wireless proposition to the market
  • what is the perception of fixed mobility?
  • John Giere, Chief Marketing Officer, Alcatel Lucent (UK)
12:00

Understanding The Motive For GSM Operators to Invest In CDMA WLL:What Is The Rationale For This Approach?

Operator
  • How much of a risk does CDMA WLL represent for GSM operators?
  • Evaluating the OPEX of maintaining GSM and CDMA networks in parallel
  • From GSM to CDMA WLL
  • how can GSM operators ensure efficient use of network resources?
  • Justin Coetzee, Chief Commercial Officer, Zantel (Tanzania)
12:30

Will GSM WLL Solutions Ever Hit The Market Or Are The Barriers To Deployment Simply Too Great? What Is The Business Case For Commercial Launch?

Operator
  • What are the barriers to deployment of GSM WLL?
  • To what extent is there a need for GSM WLL?
  • Can GSM WLL deliver sufficient capacity to compete with CDMA WLL?
  • Evaluating the value of the time-to-market advantage of CDMA WLL
  • Godfrey Kisekka, Chief Technology Officer, Uganda Telecom (Uganda)

Networking & Lunch Break

13:00
14:15
Panel Discussion & Operator
  • CDMA WLL: An Interim Solution or Strategic Priority? For How Long Can CDMA WLL Provide a Competitive Platform For Commercial Success?
  • What factors will determine how long CDMA WLL remains on the radar for different players in the value chain?
  • How does the business case change as markets become more established?
  • Determining the trajectory for network evolution
  • what is the migration path for CDMA WLL?
  • Impact of DATA and VAS services on revenue in the CDMA WLL business case
  • Wladyslaw Bawiec, CEO, Sferia (Poland)
  • Arnfinn Röste, CEO/Founder, Nordisk Mobiltelefon AB (Sweden)
  • Fazal Hussain, CEO, GO CDMA TeleCard (Pakistan)
  • Luigi Gasparollo, Vice President Business Development MENA, Qualcomm (Italy)
  • Andy Chong, Vice Chairman, Sampoerna Telekom STI (Indonesia)

NORDISK MOBIL TELEFON - Exploiting the Versatility of CDMA to Become A Multi-Service Network Operator

15:00
Case Study & Operator
  • What role can CDMA WLL play in delivering a full complement of services?
  • Capitalising upon convergence to capture greater market share
  • Can CDMA WLL deliver adequate voice capacity and data speeds in relation to alternative technology options?
  • Arnfinn Röste, CEO/Founder, Nordisk Mobiltelefon AB (Sweden)

SFERIA - What Are Some of the Early Lessons from EV-DO Service Launch in Poland? How Has The Market Responded To CDMA WLL?

15:30
Case Study & Operator
  • What new services have been enabled for Sferia subscribers by EV-DO launch?
  • Why was CDMA WLL chosen in favour of the alternative technology options?
  • Exploring the practicalities of nomadic service launch in Poland
  • what challenges have been overcome?
  • Developing dual-mode service offerings
  • capitalising upon GSM and CDMA synergies
  • Wladyslaw Bawiec, CEO, Sferia (Poland)

Networking & Refreshments Break

16:00

DIALLOG - Achieving Objectives of Cost, Clarity, Capacity, Coverage and Customer Satisfaction with CDMA WLL

16:30
Case Study & Operator
  • Developing a profitable pure fixed wireless 450 business strategy
  • exploring the critical success factors in the business case
  • How does Diallog maintain a competitive edge in Pakistan? Is CDMAWLL the basis of differentiation?
  • What is the future outlook for CDMA WLL service evolution at Diallog? 20,000 subscribers
  • What next?
  • Artem Orange, CEO, Diallog (Pakistan)

UMC - Driving Fixed Business by Using CDMA WLL to Create Profitable New Revenue Streams

17:00
Case Study & Operator
  • To what extent is driving residential business an integral aspect of UMC’s strategy?
  • How competitive is the market for fixed business in Ukraine? To what extent can UMC leverage CDMA WLL to gain market share?
  • Krzysztof Witon, Fixed Business Director, UMC (Ukraine)

WORLDCALL TELECOM LTD - Tariff development for the WLL Market: Competing with Cellular operators on Price in Pakistan

17:30
Case Study & Operator
  • How has Worldcall positioned its CDMA WLL service against competitive cellular offerings in the market?
  • WLL launched in 37 cities
  • Assessing the scalability of CDMA WLL technology
  • How have cellular operators responded to Worldcall’s tariff development initiatives?
  • Razzaq Paracha, Executive Director, Worldcall Telecom Ltd (Pakistan)

End of Day One

18:00

Day Two: 27 June 2007

  • Chairman: Frank Mulholland, Director of Sales and Business Development, Alcatel Lucent (UK)

Registration

08:40

Speed Networking

09:00

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

Regulatory Environment and Spectrum Licensing

How Should WLL Operators Respond To the Introduction of Unified Licensing Regimes? Employing Strategies to Capitalise Upon Emerging Opportunities

09:30
Operator
  • How do Unified Licensing Regimes (ULR) influence market dynamics and affect the ability of WLL operators to compete?
  • Why the need for ULR? Is evidence of ‘mobility by stealth’ among fixed wireless access providers the primary driver of such initiatives?
  • Can transition to WLL be a win/win scenario for all operators? Removing restrictions to expansion
  • Sanjeev Banzal, Joint Deputy Director General of Regulation, BSNL (India)

Fulfilling Universal Service Obligations - Is CDMA WLL The Most Cost-Effective Solution To Cater For Underserved Communities?

10:00
Panel Discussion & Operator
  • To what extent is CDMA WLL deployment a purely commercial decision?
  • Raising Teledensity and GDP
  • Does CDMA WLL provide the most effective means to increase economic prosperity and address the digital divide?
  • Evaluating demand for data services in markets with a low per-capita GDP
  • How useful is CDMA WLL as a solution to provide tele-medicine and education?
  • How far do Universal access funds go in financing last mile access?
  • Frans Ndoroma, Managing Director, Telecom Namibia (Namibia)
  • Justin Coetzee, Chief Commercial Officer, Zantel (Tanzania)
  • Khalid Khan, Chairman, Central Asian CDMA Forum(Pakistan)
  • Ruddy Valdivia, President, Valtron (Peru)
  • Razzaq Paracha, Executive Director,Worldcall Telecom Ltd (Pakistan)

Networking & Refreshments Break

10:45

Positioning CDMA WLL as a value-added Multi-Service Platform

11:15
Operator
  • Benefits bring by EV-DO Rev.A
  • Developing a business case by focus on Enterprise Users
  • Introducing multi user and multi service application
  • How to evolve to ALL IP network and Implementing Multi-Service Platform
  • Moheb Ramses, Technical Director MENA Region, Huawei Technologies

Understanding the Politics of Spectrum Licensing Decisions: Gaining Regulatory Support and Overcoming Objections from Competitors

11:45
Operator
  • Why has spectrum licensing become so politically charged?
  • Understanding the key areas of contention between competitors
  • How can CDMA WLL operators avoid falling foul of regulatory authorities?
  • Does increased competition from WLL operators drive down prices in the market below cost for GSM operators?
  • Is technology neutrality leading to fragmentation in the market?
  • Rajesh Kumar, Chief of Strategic Planning & New Technologies, BSNL (India)

Exploiting CDMA WLL in Pakistan to Drive Subscriber Growth - To What Extent Can This Local Success Story Be Replicated More Widely in the Eurasian Market?

12:15
  • Outlining the objectives and expectations from WLL deployment
  • Understanding the complex regulatory and business environment for WLL
  • Is WLL growth in Pakistan an exemplar for the larger Eurasian market?
  • The way forward for the Eurasian markets
  • learning from experience
  • Khalid Khan, Chairman, Central Asian CDMA Forum(Pakistan)

Which Band Can Provide The Greatest Platform For Competitive Advantage For CDMA WLL Operators? Capitalising Upon the 450 MHz Opportunity

12:45
  • Strategies for minimising OPEX
  • Countering the escalating cost of CDMA frequencies
  • What advantages can the 450 Mhz band deliver to operators seeking to implement CDMA WLL?
  • Vadim Belyavskiy, Chairman, International 450 Association (IA450) (Russia)

Networking & Lunch Break

13:15

Driving Down the Cost of Terminals in the 450 Band: Leveraging the Co-operative Opportunity to Achieve Volume

14:15
  • Does the high cost of terminals present a major obstacle to the commercial success of CDMA WLL?
  • What is the current status of fixed-wireless terminals in the 450 band?
  • What are the key "must have" features which should be supported on a WLL device?
Speaker to be confirmed

Defining the Roadmap of CDMA Network Infrastructure Evolution

SAMPOERNA TELEKOM STI - Outlining the Challenges of Rural Roll-Out: Overcoming Difficult Terrain to Realise the Potential of CDMA WLL in this Key Target Market

14:45
Case Study & Operator
  • How has Sampoerna Telekom overcome difficult terrain in Indonesia to launch CDMA WLL services?
  • What are the challenges of wireless network topography in rural areas?
  • Resolving interference issues with CDMA WLL
  • to what extent does physical terrain limit the viability of network investment?
  • Andy Chong, Vice Chairman, Sampoerna Telekom STI (Indonesia)

Profiting From the Promise of EV-DO Rev A: What Impact Will Future Network Upgrades Have Upon Existing CDMA2000 1X WLL Deployments?

15:15
  • Investigating the new revenue opportunities afforded by EV-DO Rev A
  • Examining the drivers of demand for high speed data services
  • Strategies for ‘future proofing’ network investments
  • Amrit Heer, Head of CDMA Product Development, Nortel

Networking & Refreshments Break

15:45

TELEKOM BALTIJA - Sharing Experience of Building A CDMA WLL Network for Voice and EV-DO With 100% Coverage in Latvia

16:15
Case Study & Operator
  • Sharing Experience of Building A CDMA WLL Network for Voice and EV-DO With 100% Coverage in Latvia
  • Investigating the legacy of problems with data transmission and telephony services in Latvia - Analysis of solutions (CDMA WLL vs.WiMAX)
  • Execution of projects undertaken over IMT MC-450 (CDMA2000-1x;CDMA2000-1x EVDO rev.0) network
  • Lattelecom WLL project: Migration of analogue subscribers to digital network over Telekom Baltija JSC CDMA2000-1x network
  • Broadband Latvia over Telekom Baltija JSC CDMA2000-1x EVDO rev.0 network
  • Developing strategies for further network development and convergence
  • Victor Topor, CTO, Telekom Baltija (Latvia)

CDMA WLL vs.WiMAX: Resolving Confusion and Controversy in the Market and Choosing the Best Technology to Reflect Objectives of Deployment

16:45
Panel Discussion & Operator
  • What factors should influence technology selection?
  • How significant is the risk of ‘vendor lock-in’ when evaluating proprietary solutions?
  • How relevant is WiMAX to operators in emerging markets?
  • Comparing the costs of network rollout and maintenance for competing technologies
  • Godfrey Kisekka, Chief Technology Officer, Uganda Telecom (Uganda)
  • Rajesh Kumar, Chief of Strategic Planning & New Technologies, BSNL (India)
  • Krzysztof Witon, Fixed Business Director, UMC (Ukraine)
  • Vadim Belyavskiy, Chairman, International 450 Association (IA450) (Russia)
  • Michael Zotov, CEO, Telekom Baltija (Latvia)

Close of Conference

17:15