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MARKET OUTLOOK AND FUTURE TRENDS
Questions/Topics:
• What are the key emerging trends in the wireless
broadband space?
• How is the BWA market likely to develop in terms
of consumer segments (enterprise, rural, residential)?
• What is the way forward?
• Joint presentation by Prashant Singhal, Partner,
and Gaurav Sharma, Associate Director, Ernst and Young
• plus Q&A
OPERATORS’ PERSPECTIVE
Questions/Topics:
• What is the operator perspective on wireless broadband?
• How will the deployment of these technologies impact
operator capex and opex?
• What strategies/services are operators likely to
adopt to gain market share and ensure revenue growth from
this segment?
Remarks by and discussion amongst: (in alphabetic order)
• Bharat Bhargava, Chief Strategy and Emerging Business
Officer, Aircel
• Sanjeev Tyagi, General Manager, Network Planning,
BWA, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
• Plus Q&A
REGULATORY ISSUES
Questions/Topics:
• What are the key regulatory issues and concerns?
In particular, what are the key spectrum management issues?
• How are these being addressed?
• What can we expect in the future?
Presentations by:
• Kunal Bajaj, Director, Analysys Mason
• Dr D.P.S. Seth, Independent Consultant, and Former
Member, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Mr Yateesh
Wahaal, Associate Director, Noesis – presented on his
behalf)
• Plus Q&A
IMPACT ON INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS
Questions/Topics:
• How will the deployment of these technologies impact
the infrastructure requirements?
• How will network sharing evolve with the launch of
BWA services?
• Presentation by Sharat Chandra, President and COO,
Strategy and New Technologies, GTL Limited
• plus Q&A
BUSINESS MODELS AND PRICING
Questions/Topics:
• What are the profitable business models in this segment?
• What pricing strategies are the operators likely
to adopt?
• Presentation by Jaideep Ghosh, Partner, KPMG India
• plus Q&A
POTENTIAL BROADBAND APPLICATIONS
Questions/Topics:
• What are the most promising applications/services
in this segment?
• What are the key factors that will drive the adoption
of these applications/services?
• What is the likely application usage pattern that
will emerge over the next two-four years?
Panel discussion amongst: (in alphabetic order)
• Eapen Abraham, General Manager, Sify Technologies
• Anuj Kapur, Country Head, Service Delivery Solutions,
Telcordia
• Vivek Chandok, Vice-President, CanvasM Technologies
• Plus Q&A
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE SO FAR
Questions/Topics:
• How has this industry evolved internationally over
the past few years?
• What are the key learnings from the experience in
other countries?
• Presentation by Sivarama Krishnan, Executive Director,
PricewaterhouseCoopers
• plus Q&A
SPECIAL SESSION: RURAL BROADBAND OPPORTUNITY
Questions/Topics:
• What is the potential market for BWA services in
rural areas?
• What are the challenges in deploying these technologies
in these regions?
• How can these be addressed?
• Presentation by Ajay Bhattacharya, Administrator,
Universal Service Obligation Fund
• plus Q&A
TECHNOLOGY: FOCUS ON WI-MAX
Questions/Topics:
• What are the most relevant and promising technologies/solutions?
• How has the ecosystem for this technology evolved
and what can be expected in future?
• What are the advantages and challenges associated
with the deployment of Wi-Max?
Presentations by:
• Dr C.S. Rao, Chairman, Wimax Forum (Chair)
• Bharat Bhatia, Regional Director, Asia, Global Government
Affairs, Motorola
• Vivek Vasishtha, Director, Technical Policy and Standards,
Corporate Affairs Group, Intel South Asia
• Plus Q&A
TECHNOLOGY: FOCUS ON LTE-TDD
Questions/Topics:
• What are the most relevant and promising technologies/solutions?
• How is the ecosystem for this technology likely to
evolve?
• What are the advantages and challenges associated
with the deployment of LTE-TDD?
Presentations by:
• Dr Lakshminath Reddy Dondeti, Director, Engineering,
Technical Standards, Qualcomm India & South Asia
• Sanjoy Sarma, Director, Sales, Alcatel-Lucent, India
• Sridhar Vadlamudi, Head, LTE, Ericsson India
• Plus Q&A
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