Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) is a breakthrough technology, which will support the ITU's vision for next generation wireless broadband services. UMB India 2007, Organised by the CDG, Supported by Qualcomm & Managed by Bharat Exhibitions featured speakers from leading wireless industry companies & operators who are in the forefront of the UMB technology developement.

Telecom is one of the fastest key growth areas of India inc. There is also an increasing convergence and divergence of telecom related technologies evident in the marketplace, as wire-line and wireless technologies compete for highly rewarding mind and wallet share.

Redefining Telecom had Microsoft's Telecom experts discuss about the current business and tehcnological issues and how this would impact the businesses in the near future.

This conference provided an in-depth overview of the challenges facing Indian broadband providers. It assessed the technological development in the Broadband arena and offered insights into the very latest applications that are driving the market forward. It also provided a platform for evaluating the crucial factors necessary for converging communication and for accessing new innovative services and applications for enhanced revenue generation. Through local and international case studies, the conference explored the market potential and adoption rates for Broadband connectivity and looked into the ever-expanding issues of content in the light of the current climate and strived to achieve balance between cost reduction and revenue creation.

3G India 2007 focused on laying India's roadmap on 3G & it showcased the bright future of third generation technologies and services in India. Along with bringing to the fore various policy issues affecting the deployment of 3G in India it also addressed how will money be made out of delivering 3G services and how revenues generated should be shared between the various parties involved. This conference also offered a powerful forum to understand what service will provide the most value to the user and also the technical issues that are needed to be considered to ensure the success of the 3G strategies in India.

2nd Telecom CEO Conclave seeked to address some major issues in the areas of regulations, investment, technology and convergence. It focused on the various strategies to maintain a high growth trajectory for the industry.

The conclave also focused on technology & business issues and ushered structured exchange of ideas, concerns & experiences with an aim to generate new ideas for participants in order to help them make useful business decisions. It offered delegates a vast spectrum of must - attend keynote address, panel discussions and special sessions that touched on the important issues concerning the Indian telecom industry.

The conference contributed to the better understanding of the challenges and opportunities that WiMAX presents to the regional operators and service providers, and offered delegates an opportunity to learn from and benchmark against the most advanced trials and commercial deployments.

This conference focused specifically on the technology and business challenges in implementing WiMAX wireless broadband networks for fixed wireless access and mobile broadband. These included: WiMAX, WiFi, FWA Devices, WEP, UWB, WAP, WiMAX Devices - CPE, Handheld, PDA, MIMO, OFDM, OFDMA, HSDPA, HSUPA, MediaFLO System, MDS (Media Distribution System), VoWLAN, NLOS, CPE, VoiceMAX, IP-RAN, EV-DO, EISP, TDD, PoC, IMPS, TD-SCDMA, HSCSD, HSPA, PHS, HC-SDMA, RFID, DECT, SRD and more.

Over 200 million people in India now own mobile phones & India is the fastest growing cellular market in the world - With ever rising cellular subscribers, Voice is increasingly becoming a commodity. Service Provider's are experiencing low ARPU's and high subscriber churn rate.

Propelled by the need to bring in service differentiation, operators are bringing new value added services in order to satisfy the growing demand of Indian consumers. Value Added Services is increasingly a growth area which helps the operator to maximise revenue and grow his ARPU'S as well. There is an increased transformation of business models with an aggressive focus on value added services. Presently Mobile VAS accounts for 10 - 12% of the operators revenue - which is expected to reach 60% in the next 10 years. This is attracting wireless operators, handset manufacturers, content developers, music & film companies, cartoon artists, game makers and musicians for ring tones, music, gaming, sports, mobile imagery, WAP, wall papers, logos, SMS based contests and streaming audio & video.

Mobile VAS market in India is estimated at USD 0.55 billion which is expected to grow more than 15 fold to greater than USD 9 billion by 2010.

For the 3rd successful year, VAS India 2007 International Conference & Exhibition created the best forum in the country for all players of the value chain where business was bound to happen!

An International workshop on "DVB-H Mobile TV" was organized by Broadcast Engineering Society (India) in collaboration with DVB-H Asia Pacific Alliance at Hotel Le- Meridian, New Delhi on 25-05-2007. The Workshop was inaugurated by Shri B.S. Lalli, IAS, Chief Executive Officer, Prasar Bharati. The key note speech was delivered by Dr. Helmut Stein, Member, Steering Board and President Marketing and Communications, DVB.

The Workshop provided an excellent opportunity to broadcast engineers and content providers to get an insight in to various issues related to encoding, content protection and content formatting, as well as , business opportunities that broadcast mobile TV brings.It was attended by more than 200 delegates from broadcasting fraternity of engineers, service providers and content managers. The delegates were greatly benefitted by the rich experience and expertise of the distinguished speakers. This workshop was supported by Broadcast Mobile Convergence Forum, DVB Forum and Nokia and sponsored by M/s Shaf Broadcast.

Most emerging markets have one thing in common - their citizens and businesses have limited access to basic telephone services, and those that are available often are prohibitively expensive. This creates opportunities for telecom service providers, particularly operators, that are willing to use innovative technologies and strategies to bring affordable voice and broadband data services to these underserved markets.

Of all the wireless technologies currently available and scheduled for release within the next few years, CDMA is superior for delivering voice and broadband data at very high speeds, in emerging as well as developed markets. The technology's benefits include affordable voice and true broadband speeds, ample device selection and significant investment and operating cost savings due to its proven Spectral efficiency. Those features and advantages give both greenfield and established operators the ability to offer affordable yet powerful voice and data services today to businesses and the public, as well as hospitals, schools, government offices and other facilities, even in remote areas and to build a platform on which to evolve to the next-generation services for the future.

By 2011, the Asia Pacific market is expected to reach 39 million IPTV subscribers. Total IPTV revenue in the region will reach USD 8.1 billion by 2011. Commercial rollout of IPTV services in India by several leading telecom operators is expected in 2007 and India is expected to be a high growth market by 2009. Telcos in India are constantly upgrading their networks to offer IPTV in order to retain customers & develop new revenue streams. Leading global players are aggressively eyeing the booming Indian market for delivering the triple play of voice, video and data services in an integrated wireless context.

2nd IPTV India 2007 created the best forum in the country which provided an ideal platform for key global industry players with a sharp focus on Indian market to examine the range of technology issues, alternatives and challenges facing the industry today as well as successful business strategies & solutions for the future.

This enchanting and memorable evening with soprano Shreya Ghoshal was organised by Sun Microsystems and managed by Bharat Exhibitions. The theme of this evening was "When everyone is connected... anything is possible!", where the industry's elite were invited to be a part of Sun's digital world and open their eyes to limitless possibilities.

This Conference offered in-depth information on the key networking technologies and issues in the years ahead. These included Broadband Wireless, IP Telephony, Network Convergence, new Broadband Technologies, Storage Networking, new Switching/Routing techniques, network security and many more. It was specifically designed for high level and most senior executives responsible for network development and strategy. The conference evolved discussions around topics on the current status of NGN technology trends, business applications and market prospects.

The objective of the seminar was to combat mobile security threats, streamline mobile tracking process & exploit revenue generating potential through pre-emptive security measures.

The seminar had several distinguished speakers from various facets of industry, creating a diverse and intellectually rich discussion forum. The seminar attracted topmost government officials, CEO's, CTO's and CIO's from the Indian telecom industry incorporating operators, regulators, software developers, telecommunication handset and equipment manufacturers and media.