This event focused on the application & technology innovations that are shaping the future of broadband in India. Participants of the conference attended to gain valuable insights and shape the future direction of the broadband market-place, examining strategies and techniques to allow organizations of all types to implement profitable, efficient broadband services to the business, government and residential markets.

3G India 2009 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 offered a powerful forum to understand what service will provide the most value to the user and also the technical issues that need to be considered to ensure the success of the 3G strategies in India.

Location-Based Services (LBS) refer to applications that use knowledge of the geographical position of a mobile device. Such applications include social networking through finding friend, security and emergency services, information services through locating points of interest etc.

LBS India 2009 conference brought together professionals from both the Operator & VAS industry to deliberate on the above issues.

This event positioned as one of the first of its kind in India, with an aim to provide a platform for telecom power and energy executives to discuss on practical strategies to meet the challenge of energy efficient agenda. The focus was also on the powering of future emergency communication systems and different environmental aspects related to energy.

6th WiMAX India 2009 International Conference focused on the delivery of next generation broadband services using WiMAX, 802.16x and similar proprietary standards. Senior-level speakers discussed crucial issues of standards & interoperability; spectrum & licensing; network optimisation & frequency planning; business models; international success stories & lessons learnt from large-scale WiMAX deployments; business opportunities and threats; using WiMAX as a means of delivering broadband services to the bush; how WiMAX can compliment other telecommunications offerings; costs & financing; and strategies for capturing the mobile market.

Over 400 million people in India now own mobile phones which are poised to reach 500 million by 2010. India is the second largest & 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. Over the last 6 years, the Indian telecom industry has realised the importance of Mobile Value Added Services. Given the declining ARPU and increasing competition among operators it is imperative to focus on alternate revenue streams. That is where there is a felt need for capitalizing on the Value Added Services Market.

5th VAS Asia 2009 offered a useful & powerful forum to:

• Examine what types of innovative service offerings are most appealing to Indian consumers.
• Develop marketing strategies in order to incite the user to use advanced data services.
• Develop innovative marketing tools for boosting the penetration of Mobile VAS usage in smaller cities and rural areas.

Mobile Banking India 2009 conference brought together industry experts and representatives from leading financial institutions, mobile operators and solutions providers and provided a strategic insight into m-payments and m-banking market, exploring collaborative business models, innovative applications, technologies and strategies.

The CDMA Development Group (CDG) celebrates 100 million CDMA subscribers in India, making it the world's second-largest CDMA market. The event was organized by CDMA Development Group & managed by Bharat Exhibitions. The evening was a gathering of all the CDMA players where they shared their experiences about achieving this milestone.

4th IPTV India 2009 created the best forum in the country that 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.

The business Conference focused on:

• Strategic Challenges & Opportunities for the introduction of IPTV in India
• Examining the market drivers & implementing the best practices for the IPTV in India
• Ushering the New Age Television Experience in India - IPTV/DTH/MSO Technology Providers & Broadcasters Perspective
• Service Providers & Content Developers Experience in Rolling IPTV in India

Managed Services is a fast growing USD 16 billion industry which is attracting telecom equipment vendors who are showing increasing interest to benefit from their existing competence and take on new roles in the value chain, covering activities such as network build, including planning and design, field operations, Network Operation Center (NOC) operations, application & service development, and billing. In recent years, operator awareness of Managed Services has increased significantly; Managed Services is now beginning to be a standard element of telecom operator procurement processes.

This conference provided a useful & powerful forum to:

• Examine the current potential & development of Managed Services in India.
• Evaluate opportunities for reducing OPEX and CAPEX through network sharing.
• Develop managed service and outsourcing models that optimise the balance between costs, quality of service and flexibility.
• Understand Regulatory & telecom ministry perspective on governing the Managed Services in India.
• Develop a successful business model for the Indian Market.

While IMS is evolutionary in nature, its impact on the communications market is revolutionary. IMS architecture is a unique catalyst and potentially disruptive architecture to the communications community. Never before have so many diverse stakeholders, including competing vendor and carrier groups, agreed on such a large set of overarching network standards. Because of its technical robustness and overwhelming support for all parties involved, IMS is destined to become the architecture of the NGN.

This event was designed to equip participants with the knowledge, solutions and partners they need to make IMS based services a profitable reality. It reviewed the potential for IMS globally and locally. The participants learned about the business case, value added services, technical standards, and future of IP communications at this conference.

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. The event focused on current business and technological issues and how this would impact your business in the near future.

Value Added Services in the new generation mobile technology arena are a rising star in India's fast growing wireless business. Voice is increasingly becoming a commodity. ARPU'S continue to drop. There is increased transformation of business models with an aggressive focus on value added services. Value Added Services is increasingly a growth area which helps the operator to maximise revenue and grow his ARPU'S as well. 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.

VAS India 2009 offered a perfect platform for B2B interaction among global leaders from Telecom Service Providers, Cellular Service Providers - GSM & CDMA, VAS Technology & Platform Companies, Content Aggregators, Next Generation Mobile Content Solution Providers, Handset Manufacturers - GSM & CDMA, Portal Providers, Entertainment & Electronic Media, Multimedia Service Providers, Software Developers, VAS Consulting and Research Organisations, Service Organisations, Telecom Associations & Regulators, VAS Technology & Platform Companies.