WiMAX has an already established global ecosystem for device manufacture and support which services over 455 commercial WiMAX networks in 135 countries covering 430 million people. Further, with over 1,700 Global Spectrum Auctions in 140 Countries held since 2006 till date and expected 133 million customers worldwide (including 19 million in India) by 2012, there is significant commitment in the growing system to ensure that further economies of scale will benefit customers through declining prices and greater choice of devices.

7th WiMAX India 2010 International Conference focused on the delivery of next generation broadband services using WiMAX, based on the open standard IEEE 802.16. 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.

Into its successful 8th year - The convention created Asia's best MVAS forum in India offering a useful & powerful forum for organisations' 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.
• Worldwide Trends in VAS & the implications for India.
• Mobile games - location tracking - mobile banking - mobile advertising - content security.
• Value proposition for Rural VAS in villages and what is the untapped potential for mobile content and entertainment in India?

This conference offered a useful & powerful forum for all participants to:

• Evaluate the key trends in the M-payment market in India.
• Understand the successful, profitable and sustainable business models that would help drive the growth in the M-payment sector.
• Analyse key issues of security of M-payment systems and address how this will help to increase mobile payment penetration in the country.
• Formulate successful strategies to capture the mass Indian market.

The Workshop included full details about the progress made till date on the development of LTE and an insight into the future developments in the coming years. The Workshop also delivered a much wider overview about standard issues, operators' requirement and deployment aspirations. The delegate attendance was comprised of the most well respected executives in the Indian telecommunications industry and the meetings were designed to allow them to communicate on a personal level.

The conference provided an update on the mobile broadband, current capabilities, the eco-system, drivers and directions for future evolution to the next generation/LTE and beyond. It also discussed services and applications, business models and challenges including solving spectrum needs for capacity & coverage requirements.

This workshop was organised by the WiMAX Forum and Managed by Bharat Exhibitions. The topic was "Rural Broadband Initiatives for Digital Democracy". It focused on the following issues:

• Economics of Rural Broadband Deployment
• Policy Support for Rural Broadband
• BSNL Deployment in Rural WiMAX & Leveraging the same for "Bharat Nirman Scheme"
• WiMAX Progress of Ecosystem & Availability of Devices
• Advances in WiMAX towards 16m
• Technology Choices for Rural Broadband
• Understanding the India rural deployment economics for an operator in the context of a WiMax deployment
• Challenges thereof to deliver at 2Mbps/5Mbps at a cost of $2-5 per month

With ever-growing subscriber base network operators are increasingly facing challenges that push the boundaries of its capabilities. Ever increasing competition, greater focus on users and added complexities are all major concerns.

India's first & only business event on Managed Services provided a useful & powerful forum for organisations 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.
• Gain proven industry insights on cost impacts and the value proposition of Managed Services for Operators in India.
• Analyse & understand a sustainable business model for Managed Services and Network Sharing in India.

The conference highlighted the trends in next-generation billing and Customer Care. It helped to identify the major challenges facing monetization of content and also elucidated how the global trends are affecting billing processes. It also provided insights into how billing must change as various networks are integrated. It also offered the prime opportunity to learn Customer Care Standards & Strategies.

Consolidating the government backing to the ICT sector, Sri Lanka has the most liberalized telecom industry in South Asia. The Sri Lankan authorities have taken many significant initiatives to boost telecom in the country coupled with the fact that Sri Lanka is among four countries that offer most affordable mobile services to the poor in Asia and the world.

Srilanka Telecom Summit acted as a useful & powerful forum for all participants to:

• Understand which Innovations will help in driving growth in the region
• Enhance the thought Leadership amongst the delegates within their field of expertise in Srilankan telecom space
• Make the useful Business contacts in the region

The 5th NGN India 2010 focused on what telecom operators need to know to balance their current network and understand the vast array of services, products and applications which can be adopted via NGN whilst future-proofing their networks to capture the highest APPU customers. The conference also 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 the high level and most senior executives responsible for network development and strategy.

7th VAS India 2010 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.
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3G India Mobile Operators Executive Summit served as an arena for executives in the telecommunications industry to engage in clear and focused dialogue with their peers and examine current and future 3G market scenario in India in a relaxed and vibrant environment. The delegate attendance was comprised of the most well respected executives in the Indian telecommunications industry, and the meetings were designed to allow executives to communicate on a personal level.