::: SEMINAR PROGRAMME :::

0930 - 1030 hrs

Registration

1030 - 1130 hrs

Seminar Inaugural Session

"Uptake of Mobile Broadband, Current Environment, Requirements and Hurdles"

1030 - 1045 hrs

Welcome Address By

Mr. BV Raman
Country Head - India, CDMA Development Group

1045 - 1100 hrs

Address by the Distinguished Panelist

"Mobile broadband market dynamics: An insight into the industry and market dynamics that are driving the evolution to advanced broadband technologies and services"

Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi
Chairman, Broadband Wireless Consortium of India

1100-1115 hrs

Address by the Guest of Honour

"Uptake of Mobile Broadband, Current Environment, Requirements and Hurdles"

Shri RN Padukone
Sr. DDG, TEC, Ministry of Communications & IT

1115 - 1130 hrs

Concluding Remarks

Dr. Avneesh Agrawal
Sr. Vice President, Qualcomm Inc.

1130 - 1200 hrs

Networking Tea / Coffee Break

1200 - 1230 hrs

UMB Network Evolution; in terms of flexible deployment scenarios and mobility performance

Mr. Ivan Machado
Director - Business Development, Wireless Business Group, Alcatel-Lucent

1230 - 1300 hrs

UMB value proposition for service providers; service differentiation advantages with UMB; UMB support for mobile broadband applications and services

Mr. Kundan Das
GM - Marketing, Huawei

1300 - 1330 hrs

UMB business case for mobile broadband deployment and its value proposition for mobile broadband services

Mr. Nitin Khanna
Director of Carrier Networks - India, Nortel Networks

1330 - 1430 hrs

Networking Lunch

1430 - 1500 hrs

UMB and next generation services: UMB support for mobile broadband applications and services

Mr. Sandeep Gupta
Senior Engineering Manager, Motorola

1500 - 1630 hrs

UMB technical overview I: performance, PHY and MAC layers

Mr. Mahesh Makhijani
Director - Technical Marketing, Qualcomm Inc.

1630 - 1645 hrs

Networking Tea / Coffee Break

1645 - 1730 hrs

UMB technical preview II: upper layers and network architecture

Mr. Mahesh Makhijani
Director - Technical Marketing, Qualcomm Inc.

1730 - 1800 hrs

Valedictory Remarks

Technology considerations of UMB and its importance to Indian Mobile Broadband market development

Session Proceedings & Valedictory Remarks delivered by:

Shri GS Grover
Member - Services, DoT, Ministry of Communications & IT, Govt. of India

1800 hrs Onwards

Networking Cocktail & Dinner at Inspire hall.