Lte World Series 2016 Brochure PDF

2016 EVENT CALENDAR
EVOLVING LTE
NETWORKS TO
POWER THE IoT
REVOLUTION
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NOW IN ITS 12TH YEAR
DEFINING, DEVELOPING AND DELIVERING FUTURE NETWORKS
EVOLVING LTE NETWORKS...
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...TO POWER THE IOT REVOLUTION!
5-7 APRIL 2016

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
9-11 MAY 2016

DUBAI, UAE
26-28 SEPTEMBER 2016

MARINA BAY SANDS
SINGAPORE
6-7 APRIL 2016

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
13-14 APRIL 2016

PALO ALTO, CA, USA
10-11 MAY 2016

DUBAI, UAE
4-6 OCTOBER 2016

LONDON, UK
14-16 NOVEMBER 2016

DALLAS, TEXAS, USA
15-17 NOVEMBER 2016

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
28-30 JUNE 2016

LONDON, UK
27-28 SEPTEMBER 2016

MARINA BAY SANDS
SINGAPORE
14-16 NOVEMBER
DALLAS, TX
Speaker enquiries: Alejandro.Pinero@informa.com tel: +44 (0)207 017 5765

Sponsorship & exhibition enquiries: Samuel.Oakley@informa.com tel: +44 (0)20 7017 5413
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THE LTE/5G SERIES IN NUMBERS:
10,000+
ATTENDEES
1,200+
VISIONARY
SPEAKERS
450+
EXHIBITORS
150+
COUNTRIES
REPRESENTED
9,850+
MEETINGS
ARRANGED
Your chance to meet and do

business with the entire LTE and 5G
ecosystem. With the whole industry
represented across all our shows,
make sure you are there with them.
Learn from the best in the business.

With our speakers representing all
areas of the industry, hear from the
leading minds in the field and take
the opportunity to be seen as a
thought leader alongside them.
From the leading companies to the

start ups, everyone will be at our
events. Ensure you get seen and
demonstrate your solutions to the
industry by exhibiting at the LTE and
5G World Series.
The emerging and developed LTE

and 5G ecosystems from across the
globe attend our shows. Meet with
your local contacts and create new
global partnerships.
Over 9,850 personal meetings

arranged and counting. Get
introductions to new contacts that
will help expand the reach of your
company.
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COMMENTS FROM OUR ATTENDEES:

The scope of
audience is so
broad that we were able
to meet prospective
clients from very
developed countries and
also from new and
exciting locations

Representative
Amdocs
Good opportunity
to understand the
latest status of the LTE
ecosystem in Latin
America.

Latin America Technical

Marketing, Motorola
The event was very

well organized and
offered great networking
opportunities

Product Manager LTE

Siemens
Excellent
opportunity for
keeping up to date with
latest and future market
developments

The right audience

- mainly CTOs, &
senior directors - excellent
networking - we met STC,
Omantel, Etisalat, du, Viva,
Mobinet, Somcable during
speed networking.
Sales Director - Middle East

Oracle Communications
Head of Mobile BB
Ericsson
We were able to
meet people we
havent been able to in the
past and customers who
are not aware of Hitachi, so
this gives us exposure to
the customer base here

Business Development
Hitachi
Its a great event to

be at, this is the one
that is on our calendar.
Product marketing LTE
Overlay and Small Cells Alcatel Lucent
Very good event

with presentations
from leading operators,
panel discussions with
plenty of scope from
brainstorming and
networking

Director, Service Provider

Marketing Dialogic
Its a really open

environment, we
have had so many
customers talking to us

VP Wireless Marketing
Huawei
By the far the best

networking and
influencing event for the
global LTE industry, never
to be missed

Chair
GSA
Very qualified
attendees

Sales Director
Procera Networks Inc
This event is good,

focused, well
organized and provides
good ROI in terms of
market awareness
VP Products
Saguna
Best conference to
keep eyes on what
is going on in WiFi and
small cells

Representative
NTT

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WHY SP
MEET YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE IN ONE PLACE
LTE and 5G World Series
VIP campaigns build you the
relationships that matter!
We will help you meet and network with the CxOs

from future customers who are vital to your business
and we will work with you to create a bespoke wishlist of attendees who you want to meet at the event.
BUILD YOUR BRAND

PROFILE
Align yourselves with our leading events
and place your brand in front of your entire
target audience pre, during and post event:
MAXIMISE & MEASURE EVENT ROI
50 Minute
sessions
With 2 Minutes
per meeting
= 25 new
connections &
25 potential
business
opportunities
Create a wishlist of event

attendees
you would like
to meet
This Speed Networking

Session accomplished in
50 minutes what would
have normally taken
us months to achieve
in terms of the new
contacts we made
The number of meetings

and on-site assistance
Hollie has given us resulted
in several good quality
leads, definitely a service
we could not do without
Eddie Curtis, Mosaik Solutions
Technical Marketing Manager, F5
VIP DINNERS
NETWORKING LUNCH
ROUNDTABLES
Hand-pick the key event

attendees and we will organise
a dinner on your behalf,
ensuring you meet with 20+ top
decision makers in the perfect
environment.
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We will
then request
meetings
and facilitate
introductions
Join a table led by a leading

operator to network in an informal
setting - the perfect place for
discussions with existing or
potential clients.

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ONSOR?
SHOWCASE YOUR
PRODUCTS
DEMONSTRATE THOUGHT LEADERSHIP - TAKE PART IN

SESSIONS COVERING THE INDUSTRIES MOST IMPORTANT TOPICS
NEW VERTICAL
MARKETS
POC AREAS
Bring a new idea to the table and show it can

work within our Proof of Concept area.
LIVE TECH DEMONSTRATIONS
Show off your latest products in the demo zone

and get people talking about your solutions.
BUSINESS
CASE
5G use cases
Innovative services
5G for mining, utilities, healthcare,
transport, smart cities and
beyond
The 5G roadmap
Deployment timetables and
scenarios
5G standard developments
Network innovations
LTE deployments
LTE service innovation
Challenges in rural and sparse
deployments
NFV and launching new services

NFV/SDN co-existance
NFV proof of concepts
Cloud-based roaming
Security in the cloud
NETWORK
OPTIMISATION
AND PLANNING
Network management and

automisation
Roll-out strategy
Multi-standard networks and
carrier aggregation
HETEROGENEOUS
NETWORKS
Indoor and outdoor capacity

management
RAN development for LTEAdvanced and 5G
Small Cells, Wi-Fi and DAS
deployments
The economics of 5G
Challenges in roll-out
Leveraging existing LTE
infrastructure for 5G
INNOVATION ACCELERATOR
Are you a start-up company? If you are and

have something exciting to show, sign up for
one of our Innovation Accelerators and get
noticed in amongst the crowd.
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IOT AND M2M
IoT networks
New network applications
Cross-sector collaboration
Network slicing
Diameter signaling
VoLTE
IMS
Core networks
Capacity improvement
DAS
MIMO and smart antennas
Indoor networks
Voice Virtualization
Monetization of voice services
VoLTE v VoWiFi
Handover with legacy systems
Mobile Edge Computing

Service delivery at large events
Content creation and ownership
Partnerships with content
providers

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$5bn
28-30 June 2016, Olympia Grand, London
4000+
INVESTMENT PER
YEAR ON 5G R&D
UNTIL 2020
Co-located
with:
Featuring:
4TH ANNUAL
In alliance
with:
We look forward to welcoming 4000+ guests to 5G World 2016, to build on

the heritage of LTE World Summit and help put the market on the path to 5G.
LTE has enabled operators to provide a raft of new services to consumers who
have jumped at the chance to consume more and more data at ever increasing
speeds. Through the LTE World Summit, we have helped to make LTE a reality,
and as LTE World Summit becomes 5G World, we look forward to working with
you to evolve these networks to achieve the 2020 vision.
5G WORLD ADVISORY BOARD INCLUDES:
MEET THE KEY INDUSTRY LEADERS DRIVING 5G INNOVATION
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Takehiro Nakamura
VP & Director RAN
NTT DOCOMO
Dr. Henry Wong

CTO Mobile Engineering
HKT
Matteo Gatta
Director of Technology and
Strategy, Belgacom
Remi Thomas
Director
Orange
Erik Hoving
CTO
KPN
Devid Gubiani
CTO
Bolt
Alain Maloberti
Senior Vice President of Network
Architecture & Design
Orange
Matthias Sauder
Chief Network Officer
Vodafone Netherlands
Yousef Abu Mutawe

CTO
Zain Jordan
Tor Helge Lygnstol

Director
Norwegian National Public Safety
Radio Network
Mansoor Hanif
Director of RAN Development &
Programmes, EE
Ger Baron
CTO
City of Amsterdam
50%
DIRECTOR-LEVEL
AND ABOVE: MEET
THE DECISIONMAKERS
Formerly:
Strategic partner:
ATTENDEES
Adrian Scrase
CTO, ETSI,
Head of MCC, 3GPP
Werner Mohr
Chair
5GPPP
Philipp Deibert
Executive Director
NGMN
Asa Degermark, Head

of Communications
Ericsson
Murray Cooke
Network Computing Architect
Intel

Chris Pearson
President
4GAmericas
Robert Fox
Chief Branding Officer
Huawei
William Goers, Vice

President, Marketing Wireless
Networks, Alcatel-Lucent
Volker Held, Head of

Innovation Marketing
Nokia
Joe Barrett
President
GSA
DEFINE YOUR TRANSITION FROM LTE TO 5G AT 5G WORLD 2016

TODAY
TOMORROW
2020
7 TH ANNUAL
&
2016
RECOGNISING EXCELLENCE IN THE INDUSTRY

NETWORK
OPTIMISATION

Traffic Management
Test & Measurement
Policy Control
Signaling
Network Security
LTE A TO 5G ROADMAP

New Air Interfaces

Carrier Aggregation
Cellular IoT
Re-defining Network Architectures
Network Slicing
Mobile Identity Management
5G USE CASES

Connected Vehicles
Mining & Construction
Smart Cities & Smart Homes
Energy & Utilities
Healthcare
Manufacturing
Wearables
Security
2015 ROLL OF HONOUR:

Biggest Contribution to 5G
Development
Best LTE Core Network

Product
Best Test/Measurement
Solution
LTE SERVICE
MONETISATION

LTE Voice / Vo-WiFi

LTE Broadcast
OTT Monetisation
Roaming
Location & Proximity Services
RETHINKING RADIO
ACCESS NETWORKS

Massive MIMO
Millimetre Wave
Ultra Low-Latency
Full Duplex & Interference
Cancellation
Beamforming
Economics of 5G Spectrum Acquisition
Ultra Low-Latency
IoT CONNECTIVITY

Connecting Wireless Technologies

Digital transformation
Energy Efficient 5G IoT
Intelligence at your Fingertips
Best LTE Roaming Product
Best VoLTE Innovation
Most Innovative LTE

Application/Service
Most Significant Development

of a Commercial LTE Network
HETNET
2020

SON
Small Cells
WiFi
LTE U & LAA
Backhaul
Ubiquitious Service Coverage
Carrier Aggregation
CLOUD
EVOLUTION

NFV & SDN

Fog Networks
CloudRAN
Next Generation Data Centres
Openness & Industry Collaboration
5G SERVICE
DELIVERY

Mobile Edge Computing (MEC)

Identifying 5G Business Models
Big & Small Data Analytics
The Economics of 5G
Scalable and Versatile Networks
Best NFV Innovation of

the Year
Best Innovation in
Hetereogeneous Networks

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28-30 June 2016, Olympia Grand, London
4000+
ATTENDEES
COUNTRIES
REPRESENTED
55%
1000+
COMPANIES IN
ATTENDANCE
OPERATOR/
ENTERPRISE/
END-USER
ATTENDANCE
SPEED NETWORKING ZONE
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2
3
5
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9
10 11 7 8
12
DEMO ZONE
13
Invite-only demonstration zone of the

services, products and solutions 5G
Networks will enable, featuring robotics,
construction, future cars, healthcare
applications, smart cities and much more!
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26
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Join us to discover cutting edge Proof of

Concept demonstrations of key elements of
5G networks, including SDN, NFV, MEC and
new RAN architectures.
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NETWORK WITH THE
CONFERENCE VILLAGE
Learn from the CxOs shaping the
industry, with exclusive content, interactive
debates and dynamic formats, which will
help you to determine your path to 5G and
share your expertise with the industry.
FUTURIST
SUMMIT
FULL ECOSYSTEM*:
5G networks will provide the

platform for a world of new
services and applications that
we are yet to even imagine. The
Futurist Summit will challenge
the way you think and plan
for 2020 and beyond.
KEYNOTE
INTERVIEW ZONE
Discover new insights from
our event keynotes, grilled by
the Telecoms.com team.
*sample attendees from LTE World Summit 2015
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THEATRE
85
29th June
2pm-5pm
HERE &
NOW THEATRE
Invite-only meeting of the most

influential minds who will help to shape the
networks required to deliver for the industrial
IoT community.
Featuring the latest

LTE and LTE-A
demos including LTE Voice,
LTE Broadcast and Carrier
Aggregation
speed tests.
4TH ANNUAL
30th June
11am-1pm
Closed-door networking for the

C-suite operators and vendors,
providing a unique environment to share and
overcome challenges, concerns, and obstacles
on the road to 5G networks.
PRESS ZONE
POD ZONE
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29 30 33 32
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MEETING ROOM VILLAGE
105
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57
47
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58
68
69
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89
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99
54
71
91
92
55
94
93
32%
DIRECTOR
LEVEL OR
ABOVE
40+
UNIQUE CAR
MANUFACTURERS
2015 SPONSORS INCLUDED:
59
56
87
64
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48
88
63
65
60
44
25%
CAR
MANUFACTURER
ATTENDANCE
38
61
40
46
104
BUSINESS MODELS AND

TECHNOLOGIES TO MAXIMISE
REVENUES FROM CONNECTED CARS
LIVE LABS
70
Expo tour for event visitors

register your company to gain
extra market exposure through
our themed demo tours.
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96
100
THE VILLAGE
ZONE
A luxury networking space, designed exclusively

for C-Level operators, IoT visionaries and
regulators, speakers, 5G100 and IoT Forum
members and industry stakeholders. The Village
provides the perfect haven for guests to re-charge
their batteries and enjoy the refreshments on offer.

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700+
5-7 April 2016,

SulAmerica Convention Center,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ATTENDEES
65+
40%
EXHIBITORS
7 T H ANNUAL
50%
OPPERATOR
ATTENDANCE
DIRECTOR
LEVEL OR
ABOVE
1,400
MEETINGS
ARRANGED
2015 KEY SPEAKERS
CAPITALIZE ON NETWORK AND

SERVICE INNOVATION IN LATIN
AMERICA
Strategic partner:
Atila Araujo Branco

Technology and Planning
Director
TELEFONICA
Carlos Raimar Schoeninger

Diretor de Estratgia e
M&A
TELEFONICA
Eduardo Duran Nardecchia

Head Innovation and
Trends Telco & TI
ENTEL CHILE
Alexandre Olivari
VAS & Roaming Director
CLARO
Fars Nassar
CEO
ON TELECOM
Nestor Bergero
VP Engineering
Nextel Brasil
Jose Martinez
Technology Director
TIGO GUATEMALA
Leon Williams
CEO
BTC BAHAMAS
Jorge Villanueva
Vice President
Movilmax Venezuela
SPEAKER VIP LOUNGE
CAFE & MEETING HUB
LIVE TECH DEMOS
Featuring:
Co-located with:
2015 OPERATOR ATTENDEES INCLUDED:
The LA LTE
Conference is a key
event in the region to not only
promote new technologies and solutions
but also to exchange the operators experiences
Jouji Hirai,
Marketing Director,
Huawei Technologies
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POD ZONE
VISIT! LATAM.LTECONFERENCE.COM
6-7 April 2016,

6-7 April 2016,

2ND ANNUAL
The 5G World Latin America session will be an

opportunity to hear from the leading operators,
regulators and industry bodies from across the
region in the run-up to 5G deployments.
Find out what the opportunities are in the region for
5G services, and applicability in new sectors such as
security, healthcare, transport and much more.
2016 KEY TOPICS

VoLTE /VoLTE Roaming
Signaling
700MHZ and Spectrum Management
NFV
Cloud RAN
Monetising LTE
5 Generation
Hetnets and Backhaul
Congratulations on the wellorganized event. Best LTE Latin

America in terms of content that
I have already participated
Marketing Director, ASCOM
The event was extremely well

managed with the NFV track
particularly well attended. The moderators
were incisive in their questioning and overall
the audience participation was spectacular
Head of Products for the Software
Networking Business, BROCADE
SON
LTE Roaming
LTE-Advanced
Big Data / Data Aanalytics
Thanks for organizing

the LTE LATAM 2015
event, it was a good and
very useful show for us
Following on from the success of the launch in

2015, the NV & SDN Latin America show will return
in 2016 to examine how virtualization technologies
are benefiting long term network evolution and the
launch of new services.
KEY TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED IN 2016 WILL INCLUDE:
SDN & NFV business case
Monetizing the virtualized
network
Timescales and virtualization
priorities
How is virtualization
redefining the role of the
operator?
Role of virtualization on the
path to 5G
The service landscape
Using virtualization to create
OTT-like services
Current challenges and
inhibitions to a virtualized
network
Improving efficiency and

costs through NFV
Big Data and the
virtualization evolution
NFV orchestration
approaches
Ecosystem openness and
collaboration
Evolving operator
organisation to meet
changing customer needs
SDN security
Redefining the data center
Creating agility through
network virtualization in the
cloud
KEY 2015 SPEAKERS INCLUDED:

Ricardo Cain
Technology Manager
TELEFONICA
Leonardo Capdeville
CTO
TIM BRASIL
Cicero Olivieri
Director of Fixed
Network and Transport
TIM BRASIL
Freddy Julio
Vargas Ibez
IP Service Department
- Head of Department
COTAS BOLIVIA
Lelio Alberto
Bermudez Rodriguez
Ingeniero de
Planeacin de la Red
de Telefona Fija,
TELMEX COLOMBIA
Senior Solution Architect Sales, F5
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250+
13-14 April 2016, Palo Alto, USA
ATTENDEES
2 ND A N N UA L
24%
32%
54%
OPPERATOR
ATTENDANCE
DIRECTOR
LEVEL OR
ABOVE
VERTICAL / IOT
ATTENDEES
40
COUNTRIES
REPRESENTED
2015 SPEAKERS INCLUDED
BRINGING TOGETHER THE 5G

ECOSYSTEM TO DEFINE NEXT
GENERATION COMMUNICATIONS
AGENDA AT A GLANCE
5G Network Infrastructure
Background behind the technological evolution to 5G: Requirements,
architecture, major enabling technologies, potential frequencies and
services
Co-existing networks- will 5G and LTE co-exist?
PANEL: Lessons learnt from LTE-A to aid bridge gapping for 5G networks
Spectrum: challenges and development
5G approach to virtualization
Business Models: how to monetize your 5G infrastructure
Services
Discussion: Prime services enabled over the 5G Network
How vertical markets come together and influence the 5G network
How will we see enterprises such as IoT, M2M, Connected Cars,
healthcare etc come together?
Where is the market going?
IoT: how will these services be enabled by 5G-connectivity,
performance and reliability?
Systems & Software

Examining the Millimeter Wave as the future of 5G phones

NFV & SDN for 5G
Virtualization Management: Orchestration
Software defined networks for 5G cellular systems: challenges & issues
Chipsets, routers and properties needed for 5G
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Dr. Ron Marquardt

Vice President of
Technology, Innovation &
Architecture
Sprint
Dr. Chih-Lin I
Chief Scientist, Wireless
Technologies
China Mobile Research
Institute
Mark McDiarmid
Vice President, Radio
Network, Engineering and
Development
T-Mobile USA
Dr.Park Jong-Han
Chief Architect
SK Telecom
Faraz Shafiq
Senior Technology Director
for BigData
AT&T
Fujio Watanabe
Director, Mobile Network
Technology Group
DOCOMO Innovations
Arda Aksu
Wireless Technology
Development and Strategy
Advancement
Verizon Wireless
Gary Strumolo
Global Manager, Vehicle
Design & Technologies
Ford Motors
This was my first 5G Forum event

and exceeding my expectations.
I was not only able to get the viewpoints
on various service & infrastructure
providers, but also those of adjacent
vertical markets. All of which
proved to be most useful.
Wireless Access Systems Architecture &
Platforms Manager, Intel Corporation
It was well attended from the

industry and had a global view
and viewpoint.
Director Australia and New Zealand,
Fujitsu Network Communications

Dr. Roger Melen

Senior Advisor
Toyota
Vijoy Pandey
Technology Executive &
Lead Architect
Google
Benjamin SARDA
Director of Product
Marketing
Orange Healthcare
Henry Bzeih
CTO Connected Cars
Kia Motors
Pari Bajpay
Vice President Services &
Design
AT&T
Good high level look at the issues

and opportunities affecting all
levels of the value chain. Relavent and
focused topics with excellent speakers.
Strategy and Business Development
Manager, Qorvo Inc
Very interesting discussion

about future of 5G and LTE
operators experience.
Valery Tikhvinskiy, Deputy of General Director on
innovation Technologies, Jsc icominvest
Good organization, good

content. CSO, Telenor
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COMPANIES
ATTENDANCE FROM 40+ COUNTRIES AND BEYOND!
REPRESENTED
Europe
74%
7%
North America
9%
OVER 54%
8%
OF ALL ATTENDEES
WERE DIRECTORLEVEL OR ABOVE!
Asia
Latin
America
Africa 2%
FULL VALUE CHAIN REPRESENTATION

32%
Operator
36%
24%
5%
3%
Government/Association
Press/Analyst/Consultant
400+
ARRANGED
MEETINGS
VISIT! WWW.5GFORUMUSA.COM
Verticals
Vendor
98%
OF ATTENDEES
PLAN TO ATTEND
NEXT YEAR!
This is a well organized event

for the wireless community to
discuss, debate, and share 5G.
Strategy and Business Development Manager

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700+
ATTENDEES
9-11 May 2016

Conrad, Dubai,
UAE
80+
DISTINGUISHED
SPEAKERS
6 T H ANNUAL
52%
OPPERATOR
ATTENDANCE
40%
DIRECTOR
LEVEL OR
ABOVE

Saleem Alblooshi
EVP Network Development
& Operation, du
Faizan Khan
Group VP for Roaming
Etisalat Group
Luigi Licciardi
Vice President
Telecom Italia
POSITIONING THE MIDDLE EAST AND

NORTH AFRICA AT THE FOREFRONT
OF THE CONNECTED WORLD
Strategic partner:
Marc Zirka
Head of Corporate Strategy
Bakcell
Rana Hajir
Senior Director of
Commercial Planning and
Governance, du
Aslam Hasan
Senior Manager/Mobility
E2E Strategy Architect
AT&T North America
Ayman Elnashar
Wireless Broadband,
Terminals & Performance
Operations, du
Alaa Zaher
Head of Strategy &
Innovation
Vodafone
Cody Postier
Senior Manager of 4G
Mobile Data
Ooredoo
Dr. Amr Abu-Suleiman

Strategy Director
Orange
2016 KEY TOPICS
140+ COMPANIES WERE REPRESENTED
INCLUDING 40+ GLOBAL LEADING OPERATORS...
Featuring:
Customer Experience and Monetizing LTE

Monetizing voice and video

Big data analytics to improve customer experience
Operators as content providers
OTT partnerships
Network Optimization
Co-located with:
HetNets
Small Cells and Wifi
LTE A, CA and Capacity growth
IOT and M2M
ATTENDANCE FROM
40+ COUNTRIES!
IOT business models for operators

Is LTE the right standard for LTE?
M2M to power the Smart City
New Services
What are the services consumers desire?
VoLTE: Launching the killer app
Service to drive revenues to the operators
Roaming and Spectrum Management

Spectrum challenges in MENA
Increasing spectrum for LTE
Achieving international roaming
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VISIT! MENA.LTECONFERENCE.COM
Very well organized event,

the content was very rich
and the agenda diversified.
10-11 May 2016

Conrad, Dubai,
UAE
10-11 May 2016

Conrad, Dubai,
UAE
Du
Well attended event with

very relevant topics.
Ericsson
The Middle East is trailblazing the Smart Cities

initiative, and driving more connected communities.
This year we will look at how all these innovations
start to come together to form the 5G network. The
Middle East is in an excellent position to lead the
5G revolution, and 5G MENA will be the first step
towards the next generation of networks.
SPEAKER VIP LOUNGE
COFFEE POINT
REGISTRATION
POD ZONE
As a brand new addition to the NV & SDN

portfolio for 2016, the MENA show will bring the
regions operators together for the first dedicated
virtualization meeting of its kind in the region.
Hear from the leading vendors and operators in
the space as they discuss current use cases, the
evolving service landscape and the business case
for NFV in 2016.
AGENDA AT A GLANCE:
Tuesday 10th May
Wednesday 11th May
KEYNOTES:
Shared plenary with
LTE MENA
KEYNOTES:
Shared plenary with
LTE MENA
SDN and Network

Virtualization the
story so far
The NFV ecosystem

openness and
collaboration in the
industry
How these ground

breaking technologies
are revolutionizing the
telecom infrastructure
CAFE & MEETING HUBS
Virtualization and
its role in the mobile
networks of tomorrow
Market drivers and the

business case
PLENARY THEATRE
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MEETING ROOMS

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46%
1100+
26-28 September 2016

Marina Bay Sands,
Singapore
ATTENDEES
80+
OPPERATOR
ATTENDANCE
EXHIBITORS
1 1 T H ANNUAL
42%
DIRECTOR
LEVEL OR
ABOVE
1,350+
MEETINGS
ARRANGED

Changkil Jo
Vice President of
Technology, Development
Center
LG U+
BUILDING 5G READY NETWORKS

FOR THE CONNECTED & IOT
GENERATION
Takehiro Nakamura
VP and Managing, Director
of 5G Lab
NTT DOCOMO
Sameer Dave
CTO
Aircel India
Dr Pei Xiaoyan
Director, Strategy Sector,
Technical Department
China Unicom
Prashant Gokarn
Chief Strategy & Planning
Officer
Indosat
DK Lee
Manager, Core Network
Lab, Network R&D Center
SK Telecom
HeeChang Seong
Manager
SK Telecom
Wing Lee
CEO
Yes, YTL Communications
Jon Vestal
VP, Product Architecture
Telstra
PS Tang
Founding Director
Packet One Group
CAFE & MEETING HUBS
TRACK ROOMS
Strategic partner:
Featuring:
Co-located with:
The event was excellent. Mobile operators gain lots

of experience from other mobile operators.
Indosat
p16

SDN CAFE
ZONE
VISIT! ASIA.LTECONFERENCE.COM
CO-LOCATED WITH:
TOPICS TO BE COVERED INCLUDE:

5G: Enabling the hyper-connected
world
5G business strategies for operators
Join us for the largest 5G event in Asia and hear the
latest updates in standards and legislation for 5G.
let your network blossom
Explore the new services 5G will enable, and discover

operator case studies and proof of concepts from
leading Asian operators including SK Telecom, LG U+
and NTT DoCoMo.
Architectural evolution to 5G
Multi-technology carrier aggregation
Non-traditional cellular
Spectrum for 5G
27-28 September 2016, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
ZONE
PLENARY THEATRE
Commercial trials and findings so far

Next generation MANO
SDN challenges in multiplatform networks
Current inhibitors and challenges for
adoption
CAFE & MEETING HUB
Network Virtualization and SDN Asia will bring together

the operator community to evaluate all of the current
key issues surrounding virtualization technologies and
their expanding role in todays telco networks.
Predicting timescales for full NFV

integration
Hear from China Unicom, SK Telecom, Chunghwa

Telecom, Telecom Malaysia, Telstra and many more!
Moving towards a more transparent

and open approach to virtualization
2016 KEY TOPICS
Large-scale data analysis and business

intelligence systems
Mapping out the road to 5G

M2M and IoT networks
Future RAN architecture
Emerging markets for LTE and beyond
Service innovation and customer experience
LTE-A and the evolution of LTE
The role of virtualization in next

generation mobile networks
Building on the increasingly unique position that telcos

are faced with in regards to data generation, storage,
consolidation and analysis, Telco Big Data Asia will bring
together the industrys key stakeholders. Senior experts
from NTT DOCOMO, Indosat, YTL, Telenor and many
more will gather on-site to define and debate the key
role that big data and analytics plays in the growth and
longevity of the telcomake sure you join them.
Using big data to enhance QoE and

prevent churn
Closing the gap between available data
and actionable insight
Creating a data-driven culture
OTT players friend or foe?
VISIT! ASIA.LTECONFERENCE.COM

p17
350+
4-6 October 2016, London, UK
ATTENDEES
25+
EXHIBITORS
45%
34%
OPPERATOR
ATTENDANCE
DIRECTOR
LEVEL OR
ABOVE
1,300+
MEETINGS
ARRANGED

Fotis Karonis
CTO
EE
Motohiro ABE
Director & Lead Core
Network Architect (Mobile
Ecosystems), NTT DOCOMO
Pierre Franois Dubois

VP Product Development
Orange
Tim Rawling
VoLTE Network Architect
BT
Mila Milenkovic
Head of Autonomous
Telekom Srbija
Young Nahn Baek

Vice President
LGU+
Eddy Young
Solution Architect
Truphone
Michele Zarri
CTO-SIM & Standardization
Expert, Deutsche Telekom
Reinhard Lauster
CTO-Core Network &
Services
Deutsche Telekom
Patrice Crutel
Senior Architect Core &
Service Network Layer
Bouygues Telecom
Javan Erfanian
DMTS
Bell Canada
David Artuedo
CTO
TU-Go-Telefnica
Alexey Gabsatarov
VoLTE Architect
Truphone
Calogero Licata
Device Strategy Manager
Three
Haitham Mashal
Senior Director- CS Core
Du
Hugo Lenssen
Senior Product Manager,
Products & Architects, KPN
Samuel Kemp
Head of Mobile Devices
BT
Christian Menini
Project Director Wireless &
LTE Voice, Swisscom
Kobus Smit
Head of Voice & Messaging
Deutsche Telekom
Tom Bennett
Group Director Technology
Services, Architecture &
Devices, EE
Chloe(Go-Eun) Lee
Director of IMS Systems &
Project Manager HD Voice
SK Telecom
MAXIMISING LTE AND WIFI

NETWORKS TO DELIVER
SUPERIOR QOE
Featuring:
A Tektronix Communications Company
p18
Adam Macgill
Principle Voice &
MultiMedia Architect
BT Technology, Service &
Operations
Martin Wren-Hilton
Director of Small Cell
Technology
TalkTalk Telecom
This conference showed how different

markets have completely different
drivers for LTE voice, very valuable to now
understand them.
Excellent program with a

good variety of speakers
addressing the complete spectrum
of the topic.
Peter Nas, Senior Solution Architect, F5
Pieter Veenstra, IMS Solutions Architect, KPN

VISIT! VOICE.LTECONFERENCE.COM
2016 KEY TOPICS
Flagship event on the

topic of VoLTE.
VoLTE & VoWi-Fi deployment experience

Network virtualisation for VoLTE services
Monetising voice services
VoLTE applications for vertical markets
VoLTE and legacy system integration
VoLTE roaming
4-6 October 2016

London, UK
Syniverse
It is great to see how much

progress the industry
made in one year.
F5
SPEAKER VIP LOUNGE
HIGHLIGHTING NETWORK FUNCTION

VIRTUALIZATION TO AID DEPLOYMENT
OF SERVICES LIKE VoLTE!
The Voice Virtualization Summit discusses opportunities
for NFV and SDN in the LTE Networks, practicalities of
NFV orchestration along with key strategies towards this
network and Cloud services for VoLTE.
KEY TOPICS FROM 2015:
VoLTE with NFV a reality check
Evaluating lessons learnt from deploying fully virtualized VoLTE solutions

Discussing the readiness of NFV to support large scale VoLTE services
Highlighting the opportunities for NFV and SDN in LTE networks

What are the requirements?
Delivering new and innovative services to subscribers through NFV
Practicalities of NFV orchestration
Discussing the importance of a virtualized network

Best practise- how to successfully deploy the network
Strategies to implement a fully virtualized network
REGISTRATION
PROOF OF CONCEPT
Excellent discussions and aboveaverage presentations made this

event beneficial for understanding VoLTEs
next layer.
Excellent opportunity for

keeping up to date with
latest and future market
developments.
Alcatel-Lucent
Amdocs
VISIT! VOICE.LTECONFERENCE.COM
Which part of the network should be virtualized first?

To maximise the NFV opportunity and minimise risk, which network
functions should be virtualized first? Integrating virtualized technologies
with existing systems
Removing legacy equipment and seamlessly integrating new NFV
technologies
How can NFV co-exist with legacy systems?
INTERACTIVE PANEL:
Is NFV the only way for MNOs to remain competitive?
What are the real benefits of NFV to the operator?
Challenging the status quo and maximising the benefits of NFV
How will NFV rollout change the LTE business model?
How can current management systems adapt to incorporate NFV?

Reorganising the workforce: How does company structure need to change
as the network becomes virtualized?

p19
4000+
10,000+
15-17 November 2016

Cape Town,
South Africa
ATTENDEES
350+
45%
OPPERATOR
ATTENDANCE
DIRECTOR
LEVEL OR
ABOVE
EXHIBITORS
4 T H ANNUAL
1,350
MEETINGS
ARRANGED

Andres Pineros
CTO
Surfline, Ghana
Jaime Ferreira
CEO
Net One, Angola
Thibaud Rerolle
CTO
Safaricom Limited, Kenya
ENABLING NEXT GENERATION

CONNECTIVITY IN AFRICA
Strategic partner:
Co-located
with:
Thomas Allen
Group COO
Smile Communications Pty
Ltd Group
Carlos Caseiro
Acting CTO
Movicel, Angola
Farhad Khan
Chief Commercial Officer
Airtel Africa, Kenya
Jannie Van Zyl
Executive Head: Innovation
Vodacom, South Africa
Nabil Baccouche
Vice President
International Roaming &
Mobile Services
Etisalat Group
Andre De Jager
General Manager: Product
Solutions
MTC, Namibia
Lepata Mafa
Director Corporate Affairs
& Chief Compliance Officer
Orange Botswana
Marten Scheffer
General Manager of
Network Engineering
Neotel, South Africa
Riedwaan Hassiem
Executive Head of
Division: Technical Product
Development
Vodacom, South Africa
MEET WITH OPERATORS FROM OVER 50+ AFRICAN COUNTRIES:

Europe
18%
Middle East
4%
Africa
70%
USA
3%
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Asia
5%
VISIT! AFRICA.LTECONFERENCE.COM
POD ZONE
CAFE & MEETING HUB
INNOVATION, TRANSFORMATION &

LEADERSHIP FOR DIGITAL AFRICA
CO-LOCATED WITH:
18TH ANNUAL
15-17 NOVEMBER 2016

CTICC CAPE TOWN
SOUTH AFRICA
THE INDUSTRY MEETING PLACE:
2016 KEY TOPICS

Successful LTE Deployments
Case studies of recent LTE deployment and expansions
Deployment strategies to ensure ROI
LTE rollout to remote regions
SDN/NFV
SDN and NFV: Hype vs reality
Is Africa ready for the cloud?
NFV Proof of Concepts
HetNets
Role of Small Cells and WiFi in LTE networks
Performance optimisation
Indoor solutions
Device Developments
Low cost devices for Africa making LTE accessible
Big Data and Network Analytics

Big data analytics to improve customer experience
Understanding the network through data mining
Uses of geo-located subscriber data
LTE Service Innovation

VoLTE for Africa
What are the most popular services for consumers?
Mobile money
Network Optimisation
Strategies to increase capacity
Optimising backhaul
Test and measurement
Ive never seen so many African mobile

operator CxO decision makers within
one room at any African conference.
Regional Account Director Africa, SAP Mobile Services
Excellent opportunity to network and

learn more about LTE network
deployments and challenges.
Principal Engineer Access Network Planning, TelOne
What a well organised and informative

event! Africa is ready for LTE; our
customers have been eagerly waiting.
As operators we need to leverage on
this new revenue stream.
Core and Access Network Manager, Orange Botswana
VISIT! AFRICA.LTECONFERENCE.COM
AfricaCom has
truly come of age.
This event is now a
must attend for all
players in telecoms space.
Andre Beyers, CMO, Airtel, Kenya

p21
1300+
14-16 November 2016

Sheraton Hotel, Dallas,
USA
ATTENDEES
80+
EXHIBITORS
Excellent event for

networking with
both vendors and other
industry counterparts.
41%
CARRIER
ATTENDANCE
PRESS ZONE
50%
DIRECTOR
LEVEL OR
ABOVE
1,450
MEETINGS
ARRANGED
MEETING ROOM VILLAGE
DJ Kilian, Manager - Technology, Verizon
SPEAKER VIP LOUNGE

PROOF OF CONCEPT
POD ZONE
PAVING THE PATH TOWARDS

ADVANCED LTE AND 5G NETWORKS
Strategic partner:
Featuring:
Endorsing Association:
REGISTRATION
Co-located with:
CAFE & MEETING HUB

INDUSTRY SUMMIT
USA2016
INNOVATION ACCELERATOR
p22

VISIT! AMERICAS.LTECONFERENCE.COM

Hank Kafka
VP, Access Architecture &
Analytics
AT&T
Mark McDiarmid
VP Radio Network
Engineering & Development
T-Mobile
Ginger McClendon
Director, Wireless Backhaul
& Transport
Sprint
INDUSTRY SUMMIT
USA2016
Jeff Bratcher
Acting CTO
FirstNet
Kevin Kleismith
Director of Engineering
Union Wireless
Ashish Singh
General Manager & VP
Products
SKT Americas
Patrick Urgento
Customer Engineer,
Strategic Accounts
Sprint
Cameron Coursey
VP Product Development
AT&T
Louis DiFrancisco
Director, National Systems
& Applications
US Cellular
Javan Erfanian
Distinguished Member of
Technical Staff
Bell
Jonathan Levine
Member of Technical Staff,
RAN
US Cellular
Edward Stewart
RF Support & Optimisation
SaskTel
Saeid Malaki
Director of Design &
Transport
Transit Wireless
Justin Brewster
Department Manager,
Wireless Network
Operations Inside Plant
Pioneer Cellular
Eric Hagerson
Senior Regulatory Affairs
Manager
T-Mobile
THE LANDMARK 5G EVENT OF THE

YEAR IN NORTH AMERICA, THIS IS YOUR
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THE LATEST
DEVELOPMENT
KEY SESSIONS:
Moving towards 5G
5G manufacturer points of view
5G operator points of view
5G- standardisation and policy maker points of view
Lee Chambers
CEO & General Manager
Sandhill Telephone
Cooperative
M2M and IoT networks

5G spectrum considerations
2016 KEY TOPICS
Key operator requirements
Service Innovation and Monetization
LTE-Advanced and the road to 5G
Roaming and Spectrum Management

Network Virtualization
HetNets and Backhaul
VoLTE and Video over LTE
Network Optimization
Public Safety LTE
VISIT! AMERICAS.LTECONFERENCE.COM
15-16 November 2016

Sheraton Hotel,
Dallas, USA
KEY SPEAKERS:
Hank Kafka
VP, Access Architecture
& Analytics
AT&T
Cameron Coursey
VP Product
Development
AT&T
Mark McDiarmid
VP Radio Network
Engineering &
Development
T-Mobile
Rusty Lhamon
Director, M2M
T-Mobile

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