Evolving Beyond 3G: Mapping the Future of Mobile Broadband

Announcing huge industry support from:

Following the huge success of the LTE World Summit in May 2008 and the recent news from Verizon, AT&T, and Alltel who have all announced they will be deploying LTE as their next generation network, Informa Telecoms & Media is pleased to announce the first LTE USA conference and exhibition designed to address the needs of the US market.

The two day interactive conference will bring together leading operators and vendors to discuss the key issues that need to be considered when migrating to LTE. What are the benefits of migrating to an LTE network? What are the technical and strategic challenges? What services and software are going to drive the market in the next five years? What is the impact of LTE on IMS?

Over 30 key industry speakers will come together to comprehensively discuss these issues and share their solutions, experience and visions with you. You will also get the opportunity to learn from, network with and meet high level attendees from across the whole value chain.

Key areas covered at this event will include:

• Benefits of migrating to an LTE network
• Market overview of next generation mobile networks and the vision behind LTE
• Lessons learnt from 3G to enable successful LTE deployments
• Technical and strategic challenges of LTE
• Trends in the US market
• From LTE to 4G
• Understanding the regulation surrounding spectrum for LTE and next generation technologies
• Spectrum for IMT - status and outlook
• Deploying next generation technologies in the Americas
• Migrating to LTE - what additional services and revenues can it offer?
• Defining the roadmap for LTE
• The main revenue drivers

The complete program will be posted shortly. If you would like to take part in the ONLY LTE conference and exhibition for the US market please contact: Aaron Boasman at aaron.boasman@informa.com.