Major Telecom Operators & Global WiMAX Technology Providers along with Policy Makers will be congregating at 7th WiMAX India 2010 – 1 day International Conference & Exhibition which is being held on August 20, 2010 at Le Meridien, New Delhi.
Organized by Bharat Exhibitions, WiMAX India is India’s Premier & only event on WIMAX for promoting WIMAX in fast growing Indian Telecom Industry. 7th WiMAX India 2010 will offer the best business platform in the country for Telecom Industry to conduct business & introduce WiMAX service offerings. A recent study sees India’s WiMAX subscriber base hitting 19 million by Year 2012 and grow annually at nearly 130{af589cdba9d77786c8c861317dbad60bba1e2ebbf56e2ffab874a1b59fde9ce3}. This means that in the next four years about 20 per cent of the global WiMAX users will be in India, making it a $13-billion market.
According to Mr. Ron Resnick, President & Chairman, WiMAX FORUM – “WIMAX India 2010 will be an excellent venue to interact with all the potential players (service providers and technology providers) in the Wimax domain. In addition it will give us an opportunity to bring to the forum the key challenges which service providers are facing in rolling out their WiMAX services in India. WiMAX India 2010 will offer the delegates an opportunity to learn about the global WiMax deployments and also to examine the innovative marketing tools for boosting the penetration of WiMAX in India.
Mr. Shashi Dharan, Managing Director, Bharat Exhibitions the mind behind WiMAX India 2010, says, “WiMAX India 2010 will help in strategizing a strong vision for WiMAX technology as it is an ideal stage between the key influencers and decision makers under one roof. This year’s event will also develop innovative marketing tools for boosting the penetration of WiMAX usage in India. The renowned industry professionals from across the world would share their knowledge and modern trends that enable the achievement of the core theme objective. And a lot more action is also expected from the private players who have won licenses in the recently concluded auction.
Global majors in the WiMAX segment are participating in the event – Making it truly global platform to conduct business – Samsung, Motorola, ZTE, Intel, Huawei, Bridgewater Systems, Dragonwave, Pointred, Alvarion, Runcom, Beceem, Agilent Technologies, GCT, GTL, Juni, Lepton Software, Mediatek.
Among the Telecom Operators & Service Providers – Packet One Networks from Malaysia, Airtel, BSNL, MTNL, Aircel, Reliance, Vodafone, Idea, MTS, Tata Docomo, Tata Teleservices, Uninor, S-Tel would be part of the event
Conference Overview
India is projected to become the third largest economy after China and the US. Factors like continued GDP growth in the range of 7 to 8{af589cdba9d77786c8c861317dbad60bba1e2ebbf56e2ffab874a1b59fde9ce3} per year, expansion of business, consequent rising disposable income and having one of the youngest population profiles will drive the demand of broadband services in India by individuals and corporate users. So far, it has not been met by the current deployed wireline, cable, and wireless technologies like GSM, Edge, CDMA1X, EVDO and 3G, etc. WiMAX is poised to deliver high speed wireless broadband at lower costs that will aide mass adoption and thus alleviate problems faced by India’s broadband market.
7th WiMAX India 2010 International Conference will focus on the delivery of next generation broadband services using WiMAX, based on the open standard IEEE 802.16.Senior-level speakers will discuss 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.