Future of Broadband

Workshop
WSI: Future of Broadband
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 14:15 - 15:45, Jupiter 15

Broadband access is a global success story. Citizens and governments view the "digital economy" as a driver of growth and development. This means broadband is now a part of the critical national infrastructure.

Yet (according to PwC) the telecoms industry has failed to cover its cost of capital in the past decade. Too many resources are required, for too little value created. So why is there an infrastructure sustainability crisis?

The race to be first to market with each technology generation has resulted in a fixation on peak bandwidth. This has created a supply-led industry that is both inefficient and ineffective. Operators are creating costly capacity which fails to deliver sufficient impact on user experience. Meanwhile, users find broadband services lack dependability, which limits their utility and stifles the growth of new applications.

What is of value is not a supply of bandwidth, but rather fit-for-purpose services that meet users demand for successful application outcomes. Join the world's leading network performance engineering team to learn how a demand-led industry can put broadband back onto a sustainable growth path. Using case studies, we will describe the changes to network design, marketing and operations that lead to future success.

Facilitator
Dr Neil Davies, Founder and Chief Scientist, Predictable Network Solutions, United Kingdom
Mr Martin Geddes, Founder, Martin Geddes Consulting, United Kingdom

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Squeezing Spectrum

Panel Session

PSM1: Squeezing Spectrum

Friday, 22 November 2013, 13:30 - 15:00, Jupiter 8

Continuing penetration of smart mobile devices and applications has led to "squeezing spectrum" and the industry has developed various solutions to alleviate intensifying spectrum needs. For example, equipment players are developing new products such as small cells, some operators are pushing for network/spectrum sharing and WiFi offloading, and regulatory bodies are reviewing the use of new spectrum bands.

In this session, we will explore regulatory and commercial implications of these solutions (vs. technology characteristics) on the future network architecture.

Moderator Mr Laurent Yoon, Associate Principal, McKinsey, Korea (Rep. of)Panellists Mr Andrew Batten, Regional Director, BT Advise for Communications Asia Pacific, Singapore Mr Guillaume Mascot, APAC PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR, ALCATEL-LUCENT ASIA PACIFIC REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS Ms Elizabeth Migwalla, Senior Director, South Africa Government Affairs, Qualcomm International, South Africa Mr Shimizaki Yoshihito, Vice Chairman, Small Cell Forum

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Spectrum for the Future

PSL2: Spectrum for the Future
Friday, 22 November 2013, 10:45 - 12:15, Jupiter 9
The pressure on spectrum resulting from the exponential growth of mobile services raises a number of challenges for governments and regulators, who are in charge of managing spectrum. In particular:
- How to balance the spectrum requirements of government and commercial services in order to achieve a sustainable use of spectrum?
- How to balance the spectrum requirements of licence exempt (e.g. wifi) and licensed services (e.g. mobile networks) to promote the widest development of broadband services at an affordable price?
- How to balance the spectrum requirements of terrestrial and space services?
- How to promote the use of more spectrally efficient technologies without disrupting existing investments?
The debate will also address the way in which international regulations (in particular those that may arise from WRC-15 decisions) may assist in addressing these challenges.
Moderator
Mr François Rancy, Director of the Radiocommunication Bureau, International Telecommunication Union, Switzerland
Panellists
Dr Shiv K. Bakhshi, Vice-President Industry Relations, Ericsson, United States
Mr Jean-Pierre Bienaimé, Chairman, UMTS Forum, France
Mr Paul Brown-Kenyon, Chief Executive Officer, MEASAT, Malaysia
Ms Julie Napier Zoller, Deputy Coordinator, International Communications and Information Policy (CIP), United States Department of State, United States
Prof. John Sydney Nkoma, Director General, Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA), Tanzania
Mr Sergy Pastukh, Vice-chair ITU-R SG1 - Spectrum Management, Radio Research and Development Institute (NIIR), Russian Federation
Mr Peter Pitsch, Executive Director Communications Policy and Associate General Counsel, Intel Corporation, United States

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Mobile Cloud Networks

Panel Session
PSJ2: Mobile Cloud Networks
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 16:15 - 17:45, Jupiter 9

Innovative services and products over the next decade will be strongly driven by cloud computing technologies. Research communities on cloud technologies will need to address challenges such as radio access in the cloud, new opportunities for sharing of infrastructure, open source, SDN (software defined networks), new CDN (content delivery networks), and ICN (information centric networks).

Globally, green requirements, performance and scalability studies and related impacts on policy, regulation and standardisation will also need to be addressed. Telecommunication networks need to be prepared for the requirements coming from cloud services, transporting the corresponding information in an effective and efficient way.

The cloud concept is being brought into network architectures, by introducing virtualisation into all signal processing and information storage in the networks, and the service provision concept as a replacement for current network node functionalities.

Game developers, network operators, OTT content providers and community operators will have a big role to play in these new paradigms. A broad view will be taken, addressing perspectives of innovation, standardisation, business models, implementation, roadmap, and so on.

Moderator
Dr Thomas Michael Bohnert, Senior Research Scientist, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Panellists
Prof. Luis M. Correia, Associate Professor, Instituto Superior Técnico - Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Dr Neil Davies, Founder and Chief Scientist, Predictable Network Solutions, United Kingdom
Mr Latif Ladid, Founder & President, IPv6 Forum, Luxembourg
Mr Peter Riedel, Executive Vice-President, Rohde & Schwarz, Germany
Dr Masao Sakauchi, President, NICT, Japan

Tsuyoshi Kawashima,Thomas Michael Bohnert, Prof. Luis M. Correia,Neil Davies, Latif Ladid, Peter Riedel, Masao Sakauchi

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Balancing Competition and Subsidies in Broadband Promotion

Panel Discussion

PSJ1: Balancing Competition and Subsidies in Broadband Promotion
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 16:15 - 17:45, Jupiter 8

The positive impacts of broadband for national economies are well known. Governments around the world are focusing on broadband promotion.

What is the role of competition, the primary driver of the mobile voice success story? Are the subsidies that are being deployed as elements of the strategies efficient? What is the appropriate balance between infrastructure deployment and stimulation of demand? A range of country experiences as well as the possibility of "leapfrogging" to broadband deployment in countries with low overall connectivity such as Myanmar will be discussed.

Moderator
Dr Rohan Samarajiva, Founding Chair and CEO, LIRNEasia, Sri Lanka
Panellists
Mr Pham Hong Hai, Director General, Viet Nam Telcommunications Authority (VNTA), Viet Nam
Mr Tsuyoshi Kawashima, President and CEO, NTT Communications, Thailand
Ms Helen Lai, Head of Regulatory Division, Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA), Hong Kong, China
Mrs Suvi Linden, ITU Special Envoy to the Broadband Commission for Digital Development, Government of Finland - Former Minister of Communications, Finland

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The Impact of Spectrum Options on Device Availability

Panel Session
PSI2: The Impact of Spectrum Options on Device Availability
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 14:15 - 15:45, Jupiter 9

Finding spectrum to satisfy the growing demand for mobile data is getting ever more difficult. Timely release of spectrum in the right combination of low and high frequency bands is required to achieve national coverage of both dense urban and rural areas. Policy makers in many countries are adopting a technology neutral policy to free up spectrum such as the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands for LTE deployments, and many regulators are also looking at allocating Digital Dividend spectrum for mobile broadband.

Although a wide variety of spectrum bands has been approved for LTE the availability of commercially viable devices depends on the choice of primary bands in different regions of the world. Which are the key LTE bands for Asia and what is the likely availability of spectrum in the region?

Adoption of the APT700 MHz band plan represents a major new opportunity for regional and global spectrum harmonization that could deliver the benefits of economies of scale for end-user devices. How does spectrum fragmentation affect device design, availability and the prospects for international roaming? What is the likely timescale for 700 MHz to be brought widely into use for LTE mobile broadband services?

Moderator
Mr Alan Hadden, President, GSA - Global mobile Suppliers Association, United Kingdom
Panellists
Mr Goran Berntson, Director of TDD Industry Development Department, Huawei, Sweden
Dr Margit Brandl, Global Head of Telecoms and Trade Policy, Nokia Siemens Networks, Germany
Mr Thomas Welter, Chief Frequency Officer, Société Française du Radiotéléphone (SFR), France
Mr Mike Wright, Executive Director Networks & Access Technologies, Telstra, Australia

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IMT Vision

Panel Session
PSI3: IMT Vision
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 14:15 - 15:45, Jupiter 10

The IMT family of systems has served us well over the past two decades and has a well-defined roadmap for the next few years. But then what? What is the long term future vision for IMT?

Wireless connections will become ubiquitous for things as well as people but what will they connect to? Will public and private networks converge across sectors such as communications and energy? Will global harmonisation of spectrum remain an unattainable dream? How might the future wireless internet support solutions for public protection and disaster relief as well as broad societal challenges such as traffic, energy, climate change and health?

Moderator
Mr Fabio Leite, Deputy Director, BR, Radiocommunications Bureau (BR), International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Switzerland
Panellists
Dr Hiroyuki Atarashi, Manager, Radio System Group, RAN Development Dept, NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan
Dr Hakan Ohlsen, Director of Industry and Technology, APAC Ericsson, Viet Nam
Mr Alex Orange, Director, Government Affairs, Southeast Asia&Pacific, Qualcomm International, Hong Kong, China
Dr Jesada Sivaraks, Secretary to NBTC Vice-Chairman, National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission, Thailand


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