Jun. 18, 2008 - Dec. 16, 2008

IT Roadmap Conference and Expo: Multi-City U.S. Tour

Innovative technology advancements. Compelling integrated solutions. Best Practices, Real-world implementations. Only IT Roadmap has it all. This unique, all-in-one, single-day event is designed by IT pros for IT pros who want to cover multiple industry topics in one day.

WHEN: 6-City U.S. Tour

• Boston, MA - June 18
• Atlanta, GA – July 16
• Seattle, WA - August 12
• Dallas, TX - September 23
• San Francisco, CA - November 17
• Washington, DC – December 16

US

http://www.networkworld.com/RM8BCL

Jul. 2, 2008 - Jul. 4, 2008

Mobile Social Networks & UGC

IIR's Mobile Social Networks & UGC has been specifically designed for mobile operators, mobile community platform firms, software & technology providers and content/media companies to share ideas, discuss future trends and establish a common view of getting the most value out of mobile communities and User Generated Content strategies. Delegates will benefit from best-practice perspectives over a three day period offering a programme packed with case studies, roundtable discussions, an interactive pre-summit workshop as well as numerous networking and information-sharing opportunities.

Amsterdam, NL

http://www.iir-events.com

Jul. 7, 2008 - Jul. 8, 2008

Oceania Com

Oceania Com gathers operators and vendors from the Pacific to learn, network and do business. Join 200 peers to gain high level commercial insights from the 2 day conference featuring 20 high level speakers from across the region. Discuss, debate and gather best practice on: Policies to stimulate growth, innovation and competitiveness, operator growth and profitability strategies, profitable deployment of wireless broadband technologies and extending the availability of broadband services. Take back to the office actionable insights on: Fostering further cooperation between Australia, New Zealand and Pacific island nations and territories, extending the availability of services to under-connected customers in the region’s emerging markets, transforming incumbent telecoms business to thrive in liberalised markets and working with regulators and governments to foster choice and competition.

Sydney, AU

http://www.comworldseries.com/Oceania

Jul. 7, 2008 - Jul. 11, 2008

UMTS: System Design and Operation

The course provides a detailed end-to-end description and explanation of the global WCDMA, HSPA and LTE radio standards in 3GPP Releases 99, 5, 6, 7 and 8. With presentations from Harri Holma and Antti Toskala, authors of the definitive work "WCDMA for UMTS" and "HSDPA/HSUPA for UMTS" this course provides an excellent opportunity to hear from the key instigators of this technology.

Oxford, UK

http://cpd.conted.ox.ac.uk/electronics/courses/UMTS.asp

Jul. 9, 2008

HSDPA/HSUPA

This cutting edge 1-day advanced course, explains the capabilities and operation of High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA ) and High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) technologies, the key enhancements for 3G WCDMA Mobile.

Oxford, UK

http://cpd.conted.ox.ac.uk/electronics/courses/hsdpa.asp

Jul. 9, 2008 - Jul. 11, 2008

Mobile Payments World 2008

Stay abreast of this rapidly changing landscape as new players pitch a stake on the increasing mobile payment market.

As more mobile payments trials move into implementations this year, the conference will highlight the strategies for speedier & profitable commercial deployments. From acceptable pricing models & incentivizing merchants to implementations & getting the applications into the phones, get the latest information & developments!

SG

www.magenta-global.com

Jul. 9, 2008 - Jul. 11, 2008

3rd Mobile Pricing Symposium

The aim of the 3rd Mobile Pricing Symposium is to provide complete up-to-date coverage of Mobile Pricing and the Key Issues that are impacting the business of pricing.

Cambridge, UK

http://www.telecomspricing.com/MPS3o

Jul. 10, 2008 - Jul. 10, 2008

LTE Release 8

Course will cover: UTRAN LTE background, 3GPP schedule, LTE Physical Layer, LTE Layer 2/3, LTE Architecture, UE Categories, LTE Network Algorithms, LTE Network Performance, Benchmarking with HSPA and WiMAX

Oxford, UK

http://cpd.conted.ox.ac.uk

Jul. 11, 2008 - Jul. 11, 2008

UMTS - Protocol Architecture

This course presents a technical description of UMTS Protocol Architecture and signalling procedures, including the enhancements introduced in Releases 5 and 6 of the 3GPP specifications to support HSDPA and the Enhanced Uplink Dedicated Channel (HSUPA).

Data flows and processes through RLC, MAC and Physical layers are discussed and inter-layer messages and procedures explained from both UE and UTRAN perspectives.

Oxford, UK

http://cpd.conted.ox.ac.uk

Jul. 14, 2008 - Jul. 15, 2008

Mobile Technology to Mobilize your Business

The course is intended to highlight the technical issues that arise when mobilizing data services for business applications, and several approaches to solving these or minimising their impact on performance. Several case studies will be used as the course draws heavily from experience with several mobile network operators plus third party solution providers and their attempts to provide complex data services to their business customers.

Oxford, UK

http://cpd.conted.ox.ac.uk

Jul. 15, 2008 - Jul. 18, 2008

Broadband World Forum Asia

Broadband World Forum Asia brings together key industry thought-leaders and major global players to examine cutting-edge broadband technology developments, deployments, challenges, services, applications, and solutions with particular relevance to the Asian market.

Hong Kong, CN

http://www.iec.org

Jul. 22, 2008 - Jul. 23, 2008

IPTV World Forum North America

IPTV WORLD FORUM – NORTH AMERCIA Over 500 attendees anticipated to attend Conference featuring over 15 platform operators, content providers and systems integrators discussing IPTV service deployment issues Industry exhibition with up to 25 leading technology providers with FREE to attend exhibition Networking party for all delegates at a premier venue Co-located exhibition featuring 3 further conference streams: TV Over Net North America, Interactive TV Advertising North America, IP Cable North America For more information please contact Katherine Cummings on +44(0)1173 116 233 or email katherinec@junction-group.com

Chicago, US

http://www.iptv-northamerica.com/

Jul. 23, 2008 - Jul. 24, 2008

SEAsia Com

SE AsiaCom is the number 1 meeting place for the communications value chain in the region, gathering thought leaders and purchasing decision makers from across SE Asia and the wider international community to learn, network and to do business. It is a unique gathering of the whole communications value chain, with fixed and mobile operators, international carriers, satellite operators, ISPs, vendors, regulators and more. This event brings 300+ senior decision-makers under one roof - no other business development opportunity in SE Asia compares. Hear from 30 leading industry speakers - the best minds in SE Asia. Participate in a 3 day programme incorporating exhibition, congress and pre- event workshops, 4 panel sessions to stimulate industry debate and over 10 hours of networking time through multiple dedicated networking sessions and breaks.

Kuala Lumpur, MY

http://www.comworldseries.com/SEAsia

Aug. 18, 2008 - Aug. 20, 2008

Submarine Network World 2008

As bandwidth hunger hits a global high in 2008, operators, cable owners and their suppliers have joined in the race to build, build and build more submarine cables to cater to the global capacity demand. Be it Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe or US, more than 200,000 km route of submarine cables will be built in the next 3 years. Join us this August at the 11th Annual Submarine Networks World 2008 conference, as we examine these issues, bandwidth and capacity utilization take up across Asia Pacific, the new cable projects, the impact of increasing competition and the entrance of new players into the market etc.

Singapore, SG

www.terrapinn.com

Aug. 20, 2008 - Aug. 22, 2008

POF Workshop - East Meets West

This unique workshop is an opportunity for the U.S. and other non-European audiences to learn from Europe's POF know-how. The workshop consists of 6 single tutorials, each about two and a half hours long. After each of the tutorials, a one-hour discussion will follow. Attendees may select any of the tutorials individually, or all six at a discount.

Santa Clara, US

http://pof2008.com

Aug. 25, 2008 - Aug. 28, 2008

POF 2008

POF 2008 is the 17th International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibers. There will be tutorials held on the 25th and exhibits open during the 26th-28th. It is a great way to learn more about the plastic optical fiber industry and network with world-renowned experts.

Santa Clara, US

www.pof2008.com

Aug. 25, 2008 - Aug. 26, 2008

Understanding New Mobile and Cellular Networks, Technologies and Services

In two days you will understand the fundamentals, differences, and evolution of current and future mobile and cellular networks, technologies, standards, and services.

Dallas, US

http://www.alexanderresources.com