May. 9, 2008 - May. 9, 2008

2008 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards

Conferred annually, the awards recognize the companies that demonstrate best practices in their industry, commending the diligence, commitment, and innovative business strategies required to advance in the global marketplace. Currently into its fifth year, the 2008 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards will honour a total of 30 companies and individuals that have attained excellence, rising above the competition and demonstrating outstanding performance across Asia Pacific.

Singapore, SG

http://www.ict-awards.com

May 12, 2008 - May 15, 2008

ANTENNAS: Principles, Design, and Measurements, a short course

A four-day short course on antenna principles and practice for wireless engineers and managers.

Annapolis, US

http://www.antennacourse.com

May. 13, 2008

Canalys Navigation Forum 2008 - Bangalore

The Canalys Navigation Forum comes to Bangalore for the first time to promote, explore opportunity within, and help accelerate the progress of mobile navigation in the Indian market.

Since 2006 the Canalys Navigation Forum has provided the premier annual meeting place for C-level executives within the mobile land navigation sector. To date the event has taken place within the EMEA region but as the market has developed globally so has the Forum, and this year separate events will take place in Europe, the US, India and Taiwan. The Bangalore event concentrates on bringing together local and international players all with an interest in understanding the opportunity that the Indian market holds for mobile navigation based products and services. Decision-makers from navigation hardware and software companies, local operators, their suppliers, the financial community and press will gather and gain invaluable market insight, make a wide range of contacts and promote their own businesses.

If India is an important market for your business, attendance as a delegate or sponsor should not be in question.

Bangalore, IN

http://bangalore.canalysnavigationforum.com/page.asp?id=1

May 15, 2008

Canalys Navigation Forum 2008 - Taipei

The Canalys Navigation Forum comes to Taipei for the first time to both explore opportunity within the local market, and help ODMs understand the global markets accessible to them.

Since 2006 the Canalys Navigation Forum has provided the premier annual meeting place for C-level executives within the mobile land navigation sector. To date the event has taken place within the EMEA region but as the market has developed globally so has the Forum, and this year separate events will take place in Europe, the US, India and Taiwan.

The Taipei event concentrates on bringing together the international players with local producers. Some will have an interest in understanding and accessing the local market and others will be there to inform decisions on product development and branding decisions for foreign markets.

Either way, all parties will have interests that converge and the contacts made will be as valuable as the insight gained.

Taipei, TW

http://taipei.canalysnavigationforum.com/page.asp?id=1

May 19, 2008 - May 21, 2008

WiMAX World Europe

Attendees encompass the entire wireless/mobile/broadband landscape. These are key influencers and decision makers from both the business and technology segments of their respective organizations, who attend to specifically develop profitable new business models and relationships, address their future business communications needs and challenges, and evaluate the world's top WiMAX/mobile broadband products and solutions.

Munich, DE

http://www.wimaxworld.com/

May. 20, 2008 - May. 22, 2008

The Asia – Pacific e- Gov Forum

Harnessing ICTs for more efficient, inclusive and transparent governance. Key topics include:- 1. Challenges and opportunities of e-Governance 2. Developing citizen centric e-Governance projects 3. Interoperability and open standards for e-Government services 4. Key industry solutions 5. Learning lessons from successful e-Governance programmes

Kuala Lumpur, MY

www.cto.int

May. 21, 2008 - May. 22, 2008

Telecom Finance Middle East 2008

The 2nd Telecom Finance Middle East and Africa 2008 is again poised to be the main annual event for this region.

The conference will assess the most outstanding deals and performance in the TMT sector and map out the most exciting opportunities ahead.

It is also a unique networking forum, information exchange and learning experience for senior executives in telecom companies, professional practitioners in finance and law firms, deal makers and regulatory organizations.

Dubai, AE

http://www.tmtfinance.com

May. 25, 2008 - May. 29, 2008

Connect: Strategic Telecoms Summit

The telecoms market in the Middle East is booming. Meet senior industry leaders, policy makers and regulators to explore the growth dynamics of the Middle East telecommunications sector.

Abu Dhabi, AE

www.mecomexpo.com

May. 27, 2008 - May. 28, 2008

Wireless Broadband Week 2008

Attend Asia’s only technology-agnostic conference dedicated to developing business opportunities from your Wireless Broadband, whatever your technology (WiMAX, UMTS, HSPA, WCDMA).

Gain firsthand insights into the successes that Buzz Broadband, Dialog, Telekom Malaysia, PCCW & more have seen in:

• Recouping their ROI on investment costs (3G, WiMAX) through the delivery of the right triple- and quad-play services to subscribers.
• Developing frameworks to project the market for IMS services leading to the design of wireless product strategies.
• Designing business models to address highly lucrative segments that drive ROI and serve as a platform for other wireless broadband services.

SG

http://www.iqpc.com/sg/wirelessbroadband

May. 27, 2008 - May. 28, 2008

The 2nd Asian Mobile Marketing & Advertising Summit 2008

At Asia’s largest Mobile Marketing & Advertising forum, gain firsthand insights into the successes that Johnnie Walker, Axe Everyday, Nokia China, Nike, M&Ms, MTV Asia & more have seen in:

- Building affinity in branding as part of an integrated marketing strategy.
- Preventing their mobile marketing campaigns to be seen as 'spam.'
- Integrating mobile web advertising with Bluetooth casting, location-based SMS and other interactive text messaging channels to achieve different marketing and communications objectives.
- Setting objectives and how they went about building capabilities to create a more compelling experience for users and offerings for advertisers.

SG

www.iqpc.com/sg/mobilemarketingasia

May. 27, 2008 - May. 28, 2008

3rd Annual B2B CEM in Telecoms

CEM in B2B demonstrates the power of collecting truly relevant business customer information, developing and implementing winning methods and measuring their results. Following the success of our two previous events, this 3rd Annual B2B CEM will bring together industry experts who will share their practical experience on crucial B2B issues. Discussions will reveal how to understand the B2B segment and deliver value through the corporate customers' experience.

Vienna, AT

http://www.jacobfleming.com

May. 29, 2008 - May. 30, 2008

iPhone: An Independent Conference

The Apple iPhone has packed plenty into its short life as this year’s hot gadget – but is it here to stay or just another fad? This conference will assess the key areas of the iPhone’s success and how their latest technological advances relate to their rivals. Find out how Apple iPhone is partnering with organisations with regards to manufacturing handsets, successful software technologies, various content delivery solutions, effective mobile marketing and personalization techniques. Don’t miss out the analysis on how iPhone is likely to move into new markets and also find out how the other leading rivals can compete with such a global brand and also find out how the other leading mobile operators can compete with such a global brand by attending this conference.

London, UK

http://fencastro-virtue.com

May. 29, 2008 - May. 30, 2008

2nd Annual Secure Enterprise Summit

In this Information Technology (IT)-driven business era, there is often a fine line drawn between technology being a boon or a bane to a business. Simply put, a successful business cannot be achieved without the effective integration and seamless juxtaposition of technology and business. However, with more sophisticated attacks looming ahead, the role of security in facilitating the union between businesses and technology has become more pronounced. Thus, the Secure Enterprise Summit (SES) 2008 aims to further educate enterprises on the role of security while bringing attention to emerging technologies which are applicable to the business world today. It will also be a platform on which the best minds in Information security will convene to create an interactive milieu for exchange of knowledge and ideas.

SG

http://www.frost-ses.com

Jun. 2, 2008 - Jun. 5, 2008

GTM 2008- Global Telecommunications Meeting presented by Intelsat

34th annual networking and knowledge sharing global telecommunications conference, which this year has been expanded to corporate network operators, and the government services sector, in addition to carriers.

Washington DC, US

http://www.gtmintelsat.com

Jun. 3, 2008 - Jun. 3, 2008

Telecom Service Provider Workshop

To learn more about the economic and lifestyle benefits of fiber to the home, this day-long seminar of panel discussions, case studies and success stories will include discussion time with network operators who have expertise to share.

Des Moines, US

www.ftthcouncil.org

Jun. 3, 2008 - Jun. 4, 2008

Mobile Innovation Marketplace

The GSMA Mobile Innovation Marketplace – Americas brings together the industry’s best – innovators, operators, investors, technology suppliers, and major brands – to share ideas and insights regarding the future of mobile innovation and its impact on your business. Innovators also have a chance to compete in the Mobile Innovation Market Global Award Tournament

Atlanta, US

www.mobileinnovation.us

Jun. 3, 2008 - Jun. 5, 2008

W.Afri.Tel 2008

8th West African International Telecommunications & Information Communication Technology Exhibition

Lagos, NG

http://www.exhibitionsafrica.com

Jun. 9, 2008 - Jun. 11, 2008

Enterprise Architecture Conference Europe 2008

Enterprise Architecture helps large organisations to manage complexity and cost and is becoming a crucial enabler of change. It can identify and shape those elements of a business and its IT where standardisation and coherence are essential and it provides a firm foundation on which to build more flexible systems and processes. Increasingly, it must also provide a common frame of reference to support collaboration across multiple enterprises.

The 9th Enterprise Architecture Conference is the premier event to learn about these many challenges and how to tackle them, attracting speakers and delegates from around the world.

London, UK

http://www.irmuk.co.uk/eac2008/

Jun. 10, 2008

IDC Unified Communications Summit

The IDC Unified Communications Summit will provide IT, Strategic and business executives with a better understanding of where UC systems offer value and how they improve competitiveness. The summit features case studies and best practices on how UC integrates communications with enterprise wide and department-level applications, business processes and workflows.

New York, US

http://www.idc.com

Jun. 10, 2008 - Jun. 11, 2008

The Mobile Internet

This course reviews the technical strength and weakness of key radio access technologies and considers future applications and services that they might enable. It also looks at the economic value created in order to understand the relative position of each in the future roadmap of wireless access. A comprehensive understanding of this area positions the future for 4th generation mobility.

Oxford, UK

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

Jun. 11, 2008 - Jun. 12, 2008

Mobile Regulations and Competition Law Conference

Back for the 11th successful year, Mobile Regulations and Competition Law is Europe’s only event focusing on the knowledge and networking needs of mobile operator returns. The conference will be tackling the latest key topics and case studies from across and beyond Europe.

Brussels, BE

http://www.mobileregs.com

Jun. 12, 2008 - Jun. 13, 2008

WiMAX

WiMAX is an emerging standard for wireless broadband access. This two-day course provides a complete overview of the key IEEE WiMAX standards : 802.16d-2004 and 802.16e-2005.

WiMAX is proving to be of great interest in countries where there is no existing copper infrastructure or where the local regulations limit access to the last mile of cable. In recent times, WiMAX has also proven to be very useful in disaster zones such as in Aceh, Indonesia, after the 2004 tsunami and also in the USA after the 2005 hurricane Katrina.

UK

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

Jun. 16, 2008 - Jun. 19, 2008

FTTx Summit 2008

FTTx is one of Europe’s fastest developing markets. It’s also one of the most sensitive to changes in regulation, technology, services and new entrants. While you should take away a clear picture of the most relevant elements of the marketplace when leaving this year’s event, things can change dramatically in a short time period.
Due to the success of this year’s event, IIR Telecoms & Technology is delighted to announce that we will be holding next year’s event in Berlin, 16-19 June 2008. Over the next year, we will be tracking the rapidly evolving FTTx marketplace to bring you the most pertinent case studies on deployment and business models from across Europe and beyond.
Discover how European service providers are deploying fibre in their access networks to deliver profitable mass market video and interactive services.

Berlin, DE

http://www.iir-events.com

Jun. 16, 2008 - Jun. 20, 2008

Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (IEEE SECON)

The 5th Annual Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks features keynote speaker Professor Dave Culler (UC Berkeley), 60+ technical presentations, 20 posters and demonstrations sessions, the SDR Workshop, the WiNC Workshop, and the WiMesh with keynote speakers Eric Brewer (Intel Research) and Cyrus Behroozi (Tropos Networks).

San Francisco Bay Area, US

http://www.ieee-secon.org

Jun. 17, 2008 - Jun. 20, 2008

COMMUNICASIA 2008

At Asia’s most relevant and comprehensive infocomm event of the year, see businesses and technologies converge, as decision-makers from the world over network, do business and form partnerships. Bringing buyers from around Asia Pacific and beyond, our shows are the best investment for you to meet potential clients and business partners and to achieve the branding you need to be a market leader in the region. Meet top operators and service providers, regulators, vendors and consultants at Asia’s most established info-communications technology exhibition and conference.

Singapore, SG

http://www.communicasia.com

Jun. 17, 2008 - Jun. 18, 2008

WiMAX Forum Global Congress 2008

The WiMAX Forum Global Congress 2008 will be the leading conference and large scale exhibition for the entire WiMAX ecosystem. It is the flagship event of the series that will be the "must attend" global event that will bring the industry together to define the future of mobile internet. The following major industry players have confirmed to exhibit: Airspan, Alcatel-Lucent, Alvarion, Aperto, ASUS, Fujitsu, IBM, Intel, Motorola, Navini, Nokia, Nokia-Siemens, Nortel, Pico Chip, Quanata, Runcom, Samsung, Sequans, ZTE and ZyXEL.

WiMAX Forum Global Congress 2008 will provide WiMAX Forum members and the global WiMAX market with a focal meeting point to network, learn and do business with 8000 plus key representatives from across the entire wireless broadband value chain. We look forward to partnering with you to drive your business forward.

Amsterdam, NL

http://www.wimax-vision.com

Jun. 17, 2008 - Jun. 18, 2008

Mobile Messaging

This intensive two-day course explores various aspects of developing mobile messaging solutions. The market positioning of various mobile messaging services will be explained along with the underlying technologies. The lecturer, Gwenaël Le Bodic, will share his own experience as a renowned expert in the area of mobile messaging.

Oxford, UK

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

Jun. 17, 2008 - Jun. 18, 2008

Service Innovation and Multiplay Conference

In changing telecoms market, the operators are under increased pressure to employ new strategies for a converging market and deliver thrilling new services. It is now widely acknowledged that convergence has become synonymous with successful telco business models in this highly competitive market.

VIB Events’ conference on Service Innovation and Multiplay aims to bring together experts from leading service providers to discuss current challenges, developments and trends in the converged environment. Learn how to create successful business models, succeed in the highly competitive market and identify strategic pricing models for Multiplay services.

Moreover, by attending this event you will find out how to overcome challenges of Multiplay roll-out, increase quality of service across products, reduce churn and open up new revenue streams through innovative services.

Barcelona, ES

http://www.multiplay-innovations.com

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

Jun. 25, 2008 - Jun. 26, 2008

Telecom OSS World 2008

This event will address your new business challenges head on — the move towards a more customer centric model is crucial for service providers to increase market share, prevent churn and deliver a more comprehensive offering to their entire customer base.

Bangkok, TH

www.telecomossworld.com

Jun. 26, 2008 - Jun. 27, 2008

Understanding New Mobile and Cellular Networks, Technologies and Services

Explains the fundamentals, sorts out the differences, and demystifies the technologies of all current and future mobile and cellular networks, standards, and services.

Dallas, US

http://www.alexanderresources.com

Jul. 1, 2008 - Jul. 2, 2008

Fraud Prevention and Revenue Assurance Middle East and North Africa

ViB Events’ Fraud Prevention and Revenue Assurance MENA will bring together telecoms operators and industry experts to discuss the critical issues which are faced by revenue assurance and fraud personnel today.

This event is a spin-off from our European event which has been a huge success and is now in its eighth year. The number of Middle East and North African delegates has increased significantly over the past few years and our MENA event aims to deliver a detailed, case study driven conference that will focus specifically on this geographical area, giving decision-makers the opportunity to hear key industry players discussing their approach to fraud and revenue assurance.

From discussing the challenges surrounding interconnection and ensuring transparency in CDR, to the introduction of 3G networks and fraud prevention strategies across the service portfolio, this event will provide the audience with practical information on revenue assurance and fraud issues facing telecoms operators today.

Dubai, AE

http://www.revenueassurance.info

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. 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. 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/