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Mobile Broadband Devices

Exploiting the potential of broadband to create compelling connected devices

30-31 October, 2007. Radisson SAS, Berlin, Germany

Main Agenda

Day 1 - 30th January 2008

Registration & Refreshments

8:30

Speed Networking

8:45

Chairman’s Welcome and Introduction

9:00
  • Dr. Walter Tuttlebee, Chief Executive, Mobile VCE, UK

DECT - THE NEXT GENERATION

Reviewing the Latest Developments in the DECT Market - The Launch of CAT-iq

9:15
  • DECT rollout worldwide: Status and further plans.
  • What are the most promising emerging DECT markets ?
  • CAT-iq - Advanced Broadband Technology for new Services and Devices
  • Rollout Status and timeline
  • Overview of Certification and Marketing plans
  • How will CAT-iq technology increase the profitability of the industry?
  • Erich Kamperschroer, Chairman, DECT Forum, Germany

DECT: A Market Overview

9:45
  • Market update: Enterprise and Consumer
  • 2007 Cordless Telephony market per region
  • Growth rates
  • Key market developments
  • Competitor positions
  • Stephanie Watson, General Manager, MZA Consultants, UK

Developments and Opportunities in the Cordless Industry

10:15
  • Further Enhancements in the current DECT Business
  • The Migration to Broadband and VoIP and the Chances for the Industry
  • CAT-iq: A disruptive technology to DECT ?
  • Deploying CAT-iq Products: Turning Revenue into Profit
  • Will the Broadband Gateway cannibalize the Cordless Phone Market?
  • Dr. Jochen Eickholt, CEO, Siemens Home & Office Communication Devices, Germany

Morning Refreshments

10:45

Next Generation Cordless Standards

11:15
  • The co-operation between DECT forum and ETSI to shape future standards
  • What does DECT Next generation offer?
  • Future Outlook - What will be next?
  • Angel Boveda, Expert ETSI DECT

CAT-iq: Enabling New Product Development

11:40
  • Why CAT-iq? What does it bring to the Industry?
  • Understanding the value of CAT-iq profiles
  • Importance of interoperability
  • Platform availability
  • Future directions for CAT-iq
  • Brian Robertson, President, DSP Group

Panel Discussion: DECT and the Issue of Re-branding: What is the Future?

12:10
  • CAT-IQ: Implications of a new name
  • Confusing for the industry?
  • American markets - does it appeal to the consumer?
  • Logo - thoughts and opinions
  • Legal implications of branding
  • Tonda Mullis, Chief Marketing Officer, American Telecom, USA
  • Ruth Wilson, DSP Group, UK
  • Erich Kamperschroer, Chairman, DECT Forum, Germany

Case Study: Orange - France Telecom

12:40
  • Orange Group Use Case: HD Voice for Orange
  • Create value with Voice
  • New range of devices
  • Key Elements of Success (New services)
  • Vincent Lahoche, Handset Marketing VP, Orange-France Telecom, France

Lunch TECHNICAL ADVANCES OF DECT AND CAT-IQ

13:10

End to End Solutions for CAT-iq Systems

14:30
  • Semiconductor engines to enable the symbiosis of DECT and VoIP
  • New concepts for flexible CAT-iq systems
  • Future perspectives in the home networking environment
  • How to create value for the complete value chain
  • Dr. Michael Neuhäuser, Infineon Technologies AG Director Program Management Cordless, Director Program Management Cordless, Business Group Communication Solutions, Germany

Enabling CAT-iq from a Silicon Perspective

15:00
  • Enhancing DECT to CAT-iq
  • Platform Achievements for CAT-iq
  • Cost effective platforms for CAT-iq
  • Enabling gateway manufacturers with CAT-iq
  • Oliver Maiwald, Strategic Application Manager, Sitel, Netherlands

DECT and Linux Integration for Network Devices

15:30
  • Linux as a basis for DECT VoIP and CAT-iq developments
  • The advantages of Linux use in network connected devices
  • The Freedom project
  • A platform for advanced DECT terminals
  • Antonio Muchaxo, Managing Director, Bithium, Portugal

Afternoon Refreshments

16:00

CAT-iq: Evolution of DECT into the IP-era - Implications and New Opportunities

16:30
  • Stepping into the future with CAT-iq - the role of CAT-iq within IP-based applications
  • HD-voice - a key driver for industry adoption of CAT-iq based VoIP services
  • Utilizing the increasing CAT-iq installed base for building "smart" applications
  • Certification and interoperability - increasing need for CAT-iq test equipment
  • Lasse Anker Knudsen, Technical Marketing Manager, RTX Telecom A/S, Denmark

THE FUTURE OF DECT & CAT-IQ IN THE ENTERPRISE MARKETS

DECT and the Vertical Markets. Is DECT still an Appropriate Technology?

16:50
  • Is DECT an appropriate long term technology for the enterprise
    • & vertical markets?
  • Benefits of DECT/CAT-iq in the enterprise and vertical markets
  • Challenges facing DECT/CAT-iq
  • Looking to the future - how can DECT/CAT-iq adapt in an evolving market?
  • Role of CAT-IQ in IP
  • What is stopping the vertical markets from developing CAT-iq?
  • Roel Ottink, Manager, Product line terminals, Ascom Wireless Solutions, Sweden
  • Staffan örnbratt, Manager, Product line Telephony Infrastructure & Certification, Ascom Wireless Solutions, Sweden

DECT & DECT 6.0 in the Enterprise Sector

17:20
  • Horizontal & Vertical Focus
    • What are the values added?
    • How can the end user benefit?
  • Possibilities set by the standard
    • What is offered?
    • What is the cost?
  • Challenges implementing the product
    • What does the product look like?
    • Additional approval requirements besides DECT
  • Dion Nielsen, Research Development Manager, Polycom, Denmark

Chairman’s Closing Discussion

17:50

Drinks Reception

18:00

Day 2 - 31st January 2008

Registration & Coffee

8:40

Chairman’s Welcome and Introduction

9:00
  • Dr. Walter Tuttlebee, Chief Executive, Mobile VCE, UK DECT STANDARD OUTSIDE THE MAIN STREAM OF VOICE TECHNOLOGY:

DECT IS NOT JUST FOR TELEPHONES

DECT is not just for telephones: A Versatile Standard - Optimising the Existing Market

9:10
  • Cardiac monitoring
  • Professional intercom systems
  • Home security systems
  • Video entry-phones
  • Telemetry modules
  • Tim Whittaker, System Architect,Wireless Business Unit, Cambridge Consultants, UK UK

CAT-IQ VERSUS ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN THE HOME ENVIRONMENT

On the Importance of Easing the Customer Experience on a Home Network from an Operator Perspective

9:40
  • Analysing complexity and problems in setting up a working and satisfactory home environment for the Customer
  • A real plug and play approach needs more than just zero configuration
  • Extending zero configuration by introducing Autonomic computing capabilities in the Home Environment
  • A possible service scenario and the need for a real ecosystem comprising also CAT-iq
  • Roberto Minerva, Manager, Research & Trends, Telecom Italia Lab, Italy

The Role of CAT-iq in the Connected Home -A Wireless Revolution?

10:10
  • Long term look into the future of the home from a wireless perspective.
  • Can CAT-iq be a viable technology to use in this area?
  • Standards and interoperability between devices and integration of the home network.
  • WiFi - A long term technical solution?
  • Paolo Pastorino, Chief Technology Officer & Chief Business Officer, Home Gateway Initiative, Italy

Panel Discussion: Is Interoperability the Holy Grail? Wifi & CAT-iq: Partnership or Opposition?

10:40
  • Strength and Weaknesses of CAT-iq & WiFi Technologies
  • Are they competing technologies?
  • Looking for a solution: Partnership a possibility?
  • Focusing on the future: Compatibility with other wireless technologies?
  • Adam Somer, VP. American Telecom, USA
  • Guido Willi, VP Marketing DSP Group, DSP Group
  • Roberto Minerva, Telecom Italia Lab, Italy

Morning Refreshments

11:20

OVERCOMING CHALLENGES FOR DECT IN AN EMERGING MARKET

From Commercial to Residential: Is the Russian Market Ready?

11:50
  • Condition of the Russian DECT market - advantages and perspectives
  • Strategies to overcome existing infrastructure constraints in Russia using VoIP (enterprise market)
  • DECT in rural communications
  • Eldar Murtazin, Mobile Research Group, Russia

DECT in the Russian Home: A dream or a Reality?

12:20
  • DECT Terminals and services from a retail perspective
  • The future of DECT in Russia - CAT-iq a possibility?
  • Alla Kondakova, Euroset, Russia

Panel Discussion: Instant Messaging in the Fixed World. Friend or Foe?

12:50
  • Is there still a place for messaging in the fixed world?
  • Emerging Markets v’s Established Markets
  • Residential v’s Commercial
  • Interoperability for fixed line messaging
  • Handset designs - evolution for fixed messaging?
  • Future of messaging: IP/ Instant messaging:
    Adapting handsets
  • Alla Kondakova, Euroset, Russia
  • Phillippe Calvet, Fixed & Home Networking Standards Manager, Orange-France Telecom, France
  • Roel Ottink, Manager, Product Line Terminals, Ascom Wireless Solutions Sweden

Lunch

13:20
THE IMPACT OF DECT 6.0 ON THE US RETAIL

CHANNEL AND CONSUMER MARKETS

Case Study: American Telecom - Expanding the Consumer Base. DECT 6.0 Pay N’ Talk

14:40
  • Launch of DECT 6.0 - A success story?
  • VoIP - the future of DECT technology in America?
  • Launch of DECT 6.0 Pay N’ Talk ®
  • Consumer experience
  • The future of DECT in the US: An American Telecom perspective
  • Mexico - more than a peripheral market?
  • Bruce Hahn, CEO, American Telecom, USA

Extending UPCS DECT 6.0 to CAT-iq

15:10
  • Overview of UPCs compliance and system testing
  • Optimising channel management in a UPCS system
  • Wide Band Audio ramifications in a UPCS compliant system
  • Hardware requirements and challenges facing future office communication
  • Mark Clark, Senior Software Engineer, Plantronics, USA

Skype and DECT 6.0: Taking Skype beyond the PC

15:40
  • Skype in the US - moving beyond the PC
  • Successful case studies: DECT 6.0 cordless phones with Skype
  • Challenges and future developments for Skype and DECT 6.0 in the US
  • How does DECT 6.0 move into Skype telephony?
  • Senior Product Manager DECT SKYPE

Afternoon Refreshments

16:10

INDIA: AN EMERGING MARKET FOR DECT

Entering the Indian Residential Market: Profit Potential?

16:40
  • Expectations of the Indian Market
  • Opportunities for DECT in India
  • Fixed lines: An update?
  • Challenges facing DECT in India
  • Shirish Purohit, CEO, Midas Communication Technologies, India

Chairman’s Closing Remarks

17:10
  • Key Learning from the conference
  • Future targets and milestones
  • Questions & Answers
  • Dr. Walter Tuttlebee, Chief Executive, Mobile VCE, UK

Close

17:20