Femtocell Solutions Forum '07

Delegate Bag Sponsor

Huawei Technologies is a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications networks for operators around the world. The company is committed to providing innovative and customized products, services, and solutions to create long-term value and potential growth for its customers. Huawei's products and solutions cover wireless products (HSDPA/WCDMA/EDGE/ GPRS/GSM, CDMA2000 1xEVDO/ CDMA2000 1X, TD-SCDMA, WiMAX©), core network products (IMS, mobile softswitch, NGN ), network products (FTTx, xDSL, optical, routers, LAN switches), application and software (IN, mobile data service, Boss), and terminals (UMTS/CDMA).
Major products are based on Huawei's self-designed ASIC chips and shared platforms to provide high-quality and cost-effective products and solutions with quick response. www.huawei.com

Conference Sponsor

Ubiquisys is a market leader in femtocell development. Its ground breaking ZoneGate 3G access point is a standardsbased plug-and-play device that seamlessly connects to a user's broadband gateway or becomes an integrated module as part of a comprehensive residential gateway device. The ZoneGate system is network connectivity agnostic, supporting multiple interfaces to the operator’s core network. The access point is remotely managed and updated using TR-069 management systems. ZoneGate enables mobile operators to extend 3G coverage in an extremely targeted way, reduce deployment costs, generate new revenue streams and speed up fixed-mobile substitution.
Ubiquisys is a Red Herring Europe 100 Winner and founder member of the Femto Forum. www.ubiquisys.com

Delegate Networking System Sponsor

Sonus Networks is a global leader in IP communications infrastructure, specialising in building resilient IP multiservice, fixed and mobile, core and access networks. Along with helping to reduce capex and opex, Sonus helps operators compete and thrive in today’s marketplace by enabling them come to market quickly in offering differentiated, revenue-generating applications and services.

• Sonus established or expanded its presence in 4 out of 5 of the world’s largest operators in 2006,
• Sonus has 100 implementations of VoIP including 59 announced customers
• Its largest deployment does 10bn minutes/month, overall its deployments carry 35 billion minutes per month www.sonusnet.com

Associate Sponsor

Pirelli Broadband Solutions is the Company within the Pirelli Group specializing in broadband access technology and photonics. The Access division provides a range of broadband CPE including access gateways, set-top boxes, multiple handsets, and a remote management system; while the Photonics division leverages nanotechnology and its use of tunable and pluggable solutions to deliver a complete range of components, modules and subsystems including dynamically tunable lasers, ITLAs, transponders, XFP transceivers, and a CWDM/DWDM system for access and metro core networks. In 2006, Pirelli Broadband Solutions posted sales of 129.4 million euros, with a 15.3% growth compared with the previous year. www.pirellibroadband.com

This launch event endorsed by the Femto Forum adresses the very hot topic of Femtocells.
Mobile and convergent operators are looking at femto cells as a potential, cost effective alternative to Wi-fi FMC. Femto cells are now being touted as the next low-cost solution for inbuilding wireless connectivity. With many trials and RFPs now taking place all over the world it is time for operators, manufacturers and solution providers to engage discussion on this new exciting technology.

Femtocells not only give mobile operators a chance to counter the threat from Wi-Fi and VoWLAN, but they will also ensure greater retention and loyalty from existing subscribers. Femtocells enable mobile operators to offer cheap, high-quality voice calls when mobile users are at home, while maintaining a significant premium for mobile calls when users are elsewhere. With the advent of HSDPA and HSUPA femtocells, operators will also be in a position to offer competitive data rates compared with other alternatives. With a wide array of operator case studies, this ground breaking conference will provide delegates an insight into the commercial drivers for femtocells and explore the optimum strategies to drive ARPUs and real ROIs. The carefully selected panel of speakers will also offer insight into the technical aspects of managing capacity expansion and co-existence and interaction with the rest of the network.