As we move from a period of WiMAX network trials to commercial deployments, the focus is shifting to equipment certification, value added services and applications that will drive adoption. As such, several of our sponsors and exhibitors will be demonstrating new service platforms and devices on the Expo floor, This new track at WiMAX World 2008 will allow sponsors to integrate their presentations with live demonstrations in their booth.
Randall Schwartz
Principal Consultant, WiMAX 20/20
Participants
Altair
GCT
Sequans
Broad adoption of WiMAX greatly depends on the proliferation of WiMAX chipsets into battery operated mobile devices, including handsets, ultra mobile PCs and a variety of consumer electronic devices. One gating factor has been the power consumption of the WiMAX subsystem which puts a drain on batteries. The WiMAX chipset ecosystem has made great strides in this arena but have they met the “low power bar” necessary for wide adoption of WiMAX into mobile devices? This WiMAX Live Shootout session will give an opportunity to the leading chipset vendors to show live measurements of their low power solution and explain how they are meeting the low power challenge.
4:00
WiMAX and 4G Experts Panel
Moderator
Berge Ayvazian
Chief Strategy Officer, Yankee Group
Panelists
Thomas R. Elliott
Vice President, Strategy Analytics, Inc.
Emmy Johnson
Founder & Principal Analyst, Sky Light Research
This session will provide a forum for several leading industry analysts that have recently issued reports and made public statements in the press regarding the prospects for WiMAX in the context of 4G technology and the networking plans for business customers. This Experts Panel will provide a fast-paced discussion of the key challenges and opportunities for WiMAX service providers and the factors shaping the market relative to other 4G technologies. Come prepared to challenge their research and these expert perspectives.
