The GSMA aims to advance important new mobile technologies and applications through the Forum Series at Mobile World Congress. Here we brought together industry players to discuss and debate important topics in dedicated sessions.
Each Forum was a thought-leadership programme led by our Forum Partners and moderated by industry experts. Forum Series sessions were open to all MWC pass holders and the 2012 Forum Series included:
- LTE TDD/FDD International Summit (GTI Summit)
- Augmented Reality Forum
- LTE Forum
- Mobile Cloud Forum
- Mobile Security Forum
The Forum Series were well attended at MWC12 and we are currently working on the schedule for MWC13. Please visit our website often for updated information.
LTE TDD/FDD International Summit (GTI Summit)
Following the success of former five Summits since 2009, the 6th LTE TDD/FDD International Summit (GTI Summit) took place in the afternoon of Monday, 27 February during Mobile World Congress 2012.
The summit aimed at boosting TD-LTE commercial deployment in the coming years and exploring novel business models and applications in the Wireless City and key industry sectors. Pioneering operators brought audiences their valuable LTE deployment experience and explored the opportunities in joint LTE TDD/FDD product requirements, joint procurement, global roaming, etc. World-leading providers released their cutting-edge products and illustrated how key industry sectors benefited from LTE.
Event Highlights included:
- Global TD-LTE operators deployment strategy and latest LTE spectrum situation
- LTE business opportunities in Wireless City, business and industry market etc.
- Global Development with opportunities in joint requirement, joint procurement and global roaming
Portfolio of latest LTE TDD/FDD terminal and multimode-multiband solution
LTE TDD/FDD International Summit Sponsor
Augmented Reality Forum
The Augmented Reality (AR) Forum at Mobile World Congress was where mobile AR expanded from a research prototype to a real-world solution. Mobile AR brought together people on the move, the digital content on the Internet, and the physical world. It leveraged the high performance of the newest devices, speed of the latest network technologies and the need of people to tap into information while on the go.
The AR Forum was an industry-led forum that shared practical experiences through case studies, offered insights on how different geographies are adopting AR, suggested where to get the latest tools and services, and made sure they are the first to be found when brands, enterprises and developers are looking for information on mobile AR.
Augmented Reality Platinum Sponsor
Augmented Reality “AR” Forum Platinum Sponsor, the Khronos Group, and their Members showed how to synchronize digital data with the physical world in real time to enhance a user’s experience of their environment, and push the boundaries of vision and graphics processing, together with user interface, device and display design.
Although AR’s ‘killer app’ has not yet emerged, powerful technologies for merging sensor and vision processing with graphical augmentations will soon enable new generations of mobile applications to deliver unprecedented utility and immersiveness in many application domains.
For silicon and system vendors, AR presents significant challenges and opportunities for differentiation. Not only do AR-capable mobile devices require real-time sensor, vision and graphics processing; this diverse processing must seamlessly interoperate at unprecedented levels of performance, otherwise AR applications will fail to engage users and will place heavy burdens on network operators’ infrastructure.
At the AR Forum, the Khronos Group described its open, cross-platform API standards that provide essential acceleration for graphics, vision and sensor processing, and interoperate to enable compelling AR-enabled user experiences, creating new opportunities in the mobile ecosystem.
The AR Forum also featured Khronos Member demonstrations highlighting AR-ready platforms based on Khronos APIs, and concluded with a panel discussion.
Presenters included:
Neil Trevett, Khronos President, Khronos Group
Kristof Beets, Business Development Manager (PowerVR), Imagination Technologies
Enrica Filippi, Head, Platform Ecosystem Marketing, ST Ericsson
Sri Kannan Iyer, AR Ecosystem Manager, ARM
Steve Wainwright, Vice President Sales and Marketing, Freescale
Panel Session moderator: Christine Perey, Chair, International AR Standards Community
LTE Forum
The LTE Forum explores the coming revolution in mobile data utility and network architecture. LTE promises to provide mobile users peak data rates of over 300 Mbps for downloads and rates approaching 100 Mbps for uploads. These speeds will fundamentally alter the way users view the utility of mobile data and create opportunities for innovative application developers and entrepreneurs to approach the market. This revolution has begun with launches in Europe, North America and Asia.
During the LTE Forum we’ll discuss the challenges and opportunities network operators face when building all-IP architectures, as well as their many benefits, including reduced latency and revolutionised network designs.
LTE Forum
Tuesday 28, February
Location: Hall 7, Auditorium C
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11:15 – 12:30 |
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Session Sponsor - NEC
Speaker: Mr. Keiichi Jay Miyahara, NEC’s Corporate Chief Engineer The life with "internet" has evolved from simple email, file transfer, and web surfing to web-based communities and hosted services, such as social-networking sites, video sharing sites, wikis, blogs, and folksonomies. It can be said that most of these services are "user centric" and "user driven". They are gradually changing the way we communicate and are changing the business model of communication and service providers. LTE started by solving clear technical objectives: improve radio spectrum efficiency and provide economical Mobile Broadband Wireless network. The introduction of an all IP network architecture and various Open Interfaces will allow more flexibility in developing and deploying new services. This session will outline analysis of how this evolution will enable new services to be created and how it may create new business models similar to what has been happening in the Cloud era. Join NEC as they share ideas on exciting new opportunities. |
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12:30 – 13:30 |
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Sponsored Lunch |
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13:30 – 14:45 |
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Session Sponsor - ZTE
LTE Summit is designed to explore the application scenarios.
Host:
Mr. Sean Cai, VP of Wireless, ZTE Corporation
Featured Speakers:
Mr. Erik Hoving, CTO, KPN Group
Mr. Lv Qianhao, GM of ZTE handset Marketing Strategy Dept
Mr. Jorgen Askeroth, CTO, Hi3G
Mr. Liviu Gaftea, Senior Director Wireless International Marketing, ZTE Corporation
Join ZTE as they take this opportunity to share its points of view on LTE application scenarios. |
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14:45 – 15:15 |
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Networking Break |
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15:15 – 16:30 |
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Session Sponsor - Openwave
Network Optimisation and Data Monetisation
With Strategy Analytics, Openwave Systems, Juniper Networks, and guest mobile operators
The next wave of mobile video and collaboration apps are blurring the line between subscriber and publisher. User-generated content has increased 14 times since 2010, a trend that necessitates new ways of thinking about network performance and personalisation.
LTE networks provide the foundation for a more "symmetrical internet" (supporting near-equal upload and download traffic), but an operator's profitability ultimately depends on how well they can deliver a compelling user experience whilst optimising their traffic management and network architectures to monetise rapidly growing volumes of rich content.
Join us as we examine holistic approaches to network optimisation – approaches that complement bandwidth maximization techniques with best practices for managing subscriber demand and policy. Based on engagements with customers worldwide, we will discuss how the following areas are key in ensuring success in the new mobile internet:
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Innovating business models through new personalised pricing, content sponsorship and OTT partnerships
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Optimized service delivery of rich media content
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Smarter traffic steering and policy management to personalise the user experience
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Rapid service innovation through open, programmable network architectures
Featured speakers:
John Giere, Senior VP, Openwave Systems
Mike Iandolo, VP and GM, Mobility Business Unit Juniper Networks
Susan Welsh de Grimaldo, Senior Director, Mobile Broadband, Strategy Analytics
Mathew Oommen, President Strategy and Product Development, Reliance 4G, former CTO Sprint
Frode Stoldal, CTO Telenor Norway
Ed Hyde, General Manager Mobile, Telecom New Zealand
Masaaki Koga, General Manager Industry Standards, KDDI
Khalifa Al Shamsi Group Senior Vice President Network Strategy, Etisalat
Join us for an engaging and interactive discussion followed by cocktails and networking.
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16:30 – 17:30 |
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Closing Cocktail Reception |
LTE Forum - Gold Sponsors
If your organisation would like to be involved with the Forum Series by becoming a partner or sponsor, please view our
LTE Forum Brochure (PDF) or contact us.
Mobile Cloud Forum
Cloud computing is being touted as the "future of the web" due, in part, to its current and expected impact on desktop technologies. This convergence between devices and the computing solutions that enable them is "spilling over" into mobile where cloud computing is poised to become a disruptive force in the mobile device world. Considering the growth in smartphone proliferation, as well as, increased smartphone capabilities, we are on the verge of a "perfect storm" that will catapult mobile cloud computing to be a significant approach to app development and value delivery.
The Mobile Cloud Forum focused on how cloud computing will revolutionise mobile applications and the mobile ecosystem.
Mobile Cloud Forum - Gold Sponsors
The NEC session at Mobile Cloud Forum featured two NEC experts.
Mr. Shinya Kukita, NEC's expert on NEC's Cloud solutions, presented the "Perspective of Mobile Cloud Services" and shared his view on Cloud-based business models, with a focus on the impact of the emerging M2M vertical services, and how operators and businesses can win in this new field.
Dr. Heinrich Stuttgen, VP of NEC Laboratory Europe and distinguished IEEE Fellow, presented exciting technological innovations that the NEC Laboratory has initiated in relation to the Cloud computing and the future of the Cloud Solutions and its related technologies.
Gold Sponsor
Cisco VP Suraj Shetty and a panel of experts, including executives from leading mobility providers discussed:
- Mobility market trends through 2016, including the explosion in data traffic and number of devices
- Industry technology trends through 2016
- The mobile market’s transition to all-IP architectures and solutions – which enable more mobile connections, enhanced computing data, rich media apps and content
- Faster mobile networks
Attendees heard directly from leading mobile operators how they are incorporating cloud-based services into their business strategies to take advantage of opportunities stemming from the growing mobile cloud. The panel considered how cloud-based multimedia services can: increase revenue from new premium services and business models, optimise business by managing ‘over the top’ video, maximising spectrum and radio assets, thereby reducing OpEx and CapEx; and improve the customer experience by delivering a high-quality, personalized, and customized video experience to any device, over any network, anytime, anywhere.
Mobile Security Forum
The increasing power and utility of the smartphone has made it the logical next target for the "bad guys," viruses, malware, spyware and more. The Mobile Security Forum were designed to enable developers and solution providers to focus on the issues facing the community, learn about new tools and techniques, and meet and network with others in the industry.
Attendees heard the experts discuss how the insiders see the market evolving, how to build successful and secure applications, best practices for layering on/incorporating infosec products for mobile devices and key "lessons learned"
Gold Sponsor
Cloudmark revealed what this rapid evolution means to mobile network security and what operators can do to protect their network and their subscribers. Included in the session was the latest global data on rapidly evolving threats as well as a current case study on a global mobile operator and how they are addressing current threats and enabling next generation mobile services.
Featured Speakers included:
Jamie de Guerre, Chief Technology Officer,
Cloudmark
Georgina Prodhan, European Technology, Media and Telecoms,
Thompson Reuters
Alex Bobotek, Principal Architect,
AT&T Mobility
Terry McCabe, CTO,
Mavenir
Gold Sponsor
AdaptiveMobile was joined by RIM, Cricket Wireless and Nextel International, AT&T, and Juniper Networks and hosted a unique panel discussion on the very latest thinking on security across the mobile ecosystem. They unveiled the results of interesting industry research into consumer security threats and expectations. In this informative and interactive session included network operators, device manufacturers and security specialists discussing the growing challenges facing consumer and enterprise security, and where the responsibility lies for their protection.
Participation leading industry experts included:
Brian Collins, CEO,
AdaptiveMobile
Gareth Maclachlan, COO,
AdaptiveMobile
Sinisha Patkovic, Director Blackberry Security,
RIM
Daryl Anderson, Director Network Engineering & Strategy,
Cricket Wireless
Mark Whitton, VP Technology,
Nextel International
Patrick McCanna, Security Architect,
AT&T
James Moran, Head of Security Group & Working Groups,
GSMA
Gold Sponsor
The session began with an opening presentation by Trend Micro’s Senior Director of Consumerization, Cesare Garlati, who explored the key questions surrounding mobile technology in the enterprise. “Consumer Mobile Technology in the Enterprise: A Leap of Faith?” Attendees learned that an increasing number of companies are opening corporate networks and data to consumer mobile devices. They heard how employees demand to bring their own smartphones and tablets to work and how consumer mobile technology is generally not as secure and manageable as required by the enterprise. They considered what new mobile platforms and organisation should contend with, what built-in security models do they provide, what vulnerabilities are they exposed to, how rigorous is the scrutiny of the official application markets and if corporate data stored in these devices is safe. Trend Micro’s Rik Ferguson will then highlighted key emerging mobile threats to watch out for. Finally Cesare and Rik were be joined by Chris Silver from the Altimeter Group & Nigel Stanley from Bloor Research as they answered questions around this complex issue.
Gold Sponsor
During this panel, security leader Norton and other industry experts explored how mobile is redefining security. Privacy, multiple devices and mobile-specific threats are among the new challenges being brought to light in this complex new ecosystem. The discussion covered not only how cybercriminals are adapting to the new threat landscape but also how the emerging mobile market are driving demand for a whole new definition of the word ‘security’.
Moderator:
Pete Pedersen, EVP & Chair,
Global Tech Practice, Edelman
Featured Speakers:
Dave Cole, Vice President Mobile,
Norton by Symantec
Dr. Uwe Wilhelm, Head of Security & Equipment International,
Deutsche Telekom
Alex Gantman, Vice President of Engineering,
Qualcomm
Alan Goode, Director,
Goode Intelligence
Ian Fogg, Senior Principal Analyst, Head of Mobile,
IHS ScreenDigest
Thank you for joining us and to our Sponsors who provided great content for each of the sessions. We look forward to seeing you at Mobile World Congress in 2013.
If your organisation would like to be involved with the Forum Series by becoming a partner or sponsor, please view our Forum Series Brochure (PDF) or contact us.
