Basestation Conference Tackles Femtocells, LTE Business Models, Mobile TV Standards, All-IP Networks and WiMAX Realities

Keynote speaker Warren Buckley, Director of Portfolio Convergence at BT will open the conference by examining the challenges and opportunities faced by fixed operators moving into the mobile space, and by mobile operators seeking to retain market share.

One of the hot topics to be debated is the deployment of home basestations / femtocells. Analysts ABI Research predicts the market for home basestations will exceed 32 million by 2011 and a battle between dual mode (cellular & WiFi) and the pure cellular play is raging. (A separate conference dedicated to home access points and femtocells is being arranged by Avren Events in London, UK, 3rd-5th July, 2007).

“Whilst there are many conferences (on wireless networks), the International Basestation Conference is exceptional both for its clear focus and the high-quality of attendees,” commented Rupert Baines, VP of Marketing at picoChip, who will be addressing the hot topic of femtocell deployment on the opening day of the conference.

Each day of the conference brings together a mix of Operator, Network Vendor, Analyst and Subsystem/Chip Providers to provide delegates with the latest updates on Mesh Networks, Femtocells, Mobile TV, Mobile WiMAX, VoIP, HSDPA, Fixed/Mobile Convergence to name a few.
Alan Gatherer, CTO of Texas Instruments and a speaker at this year’s event stated, “The quality presentations and strong attendance by the wireless infrastructure community has made the Basestation Conference a great networking opportunity.”

Full details of the conference programme can be found on the event web site at http://www.avrenevents.com/bath2007