3G- Are we ready?

3G auction is nearing completion. What are the opportunities and challenges? What do such services hold as promises for the User? Will we see a churn of existing data subscribers moving to embrace 3G? And, what is Application Developers thinking? What are the available platforms to leverage?

To seek answers to many such questions – With the support of MOMOB, STOKE presents “3G - Are we ready”, an exciting half day event comprising a Panel Discussion on the topic: “3G - Opportunities and Challenges” and Keynote on the topic: “Solving Key Challenges in 3G Network Operations”.

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Agenda
Time Agenda
10:00AM to 10:30AM Registration
10:30AM to 12:00PM Panel:3G-Opportunities and Challenges
12:00PM to 01:00PM Keynote: Solving Key Challenges in 3G Network Operations
01:00PM to 02:30PM Closing Remarks & Lunch

Venue: Royal Orchid, HAL Airport Road, Kodihalli, Bangalore

Date: Saturday, 24th April 2010.

Time: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

Panel Members(3G-Opportunities and Challenges)

Name Bio
Sridhar Pai

Sridhar T Pai is founder and CEO of Tonse Telecom. Sridhar has spent over 16 years in the global telecom industry. Prior to that Sridhar was head of VoIP business at Network Solutions. He also was part of the original team that incubated the softswitch product at Xybridge Technologies Inc (later acquired by Zhone Technologies). Sridhar started his career with Motorola ISG group (Singapore and India). His functional expertise has been technology research, product marketing and marketing communications for the telecom industry.

Sunil Rao

Head of Forum Nokia, India at Nokia

He has over 12 years of sales & marketing, large account management experience post his BTech and MBA (Marketing & Systems). His areas of expertise are Mobile , BFSI and Logistics verticals. Mobile Consumer experiences, Smartphone lifestyles are special areas of interest. Sunil did represent Nasscom Mobile chapter for year 2006-07 and his active involvement with the mobile community was recognised by Nasscom and awarded for Evangelising the mobile ecosystem in India for the year 2007.

N.Chandrasekhar

GM (Sales & Marketing) BSNL Karnataka

He worked in Telecom Industry for 25 years in Installation, Maintenance and Marketing of Telecom Services.Commissioned the first international high speed Data link, installed packet switches in eight states in India. He planned and implemented the internet services of BSNL.At present he is planning 2G,3G plans, products and services in BSNL Karnataka.

Manjula Sridhar

She heads the Market Analyses Group in Huawei Technologies. Formerly she was the founder and CTO of Aujas Networks a security startup which dealt with Telecom security among other things. She has worked with Lucent's wireless networks group where she managed various teams of system engineering and development.She also worked with IDG ventures as an Entrepreneur in Residence where she studied Telecom market in India.

S.R. Raja (Moderator)

S.R Raja, is General Manager(Strategy) at SASKEN and President of Mobile Monday Bangalore Trust. He has over 16+ year of experience in Telecom industry.

Keynote(Solving Key Challenges in 3G Network Operations )

Name Bio
Nishi Kant

Nishi brings 16 years of wireless and telecommunication systems experience from Fortune 500 as well as startups. He has devoted most of his career to mobile wireless (TDMA, CDMA, GSM, GPRS, 3G, IMS) and IP networking. He has recently worked with startups focusing in Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) that make voice and data services available across macro (3G) and alternative networks (Wi-Fi, WiMAX, Femto etc.) seamlessly and securely. Nishi has demonstrated competence in architectures, system design and product strategy for a variety of communication networks including data and voice. He has also lead life cycle product development of several telecom and networking systems from concept to commercial operation. Nishi holds a Master of Electrical Engineering from University of Maryland, College Park and Bachelor's from BIT. He is VP Technology,Stoke.

Who Should Attend?

A Must Attend For:

  • Telecom Service Providers
  • Cellular Service Providers - GSM & CDMA
  • VAS Technology & Platform Companies
  • Content Aggregators
  • Content Owners
  • Entertainment & Electronic Media
  • Next Generation Mobile Content Solution Providers
  • Telecom Associations & Regulators
  • Handset Manufacturers - GSM & CDMA
  • Portal Providers
  • VAS Consulting and Research Organisations
  • Venture Capitalists
  • Multimedia Service Providers
  • Software Developers
  • System Integrators
  • Mobile Internet Applications & Solution Developers
  • DOT, DIT, Ministries & Regulatory