Broadband and WiMAX Event Paris Draws Thousands of Attendees
Record-Breaking Attendance at IEC?s Broadband World Forum Europe and WiMAX Global ComForum
PARIS -/October 09, 2006 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- The International Engineering Consortium (IEC) today announced that the first day of its European flagship event, the Broadband World Forum Europe, expects attendance of nearly 6-7,000 visitors from 120 countries. The event, which opened this morning and lasts until Thursday 12th October, takes place at CNIT La D?fense, Paris with France Telecom as the official host sponsor.
Visitors to the show, including over 60 operators and service providers from across the globe, will be able to hear 250 leading industry expert speakers and see more than 100 exhibiting companies including France Telecom, Alcatel, Siemens, Accenture, Ericsson, Huawei, Cisco Systems, ECI, Italtel, Keymile, Motorola, NEC, PacketFront, ZTE, ADVA, AVM, Nokia, Pirelli, Tellabs, Visionael, Texas Instruments, Operax, radialpoint, Redback Networks, and more.
IEC President John Janowiak stated, "It is tremendous to see today?s attendance at the BBWF Europe here in Paris. The operator involvement is especially exciting for us as it demonstrates the attention the show attracts and its significance in being a major driver for broadband-based revenue and industry growth."
In addition to its focus on broadband, the event will include the co-located event, the WiMAX Global ComForum, which is devoted to the technology and business challenges in implementing WiMAX wireless broadband networks for fixed-wireless access and mobile broadband.
The WiMAX Global ComForum will cover today's leading issues including, standards and regulatory developments; interoperability and integration challenges; services deployment and management; seamless broadband wireless/wireline offerings; service bundling and marketing; case studies; trials; and current deployments.
?WiMAX is changing the way in which we communicate,? said Mr. Janowiak. ?This technology will be crucial to fixed-wireless and mobile networks across the globe ? from developing regions to major cities - and now is the time to discuss the business and technology challenges to implementation.?
Seminars at the WiMAX Global ComForum include:
? WiMAX: Enabling Open Services Delivery Platform
? WiMAX: Return on Experience
? MIMO and Smart Antennas
? The Wi-Fi/WiMAX Business Opportunity: Driving New Revenue for Service Providers
? WiMAX Service Performance and Management,
? WiMAX: Technology, Business Drivers, and Impact on 3G
? Where Is WiMAX Going? A Discussion with WiMAX CEOs
The WiMAX pavilion, an area dedicated to exhibiting and demonstrating the latest, cutting-edge WiMAX communications technologies, will also take place on the Broadband World Forum Europe exhibition floor and play host to many key WiMAX players.
Registered attendees of the Broadband World Forum Europe will have complete access to the WiMAX Global ComForum, including all seminars, presentations and the WiMAX Pavillion.
All industry professionals are welcome to register for complimentary access to both events with an Exhibits Plus Pass this week at the CNIT La D?fense, Paris. For complete information,
visit http://www.iec.org/events/2006/wimax/ .
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