This track is almost a conference within a conference and covers hot-topics in four distinct modules: Wireless and Mobility; Operations; Service Management; and Managing Data and Processes.
Highlights include:
WiMax where there is a must-attend panel driven by mobile vendor Nokia and leading industry analyst Deloitte Consulting who are looking at the impact on the types of services consumers are likely to be demanding made possible with the new technology. This is complemented by a look at operational challenges and billing issues associated with WiMax by Tim Finders, Head of Systems Architecture at Pipex and Mark DiCamillo at Eathlink.
The Transition to 3G in cellular networks has created near-endless service possibilities – there are a series of sessions that will touch on the revenue-drivers and the operational challenges in delivering new services from email to streaming video services over 3G – a must if you’re looking to deliver new services in the mobile world.
As networks converge and services begin to share the same back-office systems, there are unique operational challenges never before encountered. These new issues are presented by BT and Telus along with their solutions to how they fix them. Sprint also presents key linkages between new services, IT and OSS systems and suggests best practice approaches to the solving some new challenges.