January 2017, San Francisco27-28 September 2016, Dusseldorf

C-LEVEL OPERATOR SPEAKERS

SUMMIT • EXHIBITION • RESEARCH CENTRE • AWARDS • WORKING GROUPS

400 ATTENDEES 100+ SPEAKERS40+ COUNTRIES INATTENDANCE

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Cayetano Carbajo, CTO,Telefónica Germany

Dr. Chih-Lin I,Chief Scientist of WirelessTechnologies, China Mobile ResearchInstitute

Martin Skop,CTO,VimpelCom Russia

Dr. Bernard Barani,Deputy Head of Unit,Network technologies,DG CONNECT;European Commission

Ervins Kampans, CTIO,Tele2 Eesti AS

Matthias Sauder,Head of Network,VodafoneNetherlands

Rino Buccio,CTO,Linkem

Mark McDiarmid,VP, Radio NetworkEngineering andDevelopment,T-Mobile

Kostas Chalkiotis,Vice President MobileAccess - GroupTechnology,Deutsche Telekom

Adrian Di Meo,CTO,Telefonica Argentina

Fumio Watanabe, Chairman of the Boardof Directors,KDDI R&D boratories

Gordon Mansfield,Vice President RAN &Device Design, AT&T

Javan Erfanian,Chief Editor - NGMN5G Initiative; WirelessTechnology Strategy,Bell Mobility - Bell Canada

Gabriel Sidhom, CTO,Orange Silicon Valley

James Tagg, CTO,Truphone

Chris Pearson,President,4G Americas

Adrian Scrase,CTO,ETSI

Christina Claure, Business Development,Sprint

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A DETAILED AND INSIGHTFUL PROGRAMME

Cayetano Carbajo, CTO,Telefónica Germany

Martin Skop, CTO,VimpelCom Russia

Adrian Scrase, CTO, ETSI

Ervins Kampans, CTIO, Tele2Eesti AS

James Tagg, CTO, Truphone

Rino Buccio, CTO, Linkem

Fumio Watanabe, Chairmanof the Board of Directors,KDDI R&D Laboratories Inc.

Javan Erfanian, Chief Editor- NGMN 5G Initiative;Distinguished Member ofTechnology; WirelessTechnology Strategy, Bell Mobility - Bell Canada

Dr. Chih-Lin I, Chief Scientistof Wireless Technologies,China Mobile ResearchInstitute

Dr. Bernard Barani, DeputyHead of Unit, Networktechnologies, DG CONNECT;Assistant to the Director,European Commission

Takato Ando, Director,Technology DevelopmentDepartment and WirelessTechnology DepartmentTechnology Division,Softbank

Kostas Chalkiotis, VicePresident Mobile Access -Group Technology,Deutsche Telekom

Aleksander Jakubczak,Mobile Access DevelopmentDirector, Orange Poland

Goran Malbasa, Head ofWireless Transport NetworkDevelopment and Planning,Telekom Srbija

Alberto Tekovic, RadioNetwork OptimisationExpert, VIPnet

Matthias Sauder, Head ofNetwork, VodafoneNetherlands

Rémi Thomas, Director ofthe LTE EPC Programme,Orange

Alessandro Bovone,Network Strategy SeniorManager, EE

Michael Krämer, FrequencyManagement, TechnologyStrategy, E-Plus Mobilfunk

Alexey Sutyagin, SON andSmart Automations RANManager, Telefónica

Jacob Groote, VP MobileOperations, KPN

Uwe Loewenstein, ManagerSpectrum Technology,Telefonica Europe

Sandro Dionisi, Director ofEngineering & Telecom ItaliaLab, Telecom Italia

Noha Sheta, Senior EngineerWireless transmission,Etisalat

Mikio Iwamura, PhD, NGMN5G Initiative; Director,Wireless Research Group,DOCOMO Euro-Labs

Carlos Perez, E2E LTETechnical Project Manager,Orange

Nihal Breikaa, RadioOptimization Senior TeamLeader, Etisalat

Prof. Frank H.P. Fitzek, Headof Communication NetworksChair, TU Dresden; Co-Coordinator, 5G LabGermany, TU Dresden

Henning Wiemann,Chairman, 3GPP RAN WG2

Sue Rudd, Director ServiceProvider Analysis, WirelessNetworks & Platforms,Strategy Analytics

Monica Paolini, President,Senza Fili Consulting

Caroline Gabriel, ResearchDirector, RethinkTechnology Research Ltd

Takaharu Nakamura, ActingChairman, TechnicalCommittee, 5G MobilePromotion Forum (5GMF)

Mustafa Ergen, BoardMember, 5GPPP &Networld2020 EuropeanTechnology Platform

Renato Lombardi, Chairmanof Industry SpecificationGroup on millimetre WaveTransmission, ETSI

Philipp Riederer, VP NetworkSales EMEA, Amdocs

Prof. Thomas Magedanz,Director of CompetenceCenter for Next GenerationNetworks Infrastrucutures,Fraunhofer FOKUS

Brian Collins, Chair, AntennaInterface Standards Group(AISG Ltd.)

Dr. Chris Murphy, Director ofResearch, LocationIntelligence, Arieso

Eric Kuitsch, CTO, VodafoneGermany

Mark McDiarmid, VP RadioEngineering and NetworkDevelopment, T-Mobile USA

Sinan Akkaya, Director ofRAN Engineering, AT&T

Adrian Di Meo, CTO,Telefonica Argentina

Working Groups are a crucial part ofRAN World events, providing acrucial forum where participants canhave their say on industrydevelopments. The Working Groupswill be led by an industry expert, whowill set out overarching questionswith the goal of advancing bothtechnology and best practices.

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Working GroupsSpeakers Include:

Good conference where wecan both learn about the last

trends and challenges related toRAN and meet the right audience.”Aaron Partouche, Director Businessdevelopment, Colt Technology Services

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With over 400 attendeesexpected at RAN World eventsin 2016, the audience includesa perfect mix of senioroperators, analysts, Tier 1OEMs, componentmanufacturers, analyst andresearchers.

Company type� Operator ....................41%� OEM............................17%� Component/

System Vendor ........25%� Analyst/Research ....14%� Press ..........................3%

Job type� C-Level ......................23%� Director/Head of Unit..........................................34%� Research....................22%� Analyst........................5%� Business Development..........................................16%

Attendee overview AUDIENCE PROFILE

• 5G

• C-RAN

• NetworkVirtualisationtechnologies

• LTE-U

• LTE Broadcast

• Massive MIMO

• Milimeterwave

• Small CellBackhaul

• Fronthaul

• Duplexing

• Security

• Spectrumefficiency

• DAS

• SON

• Small Cells

• AntennaTechnology

• InterferenceManagement

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TOPIC HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

On our way to the Gigabit-Society – a realistic but flexibleview of 5G is required Although 5G is seen as a great enabler for new services fromcommunications to control, Ultra Reliable, Cloud & Smart Edge,Internet of Things 2.0 and Industry 4.0, operators need arealistic but flexible view of 5G

Great market potential for LTE-TDD & LTE Broadcast (eMBMS)Prevention of network overload, offering a huge diversity of UseCases with great market potential

Focus on Carrier AggregationThe flagship LTE-Advanced feature providing enhancedthroughput, up to 300 Mbps initially

C-RAN is the first step towards RAN virtualizationSpeaking at the C-RAN Working Group, Monica Paolini of SenzaFili Consulting affirmed that RAN virtualization is an integral partof mobile network virtualization. She also highlighted thatVirtualization brings RAN and core closer to each other

Fronthaul requirements a major obstacle to C-RAN and RANvirtualization?Questions remain around how the requirements changedepending on what functions are pooled in a remote locationand what are the alternatives to fiber?

Hybrid backhaul/fronthaul - an interesting architecture?Based on macro and its underlying small cells it is an interestingarchitecture which offers RAN capacity and/or performancebenefits

Strong need for LTE and ALL-IPAccording to Dr. Eric Kuisch, CTO of Vodafone Germany in hisopening keynote address, New Year‘s Eve data traffic resultsproved a clear digital trend: "LTE traffic jumped up by 80%compared to last year” He also highlighted that VoLTE ismandatory for a successful migration to an All-IP Network

Operators want to cut through the hype of 5G and understandthe requirementsHailed as the “white knight” that can vanquish through the data“beast”, Operators understand clearly what is driving 5G but, theuncertainty of future requirements is keeping them awake atnight, and moreover, how to align those requirements witharchitectures and create value.

Need for intelligent RANMeeting data demands affordably will rely on new networkarchitectures with lower opex and power; intelligence atnetwork edge; automation; optimization; outsourcing orsharing

SON is a key enabler of densityKey enablers without which dense HetNet business case doesnot work: full small cell SON; next gen interferencemanagement; MOCN for multi operator support; fullWiFi/cellular integration; automated or streamlined processesfor securing sites and backhaul

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RAN infrastructure is evolving so rapidly that copingwith sustainability, complexity and investment lifecycle is the challenge. Decisions taken today maysignificantly impact the business model in few yearsfrom now. The RAN WORLD event is a greatoccasion both to focus the technology vision andto keep the vendor community aligned toOperator's objectives and concerns."Rino Buccio, CTO, Linkem

“ RAN World is an event that cuts throughall the hype and offers a greatenvironment for frank and opendiscussion between MNOs and vendors. Ittakes a realistic and practical approach tothe real world challenges that we as anindustry are facing today and tomorrow.”

Eric Kuisch, CTO, Vodafone Germany

“Interestingtechnical visionreviews from topoperatorcompanies"

Ziv Nuss, PE, Cisco

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OPERATOR COMPANIES

Top 10 Take Aways

4G Americas • Afghan Wireless Communication Company • American Airlines • APJC Networks • Aria spa • Asiacell• AT&T Labs Inc. • AT&T Mobility • Augere Wireless Broadband Bangladesh Ltd. • Avantel SAS • Batelco • Bell Mobility,Canada • BH Telecom Sarajevo • BT • CableLabs • CenturyLink • China Mobile Research Institute, CMCC •Chunghwatelecom • Claro • Deutsche Bank • Deutsche Telekom • Digicel Haiti • DOCOMO Innovations • Docomo Pacific •EE • E-Plus Mobilfunk • Etisalat • Etisalat Nigeria • Fanoos Telecom • Google • H3G • IPKO • Jawwal • KDDI R&DLaboratories Inc • KPN • LG Uplus • Linkem • Liquid Telecom Ltd • LLC Ipko Telecomunication • LMT • MBNL •MCI• Millicom International Cellular SA •MTN-Syria • NOS • NTT DoCoMo • NYU • Omnitel • Ooredoo Group • Orange• Orange Labs • Orange Poland • Orange Silicon Valley • Pakistan Telecommunication Limited • Passus • PlusCommunications • Polkomtel • Rogers • SaskTel • SK Telecom • SK Telecom Americas • Sky • Smart Axiata Co., Ltd.• Softbank Japan • SoftBank U.S. Inc • Sprint • Stanford University • Sunrise telecoms • Swisscom • Tele2 Eesti AS •Tele2 Nederland • Tele2 Sverige AB • Telecom Argentina • Telecom Egypt • Telecom Italia • Telecom Slovenije •Telefonica • Telefónica Germany • Telekom Srbija • Telemach • Three UK • T-Mobile DE • T-Mobile Netherlands • T-Mobile, USA • Truphone • Turkcell • Time Warner Cable • University of Oklahoma • Verizon Wirelress • VimpelComRussia • VIPnet • Virgin Media • Vivint • Vodafone UK • Vodafone Deutschland • Vodafone Egypt • Vodafone GroupResearch & Development • Vodafone Netherlands • Wataniya Mobile •Wind Mobile • Wireless City Planning • Ziggo

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