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RAN WORLD www.ranworldevent.com Addressing the challenges of the present to shape the RAN of the future 27-28 September 2016, B1 Düsseldorf Post Event Report SUMMIT eXHIBITION ReSeARcH ceNTRe WORKINg gROUPS AWARdS TecHNOLOgY SHOWcASe Bernard Barani Acting Head of Unit Future connectivity Systems, dg cONNecT European Commission Mahmoud Sobhi Head of group Technology Strategy Vimpelcom Mansoor Hanif director of Radio Access Networks EE Terje Jensen SVP Network Transformation europe Telenor Ervins Kampans cTIO Tele2 Jarno Niemelä Head of Automation Elisa Mikio Iwamura director Wireless Research group NTT DoCoMo Takato Ando director, Advanced Technology development Softbank Sponsors: 60% OPeRATOR ATTeNdANce 58 UNIQUe OPeRATOR ORgANISATIONS 66% decISION-MAKeR LeVeL RAN World was one of the best conferences I’ve been to in the last years, due to the content and speakers I met. A combination of amazingly deep content and knowledgeable speakers really made a difference." Dr Michael Fritsch, Telecommunications and Technology @RANGlobal #RANWorld C-LEVEL OPERATOR SPEAKERS

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RANWORLD

www.ranworldevent.com

Addressing the challenges of thepresent to shape the RAN of the future

27-28 September 2016, B1 Düsseldorf

Post Event Report

summIt • eXHIBItIoN • ReseARcH ceNtRe • WoRkINg gRoups • AWARds • tecHNoLogy sHoWcAse

Bernard BaraniActing Head of unitFuture connectivitysystems, dg coNNectEuropean Commission

Mahmoud SobhiHead of grouptechnology strategyVimpelcom

Mansoor Hanifdirector of RadioAccess NetworksEE

Terje Jensensvp Networktransformation europeTelenor

Ervins KampansctIoTele2

Jarno NiemeläHead ofAutomationElisa

Mikio Iwamuradirector WirelessResearch groupNTT DoCoMo

Takato Andodirector, AdvancedtechnologydevelopmentSoftbank

sponsors:

60% opeRAtoRAtteNdANce

58 uNIque opeRAtoRoRgANIsAtIoNs

66% decIsIoN-mAkeR LeveL

RAN World was one of the bestconferences I’ve been to in thelast years, due to the content andspeakers I met. A combination ofamazingly deep content andknowledgeable speakers reallymade a difference." Dr Michael Fritsch,Telecommunications and Technology

@RANGlobal #RANWorld

C-LEVEL OPERATOR SPEAKERS

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Umberto Ferrero

Head of Wireless Innovation

Telecom Italia

Grant Allen

echnology programme manager

and principal Architect

Google

Takaharu Nakamura

Acting chairman of technical

committee

5GMF

Rémi Thomas

director of the NgmN project

Orange

Michele Ludovico

Head, Radio propagation and self

organising Networks

Telecom Italia

Satoshi Nagata

RAN1 chairman, 3gpp and senior

Research engineer,

NTT DoCoMo

Dr David SoldaniHead of 5g technology, e2e,global, Nokia, Industry professor,uts, Australia and visitingprofessor,University of Surrey

Monica PaolinipresidentSenza Fili

Cosimo BuccellaRAN technology and transportNetwork engineerLinkem

Ivano Collottaproject managerTelecom Italia

Charles MurrayprincipalAnalysys Mason

Phil Kendalldirector - Wireless operatorstrategiesStrategy Analytics

Tero KolaHead of portfolio managementNokia

Eran Bellochief marketing officerASOCS

Simon FletcherctoReal Wireless

Gerard CarrollRAN solution managerEmpirix

Fergal LawlorceoAlpha Wireless

Dr Martin Gostlingtechnical directorRadio Design

Joe BarrettpresidentGSA

Earl LumpresidentEJL Wireless

Ville Kukkonensales managerSarokal Systems

Tiina Höckertdevelopment director, mobileNetwork services, Elisa

Dr Michael FritschpartnerTelecommunications andTechnology

Kuntal Chowdhuryvice president of marketingAltiostar

Yvon RouaultWireless specialist in the ctoofficeEXFO

Dr Werner Mohrchair of the Board,Nokia, 5GPP

Dr Maria LemaResearch Associate at centre fortelecommunications Research,Kings College London

Keith DyereditorThe Mobile Network

We are proud to host these senior expert speakers in Düsseldorf

RAN World looks at the whole radio access network, addressing the challenges of operators.

WORKING GROUPS Intimate, interactive, getting you tothe heart of the topics that matter

Working Group 1C-RANLed by: Monica Paolini, president,Senza Fili

Umberto Ferrero, Head of WirelessInnovation, Telecom Italia

Ervins Kampans, ctIo, Tele2

Takato Ando, director, Advancedtechnology development, Softbank

Working Group 2SONLed by: Dr Michael Fritsch, partner,Telecommunications andTechnology

Jarno Niemelä, Head of Automation,Elisa

Michele Ludovico, Head, Radiopropagation and self organisingNetworks, Telecom Italia

Working Group 3MECLed by: Simon Fletcher, cto, RealWireless

Mansoor Hanif, director of RadioAccess Networks, EE

Takaharu Nakamura, Actingchairman of technical committee,5GMF

Working Group 45GLed by: Dr Werner Mohr, chair ofthe Board, 5GPP

Dr David Soldani, Head of 5gtechnology, e2e, global, Nokia,Industry professor, uts, Australia &visiting professor, University ofSurrey

Rémi Thomas, director of the NgmNproject, Orange

Bernard Barani, Acting Head of unitFuture connectivity systems, dgcoNNect, European Commission

Working Group 5Backhaul/FronthaulLed by: Phil Kendall, director -Wireless operator strategies,Strategy Analytics

Ville Kukkonen, sales manager,Sarokal Systems

Dr Maria Lema, Research Associateat centre for telecommunicationsResearch, Kings College London

Working Group 6Antenna TechnologyLed by: Earl Lum, president, EJLWireless Research

Fergal Lawlor, ceo, Alpha Wireless

Cosimo Buccella, RAN technologyand transport Network engineer,Linkem

Working Group 7Network optimizationLed by: Monica Paolini, president,Senza Fili

Mansoor Hanif, director of RadioAccess Networks, EE

Terje Jensen, svp Networktransformation europe, Telenor

Working Group 8Millimeter WaveLed by: Earl Lum, president, EJLWireless Research

Dr David Soldani, Nokia, uts,Australia and University of Surrey

Umberto Ferrero, Head of WirelessInnovation, Telecom Italia

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Thank you to our 2016 sponsors

Operator Companies

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Outstanding Feedback

RANNYs

presented inassociation with:

Best use ofspectrum/RANsharingWinner: mBNL RAN sharingagreement, in associationwith Nokia, Huawei, Bt,sIAe, ericsson, Nec

Best newtechnologyadoption andintegrationWinner: swisscom, inassociation with kathrein:In-ground Antenna system.

Best 5G initiativeWinner: sk telecom, inassociation with Nokia:enabling the 5g user

experience.

A great event diving into both thetechnical and business challenges inevolving the RAN towards 5g. theworking groups, in particular, were agreat platform for lively discussion."Mr Phil Kendall, Director Global Wireless,Strategy Analytics

It was a nicely organised and veryuseful event with good networkingopportunities. the panels were veryinteresting as well as the workinggroups on different subjects.”Dr Werner Mohr, Chair of the Board, 5GPP

the soN working group was brilliant,and the workshop was very useful tothe participants. similarly, themillimeter Wave workshop I attendedat the end of the day was just greatand it lasted well beyond thescheduled timeframe – a clear signthat everyone enjoyed it. greatchairman and presenters !!

the venue and organisation alsoworked great, so it was a well positiveexperience in all dimensions."Dr Michael Fritsch, Telecommunications andTechnology

I thought it was an excellentconference! one of the very fewevents where there is real in-depthdiscussion on technical matters."Mr Ashley Beynon, Senior Consultant 4G RANCapacity, KPN

I really enjoyed the presentationsfrom operators with concreteexperience sharing. "Tero Kola, Head of Portfoilo Management,Nokia

great networking event and alwayswonderful insights from the technologyleaders and mobile operators."Mr Earl Lum, President, EJL Wireless ResearchLLC

First time at RAN World. Had achance to speak to a wide variety ofvendors/ service providers. thequality of the presentations wereexcellent and were very thoughtprovoking."Mr Michael Fitzsimons, Sector MarketingManager, Avanti plc

24-25 January 2017, San Francisco, USA

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WHATS UP NEXT...

RAN 2016 brought you

Attendee Overview

OPERATORORGANISATIONS

58VENDOR

ORGANISATIONS

20COUNTRIESREGISTERED

35DECISION-MAKER

LEVEL

65%

Job type

n engineer 30%n management 27%n director 21 %n c level 17%n commercial/consultant 3%n Academic/research 2%

Company type

n operator 60%n oem 13%n system/testing 7 %n Infrastructure/satellite 7%n Academic/analyst 6%n end user 4%n Association 3%

I appreciated the RANWorld organization andspeaker’s lineup: theformat is very effective,with a mix of plenary andworking groups, and youmanaged to find anexcellent set of speakers,with a very good and wellbalanced mix betweenoperators, vendors andother stakeholders. Ifound useful bothpresentations andnetworking opportunities"Umberto Ferrero, Head, Wireless AccessInnovation, Telecom Italia