Company
Press Release:
WiMAX Forum®
Brings Together Emminent Speakers for WiMAX Forum Congress Asia
Congress to bring
together entire WiMAX industry in Asia which is
expected to constitute almost 50% of the global WiMAX
market by 2012
New Delhi, India –
April 22nd, 2009 - The WiMAX Forum®
today announced its 2nd annual WiMAX
Forum event in Singapore, the WiMAX Forum
Congress Asia 09 to be held from April 28th- 29th, 2009. This year’s Congress Asia will be even more
successful, with an impressive speaker line-up of more than 100 industry
thought leaders including 29 operators. Part of WiMAX
Forum’s series of global tradeshows, the event is the largest and most
successful WiMAX event in the region with more than
4,000 high level representatives in attendance from
the entire WiMAX ecosystem across Asia and throughout
the globe.
The two-day WiMAX Forum Asia Congress
is set to bring together some of the largest and most powerful Asian WiMAX players like UQ Communications, Yota,
Korea Telecom, V Max Telecom as well as large global players like Clearwire. Some of the eminent speakers at this years’
event include, Takashi Tanaka, President UQ Communications Inc, Japan, Peter
Yen, President, Tatung Infocomm Co. Ltd, Taiwan,
Dennis Sverdlov, CEO, Yota,
Russia, Andrew Gan, Regional Marketing Manager, WiMAX Business Unit, Fujitsu Micorelectronics
Pacific Asia Ltd. and Raman Subbaiah, General
Manager, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. They will be speaking on various aspects of WiMAX ecosystem and participants will be given a LIVE
experience of a WiMAX network by operator Green
Packet by allowing access to live Mobile WiMAX™ and
Fixed WiMAX™ connectivity.
The
event will provide the industry with an excellent opportunity to learn from the
experiences of operators who have successfully deployed mobile broadband around
the world.
According
to WiMAX Forum research, of the 470 global WiMAX deployments more than 70 are from Asia-Pacific. These
deployments already provide coverage to over 205 million people and continue to
rapidly expand. The Asia telecom market is expected to constitute a major
part of the global WiMAX market, with almost half of
the new users to be added in India which explains the critical role India plays
in the Asia region. The burgeoning Indian market is expected to illustrate the
power of WiMAX technology with over 27.5 million WiMAX users estimated by 2012. WiMAX
has already established itself in the 3.5 GHz band with deployments in every
region. WiMAX is being deployed in the 2.5 GHz in
Asian countries such as the Japan, Taiwan and Russia with new 2.5 GHz WiMAX spectrum allocations expected soon. WiMAX has been deployed in the 2.3 GHz in South Korea,
Malaysia and Singapore with future deployments anticipated in Vietnam, Thailand
and Indonesia.
About the WiMAX
Forum®:
The WiMAX Forum® is
an industry-led, not-for-profit organization formed to certify and promote the
compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products based upon
the harmonized IEEE 802.16e/ETSI HiperMAN standard. A
WiMAX Forum goal is to accelerate the introduction of
these systems into the marketplace. WiMAX Forum
Certified products are interoperable and support broadband fixed, nomadic,
portable and mobile services. Along these lines, the WiMAX
Forum works closely with service providers and regulators to ensure that WiMAX Forum Certified systems meet customer and government
requirements. Through the WiMAX Forum Congress Events
Series of global trade shows and events, the WiMAX
Forum is committed to furthering education, training and collaboration to
expand the reach of the WiMAX ecosystem. For more
information, visit the trade show link at www.wimaxforum.org.
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