The Mobile Revolution
Description
A journey through the mobile era, the possibilities of IP and the successor to GSM and UMTS under the microscope: Long Term Evolution.
Mobile telecommunications is on the brink of a revolution! The promise is called Long Term Evolution (LTE), the 4G technology that telecom operators will use to bombard the market next year.
On Wednesday evening 14 October, you can take a look at the past, present and future of mobile telecommunications.
Toon Norp, Business Consultant at TNO ICT, will offer an overview of the development of mobile telephony, from Semaphone to HSDPA.
Jan Willem Wallenburg, Solution Manager at Ericsson Telecommunications, will explain LTE technology and why it is the future.
Cees Pannekoek, COIN director and former board member of Libertel, KPN and Ericsson Telecommunications, will then explain the impact of IP on the telephony business: what opportunities does IP offer and why?
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
TOON NORP, as a business consultant at TNO ICT, has extensive experience in the introduction of new technologies for mobile operators. His expertise mainly relates to network technologies such as UMTS, GPRS and IMS. His international projects have included Research & Development and standardisation of mobile network technologies.
JAN WILLEM WALLENBURG is solution manager for radio networks at Ericsson Telecommunications in Rijen. He has been with Ericsson since 1994 in the areas of network roll-out, network planning and technical sales support. He started with the first generation analogue systems and then focused on the current second and third generation GSM and UMTS networks. This has since been joined by the emerging fourth generation LTE networks. His specialisms are dimensioning, quality measurement and quality improvement.
CEES PANNEKOEK is closely involved in developments in telecommunications as director of the association COIN. His career in telecommunications spans over 45 years, during which he co-founded Libertel (now Vodafone), among others. Later, he was a board member at KPN and Ericsson Telecommunications, where his focus was on innovations in the technological and commercial field. He now uses his experience mainly to encourage and guide start-ups in the ICT industry, as director of his company ICT Management & Consultancy.
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18.30 hours
Coffee and sandwiches
19.00 hours
Toon Norp - Developments in Mobile Telecommunications
19.40 hours
Jan Willem Wallenburg - Long Term Evolution
20.20 hours
Cees Pannekoek - The influence of IP on telephony business
21.00 hours
Drinks
22.00 hours
Closing
Location
Room: Auditorium
Organiser
Telecommunications
Name and contact details for information
Further information from the organiser, tel: 06 - 41362319.