Carriers Converge on Broadband Summit

The role of in India is set to be one the hot topics at the upcoming Mobile Broadband Summit in New Delhi (June 12), with key executives from the country's leading mobile operators being joined on the podium by a speaker from China Mobile Ltd., one of the major forces behind the development of a global LTE TDD ecosystem. (See India to Lead the Way With LTE TDD and .)

Senior executives from mobile operators such as Bharti Airtel Ltd., Aircel Ltd. and Uninor will be joined by Dr. Dawei Zhang from China Mobile's USA Research Center in delivering keynote presentations during the two days of the event.

Dr. Zhang will use his keynote address to update delegates on the development of the international LTE TDD ecosystem during the first day of the event.

Bharti Airtel's Head of Strategy for Architecture, Engineering and Planning, Nils Rix, will also provide a keynote on Day 1, while Aircel COO Gurdeep Singh and a senior representative from Uninor will take to the podium during Day 2.

In addition, executives from Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd. (MTS India), Vodafone Essar, Idea Cellular Ltd., Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL), Reliance Communications Ltd. and India's Department of Telecommunications are participating in panel sessions and presentations during the two days, which will also witness the launch of a new dedicated online community, Light Reading India. (See Light Reading India to Debut in June.)

The event comes at a critical time for India's operators as they launch their 3G network and services, plan LTE TDD network rollouts and anticipate the availability of additional broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum. (See More BWA Spectrum for India in 2012?, Bharti Airtel 3G Hits 2M Users, Reliance Fleshes Out Its LTE TDD Plans, Idea Launches its 3G and .)

So to help understand the options, opportunities and challenges faced by India's operators, attendees will also hear presentations on mobile backhaul, network security, packet core developments and policy management from Heavy Reading analysts Berge Ayvazian and Patrick Donegan, while Pyramid Research Senior Analyst Daniel Yu will provide insight into mobile broadband pricing strategies around Asia/Pacific. The full agenda can be found here.

The event's numerous sponsor partners will also make presentations on mobile broadband developments. Those partners include Cisco Systems Inc., Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Ceragon Networks Ltd., Qualcomm Inc., Allot Communications Ltd., Tejas Networks India Ltd., Juniper Networks Inc., Mobixell Networks Inc., MRV Communications Inc., Mavenir Systems Inc. and BelAir Networks Inc.

Full details about the event can be found by visiting the event's website.

Gagandeep Kaur, India Editor, Light Reading