LR Adds Expo to Mobile Broadband Summit

NEW YORK -- UBM TechWeb's Light Reading (www.lightreading.com), the leading research-led media company serving the global communications marketplace, has announced that its Second Annual Mobile Broadband Summit will be expanded to include an expo component. The event, titled Mobile Broadband Summit & Expo (http://www.mobilebroadbandsummit.com/index.asp) is slated for June 1-2, 2011 in New Delhi, India

The 2010 Mobile Broadband Summit India was staged as a two-city road show in New Delhi and Mumbai and attracted over 265 attendees, with 53 percent representing service providers. Past sponsors included Alvarion, Aviat, Ciena, ECI, Intel, BelAir Networks, Ericsson, Huawei, Broadhop, Orckit-Corrigent, Samsung, Celtro, Tejas Networks and ZTE.

The conference will be led by Heavy Reading Senior Analysts Berge Ayvazian and Patrick Donegan, two of the leading experts on mobile core and access technologies in the world. Berge and Patrick will provide a global context to the business-model challenges and opportunities for operators as they upgrade current 3G architectures and migrate to LTE. Pyramid Research, which is also part of the Light Reading Communications Network, will present sessions best practices in pricing and packaging for India operators. Confirmed speakers include Prashant Gokarn, Head 3G, Reliance Communications Ltd; Gurdeep Singh, COO, Aircel Ltd.; Rajat Mukharji, Chief of Regulatory & Corporate Affairs, Idea Cellular Ltd.; and Vipin Tyagi, Director, C-DOT.

Light Reading is proud to organize such a content-rich conference experience for the Indian telecom market, said Joe Braue, Executive Vice President of the Light Reading Communications Network. India has lacked a major mobile-focused event. Mobile Broadband Summit & Expo is well positioned to fill that role - providing a thorough examination of the technologies and products for the mobile broadband market.

The event is part of the Light Reading Communications Network 2011 mobile broadband global event series. Other conferences in the series include Mobile Broadband China, May 26-27 in Beijing; Pyramid Researchs Making Money on Mobile Broadband, June 15-16 in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Backhaul Strategies & Core Convergence for Mobile Networks, June 21 in New York; and Backhaul Strategies & Core Convergence for Mobile Operators, Dec. 6 in London. For more information on Light Readings 2011 events calendar please visit: www.lightreading.com/live.

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