WiMAX Forum Global Congress Continues to Build Industry Support as Event Draws Near

(Business News & Technology News, 30 May 2008)

WiMAX Forum Global Congress, the global showcase in the WiMAX Forum's Series of trade shows, has continued to receive industry support leading up to the event, which takes place on 17-18 June 2008 in Amsterdam.

"Interest in the show, from both WiMAX Forum members and the WiMAX industry has been high," says Scenna Tabesh, Director of Marketing Communications for the WiMAX Forum. "We are kicking off our first global trade show event with a sold out exhibit hall and a packed schedule of keynotes from industry leaders, roundtables and three daily track sessions. The entire WiMAX ecosystem, including operators, device manufacturers and applications developers, are all eager to share information and grow the demand for WiMAX broadband services worldwide."

Over 2,000 executives, representing more than 70 countries, have already registered to attend the event. These and many others will fill the packed exhibition hall to participate in exclusive educational seminars, training sessions, networking events and live demonstrations.

The main conference will feature over 100 speakers, including 40 operators. The keynote line-up of speakers reads like a "who's who" in the wireless broadband ecosystem, including:

- Liam Quinn, Director & CTO -Comms, Security, Displays, Audio, Dell Inc.

- Hideo Okinaka, VP & GM, Emerging Technologies & Spectrum Division, KDDI

- Dr. Hyun-Myung Pyo, Executive Vice President, Korea Telecom

- Hakan Kostepen, Group Manager, Advanced Product Planning & Strategy, Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. of America

- Barry West, CTO, Sprint

- Pieter Paul Ickx, Vice President Emerging Markets, EMEA, Toshiba Europe GmbH Sakina Arsiwala, Head of International, You Tube

- Joseph Cuschieri, Chief Commercial Officer, Vodafone Malta

The exhibition has attracted companies from across the WiMAX ecosystem. Confirmed exhibitors include: Agilent Technologies Netherlands B.V., Airspan Networks, Alcatel-Lucent, Alvarion, Amicus Wireless, Anritsu A/S, Aperto Networks, AT4 wireless, ATDI, Axxcelera Broadband, Beceem, Bridgewater Systems, C-motech Co. Ltd, Ciena, Cisco Systems Inc., Comarch S.A., Comsys Mobile, COUEI Emea Ltd, DesignArt Networks Ltd, Detecon Consulting, DTVinteractive, EDX Wireless, eServGlobal SA, Etinoustries, Forsk, Fujitsu Micro Electronics, Globtel d.o.o., GOIP International, Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KG, Huawei, Informa Telecoms & Media, Intel, Japan Radio, Keithley Instruments GmbH, Larsen & Toubro Infotech, Mediatek Inc., Mobile Metrics, MobileAccess, Motorola, MTI Wireless Edge Ltd, Navini Networks, NEC Corp., NextWave Wireless, Nokia Siemens Network, Nortel, Redline Communications, Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG, Runcom, Samsung, SeaSolve Software, Sequans, Solectek, Spirent Communications plc, Tektronix, Telsima Communications Pvt Ltd, UDcast, Vector, VoluBill, WFDCL, WiChorus, WiMOSS, Winetworks, Xceed Technologies and ZTE Corp.

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