Chris Leckness

The international CTIA WIRELESS 2008 tradeshow, the premier global event representing the $500 billion global wireless industry, today announced the participants and agenda for its Infrastructure Roundtable, scheduled to take place Tuesday morning, April 2 in the Barron Room at the Las Vegas Hilton. CEOs from Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks and Nortel will discuss real-world plans and technology developments hastening the availability of 4G services for mobile subscribers.
The roundtable discussion will feature the following executives:

• Patricia Russo, CEO, Alcatel-Lucent;
• Carl-Henric Svanberg, CEO, Ericsson;
• Simon Beresford-Wylie, CEO, Nokia Siemens Networks;
• Mike Zafirovski, CEO, Nortel

“Mobile subscribers are demanding sophisticated services, and as a result, mobile operators are partnering with equipment vendors to move technology forward to make the high-speed, data-intensive mobile experience a reality,� said Robert Mesirow, CTIA vice president and show director. “We’re thrilled to bring together such a high-powered group of influencers to discuss the real-world application of these technologies and to facilitate industry discussion about what it will take to bring these services to subscribers.�
As mobile standards and technologies continue to evolve toward all-IP networks and high-speed mobile data applications, carriers, equipment vendors and application providers are leveraging a broad range of technologies and approaches. Among the topics the industry leaders participating in the Infrastructure Roundtable will discuss are: the future of LTE and WiMAX, carrier requirements for delivering 3.5G and 4G services, and what it will take to drive adoption of next generation subscriber applications.
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