Topics for WiMAX Workshop

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Comparison Between Wireless Broadband Access Standards

1. Why consider WiMAX when there is 3G/HSDPA?

2. Performance of mobile WiMAX during field trials.
3. Mobile WiMAX and 3G/HSDPA : Practical comparison.
4. WiMAX in IMT-2000 – initial opportunities & launch pad for IMT-Advanced.
5. Will WiMAX be able to blanket Bangladesh?
Vs. Other Solutions

6. Can WiMAX survive without voice service?

AllocationSpectrum

Spectrum Policy & The Regulator’s Initiative Towards BWA

7. New culture in spectrum management by the regulators towards BWA

licensing worldwide.
8. Frequency allocation practices [BWA] worldwide, auction or beauty contest for
connecting the unconnected?
9. How to calculate spectrum efficiency and the allocated frequency band for
BWA licensing.
10. Facilitating rapid technological change.
11. Spectrum recommendations for regulators including the migration plan of
existing pre-WiMAX users of Bangladesh.
12. Lessons learnt from past fixed broadband wireless Deployment in Bangladesh.
13. How they will apply to future license-exempt operations and how the market
will react on adopting popular bands (i.e. 700 Mhz)?
14. Spectrum interference scenario and QoS assurance in multi service platform.
CasesBusiness

Business Case for WiMAX Services in Developing Markets Like Bangladesh

15. What are the competitive threats from 3G/HSDPA and so called Cat5
Networks?
16. What are the technical drivers on coverage and capacity for Bangladesh?
17. What are the key developments that will impact on the financial case –
spectral efficiency, new spectrum option, antenna technologies?
18. What is the cost per line? How much infrastructure (base station etc) is
needed beside Bangladeshi mobile phone company infrastructures?
19. Where are the revenues in Bangladeshi market economy?
entManagemTechnical/

Technical Drivers for Blanket Coverage and Capacity

20. Easy adaptability of WiMAX eco system to Sub Ghz band for economically
sustainable solutions.
21. How can WiMAX-based broadband wireless provide a cost effective method
for service providers to reach subscribers in a converged network?
22. Use of USO for rural connectivity in WiMAX operation.
23. Number of operators required for Blanketing Bangladesh.

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Topics for WiMAX Workshop

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The Regulatory Advocacies from the Vendors/Operators

24. What are the technical and regulatory restrictions?

25. The requirements for backhaul/backbone for deploying countrywide.
26. The mandatory basic guidelines for WiMAX licensing.
27. The requirements of network operators –robust conformance and
interoperability tests with backward compatibility.
28. Expectations from the regulator.
29. Lesson learnt from current WiMAX deployed by operators worldwide. Case
studies of successful and failure WiMAX operations worldwide.
Capital/Investment WiMAXVoIP over

How will VoIP Take on the Market with BWA Inside Bangladesh?

30. What are the supplementary services they will offer?

31. What are the service offerings and innovation from WiMAX operators?
32. How can the operators differentiate themselves utilizing WiMAX from GSM
operators?

Capital Investment in Funding WiMAX in Bangladesh

33. What is the cost of ownership of WiMAX, CAPEX & OPEX compared with 3G
and Wired Broadband?
34. What is the likely ROI in the short and medium term and implications of
combining WiMAX with other technologies?
35. Which regions/countries in Asia are most successful for WiMAX in the first
stage?
ChipsCPE and

CPE & Device Strategy for Bangladeshi Markets

36. What it the pricing roadmap for CPE and when will they hit the low price?
37. what are the parameters to achieving low price ?
38. How to ensure that WiMAX equipments from different vendors are
interoperable?
39. What are the considerations in evaluating WiMAX devices and services so that
operators can maximize subscriber revenues in Bangladeshi market including
mobile market chips?
40. How should and can cellular handsets be incorporated with WiMAX?
OPEN WiMAX

Virtual Business Cases in Open WiMAX/Comparing with NTT DoCoMo

41. Overview on how the new OPEN WiMAX ecosystem is coming to help for
countries like Bangladesh.
42. How will it answer the needs of operators who want to offer personal
broadband services using mobile WiMAX?
43. How can the OPEN WiMAX concept offers the most advanced solutions, an
outstanding user experience and a variety of Applications?