NEW: Rethink Research & Disruptive Analysis joint
workshop on Enterprise Cellular Networks, London, December 1st, 2017
At the beginnning of December, two of the leading independent thinkers
in telecoms research will jointly be running a small-group interactive workshop
in London, addressing one of the hottest topics in telecoms technology and
business models:
The day will have a maximum of 30 attendees to ensure a
high level of discussion and interaction. We expect a diverse mix of service
providers, vendors, regulators and other interested parties such as
enterprises, investors and developers.
The sessions will combine presentations,
networking opportunities, and small-group interactive discussion. Rethink
Research’s Caroline Gabriel, and Disruptive Analysis’ Dean Bubley, will be the
leaders and facilitators. Both are well-known industry figures, with many years
of broad communications industry analysis – and outspoken views – between them.
The day will cover the rising need for businesses of many kinds to control their own, well-managed, wireless connectivity solutions. The growing use of mobile devices and the emergence of the Industrial IoT means that high-quality – often mission-critical – networks are required for new systems and applications.
These can span both on-premise coverage (eg at
a port, factory, office or hospital) and the wide-area (eg for smart cities or future
rail networks). It is unclear that traditional mobile operators can or will be
able to satisfy all the requirements for enterprise coverage – or assume legal
liability for failures. Some enterprises will want to have full control for
reasons of security, or industry-specific needs.
Topics to be discussed include:
Topics to be discussed include:
- Key market drivers: IoT, automation, mobile workers, vertical-specific operational and regulatory issues, indoor coverage, democratisation of wireless expertise
- Spectrum-sharing, including unlicensed, light/local-licensing and CBRS-type models. What bands are different countries' regulators looking at? 2.6GHz, 3.5GHz, 4GHz, 28GHz, others?
- Evolution of key enabling technologies such as MulteFire, 5G, NB-IoT, network-slicing, SDN, small cells, edge computing, and enterprise-grade IMS cores
- Regulatory/policy issues: spectrum allocation, competition, roaming, repeaters, national infrastructure strategies and broader “Industry 4.0” economic goals
- The shifting roles of MVNOs, MVNEs, neutral hosts and future “slice operators”
- Numbering and identity: eSIM, multi-IMSI, MNC codes
- How will voice & UC work on private cellular networks?
- Commercial impacts, new business model opportunities & threats to incumbents
- Vendor dynamics: Existing network equipment vendors, enterprise solution providers, vertical wireless players, managed services companies, new industrial & Internet players (eg GE, Google), implications for BSS/OSS, impact of open-source
(I've
covered various of these themes in previous posts and presentations. If
you want more detail about some of my thinking, see links here and here and here.
We will be going into a lot more depth in the workshop itself).
The early-bird attendance fee is £499+VAT, for bookings made before November 1st. After that, the price increases to £699+VAT. There is a discount for a second attendee. Payment can be made via credit card (see Paypal Buy Now button below), or purchase-order & invoice on request.
Note: sometimes Paypal can be a bit awkward, especially with corporate cards or accounts. Drop me an email if you experience any problems or for further details.
information AT disruptive-analysis DOT com
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