Management Briefing: The Transition to 3G Network Services

A unique, high-value management briefing on the migration from 2G to 3G mobile network services: technologies, standards, practical issues, case studies and forecasts
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Course benefits
This unique half-day briefing, designed specifically for investment analysts and management personnel, provides an essential and focussed review of 2G and 3G technologies, current 3G trials, rollouts, costs and the future plans of mobile network operators world-wide.

This briefing is also relevant to Sales and Marketing professionals in mobile network operators and in organisations that support the network operators.

Who should attend?
Investment analysts and management personnel, both technical and non-technical, concerned with the strategy, planning, investment or operations of mobile network operators.

Pre-requisites
Attendees should have an awareness of the services provided by GSM mobile network operators and the technologies they employ to deliver these services.

Course C6201: Content

Review of GSM Networks
GSM network services
- Circuit-Switched Data (CSD)
- High-Speed Circuit-switched data (HSCSD)
- SMS, - USSD, WAP, MMS
The GSM Network Architecture

Understanding GPRS
What is GPRS?
What does it provide?
The relevance of GPRS in the migration to 3G

3G systems Development and Standardisation
3G standards bodies and organisations
- ITU, 3GPP, 3GPP2, etc
- UMTS Forum, 3GSM, etc
The ITU IMT-2007 family of standards:
- IMT-DS (WCDMA-FDD)
- IMT-TC (TDD CDMA)
- IMT-MC (cdma2000)
- IMT-SC (GPRS+EDGE)
- IMT-FT (DECT)
Standards development timescales

Understanding UMTS
The role of UMTS as a 3G System
UMTS system services
UMTS system architecture
Core Network elements
UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN)
Service provision via Satellite

Migrating to 2.5G and 3G
Adding GPRS to GSM networks
Equipment and works required
Typical costs
Operators' GPRS trials
Current GPRS services
Adding EDGE
Equipment and works required
Typical costs
Where and when might EDGE be deployed?
The migratiion path from GSM to UMTS

UMTS: What are the Manufacturers doing?
Nokia, Ericsson, Nortel, Siemens, Motorola, Lucent
GPRS user equipment
UMTS User Equipment
Current worldwide deployment of UMTS

Migrating from GSM to UMTS
Equipment and works required
Typical costs
Trials to date
The costs and results

UMTS: What are the Operators doing?
UMTS trials and pilot installations
Current plans for deployment:
- Hutchison 3G, mmO2, Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile
- Other operators world-wide
Joint ventures

The Market for 3G
Market drivers
3G handsets
3G applications
3G applications for business users
Forecasts for the next 24 months


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