| Day 01 |
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| 9:00 am | Organizer's opening remarks |
| | Shahariar Zaman Project Manager South Asia Mobile Forum |
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| 9:15 am | Chairman's opening remarks |
| | Mehboob Chowdhury Chairman South Asia Mobile Forum |
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| | Stepping into Emerging Markets: Threats and Opportunities |
| 9:30 am | Introducing New Technology in Emerging Market
• Future of telecom in emerging markets • Market forecasting in terms of demand at customers end • Exploring the long term effect of new technological advancements in emerging market |
| | Ricardo Tavares Senior Vice President Public Policy GSM Association |
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| 10:00 am | Surviving as a leader in Emerging Market
• Challenges faced by leader from the new entrants and competitors • Strategies that can be taken to counter the threats • Innovative ideas to enhance from the existing position in the market |
| | Sameer Sharma Senior Advisor Asia Paciific Region International Telecommunication Union |
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| 10:30 am | Coffee Break
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| 11:00 am | Strategies for growth and sustainability during the period of global economic recession
• Effects of prolonged economic slump • Influence over consumers and telecom world • Ways to handle the situation |
| | Wangay Dorji Head-Telecommunications Bhutan Infocomm and Media Authority |
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| 11:30 am | Understanding the challenges and opportunities faced by operators in South Asian telecom market
• Seamless trade policies and regulations • Demanding operators in terms of TCO and ROI • Domestic market and its sophistication |
| | Vishnu Nath Goel Managing Director Nepal Telecom |
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| | Moving Beyond the Existing Technology |
| 12:00 pm | Panel Discussion:
Wireless broadband deployment strategies and requirements for South Asian Telecom
• Examining the pros and cons of the different wireless broadband technologies: CDMA, WiFi, WiMax • Which operators/services providers are most likely to benefit from deploying WiMax? • Planning the necessary investment and time scale for the deployment |
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| | Moderator |
| | Ricardo Tavares Senior Vice President Public Policy GSM Association |
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| | Panelists |
| | Sameer Sharma Senior Advisor Asia Paciific Region International Telecommunication Union |
| Wangay Dorji Head-Telecommunications Bhutan Infocomm and Media Authority |
| Vishnu Nath Goel Managing Director Nepal Telecom |
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| 12:30 pm | Regulatory and market conditions for 3G positioning in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan
• Broadband development and demand in Indian subcontinent • Market comparison of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan for 3G • Suitable services in Indian subcontinent • Regulatory challenges:
- A survey of 3G regimes in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan - Identify regulatory roadblocks - Suggestions to improve regimes |
| | Rohan Samarajiva CEO LIRNEasia |
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| 1:00 pm | Lunch Break
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| 2:30 pm | Technology solutions to deploy 3G networks cost-effectively
• Assessing the level of investment needed to deploy reliable 3G services • Deploying the networks cost-effectively to ensure ROI, technology choice and vendor partnerships • Planning the timescale of deployment and launch within licensing constraints |
| Anoja Obeyesekere Chief Executive Officer Dialog Global, Sri Lanka |
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| 3:00 pm | Utilization of WiMax technology in providing net service to customers
• Taping customers demand • Capacity of South Asia region for technological advancement • WiMax technology and South Asia |
| T R Dua Senior Director Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) |
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| A different perspective of sustaining in the market. |
| 3:30 pm | Pricing strategies to maximize ARPU from voice and data services
• Overview of South Asia's telecommunication market • Pricing strategy to maximize ARPU • Price breaker vs. market innovation • Exploring new revenue streams |
| Pradeep Shrivastava CMO IDEA Cellular |
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| 4:00 pm | Coffee Break
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| 4:30 pm | Challenges to diminish ARPU and high competition
• New players in market and ARPU influence • The ARPU for remote and rural circles • Strategy that should be adopted to increase their subscriber base |
| Tandi Wangchuk General Manager B-Mobile Division, Bhutan Telecom |
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| 5:00 pm | Targeting the low end market with innovative offerings and tariffs
• Examining whether targeting the low end market is the best strategy to establish as a new entrant into South Asian telecom market • Competing on price: how low can the ARPU go to remain profitable? • Service differentiation for affordable services |
| Vishnu Kasaju Director, Mobile Service Directorate Nepal Telecom |
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| End of Day 01
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| Day 02 | |
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| Delivering new services beyond today's entertainment and technology |
| 9:00 am | Recent trends in technological aggressiveness for higher technological advancement
• Trend analysis for last 10 years • The best that can be talked about • The change shift in trend |
| Pallab Mitra Head-Future Factory and Corporate Solutions Bharti Airtel Limited |
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| 9:30 am | Successful deployment of VAS application in South Asian market
• Current positioning and application of VAS in South Asian market • New VAS applications that are in the pipeline • Case study (country example) |
| Asma Khan General Manager, International Business Warid Telecom (Pvt) Ltd., Pakistan |
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| 10:00 am | Meeting consumers' lifestyles with the right entertainment services: content provider's perspective
• Understanding the tastes of India's entertainment consumers • Adapting content to the mobile format: what are the best services? • What's the mobile sector for content providers? How best to partner with operators? |
| Nasrul Karim A, Ghaznavi Member - Finance, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority |
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| 10:30 am | Coffee Break
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| 11:00 am | Panel Discussion:
When telecommunications meet the entertainment industry: partnerships and revenue opportunities
• Assessing the optimum models for partnerships between content provider and telecommunications operators • Offering the right formats for content services on mobile or on the internet • Evaluating the impact of the IPTV opportunity on the entertainment market |
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| Moderator |
| Mehboob Chowdhury Chairman South Asia Mobile Forum |
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| Panelists |
| Pallab Mitra Head-Future Factory and Corporate Solutions Bharti Airtel Limited |
| | Asma Khan General Manager, International Business Warid Telecom (Pvt) Ltd., Pakistan |
| Nasrul Karim A, Ghaznavi Member - Finance, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority |
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| Enterprise resource planning: an insight view |
| 11:30 am | Enterprise resource planning and affectivity in South Asian telecom industry
• Current market scenario • Initialization of ERP in telecom organization • Effects and growth of organization for ERP |
| Mir Nawbut Ali Director Marketing Bakcell Ltd, Azerbaijan |
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| 12:00 pm | Panel Discussion:
In view of growing customer needs and expectations, enterprises need to move towards dynamic, multi-model Contact Center Solutions to provide richer and better customer experience. What are the ideas that enable organization to handle this situation.
• Converged enterprise networks and the future role of the operator • Extending further into the enterprise network by bringing together business and technology architectures |
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| Moderator |
| Rohan Samarajiva CEO LIRNEasia |
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| Panelists |
| Mir Nawbut Ali Director Marketing Bakcell Ltd, Azerbaijan |
| Khalid Hasan Project Director Business Environment Management, Telenor Group Asia |
| Santanu SenGupta Owner Study and Jobs Worldwide |
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| 12:30 am | Lunch Break
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| Case Study- An insight into the real world scenario |
| 2:00 pm | Growing industry & challenges related to roaming (India)
• India as a customer base • Roaming –why it has been a success in India • How can others countries adapt to it |
| Khalid Hasan Project Director Business Environment Management, Telenor Group Asia |
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| 2:30 pm | An operator's need: will the industry respond?
• Solution that decreases the cost of infrastructure and operational expenses to cover rural areas • What are the savings in CAPEX and OPEX for cellular operators? • What are the synergies we can draw from power transmission systems and cellular service systems |
| Santanu SenGupta Owner Study and Jobs Worldwide
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| Role of CSR in the telecommunication Industry |
| 3:00 pm | NGO functions facilitate by Telecommunication in South Asia.
• Impact that telecom firms can have in society through CSR • Current scenario • Successful implications ( country case) |
| Rubaba Dowla Chief Commercial Officer Grameenphone Ltd |
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| 3:30 pm | Coffee Break
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| 4:00 pm | Implementing the newest technologies to deliver voice and data services to remote areas
• Balancing the deployment of networks between densely populated urban areas and rural areas • Determining which technologies are best suited to maximize the coverage of remote areas • Ensuring the solutions chosen is cost-effective |
| | Omer Rashid Chief Commercial Officer Banglalink |
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| 4:30 pm | Panel Discussion
Increasing the affinity for data in emerging markets to become profitable with low- disposable income customers
• Expanding growth by connecting the unconnected - the key differences in the mobile data business models of developed and emerging markets • Which empowering services will drive data revenue in emerging markets? • Balancing low and high end-user segments to help control the key instruments of the business operations |
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| Moderator |
| Sameer Sharma Senior Advisor Asia Paciific Region, International Telecommunication Union |
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| Panelists |
| Rubaba Dowla Chief Commercial Officer Grameenphone Ltd |
| Omer Rashid Chief Commercial Officer Banglalink |
| Sumon Ahmed Sabir Managing Director BDCOM Online Limited |
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| 5:00 pm | Cost-effective technology solutions to make rural telecommunications profitable
• Examining the technology choices available to provide coverage to remote areas • Keeping OPEX and CAPEX low in order to provide profitable services in low income areas • Are wireless technologies best suited to the provision of communications to rural areas? |
| Sumon Ahmed Sabir Managing Director BDCOM Online Limited |
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| 5:30 pm | Closing of Conference , Speech by the Chairman |
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