NEW! Join Humberto J. La Roche, Director - Wireless Architecture, Juniper Networks, as he examines the practicalities of implementing VoLTE in a greenfield and an established network. Find out more about the influence of network architecture on QoS.

NOW available to view on-demand.

Exhibition period and space increased - Tuesday 6th to Thursday 8th December - in response to high demand!
Exhibition is open to delegates only.

Join representative from: ABI Research, Alcatel-Lucent, Arquiva, BT, Cable & Wireless, CACI, Ceragon Networks, Chronos Technology, Ciena, Clear Mobiltel, COLT Technology Services, Current Analysis, Detecon International, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Telekom, DragonWave, E-Plus, Ericsson, ETSI, Everything Everywhere, EXFO, France Telecom-Orange, GSMA, Huawei Technologies, IDC, Infonetics Research, Iskratel, JDSU, Juniper Networks, Mobilink, NGMN Alliance, NSN, Rethink Research, SMARTS Group, T-Mobile, T-Systems, Telecom Italia, Telefónica O2, Telekom Slovenije, Tellabs, The MultiService Forum, Three, Ukrcom, University of Surrey, VimpelCom, Virgin Media Business, Vodafone


Mobile operators need to get their LTE networks up and running. However, the decisions that they make today on core network (EPC) and backhaul architecture, offload strategy and convergence - functional, architecture, services and boxes, will have a substantial impact on the scalability, performance, business success and cost of their networks now and in the future.
 

Despite great progress over the last 12 months, many strategic questions need to be addressed:

• how to integrate the EPC with existing 2G/3G technologies
• do you distribute or centralise S-GW/P-GW and/or MME?
• how to optimise the end to end performance of the transport network to meet low latency requirements
• is a Security Gateway necessary?
• is encryption necessary and what is the best implementation architecture?
• how to manage and scale multiple IPSec tunnels
• what is the impact on the EPC of Small Cell Support?
• how do you support Voice and SMS without CS?
• how do we manage IP Addressing for all the Smart Phones and Tablets coming onto the market?

These are just a handful of the questions that principal design figures from mobile operators will debate at the only event to focus on the fundamental technical planning issues that need to be overcome in order to launch commercial LTE services in a cost-effective and timely manner.
 

Layer123 is once again working in close partnership with key industry organisations to ensure that this forum is both focused and relevant to those involved in the network design, evolution and rollout of LTE services. The event is Co-Hosted by the NGMN Alliance and Layer123, with Host Operator Everything Everywhere and Event Partners the MultiService Forum and BT Wholesale.
 

With the profound impact LTE is set to have on backhaul, the second edition of LTE/EPC & Converged Mobile Backhaul has been expanded by an extra day and will now incorporate the LTE Backhaul Evolution Planning Seminar. With all of the experts in core and backhaul evolution together, this is an opportunity not to be missed.
 
This uniquely focused event brings together the most influential figures from service providers, vendors, analysts, standards organisations and regulators, for a highly interactive 4 days of learning, knowledge sharing and networking. At the end of which, you will better placed to make fully informed decisions about your network strategy, and have a strengthened network of the right people to consult.

Meet your peers, existing and potential customers, existing and potential suppliers, leading thinkers, technical experts, standards coordinators, specialist analysts and regulatory experts and spend 3 days in engaging group discussions, case study examples, ice-breaking speed networking, one to one meetings, lunch debates, relaxed refreshment breaks, drinks reception and knowledge exchange.

It’s good to specialise and it’s very important to get a strategic view of the industry. Hear from knowledgeable and influential experts representing the complete EPC design and deployment ecosystem. Find out how they are planning network evolution/transformation approaches to EPC design and deployment, getting their networks ready for the LTE radio deployment that will follow.

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3rd February 2012 - We have handoff! Voice over LTE is on its way
Ericsson and Qualcomm have claimed 'first call' bragging rights for seamless call handover between WCDMA 3G and LTE using SRVCC on the handset
Source: TelecomTV
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10th January 2012 - Overview and Standardization Trends of LTE-Advanced
This article explains the features of and standardization schedule for LTE-Advanced, which has been approved by ITU-R (International Telecommunication Union, Radio Communication Sector) as one of the IMT-Advanced systems (IMT: International Mobile Telecommunication)
Source: NTT
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13th December 2011 - Everything Everywhere to invest £1.5bn+ in Network Evolution Programme
Everything Everywhere, Britain’s biggest communications company that runs Orange and T-Mobile in the UK, today confirmed plans to further integrate its two mobile networks, upgrade existing network technology, and kick-off preparations for the rollout of cutting edge 4G mobile technology with an investment of more than £1.5bn+ over the next three years
Source: Everything Everywhere
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2nd December 2011 - Getting the economics right: BT and EE join up on rural LTE trial
The idea is to service both fixed and mobile customers but to share the local infrastructure and (to a certain extent) the backhaul.
Source: TelecomTV
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14nd November 2011 - MSF Publishes Voice over LTE Event White Paper Results Successful VoLTE Calls between China and Germany
Over 65 network elements from 19 participating vendors were tested by 60 test engineers using 200 pages of test plans during this three-week event
Source: MultiService Forum
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14th November 2011 - Mobile industry is running out of room for expansion
Will mobile networks be able to cope with this growth over the next 20 years? What technologies can increase capacity? Shared infrastructure is one way forward
Source: gtb Global Telecoms Business
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14th November 2011 - O2 begins '4G' LTE mobile data trial in London
Today's launch of the UK's first 4G London trial network demonstrates our commitment to delivering 4G to our customers at the earliest opportunity
Source: BBC
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9th November 2011 - LTE evolved packet core spending to pass 500 million USD in 2012
The growing deployment of LTE networks is the main driver for increased spending on gateways, which in turn are driving Evolved Packet Core (EPC) spend
Source:Microwave Engineering Europe
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2nd November 2011 - US energy agency demos blazingly fast network
The U.S. Department of Energy will debut in November one of the fastest networks ever built: a 100Gbps Ethernet network that will enable researchers to create more complex, real-world simulations in climate change, particle physics, astronomy and other scientific fields
Source: NETWORKWORLD
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1st November 2011 - IP Transit Prices Continue to Decline, Geographic Differences Remain
Between Q3 2007 and Q3 2011, median GigE port prices in New York and Hong Kong declined at a compounded rate of approximately 17 percent, while prices in London fell by more than 20 percent
Source: TeleGeography
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1st November 2011 - Optus reveals it has completed first LTE data connection using 700MHz band
Gunther Ottendorfer, managing director of Optus Networks, was cited as saying that his company intends to test a range of commercially available consumer devices that operate in the 700MHz band, including smartphones, tablets and Wi-Fi hotspots
Source: TeleGeography
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1st November 2011 - Almost nobody is talking on 3UK - because nearly all the traffic is data
It's official. Not many people make voice calls or send texts over the 3UK network any more. That's because 97 per cent of the traffic is now data, as Martyn Warwick reports
Source: TelecomTV
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14th October 2011 - GSA raises forecast for LTE networks
185 firm commercial LTE network deployments, 64% higher than a year ago, are in progress or planned in 66 countries, including 35 networks now commercially launched
Source:GSA
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11th October 2011 - MSF Completes Latest Global Interop Test: Results to be presented at Layer123 LTE/EPC event in December
The MSF (MultiService Forum) announced today the successful completion of the first ever MSF VoLTE (Voice over Long Term Evolution)
Interoperability Event, backed by the GSMA
Source: The MultiService Forum
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7th October 2011 - Everything Everywhere and BT Wholesale kick-off 4G live trial
200 triallists in Cornwall now testing UK’s first mobile and fixed line broadband network collaboration
Source: Everything Everywhere
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