With 202 registered delegates in 2012, including an increase of 30% in operator attendees over its 2011 launch, Layer123’s Packet Microwave & Mobile Backhaul is now Europe’s largest forum for senior professionals responsible for determining operators’ strategic network planning and procurement decisions in this important area.
 

Firmly established as the principal and only event to serve the specialist Microwave industry, the event’s scope is expanding in 2013 - as we move to the heart of the German mobile indutry, Düsseldorf - to further support operators as they make key decisions to build out Next-Gen mobile backhaul infrastructure, exploit new solutions and manage most efficiently the rising tide of new applications traffic.

Many service providers are revisiting their Backhaul strategies in the light of the accelerating rollout of LTE, and with an eye on the real cost of capacity provided by various technologies and solutions. This is your opportunity to join them and benefit from their experiences and expertise as together, you address the challenges and consider the business case for new Packet Microwave as one of the most cost-effective and rapid rollout solution to LTE backhaul.

Join your peers - experts in Microwave technology and Mobile Backhaul solutions, senior strategists and planners from service providers - and the main Microwave and Backhaul systems and solutions vendors in Düsseldorf in September and find out how innovation in technology, architecture, solutions and spectrum can help you to:

• Rollout and Grow LTE - with substantial increases in capacity driving innovation in mobile backhaul technologies and architecturess, find out how operators and vendors are developing and deploying innovative solutions to maximise mobile broadband performance, while keeping a lid on networking costs
• Evaluate Small Cell Backhaul - share practical experiences with carriers deploying Small Cells and learn more about the new Microwave options for backhaul - E Band, 80GHz, 60GHz and Sub 6 GHz
• Smooth the evolution from TDM to Packet Backhaul - share experiences with carriers that are in the process of evolving their backhaul networks and discover new tools to increase manageability and bandwidth efficiency in packet networks
• Deliver new applications - network extension, Rural Broadband (fixed replacement), Small Cell Backhaul, private networks, campus networks, difficult terrain, rapid deployment
• Protect your investment - gain the depth of insight necessary to develop the optimal roadmap for your existing backhaul network
• Differentiate your business proposition - be the first to hear about the new architectures, technologies and solutions that you can use to deliver unique value propositions to your customers

Expect a uniquely specialist and expert speaking panel offering high quality presentations, insightful debate, structured small group discussion and live demos, as the industry adapts to today's needs for high capacity combined with high availability Microwave, copper and fibre-based backhaul solutions.
 

Operators, Regulators and Industry Analysts - take an active role in one of the Knowledge Exchange Debates and attend the event as a Layer123 guest - details to be published shortly. 
 

Contact us for details of speaking and sponsorship here

Meet over 200 of your industry colleagues, individuals responsible for:

• Making network evolution decisions - requirements analysis, network strategy & implementation for service providers in Europe and beyond
• Making network procurement decisions - equipment strategy, vendor selection, technology adoption
• Developing new services - high capacity, network extension, multipoint, Ethernet, LTE backhaul
• Designing Packet Microwave systems and architectures - senior product managers, technologists and standards coordinators from the main vendor organisations specialising in Packet Microwave systems and solutions
• Driving the industry forward - senior figures from the main industry organisations, including MEF, that are helping to shape the future of Microwave

Spend your time in active engagement with your industry's most knowledgeable and well-connected leaders, during:

• Keynote session - gain a view from the highest level within market making vendors and Lead Operators, as they share their visions of current microwave infrastructure challenges, drivers and opportunities
• Case studies - find out how your peers are evolving their existing Microwave and Backhaul infrastructure and deploying new links - what solutions offer the best value?
• Packet Microwave - examine new solutions and witness new technology demonstrations live
• Mobile Backhaul - New technologies - Coherent 100G, Carrier Ethernet 2.0, Software-Defined Networking, Dynamic Resource Allocation - architectures as well as improved economy and manageability
• Structured discussions and face to face engagement - wouldn't it be great if someone organised a group of experts ready to discuss your most pressing issues over lunch - what a good use of time... consider it done!

NOW OPEN! Microwave Call For Proposals - deadline for submissions: 24th May 2013
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9 April 2013 – EE to Double 4G Speeds EE, the UK's most advanced digital communications company, is doubling the speed and capacity of its 4G network
Source: Light Reading

3 April 2013 – Millimeter wave market set to double in 2013, fueled by LTE backhaul An increasing number of mobile operators are deploying millimeter wave to augment their existing microwave macrocell backhaul deployments
Source: Infonetics Research

22 March 2013 – Small cell market forecast to hit $2.7 billion by 2017 AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon Wireless in the U.S., Vodafone in Europe, LG U+ in South Korea, and NTT DOCOMO in Japan have all announced major small cell plans
Source: Infonetics Research

8 March 2013 – Microwave equipment market forecast to hit $5.2 billion in 2017; Alcatel-Lucent gains in Q4 Showing evidence of the continuing shift to all-packet microwave, Ethernet-only equipment accounted for 14.2% of all units shipped in 4Q12
Source: Infonetics Research

18 January 2013 – MLL Telecom CTO wants to build hetnets to help carriers if it wins 4G spectrum Several surprise companies are bidding for spectrum in the UK's long awaited 4G LTE auctions
Source: Mobile Europe

17 January 2013 – Small cell operators face myriad operational and financial challenges They've been scrambling to test and trial a large number of technologies, products, and topologies for outdoor small cells, and they're under growing pressure to make the rubber meet the road
Source: Infonetics Research

9 January 2013 – W Europe mobile data usage soars Mobile operators in Western Europe are losing out despite a 39% rise in mobile data traffic year-on-year in 2012. Research firm ABI Research claims
Source: TelecomsEMEA

13 December 2012 – Outdoor small cell backhaul a 5-year $5 billion opportunity There's been wild speculation on the small cell opportunity -- some that lump together small cells with residential femtocells, WiFi hotspots, and in-building and outdoor. Our latest research focuses on just the new, faster-growing outdoor small cell backhaul equipment market...
Source: Infonetics Research

5 December 2012 – Ethernet microwave gear up 5% from year-ago 3rd quarter; backhaul fuels overall microwave market The microwave equipment market held steady overall in the 3rd quarter, with wildly varying results across segments
Source: Infonetics Research

3 December 2012 – Ceragon launches FibeAir IP-20C solution @ Layer123's LTE/EPC event Striving to meet the unique demands of 4G/LTE-A networks and provide mobile operators with long-term network planning peace of mind, FibeAir IP-20C is breaking the traditional capacity barriers, and is the only microwave radio to offer a virtual fiber solution in licensed bands.
Source: Ceragon

30 November 2012 – Virgin Media WiFi emerges from the underworld is leveraging its fibre network to start deployment of a free public WiFi service for the 1.2 million residents of Bradford and Leeds
Source: Thinkbroadband

19 November 2012 – 4G auction not over, but time to start talking 5G With 4G hardly off the starting line we are now talking about 5G. Ofcom last week published plans for the move towards using 700 MHz for mobile broadband
Source: Thinkbroadband

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