October 08 Thursday 14:30 – 16:00 Session REG.3 Room K Mobile broadband and NGN Advances in radio technologies are allowing evolutionary paths to be plotted for 3G and for Wi-Fi with greatly increased transmission capacities. There are also many alternative and potentially disruptive and/or complementary technologies, such as WiMAX and Wireless Gigabit Technology neutrality is beginning to allow operators greater freedom in their use of existing spectrum assignments. KEY QUESTIONS: – How can the interests of existing market players be balanced with those of new entrants? – What are implications of the extension of services to objects and transport systems? – Where will satellites prove to be an affordable access method? – Is anytime, anyplace, any network achievable any time soon? Moderator Mr Marc Furrer, President, Swiss Federal Communications Commission ComCom (Switzerland) Panellists Mr Jean-Michel Soulier, President, AXIA Networks Europe (France) Mr Michael Wigley, Senior Partner, Wigley & Company (New Zealand) Mr Yoshioki Chika, Executive Vice President, Willcom Inc. (Japan) Mr Len J. Lauer, Executive Vice President and COO, Qualcomm (United States) Mr Paul Steinberg, Fellow and Chief Architect, Motorola Home & Networks Mobility, Motorola (United States) Mr Jaime Héctor Osuna, Presidente, Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones (COFETEL) (Mexico) Mr Ron Resnik, President and Chairman of the Board, WIMAX Forum (United States) 32