October 07 Wednesday Co-hosted – NGMN 16:30 – 18:00 Session CoNG.4 Room A ITU – NGMN: Mobile Broadband 2010+: Customer Impact Smartphones continue to be the mobile device industry’s fastest-growing market segment, with on average 15 times higher data traffic per device compared to the rest of the market. Meanwhile, new mobile broadband device segments are emerging in Consumer Electronics (CE) equipment and Netbooks. In addition, mobile broadband Machine-to-Machine (M2M) services promise to grow the market even further. In this Session, Senior Management representatives from major device manufacturers provide insights into emerging device platforms, segments and services and the current status of wireless broadband devices. KEY QUESTIONS: – How does the vendor device portfolio look like for the transition to NGMN and what are the key features and capabilities? – What are the major challenges to ensure the availability of devices and handsets? – How can the industry provide a fruitful environment for future service development and innovation, given the ongoing fragmentation of device platforms? – Which services will leverage the capabilities of next generation mobile networks? – What is the device roadmap over the immediate future? Moderator Dr Karim Taga, Managing Director, Arthur D Little Austria GmbH (Austria) Panellists Mr Joonho Park, VP, Global Standards & Research, Samsung Electronics (Korea (Rep. of)) Mr Alex Jinsung Choi, Vice President, Head of MCTR Lab, LG Electronics (Korea (Rep. of)) Mr Thorsten Heins, Sr. Vice President, Handheld Business Unit, Research in Motion Ltd – RIM (Canada) 85