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RANWORLD

www.ranworldevent.com

Addressing the challenges of thepresent to shape the RAN of the future

19-20 September 2017, Barcelona, Spain

suMMIt • eXHIbItIoN • ReseARcH ceNtRe • WoRkING GRoups • AWARds • tecHNoloGy sHoWcAse

Terje Jensensvp Networktransformation europeTelenor

Kostas Chalkiotisvice president MobileAccess - Grouptechnology,Deutsche Telekom

Martin SkopctoVimpelCom Russia

Ervins KampansctIoTele2

Gabriel SidhomctoOrange Silicon Valley

Mark McDiarmidvp, Radio Networkengineering anddevelopmentT-Mobile

Adrian Scrase,cto ETSI

Eric KuischctoVodafone Germany

Matthias SauderHead of NetworkVodafone

Mahmoud SobhiHead of Grouptechnology strategyVimpelcom

Adrian Di MeoctoTelefonica Argentina

Cayetano Carbajo,ctoTelefónica Germany

60% opeRAtoR AtteNdANce 60% dIRectoR level ANd Above 35+ couNtRIes RepReseNted

@RANGlobal #RANWorld

C-LEVEL OPERATOR SPEAKERS

I appreciated the RAN Worldorganization and speaker’s lineup:

the format is very effective, with a mix ofplenary and working groups, and youmanaged to find an excellent set ofspeakers, with a very good and wellbalanced mix between operators, vendorsand other stakeholders. I found useful bothpresentations and networking opportunities"Umberto Ferrero,Head, Wireless Access Innovation, Telecom Italia

“RAN World was one of the bestconferences I’ve been to in the last

years, due to the content and speakers Imet. A combination of amazingly deepcontent and knowledgeable speakers reallymade a difference." Dr Michael Fritsch,Telecommunications and Technology

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RAN WORLD RETURNS FOR ITS 4TH EDITION IN SEPTEMBER 2017, IN A NEW LOCATION.HOLDING THE EVENT IN BARCELONA WILL PROVIDE A REFRESHED FOCUS TO THE EVENT,AND GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO ENJOY THE CITY WITHOUT THE QUEUES!

Attendee Overview

Job type

n c-level 23%n director/Head of unit 34%n engineer 22%n Analyst 5%n business development 16%

Company type

n operator 60%n oem 13%n system/testing 7%n Infrastructure/satellite 7%n Academic/analyst 6%n end user 4%n Association 3%

The meeting place for the international RAN communityRAN World discusses and addresses the real-world radio access challenges of operators; how can they host as much capacity as possible ontheir network, giving a seamless experience, without interference, thereby offering a better customer experience? the event bridges the gapbetween business strategy and technical expertise, bringing MNo ctos and engineers together for a deep-dive look into challenges, sharingand growing knowledge.

RAN World brings together c-level executives from operators, oeMs, suppliers, specialists from various research labs and industry analysts toshape the future of the RAN.

What is RAN?

A mix of presentations from operators on their pain points and wish lists, Government and non governmental organisationsand standards bodies on their visions and processes, and more informal workshop discussions."Mark Cope, Systems Architect, Analog Devices“

provided a good overview of future RAN solutions to be used by operators and challenges/lessons learned of currentRAN solutions being deployed”Miguel Bolanos, Sr.Engineer, T-Mobile“Good operator and vendor overview of requirements and key concepts, moving towards 5G systems by 2020"Magnus Isaksson, Project Manager, Huawei“


RANNYspresented inassociation with:

Best use ofspectrum/RANsharingWinner: MBNL RAN sharingagreement, in associationwith Nokia, Huawei, BT,SIAE, Ericsson, NEC

Best newtechnologyadoption andintegrationWinner: Swisscom, inassociation with Kathrein:In-Ground Antenna System.

Best 5G initiativeWinner: sk telecom, inassociation with Nokia:enabling the 5G user

experience.

2016 Winners

Presented in association with The Mobile Network, the2017 RANNYs will see operators rewarded forinnovation in radio access trials and deployments. Theawards ceremony will be held on 19 September 2017,as part of RAN World.

Shortlisted and winning organizations will receivepromotion to Avren Events' and The Mobile Network'sglobal network of telecoms and enterpriseprofessionals, exclusive interviews, coverage inprinted materials and the all-important RANNY trophy.

2017 CATEGORIES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Best newtechnologyadoption andintegration

Best 5Ginitiative (trial ortest)

Best use ofspectrum

Best RANsharingagreement

RANNYs

Visit www.ranworldevent.com/rannys to find out more and enter!


Who attends RAN Events?

Afghan Wireless communication company • American Airlines • ApJc Networks • Aria spa • Asiacell • Augere Wireless broadbandbangladesh ltd. • AvANtel sAs • batelco • bell Mobility, canada • bH telecom sarajevo • bt • china Mobile Research Institute,cMcc • chunghwa telecom • colt technology services • deutsche bank • deutsche telekom • digicel Haiti • docomo pacific •ee • e-plus Mobilfunk • etisalat • etIsAlAt Nigeria • Fanoos telecom • Google • H3G • Ipko • Jawwal • kddI R&d laboratoriesInc. • kpN • linkem • liquid telecom ltd • lMt • MbNl • McI • Millicom • MtN-syria • Ntt docoMo • ooredoo • orangeFrance • orange labs • orange poland • passus • plus communications • polkomtel • sky • smart Axiata co., ltd. • softbank • spGroup • sunrise telecoms • tele2 eesti As • tele2 Nederland • tele2 sverige Ab • telecom Argentina • telecom egypt • telecomItalia • telecom slovenije • telefónica Germany • telefonica spain • telekom srbija • teleMAcH • three uk • t-Mobile Netherlands• truphone • turkcell • vimpelcom Russia • vIpnet • virgin Media • vodafone • vodafone deutschland • vodafone Group Research& development • vodafone Netherlands • Wataniya Mobile • Wind Mobile • Ziggo • 4G Americas • 5Gppp • Amdocs •Analog devices Inc • Artiza Networks • Asocs • At&t • AtIs • bt • cablelabs • centurylink • chunghwa telecom • cisco• claro • collision communications • converge! Network digest • crown castle solutions corp. • current Analysis •dc Gov't. (octo) • dell'oro Group, Inc. • deutsche bank • docoMo Innovations • docomo pacific • eJl Wireless Research• empirix • etisalat • eXFo Inc • Futurewei technologies Inc. • Google • Joint venture silicon valley • kddI R&d laboratories• lG uplus • llc Ipko telecomunication • MckA enterprise • Millicom International cellular sA • Mitel Networks • MkI (u.s.A.), Inc. • Mobile experts • Nos • NxGen partners • Nyu • omnitel • orange France • orange silicon valley •orca ventures, llc • pacific crest securities • pakistan telecommunication limited • parallel Wireless • Qualcomm technologies, Inc. • Quintel usA, Inc • Rogers • Rosenberger site solutions, llc • sarokal test systems • sasktel • senza Fili consulting • signals Research Group • silicon labs • sk telecom • sk telecom ventures • softbank • solid • sprint •stanford university • swisscom • key 2 Mobile • telefonica • the university of texas at Austin • t-Mobile • towerstream •time Warner cable • university of oklahoma • verizon Wireless • vivint • vodafone egypt • Wireless city planning • Woodside capital partners, llc

Countries inattendance

Afghanistan • Albania • Azerbaijan • Bahrain• Bangladesh • Belgium • Bosnia AndHerzegowina • Cambodia • Canada • China• Congo • Croatia • Czech Republic •Denmark • Egypt • Estonia • Finland •France • Germany • Greece • Guam • India •Iran • Ireland • Israel • Italy • Japan • Kenya• Kosovo • Latvia • Netherlands • Norway •Palestine • Peru • Poland • Republic of Korea• Russia • Serbia • Slovenia • Spain • SriLanka • Sweden • Switzerland • Turkey •United Arab Emirates • United Kingdom •United States


Outstanding Feedback

A great event diving into both thetechnical and business challenges inevolving the RAN towards 5G. theworking groups, in particular, were agreat platform for lively discussion."Mr Phil Kendall, Director Global Wireless,Strategy Analytics

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it has been a great event whichoffered many opportunities fornetworking, exchanging ideas andgetting new inspiration. i canconclude that all in all it has been avery successful start of a new eventseries.”Matthias Sauder, Head of Network,Vodafone Netherlands

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It was a nicely organised and veryuseful event with good networkingopportunities. the panels were veryinteresting as well as the workinggroups on different subjects.”Dr Werner Mohr, Chair of the Board, 5GPP

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RAN World in January 2015 wasvery good indeed, with the rightbalance between conference contentand an opportunity to meetpersonally with experts in the field.3Gpp will support the next rAn Worldevent with enthusiasm.”Adrian Scrase, ETSI CTO, Head of 3GPP MCC

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the soN working group was brilliant,and the workshop was very useful tothe participants. similarly, themillimeter Wave workshop I attendedat the end of the day was just greatand it lasted well beyond thescheduled timeframe – a clear signthat everyone enjoyed it. Greatchairman and presenters !!

the venue and organisation alsoworked great, so it was a well positiveexperience in all dimensions."Dr Michael Fritsch, Telecommunications andTechnology

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RAN infrastructure is evolving sorapidly that coping with sustainability,complexity and investment life cycleis the challenge. decisions takentoday may significantly impact thebusiness model in few years fromnow. the rAn World event is a greatoccasion both to focus thetechnology vision and to keep thevendor community aligned tooperator's objectives and concerns."Rino Buccio,CTO, Linkem

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I thought it was an excellentconference! one of the very fewevents where there is real in-depthdiscussion on technical matters."Mr Ashley Beynon, Senior Consultant 4G RANCapacity, KPN

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I appreciated the RAN Worldorganization and speaker’s lineup: theformat is very effective, with a mix ofplenary and working groups, and youmanaged to find an excellent set ofspeakers, with a very good and wellbalanced mix between operators,vendors and other stakeholders. Ifound useful both presentations andnetworking opportunities"Umberto Ferrero, Head, Wireless AccessInnovation, Telecom Italia

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I really enjoyed the presentationsfrom operators with concreteexperience sharing. "Tero Kola, Head of Portfoilo Management,Nokia

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Ran World conference in cologneprovided an excellent forum todiscuss the key topics which concernour industry today, such as currentnetwork challenges, architecturechoices, virtualization and how toevolve to 5G. Great opportunities fornetworking, interesting presentationsand the overall conference logisticsworked flawlessly.”Holger Wild, Account Director,Samsung Electronics

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Great networking event and alwayswonderful insights from the technologyleaders and mobile operators."Mr Earl Lum, President, EJL Wireless ResearchLLC

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First time at RAN World. Had achance to speak to a wide variety ofvendors/ service providers. thequality of the presentations wereexcellent and were very thoughtprovoking."Mr Michael Fitzsimons, Sector MarketingManager, Avanti plc

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I truly enjoyed the breadth and thedepth of the content shared at RANWorld. it's extremely up-to-date andwith the just right degree of focus.the Working Groups were a perfectcomplement of the keynotesessions.”Dr. Chih-Lin I, Chief Scientist, Wirelesstechnologies, China Mobile Research Institute

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It was one of the best conferences Ihave attended, where expertise wasmerged with innovation.”Husain Najer Aljamri, Senior Manager, Mobile Radio, Batelco

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