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Conference Sessions

PTC board member Stephen Ho opens the event

“The industry has to create radically new value,” said Sanjay Kamat, Nokia Bell Labs Consulting managing director.

“Telecom’s new value proposition will be built on providing ‘networked augmented intelligence’,” said Sanjay Kamat, Nokia Bell Labs Consulting managing director.

“Humanity’s new needs will drive telecom success,” said Sanjay Kamat, Nokia Bell Labs Consulting managing director.

Rumi Iizuka listens intently to the presentations at Spectrum Futures 2017.

Sachin Gupta, Managing Director, New Street Capital Asia, reacts to fundamental policy choices: “rationalize or nationalize.”

Sachin Gupta, Sanjay Kamat, and James Sullivan discuss industry futures.

Heikki Kokkinen, Fairspectrum CEO takes part in freewheeling discussion.

Past Australian regulator Bob Horton chats up the affable Wen-Chung Guo, Commissioner, National Communications Commission, Taiwan.

Taufik Hasan, Commissioner, Indonesian Telecommunication Regulatory Authority, Indonesia and Wen-Chung Guo, Commissioner, National Communications Commission, Taiwan, comparing notes.

Regulatory staff members chat during a break.

“Spectrum sharing will enable new business models,” says Dean Bubley, Disruptive Analysis founder.

Taufik Hasan, Commissioner, Indonesian Telecommunication Regulatory Authority, Indonesia was part of a panel looking at how Indonesia will move to 5G.

Kamal Saleh, Head Section Spectrum Planning for Fixed Service, Directorate Spectrum Policy and Planning, MCIT, Indonesia provides his views on how the transition to 5G in Indonesia might be made.

Rumi Iizuka, Principal Researcher, Spectrum Utilization Research Division, Foundation for MultiMedia Communications (FMMC), Japan giving a comprehensive overview of 5G spectrum decisions globally.

Wen-Chung Guo Commissioner, National Communications Commission, Taiwan, talking about his country’s moves to 5G.

Rumi Iizuka answers a question about Japan’s early moves to 5G.

Dean Bubley asked lots of questions!

Wing Lee, CEO, YTL Communications, Malaysia gives a mobile service provider’s view.

Heikki Kokkinen, CEO, Fairspectrum, on ways to aggregate licensed and unlicensed spectrum for mobile services.

“Some form of nationalization likely will be necessary in most telecom markets globally,” said James Sullivan, Managing Director & Head, Asia ex Japan Research, J.P. Morgan Securities Singapore.

Masanori Kondo, Deputy Secretary General, Asia-Pacific Telecommunity, talks about how Asian operators think about 5G.

Wing Lee answers a question on how 4G relates to 5G.

Tuan Anh Nguyen, Deputy Head, Radio Frequency Policy & Planning Division Authority of Radio Frequency Management, Ministry of Information and Communications talks about the rollout of 4G in Vietnam.

Jennifer Warren, VP, Technology Policy & Regulation, Lockheed Martin Corporation emphasizes that satellite has a role in 5G.

Remus Tan, Senior Advisor, Mobility Networks & Architecture (CTO Office – APAC), Ciena, engages in friendly debate.

PTC CEO Sharon Nakama welcomes attendees to second day program.

Marc Olivier, VP Networks & Operators, Asia & Pacific, Sigfox, talks about use cases for low power wide area networks.

Reza Arefi, Director of Spectrum Strategy, Intel Corporation, provided an in-depth tutorial on state of 5G commercialization efforts.

Patrick Tsie, Senior Director, Technical Marketing, Qualcomm International, Hong Kong SAR China, giving an overview of new ways of using licensed and unlicensed spectrum to support mobile services (public and private).

Gary Kim, Patrick Tsie, and Wing Lee chatting.

New friends.

Dave Wright, Director, Regulatory Affairs & Network Standards, Ruckus Wireless, argues that private enterprise networks will be big as CBRS is introduced.

Some of the Spectrum Futures attendees, late afternoon Tuesday.

Networking Reception

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