4G WORLD® 2011 Exands Four-day Conference with Collocated Programs, Technology Summits, Keynotes, Execusive Events, and VIP Press Functions

The industry’s largest event focused on the rapidly expanding 4G and mobile Internet markets will be held Oct. 24-27, 2011, at McCormick Place in Chicago.

Boston, Mass. – July. 18, 2011 – 4G World 2011 today announced a series of extended program offerings available to registered conference and expo attendees, as well as an invite-only VIP press event. 4G World includes a comprehensive four-day conference program featuring more than 200 thought-leading speakers, including keynotes by operators from around the globe. The event Web site is http://www.4gworld.com

Members of the press are urged to register early in order to take advantage of the many value-added programs taking place at the show. For full details on all of 4G World’s dedicated press events, please visit: http://4gworld.com/press-events/

4G World covers the entire ecosystem of next-generation mobile broadband and mobile Internet solutions, and includes more than 30 presentations from major global operators that will be discussing their plans to deploy next-generation 4G networks and mobile Internet services. Highlighted speakers include:

• Arun Bhikshesvaran, chief marketing officer, Telefon AB LM Ericsson
• Matt Bross, co-president, vice chairman and chief technology officer, Huawei Technologies
• Rick Corker, head of North American Region, Nokia Siemens Networks
• Tom Keys, chief operating officer, MetroPCS
• Jon Kuhn, director of product management, Enterprise Mobility Group, Symantec Corp.
• Manoj Leelanivas, executive VP and general manager, Junos Applications Software (JAS) Business Group, Juniper Networks
• Dr. Hideo Okinaka, VP, emerging technologies and industry standards, KDDI Corp.
• Bernd Reul, VP, TDC Operations Technology
• Koichi Tagawa, chairman, NFC Forum
• Gigi Wang, chief research officer, Yankee Group
• Ken Wirth, president, E2E Network Solutions, Alcatel-Lucent

View our entire lineup of speakers at: http://www.4gworld.com/4g-speakers/

A list of operators and service provider speakers can be viewed at: http://www.4gworld.com/4g-speakers/operator-speakers/

“4G technologies are reshaping the wireless industry at an unprecedented speed. It is critical now, more than ever, that business and technology leaders understand how to realize the benefits and recognize the disruptive nature of 4G,” explains Gigi Wang, chief research officer, Yankee Group.

4G World’s unique conference program includes participation and collocation of many industry events and topic areas, including:
• 4G technology training programs from Award Solutions and IEEE
• Near Field Communication Summit – hosted by NFC Forum
• 4G Backhaul Summit – sponsored by CFN Services, Ericsson, Accedian Networks, CenturyLink, Ceragon Networks, DragonWave, JDSU, RAD Data Communications and Siklu
• Yankee Group’s Customer Experience Summit
• WCAI Spectrum Summit – hosted by WCAI
• Executive breakfasts – hosted by Alvarion
• 4G Americas and GSMA Special Education Sessions
• Innovative mHealth Solutions – hosted by Forbes
• Interactive Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions – live on the expo floor
• Attendee VIP Lounge Pass – new!
• 4G technology training programs from Award Solutions and IEEE
• 4G World Solutions Theater
• 4G World News Desk – hosted by bnetTV
• VIP Press Event and Best of 4G Awards Party
• And much more

With more than 300 sponsors and exhibitors, 4G World is the industry’s must-attend event of the year. 4G World is pleased to acknowledge extensive industry support, including: Corporate Hosts Alvarion, Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks and Samsung; Flagship Service Providers Sprint and Verizon; and Premier Sponsors Alcatel-Lucent, Ciena, Huawei, Intel, Juniper Networks and Qualcomm. A complete list of sponsors and exhibitors can be found at http://www.4gworld.com/4g-sponsors/corporate-sponsors/

For complete information about the conference program, expo and special press and operator events, please visit http://www.4gworld.com. To ensure you are pre-registered to receive these special invitations early, please e-mail Kathleen Mitchell at kmitchell@yankeegroup.com

About 4G World
4G World is the first and only conference and expo covering the entire ecosystem of next-generation technologies that enable the mobile Internet revolution, including mobile network infrastructure, advanced devices, applications and content.

Yankee Group believes operator strategies for 4G network evolution will not be driven by technology, but by competition and market demand. As the Anywhere Network® takes hold in the mature markets of North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, operators are anticipating massive growth in broadband data usage and are planning their network migration strategies and business models for monetizing mobile Internet services. 4G World offers them an opportunity to research state-of-the-practice business models and advanced mobile technologies and to learn from other operators about what works–and what doesn’t–as they migrate their networks to 4G. For more information, visit www.4gworld.com.

About Yankee Group
The people of Yankee Group are the global connectivity experts–the leading source of insight and counsel trusted by builders, operators and drivers of connectivity solutions for 40 years. We are uniquely focused on the evolution of Anywhere connectivity, and we chart the pace of technology change and its effect on networks, consumers and enterprises. Headquartered in Boston, Yankee Group has a global presence, including operations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. For more information, visit www.yankeegroup.com.

Contact:
Kathleen Mitchell
Marketing
kmitchell@yankeegroup.com
+1-617-259-2320

New Yankee Group Summit Focused on Mobile Cloud for the Enterprise, Collocated at CTIA Enterprise & Applications 2011

As workers increasingly bring personal devices and apps to work, enterprise IT must adapt or lose productivity.

Boston, MA Jul 11, 2011 – Yankee Group today announced its one-day summit “Mobile Cloud Means Business,” which will examine the role of cloud computing within the mobile enterprise. The event will take place Tuesday, Oct. 11, and will be collocated at CTIA Enterprise & Applications 2011 in San Diego, Calif.

Consumerization of the enterprise, combined with the explosion of smartphone and tablet use and the demand for mobility, has tasked enterprise IT departments with making business applications and content available to users and unique devices around the globe. Enterprises are looking at mobile cloud as a way to embrace consumer technologies while maintaining control over technology decisions–without creating new security, governance or performance issues.

“Mobile Cloud Means Business” is designed specifically for enterprise IT, cloud vendors and services providers. During the summit, Yankee Group analysts and other industry thought leaders will present interactive sessions on a range of topics, including:

  • Business cases for applying cloud-based tools, applications and mobility solutions to help IT embrace the consumerization wave, democratize IT and usher in a new era of worker productivity.
  • Strategies for service providers to partner effectively and deliver differentiated solutions to support the mobile cloud.
  • Key mobile cloud vendors and technologies.
  • Strategies for mobile cloud integration.

“Consumerization and cloud computing are giving workers an unprecedented ability to provision their own technology and mobility solutions for work,” said George Hamilton, Yankee Group principal analyst and a featured presenter. “Enterprise IT must embrace the change and command the power of mobile cloud or risk becoming obsolete.”

For more information about the summit, visit http://www.yankeegroup.com/misc/cloudSummit.html

Yankee Group today also announced findings from its 2011 US FastView: Cloud Computing Survey. See related release for details.

About Yankee Group

The people of Yankee Group are the global connectivity experts–the leading source of insight and counsel trusted by builders, operators and drivers of connectivity solutions for 40 years. We are uniquely focused on the evolution of Anywhere connectivity, and chart the pace of technology change and its effect on networks, consumers and enterprises. Headquartered in Boston, Yankee Group has a global presence, including operations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific.

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