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MVNOs Industry Summit 2012
Apr 24 - Apr 26
Barcelona, Spain
Fira Palace
Mike Greening, Vice President, and Michael Dargue, Principal, will be speaking as Thought Leaders at this conference.
Day One, 24th April: Maximising the Next Ten Years of MVNO Business
Stream One: Sustainable MVNO/MVNE/MNO/MVNA Pricing and Partnerships in a Changing Telco World
17:00 Michael Dargue (Principal) will be moderating the Hot Topic Panel Discussion: How Will Regulation Change Existing MVNO/MNO Relationships? Agenda will cover:
- How will the EU roaming regulation change traditional host operator and MVNO partnerships?
- Will these partnerships become less rigid and will the consumer determine more?
- How will it affect MNO and MVNO margins for roaming revenues and wider partnership revenues?
- How are global regulators viewing MVNOs and 3G roaming agreements?
- How are regulators stimulating competition whilst protecting MNO revenues?
Day Three, 26th April: Retail and Brand + Wifi, Cloud and Roaming Day
Stream One: Establishing and Qualifying the MVNO Opportunity for Brands and Retailers
09:00 Mike Greening (Vice President) will be the Chair, Opening Address and Industry Announcements: Why are Brands and Retailers Becoming MVNOs?
- Overview of the MVNO – What is the MVNO?
- What is an MVNE, MVNA and how do they work with operators and brands/retailers?
- History of MVNO failures and successes with brands and retailers
- Global MVNO landscape today and % delivered primarily through a brand/retail brand
Stream Two: Intelligent Wifi-Offload: Increasing the Mobility and Profitability of Your MVNO Growth
10.15 Mike Greening will be a panelist on Catalyst Discussion One: WiFi and the Device – do the financials add up for MVNOs? Or Should the Focus Be the Cloud?
- Should WiFi be native to the handset for seamless switchover? Will MVNOs subsidise such a device?
- Are customers on lower end hand-sets doing wi-fi offload manually anyway?
- Personalising offload activity: managing who, when, and what devices will offload
- Is re-branding existing cloud services for hosted exchange of data a better way to add value and ease data pressure?
Plenary Session
16.40 Mike Greening will be a panelist on Interactive! Analyst Summary. This final panel discussion identifies the key themes of the summit and opportunities for 2012
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