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With the advent of 3G wireless and its native IP architecture, and the surging growth of 802.11x, wireless IP telephony is becoming a reality. Many organizations recognize the huge opportunity to cost effectively equip mobile workers, field sales and service technicians, and traveling employees with productivity-enhancing mobile communications solutions. This special full-day conference program will educate users, equipment manufacturers and service providers alike about the emerging products, deployment issues, and benefits of deploying wireless IP telephony solutions.

Topics include:

  • Wi-Fi and Bluetooth solutions;

  • Third-Generation (3G) Mobile Services;

  • Multimedia Applications;

  • IP Softphones for PDAs;

  • The Role of the Media Server.

Session Descriptions
8:15 - 9:00 am
Leveraging WiFi for Voice
Bill Simmelink, General Manager of VoIP Business Unit, Texas Instruments
Brian Jenkins, Vice President of Product Marketing, AirFlow Networks
Kamal Anand, VP of Marketing & Business Development, Meru Networks
Ben Guderian, Director of Marketing, SpectraLink Corporation

According to In-Stat/MDR the Voice over Wireless LAN (VoWLAN) market is generating a significant amount of interest. With the rapidly growing installed base of WiFi and wireless LANs, customers are beginning to look at adding voice to their networks. The advent of softphone-enabled handheld devices is further fueling considerable curiosity in the area of Voice over Wireless LAN. This session will take a look at VoWLAN business models, as well as the technology that promises to propel this market to an ever-brighter future.

9:15 - 10:00 am
WiFi Market Overview
Merwyn Andrade, CTO, Aruba Wireless Networks

Recent published analysis shows that the WiFi market is set to grow from approximately $4 billion to nearly $25 billion over the next five years. This session will explore and explain the current state of the WiFi market as well as the trends — where is the WiFi market headed? The speaker will address both the equipment side of the market as well as the services side, including elements as diverse as hubs, routers, access points and such, and the service providers trying to build out the WiFi networks to reach the greatest number of subscribers. If you’re interested in learning more about this fast-moving industry segment, you can’t afford to miss this session.

12:30 - 1:15 pm
Securing Your Wireless LAN
Paul DeBeasi, VP Product Management & Marketing, Legra Systems
Laura Garcia-Manrique, Group Manager, Symantec Corporation

They say you can never be too rich or too thin — let's add "you can never be too secure when it comes to your wireless LAN." Security is widely regarded as one of the major concerns of enterprise WLAN customers today. With the rapid proliferation of WiFi, developers have struggled to keep pace with suitably robust security solutions. This session will discuss the various standards and technologies currently being explored in the quest for WLAN security, encryption and authentication solutions, as well as some alternative approaches.

1:30 - 2:15 pm
Dual Network Phones: Hype or Reality?
Katherine Overby, Director of WLAN Subscriber Marketing, Motorola

There has been extensive market attention given to the concept of phones with both WiFi and cellular capabilities. Often this concept is greeted with skepticism surrounding the ability to make this type of device an acceptable size/weight with reasonable battery life. Several industry leaders are implementing technology advancements that will enable converged network telephony to become a reality in 2004. The convergence of communications networks brings benefits and new capabilities to enterprises and their users, and will make a significant impact on the marketplace. This presentation will be a discussion of emerging dual-network devices and the capabilities these will deliver. Topics will include:

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