[ecrea] CICT conference

>Announcement and call for papers
>
>CICT conference 2006
>
>Mobile and wireless content, services and networks:
>Short-term and long-term development trends
>
><http://conf06.cict.dtu.dk/>http://conf06.cict.dtu.dk/
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>Time              30 November  1 December 2006
>Venue            Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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>The diffusion of 3G networks has taken far more 
>time than anticipated. The primary reason is 
>that operators have found it difficult to 
>develop profitable 3G business cases. From an 
>operator point of view, the additional average 
>revenue per user from new data and content 
>services does not seem to warrant fast build up; 
>from a user point, there are not sufficient 
>relevant new features to shift technology. 
>Meanwhile, other wireless technologies have 
>appeared, including Wi-Fi, WiMAX and 
>technologies using the vacated 450 MHz frequency 
>band. Furthermore, new P2P, mesh or ad-hoc 
>network technologies are also being developed.
>
>The conference focuses on issues related to the 
>short as well as the long-term developments in 
>mobile and wireless technologies, the services 
>and content enabled by these technologies, and 
>the relations between the development of 
>technologies and services/content. User 
>requirements and how they are met by technology 
>and service solutions are examined. The two main themes of the conference are:
>
>1)       The direction and development of networking technologies.
>a.        What characterizes the future of 3G?
>b.       Which technologies are likely to 
>supplement or substitute for 3G technology in the development beyond 3G?
>2)       The diffusion of new services and content
>a.        How will the adoption process of the new features develop?
>b.       What are the potentials in, e.g., the 
>developments in mobile broadcast and the new 
>communicative services enabled by higher 
>capacity mobile and wireless networks?
>c.        What characterizes the communicative 
>and informational user needs and requirements 
>that potentially can be served by mobile and 
>wireless networks, applications, services and content?
>
>Best regards
>Anders Henten
>CICT

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