[ecrea] 3rd CICT conference - call for papers

>On November 30th to December 1st 2006, the Center for Information 
>and Communication Technologies (CICT), Technical University of 
>Denmark, holds its third international conference on Mobile and 
>wireless content, services and networks - Short-term and long-term 
>development trends.
>
>For more information (deadlines, etc) see 
><http://conf06.cict.dtu.dk/>http://conf06.cict.dtu.dk/
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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:
>    * The direction and development of networking technologies.
>        * What characterizes the future of 3G?
>        * Which technologies are likely to supplement or substitute 
> for 3G technology in the development beyond 3G?
>    * The diffusion of new services and content
>        * How will the adoption process of the new features develop?
>        * 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?
>        * What characterizes the communicative and informational 
> user needs and requirements that potentially can be served by 
> mobile and wireless networks, applications, services and content?
>

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