Europe
: Yankee Group confirmed the keynote speakers for its annual Mobile
Leadership Summit, Sustaining the Right 3G Strategy. Designed to attract
thought leaders and experts in mobile communications, the research-driven
industry event will be held on May 16 and 17 at the Millennium Gloucester
Hotel in London. Industry luminaries and Yankee Group analysts will
explore the strategies, opportunities, barriers and business best
practices driving the growth and adoption of successful 3G services
in Europe.
Confirmed keynote speakers
include Bruno Duarte, Strategy Director UK, 3; Brad Duea, President,
Napster; Alan Harper, Group Strategy Director, Vodafone; and Agustin
Nunez Castain, Director, Division of Services, Telefonica Moviles
Espana. The keynote speakers will address the critical business questions
concerning 3G business in Europe including Branded Mobile Music Services
in a 3G World and the Business Implications of Technology Developments.
Yankee Group invites interested
industry veterans to help shape the dialogue of the European Mobile
Leadership Summit by submitting credentials for consideration as panel
session participants. Panel discussions will address leveraging 3G
for service differentiation and also the opportunities and challenges
of deploying mobile TV. Speakers should submit their topic proposals
along with their credentials to Angeline Alexakos at aalexakos@yankeegroup.com
by Friday, March 31. Yankee Group is also proud to announce that Accenture
has joined the event as a Platinum Sponsor. For more information about
how your organization can be involved as a sponsor, please contact
Erica Colonero at ecolonero@yankeegroup.com.
"Yankee Group's
annual European Mobile Leadership Summit is the premier platform for
candid dialogue and debate on the major changes that are affecting
the mobile communications industry," said Declan Lonergan, director
of Wireless/Mobile Europe. "The pressure is increasing on mobile
operators to produce a return on their substantial 3G investments.
As mobile voice and SMS markets approach saturation, and increasing
numbers of non-traditional wireless players are encroaching on mobile
service providers' territory, Yankee Group leads the discussion on
how 3G technology can be used to generate a new wave of revenue growth,
and what the opportunities are for other players in the mobile ecosystem."