Masterclass I

Exploiting the Wireless Broadband Opportunity

Tuesday, 24 October 2006

Registration for the masterclass will be at 08:30; the masterclass will commence at 09:00 and conclude at 15:00. Morning and afternoon refreshments, as well as lunch, are scheduled into the day’s proceedings.

Masterclass outline

• Trends in wireless broadband access networks
                   - WiFi, WiMax, DVB-H, CDMA, UMTS
                   - Dual play, triple play, multi play on devices
                   - Pricing and business models
• Challenges of an open broadband market
• Seizing opportunities in a converged IP world
• Making broadband content make money
• The future of wireless broadband and strategic positioning for operators and services providers

Masterclass presenter

Sadiq Malik
Business Development Director
BCT Global, South Africa

Sadiq Malik is Business Development Director at BCT Gobal, a system integrator that deploys secure switch based multipurpose wireless networks based on GPRS and 802.11 technologies. BCT Global specialises in the design and implementation of wireless networking, VOIP and mobile computing solutions that offer unmatched ROI value to blue chip clients in the retail, financial and hospitality industries. Sadiq Malik’s has held senior management positions in business
development and operations management in the Cellular and Pharmaceutical industries. He was marketing manager sub Saharan Africa for Abbott Labs before joining Motorola University as Training Consultant. Later he moved on to Account Development and Strategic projects to accelerate the growth of the cellular device business. Sadiq is visiting lecturer at UCT Business School for IT based Business Process Reengineering. He is an alumni of the Juran Institute USA and the University of San Diego. He is member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and the American Society for Quality.