Registration for the masterclass will be at 08:30; the masterclass will commence at 09:00 and conclude at 17:00. Morning and afternoon refreshments, as well as lunch, are scheduled into the day’s proceedings.

• Basic definitions
• Market and application scenarios
• Market segmentation (rural, urban)
• Network aspects
• Critical success factors
• Technology generations (2G, 3G, 4G) and migration scenarios

• Range
• Throughput and technology
• Frequency bands and propagation aspects
• Key characteristics of shared media

• Overview, types of topologies
• Topology combinations

• Mobile access (3GPP, IEEE, proprietary)
• Fixed access, transport and backhaul
• Future outlook

• Methodology and definition of KPI’s
• Examples
   - GSM, GPRS, HSCSD, EDGE
   - CDMA 1xRTT, EV-DO
   - UMTS (Rel. 99, Rel. 4, 5, 6, 7)
   - LTE
   - Fixed and mobile WiMAX (incl. MIMO)
   - Proprietary BWA
   - WLAN

• Network reference model
• Definition of key metric: service production cost
• Methodology description
• Tool environment
• Selected examples (e.g. coverage versus capacity driven rollout)

Dr Hans-Peter Petry
Managing Partner, Head of Radio Access and Transport Competence Practice Communications Technology
Detecon International, Germany

Dr Hans-Peter Petry is a managing partner and directs the group Radio Access and Transport. His outstanding experience in the field of wireless technologies and their application is coupled with many years of management experience in the manufacturing environment, where he held various positions in the sectors’ development, product management, and business development. The focal points of his current consulting activities at Detecon include strategy and technology as well as planning, implementation, and commercial assessment of current and future broadband wireless technologies for fixed and mobile network applications.

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Registration for the masterclass will be at 08:30; the masterclass will commence at 09:00 and conclude at 17:00. Morning and afternoon refreshments, as well as lunch, are scheduled into the day’s proceedings.

• Understand the fundamental principles and terminology of project management
• Understand the issues and prepare for the challenges facing project management in your organisation
• Discover how business value is delivered through effective project portfolio management
• Learn how projects are selected and prioritised based on strategic fit, risks, opportunities and other key criteria
• Identify the key metrics required to effectively monitor and manage portfolio performance – benefits realisation
• Reduce project risk – the importance of a sound risk management process
• Identify the support structures required to maximise project portfolio effectiveness
• Understand how a project is conceptualised and initiated in support of the strategy and business plans of the organisation
• Understand the roles and responsibilities of executives in the context of projects

About your masterclass presenter

Dennis Comninos
Managing Director
Quanto Strategies, South Africa

Dennis is an international project management consultant lecturer and author. He has over 35 years of project management experience covering strategic, IT, development, engineering, construction and business projects. He has spent some 28 years lecturing and consulting in the subject. He is the co-author, together with Enzo Frigenti, of two best selling, internationally published books the latest of which is entitled “The Practice of Project Management – A guide to the business-focused approach”. He regularly trains and mentors Celtel and MTC Vodafone Project Managers in the Middle East and across Africa.

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