Ravi Shanker, Administrator (USOF), DoT and Chairman & MD, BBNL to Present at 4G World India

NEW DELHI, February 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

4G World India Expo & Conference will take place at The Epicentre, Gurgaon, from April 25-26, 2013. This is the Indian leg of the largest independent mobile industry event, 4G World that is held annually at Dallas, United States.

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This two-day event is a perfect platform to connect and network with the key professionals and organizations that are driving the growth of adoption of 4G technologies across the globe. The conference program will have sessions covering all the facets of the mobile broadband ecosystem spread across the three tracks of 4G Network Evolution, Monetizing 4G Network and 4G Device Strategy.

In its launch year in India, the event has received a positive response from the industry which is evident from the partners, industry associations and speakers signed-up.

"A recent Pyramid Research report indicates that LTE subscriptions in Asia-Pacific will top all other regions by 2014," said Berge Ayvazian, Program Chairman of 4G World India & Senior 4G Consultant at Heavy Reading. Adding to which, Gagandeep Kaur, Conference Co-Chair, 4G World India and Editor, Light Reading India, said, "The event is sure to become a great success and an annual property, where the industry will come together to chalk out future strategies and give direction to the 4G ecosystem. We are happy to announce that Mr. Ravi Shanker, Administrator (USOF), DoT will present at the event and share his insights on increasing broadband penetration in the country."

Few of the leading speakers presenting at the conference:

• AK Bhargava, Director (Ops.), Bharat Broadband Network
• Arvind Bali, Director & CEO, Videocon Telecommunications
• Ashwani Khillan, CTO, Sistema Shyam Teleservices
• Bijender Yadav, Associate Director- Networks, Sistema Shyam Teleservices
• Dr. CS Rao, President, AUSPI
• Jagbir Singh, Director - Network Services Group, Bharti Airtel
• Nitin Bhandari, AVP - New Products & Partnerships, Vodafone India
• Shyam Mardikar, Chief - Strategy, Arch. & Engg, Bharti Airtel
• S Krishnan, Director, Videocon Telecommunications
• Tarun Kumar, Director, Tikona Digital Network
• Viswanathan Ramaswamy, Chief - Strategy, Architecture and Engineering, Vodafone India.

To know more about 4G World India, the speakers empanelled and the conference agenda, visit www.4gworldindia.com.

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