XGP Forum 20th Anniversary Event & TDD Forum 2016 in Osaka.
Collaborating together with GTI and TDIA, XGP Forum held the 20th Anniversary Event on November 28th ~ 30th at STAR GATE Hotel Kansai Airport in Osaka, Japan. TDD Forum 2016, one of the 20th Anniversary Events co-hosted by XGP Forum, TDIA and GTI was held on November 29, 2016 in Osaka, Japan. More than 100 people from the MIC of Japan, Chinese government, international operators, vendors, institute and organizations attended the Forum. Participants focused on the latest development results of global TDD industry, commercial development of 3.5GHz band in Japan and the world and 5G plan.
Time: 14:00-18:00, 29th Nov, 2016
Organizers: XGP Forum, TDIA, GTI Co-Organizers：ARIB、TTC、YRP
More than 100 people attended the TDD Forum 2016, and 17 speakers, including Mr. Keiichiro Seki, Director-General of the Kinki Bureau of Telecommunications, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, and Mr. Wu Hequan of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, gave speeches and presentations, representing research and standardization organizations in Japan and China, telecommunications carriers from around the world, and telecommunications equipment vendors. The majority of the presentations were about the latest trends in TD-LTE and the direction of migration to 5G.
Opening Speech
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| Moderator：Mr. Yang Hua Secretary-general , TDIA |
Mr. Keiichiro Seki Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications |
Mr. Wu Hequan Chinese Academy of Engineering |
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| Mr. Zhang Xinsheng China Institute of Communications |
Mr. Yoichi Maeda XGP Forum |
Mr. Akio Motai YRP R&D Promotion Committee |
Keynote Speech
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| Moderator：Mr. Yang Hua Secretary-general , TDIA |
Dr. Susumu Yoshida 5GMF |
Madam. Huang Yuhong China Mobile Research Institute |
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| Mr. Kazuhiro Goukon SoftBank |
Mr. Rino Buccio Linkem |
Dr. Masashi Usami KDDI |
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| Mr. Sassan Komeili Zadeh MobinNet |
Dr. Hiroyuki Atarashi NTT DOCOMO |
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| Moderator：Mr.Yoshiya Iribe Secretary General, XGP Forum |
Mr.Göran Berntson Huawei |
Dr.Brian Cho Nokia |
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| Mr.Alex Wang ZTE |
Dr.Masanobu Fujioka Ericsson |
Mr. Takeo Hiyama ABIT |
XGP Forum 20th Anniversary Ceremony
Time: 18:30-21:00, 29th Nov, 2016
Organizer: XGP Forum
Not only the attendants of GTI, XGP Forum General Meeting, TDD Forum 2016, but also who had been involved in PHS and XGP deeply or who have deep interest in future TD-LTE and 5G were cordially invited to this meaningful event. XGP Forum and TDIA, who had been in a firm cooperative relationship since several years ago signed bilateral MoU for further collaboration. We have no doubt that XGP Forum 20th Anniversary Event was a useful and fruitful platform for exchanging precious opinions and celebrating establishment of the organization.
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TDD Demo Tour
Time: 9:00-17:00, 30th Nov, 2016 (3 hours/1
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Organizer : XGP Forum Supporters : SoftBank, HUAWEI
SoftBank Corporation, commercialized the biggest XGP/TD-LTE(2.6GHz) network in the world in November 2011, was assigned 40MHz in 3.5GHz in 2014 and aims to commercialize 3.5GHz this year. TDD Demo Tour offered attendants chances to experience TDD high speed communication of 2.6GHz, 3.5GHz and Massive MIMO in Osaka city.
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17th GTI Workshop
Time: 9:00-18:00 on 28th, 9:00-12:30 on
29th Nov, 2016
Organizer: GTI
The 17th GTI Workshop took place during Nov. 28-29, 2016 in Osaka, Japan, gathering more than 100 industrial leaders and experts from over 20 operators and 30 industrial partners and organizations to share the latest progress and discuss key issues as 4G evolves towards 5G, such as Massive MIMO and Uplink Enhancement, and innovative applications on cloud robot and Internet of Things.
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