Broadband takes various forms, all enabling consumers and enterprises to experience new services and content deliveries. What are the basic advantages of these technologies, and what are reasons to prefer one over the other? Will third generation (3G) dominate over fixed broadband, and will WiMAX form the ultimate solution? Can the various technologies coexist, and how could the various access methods be unified in a core network? The panel will give a detailed overview of the advantages and disadvantages the various technologies have in terms of wide-area coverage, achievable bit rates, and deployment cost.

What are the typical business models behind the deployment of these technologies? Is it really competing technology, or are certain operators complementing their service offering by selecting the appropriate broadband access, whether it be 3G, fixed broadband, or WiMAX?

Klaus Goerke Director, System and Solution Development Nokia

Mr. Goerke has more than 15 years of experience in telecommunications. He started in Nokia as a network planning engineer and then moved to establish and expand Nokia's Central European network planning service organisation. After assignments in the United Kingdom and Switzerland, he moved to Finland in 1999 to assume global responsibility for parts of the operator service business. Mr. Goerke has a degree in Dipl.Ing. engineering from Hanover University in Germany.

Yann Rochefort Project Manager France Telecom Group

Mr. Rochefort is managing a project on fixed/nomadic radio access systems. He joined R&D in 1999 as a research engineer in fixed radio access systems. He first worked in the Technical cellular engineering department of Orange. He graduated as an engineer from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes (1990) and got a master's from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des telecommunications de Paris.

Mikko Lavanti Vice President, Broadband Systems Nokia

Mr. Lavanti has global responsibility for his business unit. He is also a member of the Nokia Networks Core Networks Division management team. Prior to this, he was director of the Broadband Systems Products and Services business line since November 2001. Mr. Lavanti started his career in Nokia in April 1997. Prior to joining Nokia, Mr. Lavanti worked at Andrew Communications, Helsinki Telephone Company, and Finnet International in several product management, sales, and marketing positions from 1991 to 1996. He has a Master of Science degree in electric engineering from Helsinki University of Technology (1993), where he majored in telecommunications and minored in international marketing and business strategy.

Laith Sadiq Business Development Director, Wireless Broadband, EMEA Motorola Networks

Before assuming his current role, Mr. Sadiq was director of strategy for Motorola Networks. He also managed the relationship with Motorola's customer Etisalat, the Emirates Telecommunications Corporation, and held various senior product marketing roles. As Etisalat account manager, Mr. Sadiq was responsible for maintaining and developing mobile networks deployed in the Middle East. Before joining Motorola in 1995, Mr. Sadiq spent five years at Nortel.