The Ericsson stand will be in position C8 at the Olympia Exhibition Center.
The opening hours are:

Wednesday, June 7, 10.30am-5pm,
Thursday, June 8, 10.30am-6.30pm, and
Friday, June 9, 10.30am-2.30pm.

Econet Group
Wednesday, June 7, 3.10pm-3.50pm

"Optimal Convergent Charging Solution for an Emerging Market"

• Challenges for an operator in an emerging market
• Determining the requirements on the Revenue Management supplier
• The role of the operator in realizing a successful Convergent Charging Solution.
  
  

Tutorial two, Wednesday, June 7, 11.40am-1.10pm
"Online Charging for a Fast-Moving, Multi-Service and Multi-Partner World"

The introduction of new multimedia services, such as mobile TV, with more sophisticated tariff models, drives operators to reassess their infrastructure for online charging, offline billing and customer care. Siemens and Ericsson will share with you their perspectives on how to transform your charging landscape to the real-time requirements of today. The session will help you to understand how to secure revenues and profitability from new services in this fast moving, multi-service and multi-partner world.

• Trends in the mobile markets affecting billing and charging
• Business impact and effects for online charging
• How telecom vendors can support operators to transform their charging landscape.
  

Moderator: 
Colin Orviss, Director - Strategy and Planning, Logan Orviss International

Panel Discussion:
Jaco Fourie, Director - Business Development, Charging Solutions, Ericsson
Jens Voigt, Director - Product Management, Billing and Care, Siemens

"IMS - Raising the Service Game"
Telecom operators - both fixed and mobile - are facing increasing competition from new players such as peer-to-peer internet telephony providers who want to remodel the established telecoms value chain. IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) provides telcos with a way to raise their game and add value to their services so they retain and attract subscribers who might otherwise opt for services available over the unmanaged internet. Operators need to ensure that they can charge appropriately for this added value - both towards users and business partners.

From a revenue management perspective, IMS is just another way for operators to implement services: the basic needs and drivers are the same, and the end-to-end revenue management processes must work to secure profitable business. IMS will benefit operators by helping them offer better service packaging and charging.

This tutorial will show you how to develop your IMS business and to become more competitive.

Led by:
Senior representative from Ericsson

Moderator:
Jaco Fourie, Director - Business Development, Charging Solutions, Ericsson

Panel Discussion:
Peter Litzén, Strategic Solution Manager, Global Services, Ericsson
Karin Wallström, Strategic Product Manager, IMS, Ericsson
Bengt Didner, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Mobile Core, Ericsson

Thursday June 8, 4.05pm-4.50pm
“Examining VIPnet's approach to charging of mobile data services - Evolving from Flexible Bearer Charging to Service Aware Charging and Control”

• VIPnet's requirements for charging of mobile data services
• Implementation challenges (multi vendor environment, existing interfaces, etc.)
• Solution for GPRS traffic based on the Flexible Bearer Charging feature of Ericsson GGSN
• Managing GPRS traffic and content-based services for pre- and postpaid customers
• Meeting future requirements by implementing a charging solution step-by-step

Speaker:
Miro Mladar, SQA Expert, VIPnet