Dear Colleague,

Taking into account a lof of requests we decide to extend the dealine for paper submission for the Advanced Technologies, Applications and Market Strategies for 3G (ATAMS'2001).

THE NEW DEADLINE IS MARCH 31, 2001!

Please visit our website: http://ATAMS2001.kt.agh.edu.pl

We apologise in advance if you receive multiple copies.

Regards,

Andrzej R. Pach Chair

************************** ATAMS '2001 ***************************** * Advanced Technologies, Applications and Market Strategies for 3G * * Cracow, Poland, June 18-20, 2001 * * http://ATAMS2001.kt.agh.edu.pl * ********************************************************************

Supported by ************************************************ * The European Commission * * Directorate-General Information Society * ************************************************

The wireless personal communications world is at the dawn of next revolutionary step forward. From initial voice and low-speed data services it is jumping into a new environment. Broadband 3G wireless service platforms offer a significant leap in types of information available to end users, offering a multitude of new services. The possibilities of video on demand, multimedia, unlimited Internet access, distant learning etc. will be life changing. Network operators are investing billions today in licences, infrastructure, and strategic plans. The robust business cases and marketing strategies should be prepared for 3G systems. There are many questions that need to be answered including: what will be the 2G to 3G migration roadmap, how to interwork existing services with 3G networks, what will be commercial drivers for new services and sources for revenue? To answer these questions and many others the following areas have been selected as the primary categories for paper submission:

Enabling Technologies and Infrastructure: - Advances in 3G mobile terminals - Software radio - Smart & phased array antennas - Technology evolution of 3G wireless systems - Evolution towards a common IP-based backbone network - Support of previous generations in 3G networks

3G networks deployment: - 3G Vision & drivers - Cost effective deployment of 3G networks - UMTS Network Performance optimisation - Migration plans - Overlay and replacement considerations - 3G impact on existing telecommunications infrastructure - Spectrum sharing of 2G and 3G - 3G network deployment scenarios

Services: - 3G services vision - Global roaming - High-speed Internet access - Video conferencing and multimedia - M-commerce - Impact of service type on cell capacity

Standardisation: - Current 3G standardisation status - Standard comparison: W-CDMA, cdma2000, UWC-136, WP-CDMA - Regulatory/Political/Patent issues

Business opportunities: - User acceptance - 3G market forecasts - Sources for revenue - Business case for 3G network deployment

IMPORTANT DATES: First call for papers: 15.11.2000 Extended abstracts due: 31.03.2001 Confirmation of acceptance: 15.04.2001 Camera ready papers due: 15.05.2001 ATAMS Conference: 18-20.06.2001

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE: Hamid Aghvami, King's College London, UK Marian Dabrowski, Warsaw Univ. of Technology, Poland; Elektrim S.A., Poland Cengiz Evci, Alcatel, France Bosco Fernandes, Siemens, Germany Peter Gould, Multiple Access Communications Ltd., UK Lajos Hanzo, University of Southampton, UK Andrzej Jajszczyk, AGH University of Technology, Poland Jorge M. Pereira, EC, Belgium Bernhard Plattner, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Ramjee Prasad, Aalborg University, Denmark Joao Schwarz Da Silva, EC, Belgium Walter HW Tuttlebee, Mobile VCE, UK Fiona Williams, Ericsson, Sweden Adam Wolisz, TU Berlin, Germany

Submit an extended abstract to mailto:atams2001@kt.agh.edu.pl