GSMA recently hosted joint Latin America and North America Conference in Miami, USA. Key activities included a 3GPP Seminar aimed at the Latin American Operator community

Over 50 delegates discussed evolution paths towards LTE services, with presentations from the four 3GPP Specifications Groups;

See  presenations below

GSM Evolution, How close can we get to the ’LTE like’ experience with GSM EDGE? by Werner Kreuzer, GERAN WG1 Chairman

• EDGE Evolution - radio and protocol enhancements
• GERAN interworking with LTE
• Latest evolutions of GSM/EDGE

Core Network evolution & Terminals by Hannu Hietalahti, 3GPP CT Chairman

• Key features of the LTE Evolved Packet Core (EPC)
• Core Network Interoperability and 2G/3G Integration
• Terminal features covered in 3GPP
• QoS management

3GPP Radio Access Network by Takehiro Nakamura, 3GPP RAN Chairman

• LTE technical overviews
• LTE performance
• LTE deployment scenarios
• Possible challenges for LTE deployment

3GPP Services evolution and the impact of IMS by Stephen Hayes, 3GPP SA & Plenary Chairman

• IMS Ready for Prime time?
• 3GPP Service evolution
• 4 Myths about LTE
• LTE Feature focus: Public safety and disaster warning enhancements

The VoLTE Initiative & Roaming with LTE by Dan Warren, GSMA Director of Technology

Entel PCS - 3G Success in the Region by Francisco Ochoa, Deputy Chairman, Technical & Terminal Working Group GSMA LA.

Broadband Access Mobile Service Update in the Americas by Erasmo Rojas, 3G Americas Director of Latin America and the Caribbean

source:3GPP