1 - Description of International Roaming

1.1 Definition
1.2 International Roaming features
1.3 Technical elements of International Roaming
• GSM / UMTS networks
• Devices
• International Roaming mechanisms
• Inter-operator interconnection
1.4 Commercial elements of roaming
• Roaming subscriptions parameters
• Roaming agreements
• Inter-Operator Tariffs and Transferred Account Protocol
• Retail roaming tariffs
• Inter-operator billing and Data clearing
• Inter-operator financial settlement and clearing
1.5 Data services availability when roaming
1.6 Other forms of international roaming
• Inter-standard roaming
• Satellite Mobile Networks
• Wi-Fi roaming
• SIM swapping

2 - Strategy and key issues for mobile operators

2.1 Technical and operational issues
• Manage growing complexity of roaming agreements
• Ensure end-to-end interoperability and QoS
2.2 Marketing and commercial issues
• Improve service / tariff perception
• Generate usage with new services
2.3 European regulatory issues
2.4 Evolution of data roaming tariffs and service bundles

3 - Data roaming market

3.1 Market context: networks, devices and subscriptions
3.2 Usage of International Roaming
3.3 Usage of data roaming
3.4 Market estimates and forecasts
3.5 Economical and commercial importance of data roaming

4 - Case studies: Mobile Network Operators

4.1 Orange Group
4.2 Orange France - Business Customers
4.3 SFR (France)
4.4 O2 (United Kingdom)
4.5 Vodafone Italy
4.6 Hutchison 3G – United-Kingdom
4.7 Base – Belgium (KPN Group)
4.8 Wind – Italy
4.9 Bouygues telecom – France
4.10 Tele2Tango – Luxemburg

5 - Case studies: Transit carriers / Clearing Houses

5.1 Belgacom International Carrier Services
5.2 Syniverse
5.3 France Telecom International Wholesale Services

6 – Annexes

6.1 General architecture of GSM / UMTS networks
6.2 Protocols used in GSM / UMTS networks

• What is data roaming? How is it implemented?

• How does 3GSM roaming compare with WI-FI roaming?

• What are the main categories of usage of data roaming?

• Which services can drive the development of the market?

• What are the challenges for optimizing data roaming operation?

• What solutions do international transit carriers and clearing houses offer?

• What is the strategy of the players?