Mobile Broadband for Emerging Markets
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Dubai, UAE,
18-19 January 2011
Mobile Broadband is growing in a very fast way no one can even imagine. This is a fact that everyone can attest to– both the business side and the end user/consumer side.
Over the past couple of years, mobile broadband has already been proven to be on the bright spot in a heads of our leaders for the global telecommunications Industry. Expert analysts have forecasted that Mobile Broadband’s adoption will soon surpass fixed mobile and in 5 years time, subscribers might shoot up to 2 billion users. This is just talking in general terms.
Neoedge is rolling out next year’s Mobile Broadband event that will focus on the key drivers of what Mobile Broadband would look like in the emerging markets. We are talking about markets whose evolution of users are jumping fast from one G to another, the growth is expected to continue in an unparalleled rate. There is a staggering business opportunity and huge growth potential for Mobile Broadband in the emerging market.
Though there is a good promise on this exciting technology, there are certain things and issues that the ecosystem is faced when it comes to making a successful business model. In this event, we will dig in to the real issues in the Mobile Broadband space. We will get people talking on best practices for implementations and challenges, we will get real case studies on how to choose a Mobile Broadband platform that would work best for you and your organizations, we will get real experts to give us views on how to draw the future of Mobile broadband for the emerging markets and many more…
Table Top Sponsor
As a world leader in mobile data, Acision powers innovation and profitable growth in mobile data services. As the pioneer of mobile messaging, Acision’s real time mobile data solutions enable its customers worldwide to drive new revenues with innovative services while controlling, optimising and monetising data traffic. Acision’s proven products and services, experienced people and service innovation allows organisations to meet the challenges in today’s converging telecommunications market. Acision is at the heart of its customers’ strategic business services, working together to achieve profitable and sustainable growth. Acision’s recognised expertise extends across a portfolio of propositions, products and services and is based upon a global track record, business insight and leading edge technology platforms.
Please see our website for more information: www.acision.com
Pre-Conference Workshop – 17th January 2011, Monday
The Evolution of Mobile Broadband
Time
Registration starts at 08.15am.
Workshop starts at 09.00am to 4.30pm
With Networking Lunch, morning and afternoon refreshments in between.
Themes and Topic Titles:
INTRODUCTION
Is LTE a 4G technology? Specifying LTE
TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW OFDM
Advanced antenna systems; System Architecture Evolution; Rollout problems; Competing technologies to LTE; Standardization of LTE
BANDWIDTH UTILISATION
TDD & FDD; Capacity requirements; Candidate bands; The need for harmonized spectrum; New bands needed; Spectrum neutrality
THE BUSINESS CASE
LTE Pros and Cons; New Applications; LTE home femtocells; Lower Costs Benefits of all-IP infrastructure; HSPA as an alternative to LTE; Fixed Wireless Terminals and Handset Costs
Day 1 – 18th January 2011, Tuesday
08.00 Registration
09.00 Introduction and Speed Networking Session
09.20 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Landscape of Mobile Broadband in the Emerging Markets
Understanding the Landscape of Mobile Broadband in the Emerging Markets
- What does the Mobile Broadband landscape look like in the emerging market?
- Evaluating the demand level of Mobile Broadband
- Analyzing the effects of Mobile Broadband in the telecommunications Business
Monetizing Mobile Broadband Services in the Emerging Markets
- An evaluation of the profitability of Mobile Broadband in the emerging markets
- Choosing the best business model that will fit you organization
- Assessing the profit margin of providing Mobile Broadband services in your market
Cooperation Strategies with the Mobile Value Chain to Develop and Offer Compelling Applications and Contents
- How do we come together as an industry to come up with the killer applications that will make our users drawn to Mobile Broadband
Understand the Role of Mature Billing Capabilities to Promote Mobile Broadband Services to Consumers
- How will comprehensive and transparent billing solutions be able to push Mobile Broadband in the Emerging Markets?
- Assessing what billing strategies’ operators from advanced market have facilitated to make MBB a success
Brainstorming Session: What are the Revolving Issues in the Mobile Broadband Business Cases and What are the Possible Solutions to These Issues?
- Does Mobile Broadband provide a good investment opportunity?
Trends Impacting the Growth of Mobile Broadband
Deploying Infrastructure for High-Speed mobile Broadband services
Examining Ways to Attract Consumers to Use Mobile Broadband Through Competitive and Exciting Mobile Broadband Packages
- Evaluating how to effectively bundle Mobile Brand services to current packages available
- A Case study of how operators from advance market was able to overcome pricing challenges in their own markets
Overcoming Challenges for Mobile Broadband
Understanding How Mobile Broadband Providers can Ensure High Quality of Services to End-users and Assuring Overall Network Reliability
- What is the outlook for MBB spectrum and when will there be a mobile ecosystem of network equipment and mobile devices to support the launch of MBB in new spectra?
Determining Ways in Overcoming the Backhaul Bottleneck Configuration of Devices and Interoperability of Content and Applications
- Capitalizing on the Mobile Broadband opportunity – connected devices
- Developing profitable applications cross mobile platforms
End of Day 1
Day 2 – 19th January 2011, Wednesday
Themes and Topic Titles
09.20 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Mobile Broadband Traffic Management
Understanding the Trends on Mobile Broadband Traffic Management
- What role does broadband traffic management play in the current and future trend of Mobile Broadband in the emerging markets?
- Traffic management for fast changing landscape of mobile data demand
Uncovering Innovative Strategies to Offload Data Traffic and Improve the Subscriber Experience Addressing the MBB network and capacity challenges caused by the explosion of smart phone usage Brainstorming Session: How do we beat the current Data Crunch?
Comparative Case Studies – Mobile Broadband Technologies
Updates on WiMAX – Understanding the Business Case for Taking Advantage of WiMAX for Mobile Broadband
Updates on Femtocells
Examining the Challenges and Opportunities or Growing HSPA+ in the Emerging Markets
The Value Proposition of Transforming Your Network Capacity from HSPA to LTE – Show me the money!
- Comparison of HSPA and LTE as key enabling technologies for Mobile Broadband
Innovations for Mobile Broadband
The New Decade of Ultimate Connectivity – The Mobile Broadband Era
- What does the future of Mobile Broadband hold for the emerging market?
- How can we sustain further development
- What would be the value proposition to the Mobile Broadband services?
- New breed of killer applications over Mobile Broadband MBB and the convergence of the Internet: What are the revenue opportunities? – Delivering the optimal mobile internet user experience
End of Day 2
Steven van Zanen
SVP, Marketing, Mobile Data Control, Acision
Steven van Zanen joined Acision in 1999, and over the past decade has held various senior positions focusing on the development of operator mobile data solutions across Mobile Messaging, Mobile Advertising and Mobile Broadband. In his current role as SVP, Mobile Broadband, Steven has become a recognized thought-leader on the global speaker circuit and has published several white papers and articles on mobile data and broadband. Steven is a visionary on net neutrality and a passionate supporter of fairness in mobile broadband. He has more than 15 years of international experience in the Information Technology and Telecommunications (IT&T) industries. During this time he has built up extensive knowledge of the business intelligence and messaging. He holds a masters degree in law from Erasmus University of Rotterdam.
Chairman Main Conference DAY 2
Sherif Hamoudah
SVP and GM for Middle East, Africa and Pakistan, Acision
Sherif Hamoudah is Senior Vice President and General Manager for Middle East, Africa and Pakistan at Acision, the world’s leading messaging company. Sherif joined Acision from Oracle where during his 11 years he has worked with most of the Telecom operators in the Middle East and Africa, including 19 different Telecom start-ups.
Accomplishments include being a Board Member of Oracle EMEA Telecom Board, which defines and aligns Oracle strategy and objectives for the Telecoms Industry across Europe, Middle East and Africa. Sherif also built the Telecommunications and Transport vertical for Oracle in the Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining Oracle, Sherif worked for Motorola as Marketing Manager for the Middle East and Africa and prior to that he worked for GBM/IBM as a Sales Manager. Sherif has a Masters degree in Computer Science from California State University, California and a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications from Alexandria University.
Pre-Conference Workshop | 17 January 2011
Expert Trainer:
Arief Hamdani Gunawan
Senior Officer Telematics Regulation Proposal
Telkom Indonesia
Arief Hamdani Gunawan is a professional trainer and consultant for new technology, business and regulatory in telematics; Chair, IEEE Indonesia Section (2007-2008); Chair, COMSOC Indonesia Chapter (2003-2004); Master Degree for Strategic Intelligence Studies, University of Indonesia and Bachelor Degree in Telecommunication Engineering, TELKOM Institute of Technology; hold CCNP, CCDP, MCSE, MCSA, and IT Project Management (Project+); participate in international activity such as IEEE, ITU, APT, APEC-Tel and ASEAN; Senior Officer of telematics regulation proposal at Telkom Indonesia. He has more than 14 years experiences in telecommunication. LTE training has been provided to significant operators in ASEAN and Middle East.
Speakers and Group Leaders DAY 1 | 18 January 2011
Andre Popov
Head of Strategy, Business
Development & PMO – Media Lab
du, UAE
Andre Popov is the Head of Business Strategy, Business Development and PMO at du Media Lab, covering du’s new digital initiatives in du’s anayou business, i.e. digital content creation, marketing, technology and distribution on mobile, online, WebTV, etc.
He has 15+ years experience working with a wide range of companies – including start-ups, Private Equity and Global 2000 companies – in North America, Europe and the Middle East.
Prior to joining du, Andre was a Media, Telecommunications and Private Equity-focused strategy consultant with Booz & Company and LEK/TPP. Andre also held various executive roles in industry with Telefonica O2 and Reed Elsevier/LexisNexis.
Babiker Ramadan
Product Manager & Marketing Manager
Broadband, Zain, Sudanq
Babiker is currently working at Zain SD in the position of Mobile broadband Team Leader , managing the entire broadband services portfolio .
His overall responsibility as product owner is to integrate the various segments of a business into a strategically focused whole, maximizing the value of our products by coordinating the production of an offering with an understanding of market needs.
He demonstrated a strong understanding of mobile broadband technologies, mobile industry trends and the process involved in the design, implementation, maintenance and support of Mobile broadband and mobile Internet applications.
He is a certified product manager and certified product marketing manager from the Association international Product Marketing Management (AIPMM) equipped with unique skills, knowledge, and attitudes which make me more talent to fit any product management, marketing planning management, or marketing strategy management position in any reputable organization.
Babiker has 10 years experience ranging from technical to business perspective validate my product/Marketing management skills in building case studies , writing business plans,market planning ,competitive analysis ,project plans for each major activity , product specifications ,develop product launch plans , phase-Gate Process modeling , product/Market Data modeling ,creating and executing the marketing plan and budget ,managing the creation of marketing deliverables , and creating marketing campaigns to drive customer acquisition and revenue .
Mahendra Kumar
Chief General Manager
Telecom
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (B.S.N.L.), India
- A dynamic professional with nearly 38 years of rich overseas (5 years in Oman and 4 years in Saudi Arabia) & domestic experience in spearheading business operations with key focus on topline profitability in the Telecom industry.
- Previously associated with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited as Chief General Manager (Telecom) / Head of BSNL – Uttaranchal State.
- A keen planner, strategist & implementer with demonstrated abilities in managing the overall project and business activities for accelerating the organisational growth.
- Possess excellent business acumen with skills to remain on the cutting edge.
- Acquires a clear understanding of the Telecom industry, technology trends with distinction of instituting quality practices to achieve business excellence at lowest overall cost.
- Proven skills in managing teams to work in sync with the corporate objectives & motivating them for achieving business and individual goals.
- An effective communicator with excellent relationship building & interpersonal skills; strong analytical, problem solving & organisational abilities.
Dr. Mazlan Abbas
Chief Research Director & Head
Wireless Communications Cluster
MIMOS BERHAD, Malaysia
Dr. Mazlan Abbas (PhD) is the Chief Research Director and Head of Wireless Communications Cluster at MIMOS BHD. Prior to MIMOS BHD, He has worked at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 1984. From 1984 to 1992 he was a Lecturer and Associate Professor at the University. Dr. Mazlan left the academia and joined Celcom (Malaysia) Berhad in 1993. He had served in many management positions at Celcom including as the Vice President of R&D, Billing Operations, Technology & Technical Management, Network Administration & Management, Integrated Business Solutions and Mobility Solutions.
He also holds Adjunct Professor position for UTeM and UTM. He has authored and co-authored over 40 research papers and technical reports on the subject of high-speed mobile broadband network, multimedia, next generation networks for technology journals and conference proceedings, chaired or co-chaired many international conferences on these subjects. He is currently the Chairman of Wireless Broadband Working Group under Malaysian Standards Forum Berhad (MTSFB). He was also the Vice Chairman of Working Group 2 of Asian-Info-Communications Council (AIC) from 1999-2007.
His qualifications include B.E.E (Hons) from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (1984), MSC in Telematics from University of Essex (1986) and PhD from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (1993).
Moderator:
Sebastian Thalanany
Technology Strategist & Evangelist – Mobile Broadband Evolution
USC, USA
Sebastian Thalanany is currently a technology strategist at U.S. Cellular. His activities include thought leadership in LTE (Long Term Evolution) system, and all IP architecture standards evolution work, in 3GPP. In OMA (Open Mobile Alliance), he is engaged with the evolution of multimedia service architecture and enabler standardization. He is also the Chair of the TSGX-ERA (Evolution, Requirements and Architecture) working group, in 3GPP2. His experience spans the design of mobile devices, networks, and systems, and continues to be engaged in advocacy, guidance, research, and formulation of emerging wireless IP mobility and services standards, and strategies.
Group Leaders:
Kashif Baig
Manager, Products and Services – Usability
Telenor, Pakistan
Kashif Baig “A commercial oriented telecom professional with overall telecom experience of almost 10 years working with 5 different operators in three different markets (that includes Middle East, Africa & Asia). I also have the exposure of setting up 2 green field operations in Pakistan and building new units & departments from the scratch.
I am currently responsible for setting up a Usability unit within Products & Services in my new assignment at Telenor Pakistan with the mandate of ensuring Product & Services usability from user experience prospective.
I also possess in-depth knowledge of telecom commercial & technology areas that includes Products & Services development / management for 2G & 3G products, broadband offerings for 3G markets, start from the concept till “go to market”, Customer life cycle & tariff development & management.”
Muhammad Imran Awan
Senior OSS Consultant
Saudi Telecom Company, Saudi Arabia
Muhammad Imran Awan, Senior OSS Consultant, Saudi Telecom Company
Imran is a technologist with keen interest in emerging technologies and standards within IT & Telecom business. Having worked in four different Telecom operators of the region, Imran has gained rich experience in the areas of Computer Systems & Network Infrastructure; OSS, BSS & VAS technologies; information security solutions and Process models. He has been involved in the scoping, design, implementation as well as operations of IT & Telecom management systems for supporting the delivery of various business services across the Mobile, Fixed and Internet landscape. During his recent assignments he has been handling the business-need-analysis, solution design and rollout of end-to-end Service Assurance systems for Converged Telecom service providers.
Imran is an Electrical Engineer by education and has further attended numerous technical & management courses, including his recent credentials in the areas of eTOM, ITIL & Project Management. Imran had been regularly participating in different global technology forums & workshops in the areas of IT & Telecoms, and he has also presented on few innovative topics in the past.
Rizwan Afshar
Senior Telecom Consultant – Global Business Development
(Mobile Devices & Smartphones), FLC Marketing, UAE & Canada
Rizwan has acquired & developed a diverse range of technical, commercial and general management skills throughout an extensive career of over 14 years to date, while working in challenging and dynamic international environments. Some of the highlights include: Highly technical with flare for understanding new technologies and gadgets. Mature & Extensive telecom experience in commercial, Product Development, Marketing, Business Development, Enterprise Sales, Channel Management and Distribution in various International Markets, Geographical regions, including MEA Region, UK & Pakistan. Successfully worked in these Disciplines of Telecom & IT Industry: GSM/CDMA Operators, Fibre Optic Cable Systems, Satellite Mobile Telephony(Iridium Satellite, ORBCOM), Land Mobile Radio Systems (TETRA etc), Mobile Devices Management of [BlackBerry, Nokia, Huawei, Motorola, ZTE, SE, HTC,Data Products (ADSL, USB Modems etc), Numbering, SIM Cards & Smart Cards, VAS].
His Special technical skills include: International Sales, P&L, Buisness Development, Product Development & Product Marketing, Project Planning, Regulatory Affairs, Business Plans, Windows Operating Systems.
Saminda Senaratne
Spcialist, Mobile Broadband Integration and Enterprise Account Management
NGN Consultants, Australia
I count 10 Years experience in the Telco & ICT Industry in Account management, Business Development and Technical Solutions for Voice(fixed, Mobile & PBX),Broadband Data, ICT managed services. In the past 5 years I was attached to The Axiata Group with Dialog Telekom PLC engaged in Enterprise Corporate Solutions with multi Sensory services and products.
I am experienced in working as a contract partner for multinational telecom operators on Global Account Management for Telecom Solutions for clients in Asia and Sri Lanka.
As a part of same i was responsible to carry out Account management, Business Analysis on Telco Solutions, Pre Sales Technical Solutions for the designated areas directly coordinating with regional account managers.
Presently I have relocated to Darwin Australia and engaged in contract consultancy work with specialization in Enterprise Mobility Solutions for several organizations in Airline, Education and telecommunication fields. In addition I’m qualified with a Masters Degree in Information Systems and well versed in retail and institutional sales, account management, solutions tech consulting, first line customer support and service for customer relationship management and technical solutions design & project implementation.
Hassan Shahid
Head of Mobile Data & Products – VAS
Orascom, Pakistan
Commercial/Marketing evangelist in leading wireless operators and two years within technology domain.
His Telecommunications Portfolio include:
Current Head of Mobile DATA Strategy & New Product Development at Mobilink GSM
2009: Sr. Specialist/Asst. Manager Value Added Segments & Products at Mobilink GSM
2008: Sr. Executive Value Added Services at ZONG – China Mobile Pakistan
Lead Mobile DATA & strategy of Pakistan’s largest wireless network with 31 million subscriber base from DATA penetration analysis & planning to products to revenue enhancement; Lead Mobile DATA platforms development & forecast planning, subscriber acquisitions, revenue enhancements (P&L), DATA promotions planning & execution, new package plans, ARPU & SUBs analysis, DATA products roadmap & rollout, Churn Control, and business case development; Responsible for End to End from platform lead, product roadmap planning & execution, end user experience & delivery, promotions planning, to segment subs & revenue for Mobile Gaming, Mobile TV & Streaming Services, Mobile Content, International MMS, WAP, & Location Based Services; Mobile Broadband 3G preparation — looking after commercial aspects from market readiness & strategy, business case to regulatory, technical and framework challenges
Speakers and Group Leaders DAY 2 | 19 January 2011
Sultanur Reza
Head Fixed Broadband
Internet & Broadband
Grameenphone, Bangladesh
AHM Sultanur Reza has a BTech in Electronics & Communication Engineering from REC Warangal, India. Later he has completed his Executive MBA from Bangladesh Open University under Commonwealth of Learning program. He has more than 20 years of experience in ICT field. He has pioneered telecenter movement in Bangladesh and established more than 500 Community Information centers in rural Bangladesh using the Mobile Internet Technology.
He has travelled many countries in relation with his training and seminars. He has presented number of papers internationally and nationally. He has also published more than 30 articles in news paper and magazines in Bangladesh.
Isabelle Hajri
Group Director – Products and Services Center at Etisalat
United Arab Emirates
Saiful Alam
Group CCO, Expresso Telecom
Sudan / United Arab Emirates
Saiful Alam is the Chief Commercial Officer at Expresso Telecoms Group – responsible for marketing, sales and customer care across the group (currently with operations in Senegal, Mauritania, Ghana, Nigeria, Guinea Conakry).
The early part of his career was with One2One (later T-Mobile UK). Then spent 6 years in senior marketing roles at Vodafone UK.
Prior to joining Expresso he has been a management consultant over the past 5 years, specialising in Telecoms in the MEA region. Active in advisory roles, and has also held interim executive roles at Zain, du, Atheeb, BT, Sudatel.
Saif is a graduate of imperial college London, and hold Masters in Engineering.
Usman Hashmi
Head – Network Management Centre (Control)
Saudi Telecom Company, Saudi Arabia
Raul Ocampo
CTO
Happy Communications Inc, Philppines
Raul is a technology veteran who started his software development career in the mid 90s at the height of the dotcom boom in the Silicon Valley. With more than 10 years of research & development experience in VC funded startups from Checkpoint Software, Mirabilis, Mint Systems and Geiger Wireless, Roj has grown from a software mentor to co-founder of Happy Communications Inc., a 4th generation wireless broadband service provider startup in the Philippines working in tandem with TNR Telecoms (www.tnrtelecoms.com) a full service mobile telephony exchange carrier. As Chief Technology Offier at Happy Comm, he has directed the company’s technology roadmap to deliver decent and reliable broadband services in the country’s unserved rural areas by combining ubiquitous pervasive WiMAX derived wireless technology with pervasive IP satellite broadband access using IPstar. He has designed Happy’s own IP-IMS core switching platform for unified communications telephony, messaging and multimedia making it the lst and only true 4th generation wireless broadband carrier in the Philippines today. Roj holds a graduate degree in computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
Group Leaders:
Khaled Nuseibeh
Head of Mobile Data Services, ISP and MCommerce
Zain, Jordan
At Zain, Khaled is responsible for strategising and delivering revenues and roadmaps for the entire non voice portfolio of services within Zain Jordan across mobile and broadband services. He is as well spearheading the execution of programs and initiatives that will help deliver the business objectives, as well as the strategic thinking and direction needed to manage this fast changing business.
Responsible for profit & loss responsibilities for portfolio revenue of $64 million. End to end product marketing management of non voice service portfolio, while liaising with all internal supporting groups such as IT, Engineering, Sales, Care and Marketing communications. Increasing usage and penetration of mobile data services and thus meeting the annual budget target. Continuously keeping up to date with the latest trends and technologies and assessing the needs to launch them in the local market.
Daniel Hamadeh
Senior Expert – Spectrum Management
The Telecommunications Authority of Lebanon
Daniel is an experienced manager with a BE in Communications and an Executive MBA, a strategist with a twelve year proven record in the field of mobile and wireless access 6 years of which managing teams in excess of 25 seniors and engineers and rolling out networks with budgets exceeding $x Million/Annum.
A broadband wireless specialist with thorough understanding and experience in building teams and developing operations and products using different mobile and fixed wireless access technologies and network topologies.
Successfully started and rolled out a number of broadband wireless access technologies and operations in West Africa and in Lebanon with wide range of responsibilities across the supply chain ranged from managing the regulatory relationship to market sizing and radio planning, spectrum acquisition, selection and validation of technology, supplier negotiation, execution and product development in different market segments including corporate market and personal mobile broadband.
Managed the day-to-day operations of a data service provider in Lebanon and contributed to its growth and business relationship development.
Took a challenging job with the newly established TRA of Lebanon, to blend my experience in the private sector with regulatory environment and take part in development of public policy for spectrum, a key asset for mobile wireless and ICT development.
George Sarmonikas
Emerging Technologies & Mobile Broadband Manager
Telebria, Greece
George Sarmonikas, MSc CEng., is a principal consultant with more than ten years of experience in the telecommunications sector. He has held expert and managerial positions in R&D and product marketing in the UK and abroad and has worked as advisor and consultant to top management of numerous operators in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and South East Asia. George’s speciality areas in telecommunications are commercialisation of emerging technologies, market analysis & strategy, technology planning & consulting, as well as deep technical expertise in LTE and WIMAX.
He is the owner of MagicNode Ltd, a consulting boutique that delivers technical and market know-how to the mobile industry, focusing on mobile broadband technologies.
He also holds the position of Emerging Technologies & Mobile Broadband manager at WIND Hellas where he researches emerging technologies (i.e. M2M, IoT) and introduces them as potential new products and services within WIND.
Mohamed Masoud
Value Added Services Director
Orascom Telecom, Egypt
13 years of experience in Telecommunications, with strong technical and commercial background.
- Mobinil Network Startup – 1998
- First CAMEL Phase 2 Prepaid Roaming Launch in Europe – 2002
- Orascom Telecom Algeria Startup – 2002
- Arpu+ (OT services and Content Aggregator) Startup – 2003
- Create Orascom Telecom Holding VAS dept. – 2004
- Iraqna Network Startup – 2004
- Banglalink Network Startup – 2005
- Wind-Italy Turn over Plan – 2006
- Wind-Greece Turn over Plan – 2007
- Koryolink-NK Network Startup – 2008
- Wind-Canada Network Startup – 2009
Sigmund Hoenigsberg
Partner
MCLA Middle East FZ LLC
Sigmund is a senior executive and consultant experienced in the African markets.
He is currently the managing partner of MCLA Middle East FZ LLC (Dubai, UAE), an international consulting company originated in Germany a few years ago.
He passed the last 4 years as Advisor to the CCO in Tunisie Telecom, as Chief Commercial Officer of Mattel, Mauritania, and as Transformation PMO at Tunisie Telecom.
Prior to that he was Principal (EMEA) at Affinitiv, and for many years a professional of strategy (Booz Allen, Arthur D Little), M&A and restructuring (Czipin), and sales /technical management (Siemens).
His main expertise covers strategy, M&A, operations & commercial management.
He is truly fluent in English, German, Spanish, Italian, and French, and has broad and deep exposure to European, Middle East and African markets.
Key themes and topics to be discussed during the event:
- Comparative Analysis of Mobile Broadband Options for the Emerging Markets – HSPA, HSPA+, LTE, EDGE, WiMAX, Femtocells and more
- Uncovering success factors of how Mobile Operators have deployed Mobile Broadband services in their markets
- Enumerating ways on how Mobile Operators are cost-effectively overcoming the backhaul issues
- Evaluating how Application Developers should take advantage of the widespread adaptation of mobile broadband in the emerging markets
- Understanding the best strategic approach in pricing Mobile Broadband services for the emerging markets
- Assessing the value proposition of Mobile Broadband and effectively answering the call of increasing profitability through the use of new technologies
- Big screen to small screen – Examining the reason for the big switch and how should we use consumer behaviour to offer our Mobile Broadband Solutions to the End-users
- Understanding the next wave of Mobile Broadband Services
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- Pre & Post conference workshops
- Stand alone presentations
- Brainstorming Sessions
- Panel Discussions
- Exhibition
- Speed Networking Sessions
- Cocktail Receptions
- Networking Luncheons
- AM & PM catch up sessions
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Table Top Sponsor
As a world leader in mobile data, Acision powers innovation and profitable growth in mobile data services. As the pioneer of mobile messaging, Acision’s real time mobile data solutions enable its customers worldwide to drive new revenues with innovative services while controlling, optimising and monetising data traffic. Acision’s proven products and services, experienced people and service innovation allows organisations to meet the challenges in today’s converging telecommunications market. Acision is at the heart of its customers’ strategic business services, working together to achieve profitable and sustainable growth. Acision’s recognised expertise extends across a portfolio of propositions, products and services and is based upon a global track record, business insight and leading edge technology platforms.
Please see our website for more information: www.acision.com
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Technology Partner:
Skyline Apps is a technology company whose goal is the development of mobile technology platforms for businesses. Skyline Apps promotes the use of mobile software to work and communicate in a wireless environment that is simple, cost efficient, and effective. Skyline Apps Mobile Solutions is a U.S. Patent Pending solution that includes an extensive suite of applications called Skyline Application Suite for businesses, groups, or any administrator to communicate, coordinate, and elaborate concurrently in real time. The foundation of Skyline Apps Mobile Solutions is our Content Management System (“CMS”). Skyline Apps CMS allows users to make, edit, and manage their contents on their mobile apps across iPhone, Blackberry, and Andriod platforms. Our CMS system also allows users to manage their website content from the same interface. Skyline Apps focuses on delivering comprehensive web development solutions at optimized costs. Backed with extensive research, we implement our services in accordance with the latest industry standards.
Skyline Apps products include the following: Mobile Apps, Domain and Web Hosting, Wireless and Phone Data Plans, IT Consulting.
Our Services include the following: Cloud Computing, Cloud Environment, On Premise Services, Consulting Services, IT Start up package, SMS marketing, Database Administration, Bluetooth technologies.
Endorsing Bodies:
The Wi-Fi Alliance is a global non-profit industry association of hundreds of leading companies devoted to the proliferation of Wi-Fi technology across devices and market segments. With technology development, market building, and regulatory programs, the Wi-Fi Alliance has enabled widespread adoption of Wi-Fi worldwide.
The Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ program was launched in March 2000. It provides a widely-recognized designation of interoperability and quality, and it helps to ensure that Wi-Fi enabled products deliver the best user experience. The Wi-Fi Alliance has completed more than 7,000 product certifications to date, encouraging the expanded use of Wi-Fi products and services in new and established markets.
The Mobile Alliance is an industry-led initiative aiming to provide its members with a platform to more effectively brand themselves in the international marketplace, engage pro-actively in innovative R&D, invest in training and collaborate by sharing resources and competencies. Mobile Alliance Singapore is to provide an umbrella platform that will support the growth of the Mobile Software and Applications Industry in Singapore and raise the overall profile and branding of Singapore as an innovative and world-class Mobile Centre of Excellence.It will work with existing platforms to coordinate strategic initiatives that will benefit the sector as a whole and address gaps in the current ecosystem. This collaborative approach will generate greater synergy within the ecosystem and contribute more effectively to the members of the Mobile Software and Applications community.
ITU-APT Foundation of India, a non-political, non-profit, scientific society registered in India is engaged, among others, in promoting activities which lead to active and meaningful involvement of the ICT industry and institutions in the activities of the ITU and APT resulting in consistent growth of telecommunication services and ICT network infrastructure in the country with emphasis on rural development.
The Foundation is a sector-Member of ITU-D. Since its inception in 2003 has organized several meetings/seminars/conferences as preparatory to ITU’s major events, e.g. ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, WTDC and ITU-D activities, WRC, ITU-T activities, APT General Assembly and other major ITU and APT Study Group meetings and events related to topical themes and contemporary issues in ICT.
Our membership includes corporate organizations, industry associations and ICT professionals with wide representation of Telecom, IT and Broadcast sectors from both Public and Private sectors in India.
Research Partner:
Pyramid Research (http://www.pyr.com) offers practical solutions to the complex demands our clients face in the global telecommunications, media and technology industries. Our analysis is uniquely positioned at the intersection of emerging markets, emerging technologies and emerging business models, powered by the bottom-up methodology of our market forecasts for more than 100 countries–a distinction that has remained unmatched for nearly 25 years. As the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network, Pyramid Research works with Heavy Reading, providing the communications industry’s most comprehensive market data, trusted research and insightful technology analysis.
Media Partners:
WIP is an international company that builds mobile developer communities. Our Developer Marketing Agency services complement and strengthen developer and partner relations programs. Our WIPJam events are popular around the world as an unconference that truly understands and gives a voice to developers. Along with our on-line Community, Wiki Resources, AppStore Wiki and global partnerships, we connect developers and start ups to information, resources and tools that they need to reduce cycle times, increase innovation and get to market faster.
http://www.wipconnector.com
Teletechwire is the only tri-regional PRwire focused towards the IT & Telecom sectors of the Middle East, Asia and Africa. We disseminate your full-text press releases to hundreds of newspapers, magazines, trade journals, TV channels, radios, blogs, online newswires, top-level executives and telecom stakeholders through Email and RSS. In addition to that all press releases are posted on our website, which is indexed by Google News. Our weekly e-newsletter is emailed as well globally.
Posting of IT & Telecom related press releases and events on the Teletechwire website is absolutely free of charge while we also offer premium services with extra powerful features.
Weekly IT & Telecom PR Update is our highly-focused and targeted online weekly newsletter which is reaching to more than 8,000 telecom journalists, professionals and stakeholders across the globe. It disseminates corporate press releases, event updates, market reports, telecom statistics and all that is related to IT & Telecom.
AMEinfo.com is the region’s leading business website for news and information from the Middle East. Our readership covers over 1.9 million readers (ABCe audit Oct 2009) from more than 150 countries worldwide.
Visit http://www.ameinfo.com/
Gulftelenews.com is the region’s premier resource for ICT news, features, reports and product reviews. The website is a one-of-a-kind telecom business portal that gives interactive services in the form of valuable information about the Gulf region with an emphasis on Dubai and the latest news on telecom business, telecom finance and telecom events.
Gulftelenews.com’s sole purpose is to bring you information about telecom industry and mobile technology. Want to learn more about the latest laptops, coolest cell phones, or smartest wireless strategies? It’s all here. With hundreds of expert product reviews on everything from laptops to digital audio players to projectors, as well as weekly news, in-depth features, and reports. gulftelenews.com has all the mobile information you need. Gulftelenews.com offers market intelligence resource and our e-newsletters deliver the news from CIO to IT Manager, Project Manager to end user. For more information please visit www.gulftelenews.com
IT Insightme is the first and only IT, Telecom and Media (ITTM) online portal covering Middle East and the Arab World. Published online, it provides news, articles, reports, event coverages , in-depth analysis and interviews of ITTM leaders and commands a readership of ITTM professionals and decision makers. For more information, please visit www.itinsightme.info
ITevent is the largest source of conferences, exhibitions, seminars and training courses in IT field. Our goal is to bring fast and easy-to-use service to all IT professionals who are looking for most actual events in IT industry. To provide the best user experience we’ve focused on three main principles: Simplicity, Growth, and Scale.itevent.net
TelcoProfessionals™ is the leading social-business network exclusively for the Telecom and Media industry. We are dedicated to individuals working in the industry globally, as a place they can find and help each other get ahead. TelcoProfessionals.com includes area specific Microsites with their own daily newsfeeds and content, a full Telecom & Media events listing, blogs, informal video’s of the people shaping the industry’s future, and forums. The site allows you to network directly with like-minded professionals from over 185 countries. We have more than 11000 members. To enhance your professional profile and network for future business opportunities, or to visit our jobs portal, join us today on www.telcoprofessionals.com
Telecomkh.com is an online magazine whose mission is to promote the development of the telecommunications sector with information and information-based services, to manufacturers, engineers, distributors, installers or anyone wishing to acquire professional knowledge of developments in this sector. It has two distinct versions: one in Spanish focused to the spanish market and another in English (www.telecomkh.com/en), addressed to the european market. The main objective of telecomkh.com is to offer his readers detailed professional information, useful, responsive to the technological needs of the Spanish and European telecommunications industry. Also, this publication is for immediate news and developments in this area, to help the responsible department, whether engineers, installers, manufacturers, distributors, representatives, choose the products, equipment, systems or services that best suit their needs.
Bvents is the largest source of information on conferences, tradeshows, conventions, corporate events and exhibitions worldwide.
Some of the information Bvents.com has includes:
- 180,000 events worldwide
- 20,000 Venues world wide
- Over 150,000 exhibitors listed in these events
- Over 50,000 event organizers, PCOs and event planners
- Over 40,000 events in North America
- On average, 5,000 companies and 750 new speakers are added each month
Bvents is 100% targeted on business users looking for information about business events. For promoting events through Bvents.com and our partner network, please contact us.
Middle East technology & IT news portal including latest information technology news, Business technology & Tech news, Multimedia news, Product reviews.
TELETIMES INTERNATIONAL is the only Tri-regional magazine focused towards the Telecom & IT sectors of Asia, the Middle East and Africa (www.teletimesinternational.com). Teletimes is the media partner of almost all the important Telecom events organized in the region, like GITEX, MECOM, Communique Asia, Convergence India, ITCN Asia etc
TelecomWatch is the only “Publishing-House” in India which is fully & totally focused / concentrated on Indian Telecom & its related industries. TelecomWatch serves well over 71,000 email ids & its products are seen daily by more than 1,00,000 pairs of important eye-balls, who are the actual business creators.
TelecomWatch endeavors to provide Fixedline, CDMA (Mobile), GSM & Average Revenue Per User figs immediately on their release. Its products have proved to be excellent vehicles for “Online Advertising”.
TelecomWatch products provide online & offline timely & accurate info / data on vital happenings, latest tariffs & valid tenders through: TelecomWatch-news flash, TelecomWatch-tariff databank, TelecomWatch-info bank & TelecomWatch-ad flash
For more details please visit www.telecomwatch.in or mail us atinfo@telecomwatch.in
Smart Insights is the best information source on the smart card industry.
Smart Insights is a weekly newsletter covering the smart card industry, its businesses, its technologies, its markets as well as its technology suppliers. Smart Insights covers all the major trends in the industry, it encompasses worldwide business, standardization bodies, industry analysts and also the people belonging to the Smart Card Industry community. Smart Insights is brought to you by Thierry Spanjaard who has more than 15 years experience in the industry, in a variety of positions. More information athttp://www.smartinsights.net
Smart Insights: facts. intelligence. now
Telecom India Daily is an online newsletter that delivers fresh telecom and networking updates daily to its subscribers across the globe. It is like a bunch of flowers which freshens your day. Like the gardener chooses fresh flowers from a garden full of flowers just to make a special bunch, same way our team picks fresh news from various sources & put them together so that readers get a fresh start to their day. As a result our readers have to spend just 5 minutes to have better understanding of the world in which they live and work.
Today it reaches out to more than 5,000+ telecom & networking professionals working more than 200 organizations across India & abroad. Subscribe now to get telecom in your mailbox.
For more telecom visit : www.telecomindiaonline.com
The Mind Commerce® mission is to provide customized research, consulting, training, and writing services for the telecommunications and IT industry within our areas of expertise. Mind Commerce clients include manufacturers, developers, service providers, industry organizations, and government. Mind Commerce partners include various leading firms in the telecommunications industry. Mind Commerce differentiates itself from its competition by meeting the unique needs of its clients through customized product development and service delivery. www.mindcommerce.com
Media G8way Corp (MGC) is the Philippine’s premier technology publisher. Its titles include its flagship publications PC World Philippines and Computerworld Philippines. MGC also publishes Gen G/Enterprise, a monthly business and executive lifestyle magazine; and IT Resource, an annual sourcebook on the Philippine ICT industry that is available in CD format.
Techie.com.ph will be packed with engaging and interactive features. Original content that will be updated daily to keep devotees satisfied and at the same time attract the growing number of netizens who don’t rely on print media for their information fix. Techie.com.ph promises a new and dynamic way with which netizens and advertisers can communicate and interact with each other. The launch of www.techie.com.ph is in line with Summit Media’s goal of providing a marketing solution that allows internet users and advertisers to communicate with each other more effectively.
Tonse Telecom is focused on research, analysis and consulting services for the Indian telecom sector. It is our belief that to add significant value to our clients, we need to bring unprecedented depth to our research and unique insights that can only come from people relationships, feet-on-the-street presence and local partnership across the value-chain. We bring actionable insight to your strategy.
DevelopingTelecoms (www.developingtelecoms.com) is the on-line information service covering telecom and ICT network development in emerging markets.
DevelopingTelecoms covers news and analysis on markets, technologies and products for managers and engineers at wireless and fixed operators, governments, NGOs and businesses. With over 600,000 hits, 80,000 page views and 15,000 unique visitors every month,
DevelopingTelecoms is the most popular emerging markets telecom website and e-newsletter.
Juniper Research is a UK based analyst house specialising in the identification and appraisal of high growth opportunities across the telecoms and media sectors. We offer expertise in the areas of wireless and mobile as well as content, applications and device strategies, in the form of high quality analyst reports and bespoke projects. Recent reports include mobile advertising, mobile search and mobile web 2.0 an upcoming update to junipers flagship mobile entertainment series and a complete mobile payment markets series including reports on NFC and Money Transfer and Digital and Physical Goods. Free whitepapers and further information can be found at www.juniperresearch.com or via John at john.levett@juniperresearch.com
VASJobs is an initiative to help prospective employers from the growing global mobile Value Added Services (VAS) industry to list their jobs and reach out to the right candidate.
WirelessDuniya is a blog about mobile vas, mobile user experience design, mobile communities and Indian and Middle East Mobile Industry.This site tracks articles about Mobile VAS, Mobile Content,Mobile communities, Mobile internet, mobile interaction design, mobile user experience, mobile user interface design,mobile usability and telecom trends related to mobile devices and services in India and Middle East. Wireless Duniya is published by Sidhartha Bezbora from Dubai, UAE. Sidhartha is an established VAS Product Creator and Mobile User Experience designer .
Techistan is a time and place where the joys of peace and technology flourish and rule. Get ready to participate in the act of helping others to be informed, entertained, and inspired with technology and IP communications ideas, events, faqs, videos, podcasts, press releases, news articles, blogs, social media and networking, pictures, and more. No boundaries. Instead, opportunities and possibilities. Beware, our readership and authorship may include early adopters, business and technical developers, newbies, Martians and, well, just let your imagination roll. Contact us at the Techistan Team atsales@techistan.com.
Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC), is a global, integrated media company helping our clients build communities in print, in person and online. TMC publishes Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY,Unified Communications, and NGN magazines. TMCnet, TMC’s Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. TMCnet is read by two million unique visitors each month on average worldwide, according to Webtrends. TMCnet has ranked within thetop 3,500 in Quantcast’s Top U.S. sites, placing TMCnet in the nation’s top .03% most visited Web sites. In addition, TMC produces ITEXPO; 4GWE Conference and M2M Evolution (in conjunction with Crossfire Media);Digium|Asterisk World (in conjunction with Digium); and Smart Grid Summit (in conjunction with Intelligent Communication Partners). TMC serves other communications market segments with the Cloud Communications Summit (in conjunction with Light and Electric); CVx ChannelVision Expo (in conjunction with Beka Publishing); and MSPWorld™ (in conjunction with the MSP Alliance).
TMC also serves technology professionals with industry-specific Web sites:InfoTech Spotlight, 4GWE, M2M Evolution.com, Smart-Grid.TMCnet.com,Smart Products Ecosystem, Robotics.TMCnet.com, Cable.TMCnet.com,Satellite Spotlight, Green.TMCnet.com, Healthcare.TMCnet.com, Business Video, Finance.TMC.com, Legal.TMC.com and Education.TMCnet.com.
For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com.
This event will be held at Traders Hotel, Dubai, on 18 – 19 January 2011.
Traders Hotel Dubai
Corner of Abu Baker Al Siddique & Salah Al Din Road
P.O. Box 81877
Dubai, UAE
Evan Al Hajj, Events Executive
DID: (971 4) 2147306
Fax: (971 4) 2659777
Email: evan.alhajj@shangri-la.com
Please enter the following information for each delegate. All fields marked with an asterisk are required. Upon receiving your submission, we will contact you within one working day to confirm your participation.
Event Name: Mobile Broadband for Emerging Markets
Venue: Dubai, UAE
Dates: 18-19 January 2011