Com World Series

Now in its 7th year, this well established 2 day conference and exhibition goes from strength to strength.

Attendees, sponsors, exhibitors and speakers can expect to meet senior level representatives from the CIS region including mobile and fixed-line operators, Internet Service Providers, regulators, investors, telecom...s solution vendors, content providers and more. To ensure as wide as possible attendance from across the region, all conference sessions are simultaneously translated into Russian and English.

The 2 day, strategic conference is designed to deliver you market insight, practical solutions and best practice benchmarks that are transferable back in the office so you can grow your business. The agenda is a mixture of presentations, case studies, interactive panel sessions and Q&A slots to ensure you can gain as much as possible from the 2 days.

Alongside the conference sits a 30 stand exhibition showcasing the leading international vendors and their newest solutions and technologies. Watch product demonstrations, find out more about possible cost and time saving solutions for your business and make new contacts all under 1 roof.

At the core of each event is networking and establishing business contacts. We schedule longer lunch and coffee breaks, speed networking sessions, after hours networking drinks and online networking to ensure you meet the people most important to your business success.

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Now in its 13th year, Americas Com is one of the longest-established and most respected annual meeting places for companies seeking to profit from the growth of the telecoms sector in Latin America.

Known for 12 years as GSM > Americas, the event focussed on the strong growth of the region's cellular industry. Now, as n...etworks, services, business units and brands converge across fixed and mobile networks and across the telecoms, IT and media sectors, Americas Com will gather representatives of every kind of service provider:

fixed, mobile and integrated telecoms carriers
VOIP providers and ISPs
CATV triple-players
emerging wireless broadband service providers and wISPs.


Do business with this group and gain transferable and immediately actionable insights to impact on the success of your business.


Draw High-Value Insights from a Speaker Panel Including:

Antonino Ruggiero, CTO, TIM Brasil

Fernando Panesso Serna, President, ETB Telecom, Colombia

Humberto Roca, Technical Director, Ancel, Uruguay

Maurico Acosta, General Manager, Cablecom, Mexico

Gustavo Marambio Lopez, Network Director, Telefonica Moviles, Chile

Fiamma Orlando Zarife, Director of Value Added Services, Claro, Brazil

Christophe Ngo Van Duc, CTO, OneMax, Dominican Republic

Roberto Cañete, General Director, CTR (Comunicación y Telefonía Rural), Chile

Jorge Romanha Sosa, General Director, COTECO, Bolivia

Rogelio Ancira Garza, IT Director, Alestra, Mexico

Boris Piedra, General Director, ETAPA, Ecuador

Gonzalo Angles Riveros, General Director, COTEL, Bolivia

Chris Pearson, President, 3G Americas

Erasmo Rojas, Director of Latin America and the Caribbean, 3G Americas

Estevão Ghizoni, Managing Sales Director, Southern Region, Intelsat

Monte Egeland, VP North America, Altobridge

Robert Waaler, Director of Marketing, SmartTrust

Vincenz Wagner, VP Operations Latin, Middle East, Jamster, a Fox/News Corp Group Company

Rodrigo Paolucci, Chief Marketing Officer, Latin America, Samba Tech International

Alexander Nicolas Dannias, Partner-Director, Bsmart Latin America
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GSM > 3G Middle East - Towards a Broadband World 2008 gathered over 2,500 decision makers from 80+ countries to network and do business. Comprising a 2 day, multi-streamed, strategic conference and 150 stand networking exhibition, this market leading telco event is the defacto meeting point for the entire telecoms val...ue chain in the Middle East and beyond:

mobile operators
fixed operators
regulators
investors
solutions providers
vendors

Now in its 14th year, the Middle East's leading communications conference will set the regional telco agenda

Network, learn and do business with 2,500 decision makers from across the whole communications value chain - mobile and fixed line operators, internet service providers, regulators, investors, telecoms solution vendors, content providers and more.

The 2 day, strategic conference is designed to deliver you market insight, practical solutions and best practice benchmarks that are transferrable back in the office so you can grow your business. The agenda is a mixture of presentations, case studies, interactive panel sessions and Q&A slots to ensure you can gain as much as possible from the 2 days.

"An important event to exchange and share competitors' experiences" (MA, Batelco)

Alongside the conference sits a 160 stand market style exhibition showcasing the leading international vendors and their newest solutions and technologies. Watch product demonstrations, find out more about possible cost and time saving solutions for your business and make new contacts all under 1 roof. We've also introduced an exhibition seminar theatre with a 2 day programme of presentations including vendor shoot-outs, training course snapshots and market statistics.

At the core of each event is networking. We schedule longer lunch and coffee breaks, speed networking sessions, after hours networking drinks and online networking to ensure you meet the people most important to your business success.

"It is a good place to make contacts, look for new business. Good knowledge" (JAS, WJ Towell & Co)

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Come and join us at Africa Com in Cape Town and be part of the region’s largest and most prestigious telecommunications event, which is now in its 12th year. This high level networking andstrategic event offers a 4-streamed agenda, a co-located exhibition with 180 leading industry suppliers,free seminar exhibitions, a ...number of networking opportunities, keynote speakers, panel sessions andmore, making it the ideal place to meet the region’s most infl uential decision makers and to benchmarkyour own place in the industry.

Top level attendance statistics for AfricaCom 2008:

Over 3500 attendees - 15% up from 2007

200 separate operator companies - 31% increase from 2007

39% Board/Director level attendees

100 countries represented:

Algeria - Angola - Benin - Botswana - Burundi - Cameroon - Congo - Cote d'Ivoire - Democratic Republic of Congo - Egypt - Eritrea - Ethiopia - Gabon - Ghana - Guinea - Kenya - Lesotho - Madagascar - Malawi - Mali - Mauritius - Morocco - Mozambique - Namibia - Niger - Nigeria - Réunion - Rwanda - São Tomé et Principe - Senegal - Seychelles - Somalia - South Africa - Swaziland - Tanzania -Togo - Uganda - Western Samoa - Zambia - Zimbabwe


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Soon in its 5th year, this well established 2 day conference and exhibition has evolved for 2009.
Formerly GSM>3G North Africa, North Africa Com 2008 has moved beyond GSM to reflect the converging landscape. Attendees, sponsors, exhibitors and speakers met senior level representatives from the region's mobile and fix...ed-line operators, Internet Service Providers, regulators, investors, telecoms solution vendors, content providers and more.

The 2 day, strategic conference is designed to deliver you market insight, practical solutions and best practice benchmarks that are transferrable back in the office so you can grow your business. The agenda is a mixture of presentations, case studies, interactive panel sessions and Q&A slots to ensure you can gain as much as possible from the 2 days.

Alongside the conference sits a 70 stand market style exhibition showcasing the leading international vendors and their newest solutions and technologies. Watch product demonstrations, find out more about possible cost and time saving solutions for your business and make new contacts all under 1 roof.

At the core of each event is networking. We schedule longer lunch and coffee breaks, speed networking sessions, after hours networking drinks and online networking to ensure you meet the people most important to your business success.


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Following a successful launch in 2008, South East Asia Com returns to Kuala Lumpur for a gathering of this high-growth region’s leading operators, investors, regulators, suppliers and analysts. review of the 2008 event here.

The region’s markets provide unique opportunities to discuss service deployment, by bringing t...ogether the advanced markets where 3G and WiMAX have already been deployed (Malaysia & Singapore), with the emerging economies where operators are investing in networks to fully take advantage of the growth opportunities (Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand & Vietnam).

For 2009 the programme will build on this strength and the congress will comprise the leaders of the region’s foremost operators and regulators sharing their expertise and best practice with their peers.

Leading players within the region confirm their participation:

We are in the process of confirming support from all the major players with the region and are delighted to welcome the following visionaries to our 2009 speaker panel so far:

Dr Minsky Luo, Senior Vice President, Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan

Michael Lai, CEO, Packet One Networks, Malaysia

Zainal Amanshah, Group CEO, REDtone International, Malaysia

Anil Nihalani, VP, Mobile Services, Starhub, Singapore

Norehan Yahya, GM, Unified Communications Strategy & Products (EBD), Maxis Communications Bhd, Malaysia

Albern Murty, Head of Strategy & New Business, DiGi Telecommunications, Malaysia

Afiz Abdullah, Head of Broadband, Maxis Communications Bhd, Malaysia

Blums Pineda, Managing Director, EXICON Ltd, Hong Kong

Amrish Kacker, Head of Asia, Analysys Mason, Singapore

Marc Einstein, Senior Industry Analyst, Asia Pacific, Frost & Sullivan, Singapore

Nicole McCormick, Senior Analyst, Informa Telecoms & Media, Australia

Sarongrat Wongsaroj, Industry Researcher – South East Asia Mobile Markets, Informa Telecoms & Media, UK

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Hosted in Africa’s largest telecommunications market, the 5th West & Central Africa Com will gather 1,500 operator, service provider and vendor decision-makers from all countries in West & Central Africa and beyond.


With FREE attendance to regional operators and regulators and simultaneous translation in English and F...rench, this is the defacto annual meeting point for anyone operating in or looking to invest in West & Central Africa.

Be part of the region’s ONLY communications conference and exhibition to network, learn and do business with

1,500 senior-level telco professionals from 50+ operator companies representing 50+ countries

50 visionary speakers

6 strategic conference streams

70+ exhibitors

12 hours of free exhibition content

55% bigger exhibition than 2008

1 NEW Focus Day - CONNECTIVITY & CAPACITY AFRICA

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Bringing together the telco decision makers from:
India • Pakistan • Bangladesh • Sri Lanka • Maldives • Nepal • Bhutan

Learn From The Leading Minds of The Region...

Shri. Siddhartha Behura, IAS, Chairman Telecom Commission & Secretary,
DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS, India

Shri Ajay Bhattacharya, Administrator, UNIVERSAL... SERVICE OBLIGATION USO FUND, DOT, India
GOVERNMENT

Kuldeep Goyal , Chairman, BSNL, India

Sanjeev Aga, Managing Director, IDEA CELLULAR, India

Anoja Obeyesekere, Chief Executive Officer, DIALOG GLOBAL, Sri Lanka

Sugato Barnge, Chief Marketing Officcer, BHARTI AIRTEL LTD., India

Rasheda Sultana, Regulatory Economist, GRAMEENPHONE LTD., Bangladesh

Anil Tandan, Chief Technology O cer, IDEA CELLULAR, India

Awais Malik, Head Of Segments, Products, Int’l Business & CLM, ZONG CHINA MOBILE, Pakistan

Uttam Kumar, GM - Technology Services, BHARTI AIRTEL LTD., India

Sanjeev Chachondia, Director & Chief Executive Officer, BPL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED, India

Dev Parikh, Chief Officer of Handsets, VAS and Procurement, VIRGIN MOBILE, India

Muhammad Abdul Hai, Manager Marketing Analysis & Planning, BANGLALINK, Bangladesh

Anand Dalal, Addl Vice President, TATA TELESERVICES LTD, India

Rajat Mukarji, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, IDEA CELLULAR, India

Sandeep Keshkar, DGM (NSS) Mobile Services, MTNL MUMBAI, India

Alexandre Louzine, VP Operations, BYCELL TELECOMMUNICATIONS, India

Viren Popli, Senior Vice President & Head, Mobile Entertainment, STAR INDIA

Jai Maroo, Director, SHEMAROO ENTERTAINMENT, India

Salil Bhargava, Chief Executive O cer, JUMP GAMES, IndiaRead More

Key Reasons to Attend Learn From The Leading Minds of The Region...

Bashar Arafeh, COO, East Africa Region, ZAIN GROUP

Michael P. Foley, CEO (East Africa), ESSAR
TELECOMMUNICATIONS, & Director, ECONET WIRELESS, Kenya Michael Joseph,

CEO, SAFARICOM, Kenya

Peter Reinartz, Deputy-CEO, Telkom Kenya

Nkateko “Snakes” Nyoka, Chief ...Officer: Regulatory and
Government Relations, Vodacom Group

Noel Herrity, Director General, ZANTEL, Tanzania

Charles J K Njoroge, Director-General, Communications Commision of Kenya

Rene Meza, Managing Director, ZAIN KENYA

Ali Bin Jarsh, CEO, CANAR TELECOM SUDAN

Irene Charnley, CEO, SMILE COMMUNICATIONS, Uganda

Joe Kimani, CEO, FLASHCOM, Kenya

Shiletsi Makhofane, Acting Chief Executive Officer, AFRICA ONLINE, Kenya

Dick Omondi, Marketing Director, VODACOM TANZANIA

• More senior-level participants: 500+
operators and service providers, regulators,
investors, vendors, industry analysts - more
than any other telco event in the region

• Agenda that delivers insights on the whole
telecommunication ecosystem: fixed, GSM,
CDMA, wireless, satellite

• Un-paralleled speaker panel - 35+ including
CEOs of the region’s leading operators and
stakeholders

• Over 16 hours of market-leader intelligence:
an interactive mix of the market’s key issues
debated in a mix of keynote presentations, case
studies, analyses and panel debates

• 9 hours of networking time face-to-face with
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Gathering 400+ telecom thought leaders from the Caspian region and Central Asia, Eurasia Com conference and exhibition is the region's de facto telecommunications convergence point for all organisations serious about gaining competitive advantage.

31 C-level speakers from the region's leading operators including these v...isionaries and government ministers:

Paul Doany, CEO, Turk Telekom

Tayfun Çataltepe, Chief Corporate Strategy & Regulations Officer, Turkcell

Vruyr Arakelyan, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Transport & Communication, Republic of Armenia

Beg Zuhurov, Deputy Minister, Telecommunications, Ministry of Transport & Communications, Republic of Tajikistan & Chairman, Tajiktelecom

Magomed Mamedov, General Director, AzTelecom

Rahmunali Hasanov, General Director, Tajiktelecom

Marat Mambetaliev, General Director, Kyrgyztelecom

Alexy Nichiporenko, First Deputy CEO, MegaFon & General Director, MegaFon-International

Oleg Raspopov, Vice-President, Director of Foreign Subsidiaries, Business Unit, MTS

Network & do business with the leading telcos from these dynamic markets:

Turkey • Armenia • Azerbaijan • Georgia • Kazahkstan • Kyrgyzstan • Tajikistan • Turkmenistan • Uzbekistan • Mongolia • Montenegro • Macedonia • Albania • Bosnia-HerzegovinaRead More