Teleforum Cyprus 2016

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Amathus Beach Hotel, Limassol, Cyprus 24th TeleForum Meeting 18-20 May 2016 Hosted by
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Page No 1.Teleforum XXIV Agenda 3-12 2.Teleforum Companies 13-20 3.Teleforum Delegates 21-23 4.Sponsors 24-29 5.Sponsor Representatives 30-31
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chairperson:

Mr. Chrysis Phiniotis

Manager Networks & Service Platforms, Cyta

Event Organizers

Dr. Loizos Christofi

Fixed Communications Network, Cyta

Mrs. Giolanta Charalambous

Secretary Manager Networks & Service Platforms, Cyta

Hotel accommodation sponsored by:

17th May 2016 – Hansen Technologies

18th May 2016 – CCS Group

19th & 20th May 2016 – Huawei

Conference Room & Audio Visual sponsored by: Huawei

Official Group Photograph sponsored by: Huawei

Lunches sponsored by:

18th May 2016 – Omnitele

19th May 2016 – Symsoft

20th May 2016 – Polystar

Dinners sponsored by:

17th May 2016 – Separate Reality

18th May 2016 – Hansen Technologies

19th May 2016 – Huawei

20th May 2016 – CCS Group

Coffee Breaks sponsored by: Abiba, BlueTC and Charles Russell

Airport transfers sponsored by: Cerillion and 2operate

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1. AGENDA

Tuesday 17th May

20:00 Welcome Standing Cocktail Reception at Lighthouse Bar, Amathus Beach Hotel, sponsored by Separate Reality

Wednesday 18th May

WORKSHOP - RESERVED FOR TELEFORUM MEMBERS ONLY

Demetra Conference Room

08:30 Registration

09:15 Welcome and Housekeeping

Chrysis Phiniotis – Manager Networks and Service Platforms, CYTA

09:30

Knowledge Sharing / Teleforum Academy

(attendance by all delegates) Sharing Cable Systems and Infrastructure –New Sales Channel or cost Savings

Facilitator: Jón Ríkharð Kristjánsson – Chief Executive Officer, MILA

10:00 Knowledge Sharing / Teleforum Academy

(attendance by all delegates)

Destiny, Drama, Deliberation

Facilitator: Cyrille Joffre – Chief Technology and Information Officer, Sure (Guernsey)

10:30 Coffee Break – sponsored by Abiba

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11:00 Knowledge Sharing / Teleforum Academy (attendance by all delegates) Margin Squeeze in Telecoms

Facilitator: Stefan Briffa – Senior Manager, Regulatory Affairs, GO plc

11:30 Knowledge Sharing / Teleforum Academy

(in Demetra, Poseidon & Aphrodite Rooms)

3 topics – 3 round tables – delegates choose topic to attend – Facilitators: 3

(A) Consumer Trends in Linear and Non-Linear TV

Facilitator: Orri Hauksson – Chief Executive Officer, Siminn

(B) How to Build and Organize an Efficient Telecom Company

Facilitator: Anders Barslund – Chief Commercial Officer, TELEGreenland

(C) Next Generation of Services for a Smart Home Facilitator: Costas Pantziaros – Head Service Platforms, CYTA

12:05 Knowledge Sharing / Teleforum Academy

(in Demetra, Poseidon & Aphrodite Rooms)

3 topics – 3 round tables – delegates choose topic to attend – Facilitators 3

(A) Consumer Trends in Linear and Non-LinearTV

Facilitator: Orri Hauksson – Chief Executive Officer, Siminn

(B) How to Build and Organize an Efficient Telecom Company

Facilitator: Anders Barslund – Chief Commercial Officer, TELEGreenland

(C) Next Generation of Services for a Smart Home Facilitator: Costas Pantziaros – Head Service Platforms, CYTA

12:35 Buffet Lunch at Kalypso Restaurant, Amathus Beach Hotel - sponsored by Omnitele

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14:00 Knowledge Sharing / Teleforum Academy (attendance by all delegates) Diversifying on our Assets and Knowledge

Facilitator: Jordi Nadal Bentade – Chief Executive Officer, Andorra Telecom

14:30 Knowledge Sharing / Teleforum Academy (attendance by all delegates)

Equivalence of Input –

Facilitator: Marc Petulowa – POST Luxembourg

15:00

Benchmarking - SESSION FOR BENCHMARKING GROUP PARTICIPANTS REFER TO ANNEX A

Lianne Azzopardi – Marketing & Business Development Executive, Gibtelecom

15:00 Discussion - SESSION FOR OTHER PARTICIPANTS – REFER TO ANNEX A Chairperson: T.B.A.

15:30 Coffee Break – sponsored by Abiba

16:00 Knowledge Sharing (in Demetra, Poseidon & Aphrodite Rooms)

3 topics – 3 round tables – delegates choose attendance – Facilitators: 3

(A) Modernization of Mobile Radio Access Network with SRAN Technology

Facilitator: Zois Papadopoulos – Radio Access Network, CYTA

(B) Leveraging IMS Services to Capitalize Customer Portfolio

Facilitator: Niki Ioannou – Business Market, CYTA

(C) FTTH Rollout in Cyprus

Facilitator: Elena Kattirdji – Line Access Network, CYTA

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16:35 Knowledge Sharing (in Demetra, Poseidon & Aphrodite Rooms)

3 topics – 3 round tables – delegates choose attendance – Facilitators: 3

(A) Modernization of Mobile Radio Access Network with SRAN Technology

Facilitator: Zois Papadopoulos – Radio Access Network, CYTA

(B) Leveraging IMS Services to Capitalize Customer Portfolio

Facilitator: Niki Ioannou – Business Market, CYTA

(C) FTTH Rollout in Cyprus

Facilitator: Elena Kattirdji – Line Access Network, CYTA

17:05 Close of Workshop

19:15 Assemble in Hotel Lobby

19:30 Welcome dinner at Limanaki (outdoor) fish restaurant at Amathus Beach Hotelsponsored by Hansen Technologies with pre-dinner address (10 mins) by Daniel Ask Rühmann, Sales Director

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Thursday 19th May

TeleForum 24

Demetra Conference Room

08:30 Registration

09:00 Welcome Address

Christos Patsalides – Chairman of the Board of Directors, CYTA

09:15 Opening Address

Michalis Achilleos – Chief Executive Officer, CYTA

09:30 Meeting Arrangements

Chrysis Phiniotis – Manager Networks and Service Platforms, CYTA

09:45 Confirmation of Proceedings of TeleForum 23 and Adoption of Meeting Agenda

Joe Busietta – TeleForum Consultant

09:50

Cyta: Business Intelligence Landscape

Stavros Panayiotou, Information Services – Business Intelligence Systems, Cyta

10:20 Coffee Break – sponsored by Blue TC

10:35

The Evolving Role of Wholesale

Arthur Azzopardi – Chief Corporate Strategy & Business Development Officer, GO plc

11:05

5G – Technology, Status of Standardization and Future Outlook

Thor Jes Thorisson – Technology Strategist, Siminn

11:35

Presentation by Sponsor:

Video Stream Everywhere, Better Connected World

Song Limin – Chief Strategy, Huawei CEE & Nordic Region (30 mins)

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12:05 World Class Network – No More, No Less!

Jan Ziskasen – Chief Executive Officer, Faroese Telecom

12:35 Discussion

Chairperson: Graeme Millar – Chief Executive Officer, JT Global

13:00

13:20

Official Group Photograph – sponsored by Huawei

Buffet Lunch – Kalypso Restaurant, Amathus Beach Hotel

Sponsored by Symsoft

14:30

Presentation by Sponsor: BSS/OSS All in One Solution (or not)Claus Rasmussen, VP Product Development, Hansen Technologies (20 mins)

14:50

Major Developments in Regulation and Implications for Small States

Marc Petulowa – POST Luxembourg

15:20

Changes on Customer Behaviour through Tariff Plans

Carles Casadevall Soler – Chief Roaming & International Officer, Andorra Telecom

15:50

16:20

Coffee Break – sponsored by Blue TC

Presentations by Sponsors: Networks Design with Predictive Analytics

Arnold van Holten – Head of Europe West & East, Sales and Marketing, Omnitele (10 mins)

16:30

Fraud and Security Risks in the Operator

Signaling Network – How to Safeguard your Business and your Customers

Petter Näslund – Vice President Product Management, Symsoft (10 mins)

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16:40 Discussion Chairperson: Marc Petulowa – POST Luxembourg

17:10 Close of Meeting

18:45 Assemble in Hotel Lobby

19:00 Departure by Coach to Hadjiantonas Winery at Pareklisia village in Limassol for Wine

Tasting and Gala Dinner - sponsored by Huawei with pre-dinner address (10 mins)

Open ROADS to A Better Connected World by Li Junfeng – President of CNBG, Huawei CEE & Nordic Region

22:45 Return by Coach to Amathus Beach Hotel

Friday 20th May

TeleForum 24

Demetra Conference Room

08:55 Welcome

Chrysis Phiniotis - Manager Networks and Service Platforms, CYTA

09:00 CYTA: Class5 Transformation

Loizos Christofi – Fixed Communications Network, CYTA

09:30 Manx Telecom’s Journey from being Private Equity Owned to being a Public Company

Gary Lamb – Chief Executive Officer, Manx Telecom

10:00 The Risks and Opportunities Associated with Market Consolidation in Small States

Daragh McDermott – Director Corporate Affairs, JT

10:30

Coffee Break – sponsored by Charles Russell

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11:00 Presentation by Sponsor: Software Defined Service Provider – (20 minutes)

Kory Logan, Sales & Marketing Director/ David Franjoso, Technical Lead - CCS Group

11:20 Enable your Network for IoT – An opportunity for Smaller Operators

Jonas Sundborg – Chairman of the Board, Alands Telekommunikation Ab

11:50

Presentations by Sponsor: Launch and monitor VoLTE/VoWiFi with a software platform designed for smaller operators. Reduce cost, less complexity, easy integration and real time network analytics.

Göran Mannerstråle CEO, Polystar System AB (10 mins)

12:00 Discussion

Chairperson: Tim Bristow – Chief Executive Officer, Gibtelecom

12:30 Teleforum Business Update – SESSION FOR TELEFORUM MEMBERS ONLY

Tim Bristow – Chief Executive Officer, Gibtelecom

13:00 Lunch – Kalypso Restaurant, Amathus Beach Hotel

Sponsored by Polystar

14:15 Leading a Transformation Programme

Charmaine Farrugia – Chief Transformation Officer, GO plc

14:45

Presentation by Sponsor: A Transformation - from a Call-Centre Application to Project Delivery to Business Processes that Permeated through to Company Culture

Nick Jennings – Chief Executive Officer, Separate Reality (10 mins)

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14:55 Internet of Things – How Secure is the Infrastructure Foundation for the Future?

Jón Ríkharð Kristjánsson - Chief Executive Officer, MILA

15:25 Coffee Break – sponsored by Charles Russell

15:45

4G Deployment in Greenland and the Customer Experience

Anders Barslund – Chief Commercial Officer, TELEGreenland

16:15

Final Discussion on the Presentation Topics

Chairperson: Michalis Achilleos – Chief Executive Officer, CYTA

16:45

Next meeting - Announcement by Host Telco of Teleforum 25 Topics for Next Meeting - Joe Busietta – Teleforum Consultant

17:15 Close of meeting

18:45 Assemble in Hotel Lobby

19:00

Departure by Coach for “Cypriot Traditional Meze” dinner at “Forsos Tavern”

in Mouttayiaka village, sponsored by CCS Group with pre-dinner address (10 mins) Food For Thought

by Kory Logan – Sales & Marketing Director

22:45 Return to Amathus Beach Hotel

Saturday 21st May

Transport from Amathus Beach Hotel to Larnaca Airport

Sponsored by Cerillion and 2operate

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ANNEX A

Company

Andorra Telecom

Cyta

WEDNESDAY 18th MAY AT 15:00 SESSION FOR BENCHMARKING GROUP PARTICIPANTS

Foroyatele

Gibtelecom

Tele-Post

Siminn

Mila

JT

Post Luxembourg

GO

Country

Andorra

Cyprus

Faroe Islands

Gibraltar

Greenland

Iceland

Iceland

Jersey

Luxembourg

Malta

Company Country

Alands Telecom

WEDNESDAY 18th MAY AT 15:00 DISCUSSION - SESSION FOR OTHER PARTICIPANTS

Cabo Verde Telecom

Guyana T & T

Manx Telecom

San Marino Telecom

Sure

Aland Islands

Cabo Verde

Guyana

Isle of Man

San Marino

Guernsey

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2. TELEFORUM COMPANIES

ALAND ISLANDS ALCOM

Turnover 2015: €11.8 million

Employees: 30

ANDORRA Andorra Telecom

Ålcom (Ålands Telekommunikation) was founded in 1989 and is the Ålands Islands telecommunications company providing mobile, internet and IPTV services. Ålcom’s main market is the Åland Islands, but the Company also has a presence in the rest of Scandinavia. Ålcom is fully owned by Ålands Telefonandelslag and Mariehamns Telefon.

Turnover 2015: €95 million

Employees: 285

Andorra Telecom is the public network operator providing all the telecommunication services in the Principality of Andorra – Fixed, mobile, Internet, TV, Data Centres, Data transmission and Contact Centreswith points of presence in Barcelona, Madrid, Paris and Toulouse. Andorra Telecom has switched off ADSL on November 2014 and covers with Optical Fibre 90% of the territory. The company provides services to 72.000 citizens, 4.500 businesses and to 4.1 million foreign.

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CABO VERDE Cabo Verde Telecom

Turnover 2014: €70 million

Employees: 512

CYPRUS Cyta

Cabo Verde Telecom separated from Post & Telecommunication Enterprise in 1995. The company is a corporate group formed by three business units: CVTelecom for fixed telephone; CVMóvel a mobile business unit; and CVMultimedia for fixed internet (ADSL) and cable TV. CV Telecom also provides VOIP services and offer triple pay.

Turnover 2015: €373 million

Employees: 1649 full time and 588 hourly paid

CYTA (Cyprus Telecommunications Authority) is a leading provider of integrated electronic communications in Cyprus. Over the course of more than half a century, CYTA has succeeded in making Cyprus a regional telecommunications hub and thanks to its firm commitment to quality, has earned the trust and confidence of its customers. CYTA is the pioneer in quadruple play in Cyprus, offering a broad range of innovative services and ICT solutions.

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FAROE

ISLANDS Faroese Telecom

Faroese Telecom is the incumbent operator on the Faroe Islands. Faroese Telecom provides services within mobile, fixed line, DSL and TV. The market share ranges from 70-80%, depending on the business area.

Turnover 2015: €65 million

Employees: 249

The subsidiary Shefa owns and operates two international subsea connections firstly providing broadband services to the Faroe Islands. Furthermore, these connections provide high-speed broadband to Shetland, Orkney as well as oil rigs West of Shetland and in the North Sea.

In addition to these broad services Faroese Telecom offers IT and hosting solution through its subsidiary Formula.

GIBRALTAR Gibtelecom

Turnover 2015: €60 million

Employees: 160

As Gibraltar’s leading telecommunications company, Gibtelecom provides fixed, mobile and broadband services, as well as business enterprise solutions. The Company runs Payment Card Industry compliant data centres, as well as a global network which spans half-way around the world with various European points-of-presence. This network includes the Europe India Gateway submarine cable system from the UK to India, connecting three continents and linking to other subsea connections, in which Gibtelecom is a consortium shareholder. Gibtelecom is accredited as a ‘Recognised for Excellence’ member of the European Foundation for Quality Management.

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GREENLAND TELE-POST

Turnover 2015:

€113 million

Employees: 478

GUERNSEY Sure

TELE-POST covers a population of 56,000 scattered over thousands of kilometres, providing telecommunications, information technology and postal services. Even the smallest village has radio, TV and a telephone link to the outside world, and even small settlements have broadband internet and mobile phone services. The head office is in Nuuk, and the company is represented in every town in Greenland.

Turnover 2015:

$130+ million

Employees: 275

Sure is Guernsey’s incumbent telecoms provider and we can trace our history in the islands back to 1896 when the Guernsey States Telephone Department decided to establish an independent telephone system for the island, which would have a maximum of 400 subscribers. Nowadays, Sure supplies telecommunication services in and from three major offshore jurisdictions. Across Channels Islands and Isle of Man, we deliver mobile, broadband, fixed line, data centre and enterprise solutions to consumers, corporate and public sector clients.

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GUYANA GT&T

Turnover 2015: $2.4 million

Employees: 716

GT&T is Guyana’s incumbent telecoms provider since 1991. GT&T’s shares are owned by Atlantic Tele-Network (80%) and Hong Kong Golden Telecom Company Ltd (20%). The Company offers national and international voice services under an exclusive license, and cellular, broadband, and enterprise data services in a competitive market. The company has concluded a trial FTTH network and is poised to deploy LTE. GT&T owns capacity on the Americas II cable and has partnered with Suriname’s Telesur to land a deepsea cable in Guyana.

ICELAND Mila

Míla has for over 100 years built up, maintained and operated a state of the art telecommunications network in Iceland. Míla is the market leader in this market in Iceland.

Turnover 2014: €39.5 million

Employees: 105

Míla sells its solutions to companies and institutions engaging in telecommunication activities and Icelandic telecommunication companies utilize Míla’s network in most of their solutions. Míla’s products include access to the local loop, leased lines services, bit-stream access and co-location.

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ICELAND Siminn

Turnover 2015: €209 million

Employees: 820

ISLE OF MAN Manx Telecom

Siminn owns and operates companies in telecommunications, information technology and entertainment. The largest company of the group is Siminn - Iceland Telecom, founded in 1906 is also the parent company. The main subsidiaries of Siminn are, Míla, the biggest infrastructure provider in Iceland and Sensa, an enterprise IT company. In addition Siminn owns a few smaller specialized IT and telco companies. Skjarinn, Siminn´ s broadcasting company, was merged with Siminn last year.

Turnover 2015: £79.6 million

Employees: 290

Manx Telecom is the leading communication solutions provider on the Isle of Man, offering a wide range of fixed line, broadband, mobile, and data centre services to businesses, consumers and the public sector on the Isle of Man.

In global markets, we provide world class connectivity and data hosting services, plus a growing portfolio of international “smart SIM” solutions, Connection Critical Mobile, Machineto-Machine (M2M), International Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE), and Global Messaging products and services.

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JERSEY JT GROUP LTD

Turnover 2014:

152.4 million

Employees: 600

JT is a full-service Tier-1 provider with a 120-year heritage based in the Channel Islands, offering domestic / business enterprise customers a range of worldclass services including; voice & data; consultancy; co-location; data hosting; internet; security; cloud back-up; fixed / mobile technologies; e-Gaming; M2M; Cloud Services (IaaS); fully managed IT services; & wholesale solutions. With an international presence across Europe, Asia & the US they support 1 million global consumer subscribers and 2,177 active business customers.

JT’s award winning Gigabit Isles pointto-point fibre optic network programme ranks Jersey 4th globally for fibre connectivity and will provide fibre connections to every premise in Jersey. In 2015 it completed deployment of a state-of-the art 4G mobile network making the Channel Islands one of the most seamlessly connected places in the world.

POST is Luxembourg’s leading post and telecommunications company providing fixed, mobile, satellite, broadband and ICT services. POST Telecom has points of presence in Frankfurt, Amsterdam, London, Brussels and Strasbourg.

Turnover 2015:

€439 million

Employees: 1.421

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LUXEMBOURG POST Luxembourg

MALTA GO

Turnover 2015: €123.7 million

Employees: 850

GO is Malta’s leading operator - a truly converged and integrated quad-play, communications and entertainment company, powering over 500,000 connections. GO provides services to the business community, including cloud services, networking solutions, and managed co-location facilities. GO’s infrastructure is fibre-powered and the company is the only Maltese operator to have access to three submarine cables which link Malta to the world.

SAN MARINO San Marino Telecom

San Marino Telecom Spa, is the first independent mobile, fixed and internet operator in the country that owns Data Center, mobile and wi-fi networks. The Company provides value added services and proposes to offer modern roaming solution, MVNE as well SMS and Voice termination services.

Turnover 2015: €1.5 million

Employees: 10

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3. TELEFORUM DELEGATES

Aland Islands - ALCOM

Jonas Sundborg Chairman

Thomas Lax Chief Technical Officer

Peter Löfman Head of Network

Andorra - ANDORRA TELECOM

Jordi Nadal Bentade Chief Executive Officer

Carles Casadevall Soler Chief Roaming and International Officer

Joan-Marc Lauga Courtil Chief Technology Officer

Cabo Verde - CABO VERDE TELECOM

Eduardo Manuel Trigueiros Mendes Chief Executive Officer

Jose Luis Livramento M.A.De Brito Administration Board Advisor

Cyprus - CYTA

Michalis Achilleos Chief Executive Officer

Chrysis Phiniotis Manager Networks & Service Platforms

Loizos Christofi Fixed Communication Services

Stavros Panayiotou Information Services – Business Intelligence

Costas Pantziaros Head Service Platforms

Zois Papadopoulos Radio Access Network

Niki Ioannou Business Market

Elena Kattirdji Line Access Network

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Faroe Islands - FAROESE TELECOM

Jan Ziskasen Chief Executive Officer

Gibraltar - GIBTELECOM

Tim Bristow Chief Executive Officer

Lianne Azzopardi

Marketing & Business Development Executive

Greenland - TELE POST

Anders Barslund Chief Commercial Officer

Guernsey - SURE

Edward Saints Chief Executive Officer

Cyrille Joffre Chief Technology and Information Officer

Guyana - GT&T

Gene Evelyn Consultant, Regulatory & Legal Affairs

Iceland - MILA

Jon R. Kristjansson Managing Director

Iceland - SIMINN

Orri Hauksson Chief Executive Officer

Thor Jes Thorisson Technology Manager

Magnus Ragnarsson Director Media and Markets

Isle of Man - MANX TELECOM

Gary Lamb Chief Executive Officer

Kevin Paige Chief Technology Officer

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Jersey - JT GROUP LTD

Graeme Millar Chief Executive Officer

Daragh McDermott Corporate Affairs Director

Thomas Noel Managing Director – Wholesale Division

Chris Godsmark Strategic Advisor

Luxembourg - POST LUXEMBOURG

Marc Petulowa Delegated in commercialization and development

Malta - GO

Yiannos Michaelides Chief Executive Officer

Charmaine Farrugia Chief Business Planning & Transformation Officer

Arthur Azzopardi Chief Strategy & Business Development Officer

Stefan Briffa Senior Manager, Regulatory Affairs

San Marino - SAN MARINO TELECOM

Andrea Della Balda Chief Executive Officer

TELEFORUM OF SMALL STATES

Joe Busietta Consultant

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4. SPONSORS PLATINUM HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES

Co. LTD

www.huawei.com

Huawei is a leading global ICT solutions provider. Through its dedication to customer-centric innovation and strong partnerships, it has established end-to-end capabilities and strengths across the carrier networks, enterprise, consumer and cloud computing fields. It is committed to creating maximum value for telecom carriers, enterprises and consumers by providing competitive ICT solutions and services. Its products and solutions have been deployed in over 170 countries, serving more than one-third of the world’s population.

CCS GROUP

www.ccs.bm

CCS Group International is a Bermuda based full service information technology company that provides local and international customers with advanced communications solutions and consulting services. CCS has been providing services to Bermuda, the Caribbean, North America and Europe for over 30 years. Since its inception CCS has focused on providing experienced consultants and quality, industryleading solutions. Services include: Service Provider Infrastructure, Enterprise Networking, Collaboration, Application Development, Structured Cabling, Server, Storage and Virtualisation.

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GOLD

HANSEN TECHNOLOGIES

www.hsntech.com

Hansen Technologies is a global provider of customer care and billing solutions to utilities, Pay TV operator and telecommunications companies, and is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX: HSN). Hansen Technologies was founded in 1971, with head office in Melbourne, Australia and also holds offices in United States, New Zealand, China, Argentina, the United Kingdom, Germany, South Africa and Denmark, with a total of 580 employees worldwide, and is a globally-recognized provider with more than 200 telco’s and utilities in over 90 countries worldwide.

In May 2015 Hansen Technologies acquired TeleBilling and today TeleBilling is the competence center for the naviBilling product.

SILVER OMNITELE

www.omnitele.com

Omnitele provides consulting and expert services for telecom operators and regulators in network strategy, design and quality assurance. Our mission is to maximise mobile subscriber quality of experience and minimise operator network expenditures. The company was founded in 1988 to set up world’s first GSM network. Since then we have completed over 1000 projects in over 80 countries around the globe.

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POLYSTAR

www.polystar.com

Polystar enables Communications Service Providers to achieve excellence in CEM, Big Data Analytics, Service Assurance, Network Monitoring and High Performance Testing. We help CSPs to simplify their CEM strategies and drive operational efficiency through real-time network analytics. Polystar’s real-time Network and Customer Insights uncover a goldmine of data, which yields indispensable analytics to CSPs. Polystar is recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies in Sweden. Since Polystar’s foundation in Stockholm in 1983, we have experienced continuous and sustainable growth, and evolved to a global presence, serving our customers in over 50 countries.

SEPARATE REALITY

www.separatereality.co.uk

Separate Reality are experts in self-care and customer-care systems for the telecommunication industry with a particular emphasis on user experiences and the overall customer experience that results from multi-channel interactions.

We advise and deliver desktop portals and smart apps that either empower your customers to manage themselves from home (self-care) or enable you to manage your customers from the call-center or retail outlet more efficiently (customer-care). Always to reduce operational costs, increase sales and increase customer loyalty.

To support our consultancy practice and help differentiate us from our competitors we have a number of products, including powerful integration frameworks, RAD environments and fully operational e2e solutions, that either accelerate and de-risk custom developments or are sold as off-the-shelf products. We also have significant expertise in unlocking the potential in both Kenan and Comverse One billing platforms.

We always deliver an excellent return on investment and we have a proud portfolio.

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Symsoft’s communications solutions enable operators globally to strengthen their competitive positioning by securing and increasing revenue streams while reducing the total cost of ownership. Its products and service within the area of Real-Time BSS, Messaging, Network Security and MVNO, allows operators of all sizes to provide traditional communications services but also to take advantage of new opportunities within wholesale and IoT.

Symsoft serves customers in more than 40 countries and has a strong track record of delivering, commissioning, operating and supporting solutions in complex environments for over 25 years. Among our customer base of more than 70 operators, we proudly include Teleforum members Siminn, Føroya Tele and Ålcom.

Symsoft is a part of CLX Communications, a publically company listed on Nasdaq Nordic since 2015.

BRONZE

2OPERATE A/S

www.2operate.com

2operate provides a unique OSS solution, 2solve, using smart algorithms to boost productivity in Network Assurance processes. The solution reduces incident handling time by enabling personnel in both Frontline Support and Back Office to detect and diagnose network incidents faster. 2solve achieves automated incident diagnostics on top of vendor-specific OSS data by exploiting advanced statistical algorithms and pre-configured knowledge bases. Full return-on-investment of the deployment of 2solve is reached within months.

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SYMSOFT www.symsoft.com

ABIBA SYSTEMS

www.abibasystems.com

ABIBA Systems is an Advanced Big Data Analytics company focused on providing revenue enhancing solutions for telecom operators. Its advanced analytics and campaign management solutions are designed to be flexible, scalable and easy to use. They can be offered either on-premises or in the cloud. The ABIBA solution portfolio leverages the power of technology to enable executive management to quickly identify revenue maximization opportunities. Our BI and Analytical Campaign solutions enable our clients to gain meaningful insight from the disparate sources of multi format, high volume data and to plan and execute effective targeted customer actions.

ABIBA solutions have been deployed with telecom operators in 25 countries covering more than 100 million subscribers.

BLUE TELECOM CONSULTING (BlueTC®)

www.blue-tc.com

Blue Telecom Consulting is an independent consultancy with in-depth knowledge of telecom networks that provides innovative solutions and services aimed at evolving and optimising operator networks. The company works within the following main service lines: Network & Performance Analytics, IoT Service Monitoring and Assurance, IMS / VoLTE Services, including Testing Automation for voice interconnects, IMS Security and Conformance Audits, and finally System & Operational Automation and Optimisation.

The company works with leading operators globally, often in multivendor environments offering independent insights related to resolving complex problems.

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CERILLION

www.cerillion.com

Cerillion is a leading provider of billing, charging and customer management systems with more than 20 years’ experience delivering its solutions across a broad range of industries including the telecommunications, finance and transportation sectors. These are used to price and bill subscriptions and usage for wholesale, retail and white label services; B2B and B2C offerings and multi-country service provider portfolios.

CHARLES RUSSELL

www.charlesrussellspeechlys.com

Charles Russell Speechlys is a leading law firm headquartered in London with offices in the UK, Europe and the Middle East, specialising in the Communications, Media and Technology sectors. We have specialists in transactional, regulatory and litigation/dispute resolution matters, all with expertise in the communications’ and related fields. Thus, we advise on issues as diverse as cyber security/ data protection, infrastructure sharing, licence processes, MVNOs etc. We act for operators, regulators, governments and many other entities, including suppliers, customers and investors, in what is a global sector.

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5. SPONSOR REPRESENTATIVES

PLATINUM

HUAWEI

Mr. Junfeng Li

Mr. Limin Song

Mr. Xiujin Lai

President of CNBG, Huawei CEE & Nordic Region

Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer, Huawei CEE & Nordic Region

Vice country General Manager, Huawei Technologies S.A.

Mr. Zheng Li Country Manager

Mr. Nikolaos Lazaris Deputy Country Manager

Mr. Alexandros Mameletzis Solution Sales Manager

GOLD

CCS GROUP

Mr. Kory Logan Sales and Marketing Director

Mr. David Franjoso Solutions Architect

Mr. John Lenathen Manager Business Development

HANSEN TECHNOLOGIES

Mr. Daniel Ask Rühmann Sales Director Europe

Mr. Claus Rasmussen VP Product Development

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SILVER

OMNITELE

Mr. Arnold van Holten

POLYSTAR

Head of Sales & Marketing, region Europe

Mr. Göran Mannerstråle Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Ola Barthelson Business Region Director

SEPARATE REALITY

Mr. Nick Jennings Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Alistair Woodward Operations Director

SYMSOFT

Mr. Petter Naslund VP Product Management

Mr. Johan Rosendahl Chief Executive Officer

BRONZE

2OPERATE A/S

Mr. Lars Moltsen Chief Science Officer

ABIBA SYSTEMS

Mr. Sean Dexter Director

BLUE TELECOM CONSULTING

Mr. Ian Ginn UK Sales Director

CERILLION

Mr. Louis Hall Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Dominic Smith Marketing Director

CHARLES RUSSELL

Mr. Mark Moncreiffe Partner

Miss Elora Mukherjee Solicitor

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