Event Listings

Join us in Vienna this July and take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn from real-life case studies, network with your peers and industry experts and benchmark your own practices and strategies against those of your competitors.

CANTO 2008 will bring experts and policy makers from around the globe to discuss the issues impacting the Operators in areas such as:

• Enabling Environment - Harmonization of Regional Regulations and Policies

• ICT Services and Applications - Mobile Broadband Contents and IPTV

• Infrastructure and Readiness - Moving towards Convergence

• Leveraging IT Automation for Business Transformation

• Maximizing Customer Value/Building Loyalty

• Strategy and Operations

TM Forum Management World Africa (July 14-17, 2008) extends the established global Management World presence into Africa. This event is aimed at service providers from across Africa and related markets, as well as suppliers and integrators that support them. This event will focus on how services are changing and so too the way these services are created and managed. Africa embraces many countries and cultures with often quite different political and legislative procedures, and communications requirements and infrastructure. Consequently, this event will cover a diverse set of management issues for the region reflecting these many different fundamentals. For more information visit: http://tmforum.org/browse.aspx?catID=5564

The IPTV world Forum North America is the latest addition to the IPTV World Series. The inaugural show will be held in Chicago and will feature a free to attend exhibition and a pay to attend conference. For more details visit – www.iptv-northamerica.com

Harnessing The Opportunity Of Regional Scale By Developing Partnerships And Deploying Strong Value Propositions In Each South East Asian Countries

SE AsiaCom is the number 1 meeting place for the communications value chain in the region. It gathers thought leaders and purchasing decision makers from across SE Asia and the wider international community to learn, network and to do business.

IBC Latin America has the pleasure to announce the new edition of MobileCom Andean, which is going to be held on 28 to 29 July 2008 in Panamá, Republic of Panama. The event will offer two days of presentations and networking opportunities and is designed to foster and promote the development of Andean telecommunications markets. An exhibition showcasing the latest trends in services will be part of the event.

Over two days, regulatory agencies, service providers and solution providers will be invited to share their experiences and outlook regarding success strategies in the delivery of mobile services and applications that will change the telecommunications marketplace.

African Mobile Payments and Transactions Summit 2008 is a strategic, high profile conference and exhibition that will provide key updates on emerging business models and evaluate current technologies in relation to market realities whilst exploring practical strategies for the implementation of mobile payments and transactions in the emerging markets of Africa.Leading experts and regulators from Africa and beyond will delivere case-study presentations on how market players can successfully leverage the convergence of telecoms and financial services to deliver improved customer value and generate profitability.

Hundreds of ICT stakeholders attend CRC conferences each year, build relationships with senior decision makers, raise their profile before an international delegation, and share best practices with pioneers in the ICT industry. CRC 2008 will be focussing exclusively on the most urgent topics within rural ICT connectivity. As a valued colleague working in the ICT sector, I believe that your organisation is committed to, and has a significant role to play, in this development and I hope you will contribute to the success of this forum. I look forward to welcoming you to the forum in Malawi.
10 Key Reasons Why You Need To Attend CRC Africa:
1 Meet African Ministers, Regulators and Operators
2 Get the latest update on Malawi’s new licenses
3 Key highlights:- Ministerial panel, Regulatory panel and Operators panel
4 Learn from and interact with international ICT leaders
5 Benchmark your strategies against your regional and international colleagues
6 Presentations from industry experts who are spearheading rural connectivity
7 Network with senior decision makers from the private and public sectors
8 Benefit from training excellence – 3G and satellite workshops led by industry giants
9 Keep abreast of tomorrow’s technology today - the latest products and services demonstrated in the exclusive exhibition area
10 Your problematic questions answered – Q & A sessions throughout the forum allow you to quiz the speakers on the issues that matter to you

ITU Telecom Asia 2008 will represent the full reach of the Asia-Pacific ICT industry. From heads of industry to heads of government, key policy makers, innovators and visionaries, a full cross-section of the region's ICT industry will be represented at Asia 2008, plus from across the Asia-Pacific region in. Including a South East Asia Presence  through a major Thai Pavilion. The event will feature a dynamic Exhibition, an extensive Forum and much more.

Join us in Amsterdam and at our Interactive Forum on SDP & SOA you will listen to senior experts from telecom operators, top IT companies and internet service providers. You will be able to learn from their cutting-edge case studies on service upgrading with SDP and SOA, on business models and ROI optimization.