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Broadband events preview
Following a comparatively quiet summer, the conference season begins to pick up pace again at this time of year. Not surprisingly, a fair number of them are set to address the wide ranging opportunities that broadband presents to the telecoms industry.
At CNIT La Defense in Paris, the Broadband World Forum Europe features over 100 exhibiting companies, covering some 2000 square meters of exhibition space, as well as an extensive conference programme which includes a variety of keynote presentations from the likes of Alain Maloberti of Orange, Alcatel’s Mike Quigley, Roland Kittel of Deutsche Telekom, and Greg Douglass from Accenture. Chaired by France Telecom’s Jean-Philippe Vanot, the conference also offers more than 40 individual breakout session, as well as Plenary Panels, Hot Seat Sessions and Industry Overviews.
The focus of the event is on content development, technology and business sessions programmes particularly highlighting Europe’s leadership in wireless technology and applications unique to the European market.
Complementing the Broadband World Forum is the WiMAX GlobalCom Forum, aimed at the latest developments in the area of fixed and mobile wireless services.
Broadband World Forum, CNIT, La Defense, Paris, October 9-12 2006. Details: www.iec.org.
In Berlin, a little later in the year, VON Europe is set to address not only VoIP, but also the transformation of communications driven by IP convergence – from IMS to IPTV, Voice over WiFi, Wimax and more.
The Conference, which runs for three days, will cover such topics as Profitability of Broadband Networks, IPTV Architectures, IMS Form vs IMS Function, The IP Based Contact Centre, and VoIP Secrets of Success, and will feature such speakers as Stephan Scholz of Siemens, Deutsche Telekom’s Voker Binder, Grant Lenahan of Telcordia, Skype’s Jonathan Christensen, and Yahoo’s Jeff Bonforte.
VON Europe has grown fairly rapidly in recent years – from an attendance of 1000 executives from 38 countries at the London event in 2004, to 3600 attendees from 68 countries in Stockholm in the Spring of 2006. The aim of the event, according to the organisers, is to build communities to network and share strategies that result in invention, implementation and distribution of technology that will underpin future success.
VON Europe Autumn, ICC Berlin, November 6-8 2006. Details: www.voneurope.com
In Moscow, the organisers of the Broadband Russia and CIS Summit believe their event offers a fantastic opportunity for companies to broaden their contact base and network with Russian and CIS industry leaders, while delegates can also obtain first-hand information on the latest trends and developments in the sector. Supported by the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of Russia, the Federal Agency of Information technologies of Russia, the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service of Russia, and OJSC Rostelecom, Broadband Russia features over 50 broadband technology stands and displays in the conference networking area, as well as the two-day conference.
The event conference features some 40 speakers, covering such topics as IP over Satellite and Broadband, DSL Access Technologies, ISPs, WiMAX LAN, Multimedia VoIP, Video and Data Technology, IPTV, Wi-Fi, Legal and Licensing Framework, Regulatory Issues, and Policy Reform, and with participation from such countries as Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Turkey, provides an effective overview of telecommunications in the region.
Certainly the region offers huge potential for telecoms. In Russia alone, annual growth of the telecoms sector is running above 20 per cent, and having by-passed the heavy investment made by the West into what is now an obsolete telecoms technology in the 1980s and 1990, Russia is in a strong position to capitalise on more recent developments in broadband and wireless communications. Indeed, the number of broadband users in 2005 totalled 5.5 million, an increase of 47 per cent. Internet Access Services accounted for 10 per cent of broadband revenue, and this is expected to rise to 36 per cent in 2008.
The sector remains potentially one of the most rewarding for foreign investors and manufacturers.
Broadband and Telecoms Russia and CIS 2006, Marriott Grand Hotel, Moscow, November 21-22 2006. Details: www.broadband-conference.com
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