Sponsors

Platinum Partners

Ericsson is the world's leading provider of technology and services to telecom operators. Ericsson is the leader in 2G, 3G and 4G mobile technologies, and provides support for networks with over 2 billion subscribers and has the leading position in managed services. The company's portfolio comprises mobile and fixed network infrastructure, telecom services, software, broadband and multimedia solutions for operators, enterprises and the media industry. The Sony Ericsson and ST-Ericsson joint ventures provide consumers with feature-rich personal mobile devices.

Ericsson is advancing its vision of being the "prime driver in an all-communicating world" through innovation, technology, and sustainable business solutions. Working in 175 countries, more than 80,000 employees generated revenue of SEK 206.5 billion (USD 27.1 billion) in 2009. Founded
in 1876 with the headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, Ericsson is listed on OMX NASDAQ, Stockholm and NASDAQ New York.

• www.ericsson.com
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• www.youtube.com/ericssonpress

 

Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking, providing the broadest line of solutions for transporting data, voice, and video within buildings, across campuses, or globally. Cisco Internet Protocol-based (IP) networking solutions are the foundation of the Internet and most corporate, education, and government networks worldwide.
 
Cisco is recognized as a pioneer, using the Internet to provide customer support, sell products, offer training, and manage finances. The tradition of innovation continues as Cisco creates leading products and key technologies to make the Internet more useful and dynamic in the years ahead.

• www.cisco.com

 

Gold Partners

Connectiva Systems is a revenue management software company whose solutions enable telecom, media and utility companies to reduce revenue leakage, minimize fraud, lower churn, improve operational effectiveness and increase overall profitability.

Leading global service providers ranging from 2 million to 100+ million subscribers and in a variety of segments across mobile, cable, wireline and business services have partnered with Connectiva to identify and recover more than $500 million in revenue leakage. Connectiva has won numerous awards and has been consistently recognized as a thought leader in revenue management.

Headquartered in New York City, the company is privately held and has offices in Bonn, London, Kolkata, Kuala Lumpur, Mexico City and New Delhi. For more information, please go to www.ConnectivaSystems.com

Credit Suisse AG is one of the world's leading financial services providers and is part of the Credit Suisse group of companies (referred to here as 'Credit Suisse'). As an integrated bank, Credit Suisse offers clients its combined expertise in the areas of private banking, investment banking and asset management. Credit Suisse provides advisory services, comprehensive solutions and innovative products to companies, institutional clients and high-net-worth private clients globally, as well as to retail clients in Switzerland. Credit Suisse is headquartered in Zurich and operates in over 50 countries worldwide. The group employs approximately 49,200 people. The registered shares (CSGN) of Credit Suisse's parent company, Credit Suisse Group AG, are listed in Switzerland and, in the form of American Depositary Shares (CS), in New York. Further information about Credit Suisse can be found at www.credit-suisse.com

 

Intel microprocessor architecture is now available in everything from Digital Set Top Boxes, Internet Tablets, Media Phones, Smartphones, NetBooks and Notebooks and Embedded devices to the most powerful energy-efficient servers and network infrastructure equipment. With common software and development environments across these devices, the services innovator and developer ecosystem can focus on new ARPU and / or reducing OpEx and CapEx. Intel Corporation products enable you to deliver a more compelling digital life-style and business-style experience for driving revenue, winning new subscribers, and minimizing churn.

Intel is the world leader in microprocessor silicon innovation, technology innovation, and products and initiatives to continually advance how people live and work.

Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom.

 

Oracle is #1 in Communications globally with 20 of the world's top 20 communications companies running Oracle applications. Oracle Communications integrates industry-specific BSS and OSS solutions with a standards-based service delivery portfolio, as well as the capabilities of Oracle's industry-leading enterprise applications, business intelligence tools, and carrier-grade middleware and database technologies. Oracle Communications enables service providers to deliver next generation convergent services rapidly, increase customer satisfaction and loyalty, and reduce costs in the business and the network.

• Oracle.com/communications

 

Silver Partners

Aricent is a global innovation, technology and services company focused exclusively on communications. A strategic supplier to the world's foremost infrastructure, application and service providers, Aricent combines the leading innovation capabilities of frog design with unparalleled domain expertise in communications to co-create, along with its customers, the world’s most innovative communications products and services. Headquartered in Palo Alto CA, Aricent is a recognized world leader in innovation and telecom R&D services. With operations across 19 countries worldwide, we help our customers to solve the  most complex communication challenges. For more information visit www.aricent.com

 

Blyk is a mobile messaging media that partners with MNO’s to link young people with media content and brands, in order to create shared advertising revenues .  Blyk launched its innovative mobile service in the UK in September 2007 and quickly became known as a leader in mobile advertising, audience engagement, and for its ability to drive unprecedented response rates and return on investment for advertisers.

Blyk pioneered the use of interactive text and multi-media messaging as an advertising format, leveraging the most predominant, everyday behaviour of young people (sending and receiving messages on their phones) and enabling them to communicate with brands in the same way they do with their friends.  

Blyk partners with Orange in the UK and Vodafone in The Netherlands and is soon to launch in India.

Blyk has offices in Helsinki, London, Amsterdam, Delhi and Singapore.  For more information, please visit www.blyk.com

 

GlobeCast (www.globecast.com): A subsidiary of France Telecom/Orange, GlobeCast is a leading provider of media management and global content delivery services for broadcasters and content creators.  With a secure fiber and satellite network connected to dozens of teleports, technical operations centers and points-of-presence worldwide, GlobeCast manages and transports millions of hours of video and other rich media each year.   An integrator of audiovisual technology and a full service provider, GlobeCast works with all the actors in the audiovisual chain from production companies to broadcasters, retail organizations, cinema chains and more. The company provides on-site service from major news and sporting events for coverage in SD, HD or even 3D.  Present in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Australia, GlobeCast is also an expert in international television markets, and works with new and established broadcasters to reach and secure distribution with leading pay TV operators around the world.

 

Bronze Partners

Huawei Software is one of the four divisions (namely, Network, Software, Service, and Terminal) of Huawei. Our mission is to help telecommunications carriers enhance their operational revenues, improve operational efficiency, and ultimately achieving business success through  an open application environment, an intelligent operation platform, and rapid professional services.

Huawei Software is organized into 3 business lines: Consumer, Enterprise, and BSS product lines to better serve our customers. We provide end-to-end solutions such as the SDP and Digital Shopping Mall Solution, BSS Solution, Digital Home Solution, Rich Communication Solution (RCS), and Mobile Office Solution. Huawei Software focuses on the pressure and challenges of customers.  We proactively respond to customers' needs and help carriers develop long-term values on their assets & operations.

• www.huawei.com