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Reducing Friction in the Digital Economy
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Platinum Partners

Amdocs Interactive

Ericsson

Nokia Siemens Networks

Gold Partners

Infonova

oracle

Gold Sponsors

Qualcomm

SAP

intel

Silver Partners

Blyk

Bronze Partners

Aepona

Martin Dawes

aepona

Microsoft

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Platinum Partners

Amdocs Interactive

Amdocs is the market leader in customer experience systems innovation. The company combines business and operational support systems, service delivery platforms, proven services, and deep industry expertise to enable service providers and their customers to do more in the connected world. Amdocs’ offerings help service providers explore new business models, differentiate through personalized customer experiences, and streamline operations. A global company with revenue of $2.86 billion in fiscal 2009, Amdocs has approximately 18,000 employees and serves customers in more than 60 countries worldwide. For more information, visit Amdocs at www.amdocs.com.

Ericsson

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.

 

Nokia Siemens Networks

Nokia Siemens Networks is a leading global enabler of communications services. The company provides a complete, well-balanced product portfolio of mobile and fixed network infrastructure solutions and addresses the growing demand for services with 20,000 service professionals worldwide. Nokia Siemens Networks is one of the largest telecommunications infrastructure companies with operations in 150 countries. The company is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.

 

intel

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.

 

Gold Partners

Infonova

Infonova was founded in 1989 and provides IT services and software development for customers from all industries and the public sector.

Infonova's first BSS was conceived and built for IP services at the incumbent carrier Telekom Austria in the mid 90's which resulted in the platform being specifically designed to deal with the complexity found in such incumbent environments.

Infonova also played a substantive role in IP leadership. The Infonova group worked with world's standards bodies: the ITU, the IETF and ETSI, holding the Vice Chair for TIPHON that was created in the ITU WG6 and engaged with IETF to deliver the ENUM standards.

Consequently, Infonova's latest front & back office BSS Release 6 platform contains sophisticated levels of BSS functionality that supports the convergence of Next Gen, IP and legacy services. The BSS Release 6 platform uses the latest technologies to deliver the capability and flexibility to support multiple tenant operators running multiple order to cash business models simultaneously.

Infonova BSS Release 6 enables an ecosystem orchestration for telcos, Mediacos, Utilities and other third parties to participate as suppliers and retail tenants in simple and complex two sided business models.

 

Oracle

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.

 

Gold Sponsors

Qualcomm

Qualcomm Internet Services
Creating Total Mobile Experiences
 
Today´s mobile consumers demand a diverse yet more personalized array of content delivered in an engaging, user-friendly experience.
But device fragmentation and rising costs have prevented operators, content providers, developers and device manufacturers from delivering what their customers want.
It´s time for a new approach.
 
Qualcomm Internet Services (QIS) is poised to overcome these obstacles, transforming traditional business models and creating new opportunities by facilitating the transition from mobile voice and data to mobile content and experiences. Our customers can now deliver a total mobile consumer experience – where everything you can do in the wire-line world meets everything you can only do wirelessly.
 
As the mobile ecosystem undergoes radical change, we need to collaborate and innovate to provide the most compelling customer experience and capture the imaginations of subscribers.
 
QIS is dedicated to helping our customers work and win together in this evolving mobile environment, maximizing the investments you´ve already made in your infrastructure and services. We offer secure, stable and scalable solutions that are deployable across any network, any platform or device type and are based on Qualcomm's unparalleled mobility experience and technological expertise.

 

SAP

SAP is the world’s leading provider of business software(*), offering applications and services that enable companies of all sizes and in more than 25 industries to become best-run businesses. With more than 86,000 customers in over 120 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE, under the symbol “SAP.”

The market-leading SAP for Telecommunications solution portfolio supports end-to-end enterprise business processes for wireline, wireless, cable, broadband, satellite, and multiservice operators. With 81% of the top 500 telecommunications service providers as customers and with proven success, SAP provides a compelling solution for your business.
For more information, visit www.sap.com/industries/telecom .   

(*) SAP defines business software as comprising enterprise resource planning and related applications.

 

Bronze Partners

Huawei

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.

 

Martin Dawes

Martin Dawes Systems is an award-winning vendor of customer management solutions for communications providers.  We enable customer-centric organizations to differentiate and grow by delivering process innovation, service efficiency and optimal business performance across the delivery and management chain. Martin Dawes Analytics, our data analytics business, is an agile software provider focused on improving business performance.

Martin Dawes Systems’ embraces the challenges faced by our customers in striving for positive customer management.  We do so quickly, cost-effectively and to the very highest standards.  

We have been working with fixed, mobile and internet providers for over 20 years and, as a former service provider, have an unmatched understanding of the demands of the business.  Our commitment to quality ensures we meet internationally-recognized quality standards.

Headquartered in the UK, we have offices in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific from which we support customers internationally, including Vodafone, BT, O2 and The Carphone Warehouse.

 

aepona

Aepona provides software products and service delivery solutions to Telcos globally, empowering them to embrace fully the emerging Network as a Service (NaaS) business model and unleash the full potential of their network assets.

Over the past 2 years, Aepona has been at the forefront of the mobile industry's evolution towards a new type of business model - Network as a Service, or 'NaaS' - and their award-winning Universal Service Platform has become the solution of choice for mobile operators implementing NaaS strategies globally.

More recently, the emergence of Cloud Computing, and its extension into the mobile domain, has brought a new dimension to NaaS: the vision of a global, interconnected 'Mobile Cloud' where application providers and enterprises will be able to access valuable network and billing capabilities across multiple Telco networks, making it easy for them to enrich their services - whether these applications run on a mobile device, in the web, in a SaaS Cloud, on the desktop, or on an enterprise server.

Aepona is now poised to become a leading player in the Mobile Cloud Computing marketplace. Their Universal Service Platform is a comprehensive, carrier-grade solution that contains all of the essential business and technical functions for Mobile Cloud Computing.

Moreover, through their work with both individual operator NaaS implementations and the GSMA Commercial Pilot, Aepona has gained unparalleled operational experience as well as commercial insights to the business models that will underpin this new era for the mobile telecoms industry.

 

Microsoft

Microsoft Communications Sector is responsible for advancing Microsoft’s strategy for the communications industry and for the marketing and sales of all Microsoft offerings, including industry solutions, services and core Microsoft products, to communications service providers, hosting providers, and media and entertainment companies.

Meeting the Needs of Communications Companies
As service providers continue to invest in building out their networks, they are looking to create and deliver compelling value-added services and generate new revenue streams by expanding their service portfolios to include new offerings such as unified communications, computing, portals and search, mobility, television, music, and gaming. Microsoft is committed to partnering with service providers to leverage our respective assets and collective strengths to deliver rich user experiences through the seamless integration of services across multiple screens. We offer products and services such as Microsoft Mediaroom, Windows Phone and Microsoft Online Services. We also work with key industry ISVs and SIs to help ensure service providers have the enabling infrastructure to support faster time to market for these new services.