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Article no.: |
1 |
| Topic: |
Broadband growth in Africa and Tanzania |
| Author: |
John S. Nkoma |
| Title: |
Director General |
| Organisation: |
Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) |
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316KB |
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| About author: |
John S. Nkoma is the Director General of the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA). As CEO his responsibilities include the regulation of telecommunications, broadcasting, postal services; licensing; management of the radio frequency spectrum, numbering, electronic and other ICTs. Prior to joining TCRA he has held posts as Professor of Physics, Dean of Science, Head of Department at the University of Botswana and Head of Physics at the University of Dar es Salaam.
John S. Nkoma holds BSc (UDSM), MSc (Essex) and PhD (Essex) degrees and certificates in Telecommunications Regulation, Numbering, Spectrum Management and Strategic Management. He has also published several research papers and university level textbooks. |
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| Article abstract: |
| The growth of the African, of the Tanzanian, telecommunications sector is due to many factors. Technology and falling prices are of course among the reasons, but the liberalisation of the sector in Tanzania and the rest of Africa has been just as important. In this respect, the policies, legislation, regulations and the licensing framework have been as important as the enabling technologies, especially mobile telephony, broadband wireless and the ambitious submarine cable projects to affordably connect Africa to the world. |
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Article no.: |
2 |
| Topic: |
Overlooked opportunities in emerging markets |
| Author: |
Jim Marsh |
| Title: |
CEO |
| Organisation: |
Cable & Wireless Worldwide |
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268KB |
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| About author: |
Jim Marsh is CEO at Cable & Wireless Worldwide, and a member of the UK Operating Board. Mr Marsh joined Cable & Wireless through its acquisition of Energis where he was Director of Retail. Before joining Energis, Mr Marsh was Chief Operating Officer at Atos KPMG Consulting, overseeing the consulting business across all its industry sectors. Prior to becoming a partner at KPMG, he was head of strategic planning at Boots the Chemists.
Jim Marsh is a qualified chartered accountant specialising in corporate finance and recovery. |
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| Emerging territories such as Africa’s present huge opportunities for multinationals and the investment these companies can bring to these markets can be a significant factor in building emerging economies. Investment is often held back by the emerging regions’ generally poor telecoms infrastructure that is often unable to support operations. This is increasingly becoming an irrelevant concern in Africa, given the significant submarine cable investment throughout the region with five new cables due to go live in the next two years. |
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Article no.: |
3 |
| Topic: |
Switching on Russia |
| Author: |
Igor Kelshev |
| Title: |
Senior Vice President and Head of International Operations |
| Organisation: |
TTK |
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440KB |
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| About author: |
Igor Kelshev is the Senior Vice President and Head of International Operations at TTK (TransTeleCom). Mr Kelshev has worked in business development for a number of Russian and Ukrainian trade companies, importing goods from the Asia-Pacific region. Before joining TTK (TransTeleCom), he served as General Director of Transneft-Orel, a subsidiary of Transneft, the Russian oil transit monopoly. He also worked for Kachalov and Colleagues, managing market research, company strategy and product distribution for FMCG clients.
Igor Kelshev graduated from Tomsk State University and his post-graduation education includes the London School of Public Relations. |
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| Russian telecommunications has been growing rapidly since the sector’s liberalisation; it is now an important driver of the economy. In addition to meeting growing domestic communications needs, Russia’s telecom sector offers an efficient alternative to the submarine cables currently linking the highly developed western and eastern economies, an attractive content market and a gateway to the growing CIS economies. A new Russia, ‘switched-on’ by the Internet, hungry for broadband and rich content is also emerging. |
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Article no.: |
4 |
| Topic: |
Cloud computing - fad or e-business revolution? |
| Author: |
Richard Curran |
| Title: |
Director Enterprise Server and Software Enabling Group |
| Organisation: |
INTEL, EMEA |
| PDF size: |
440KB |
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| About author: |
Richard Curran is the Director of the Enterprise Server and Software Enabling Group at INTEL, EMEA. Mr Curran also leads a team of Strategic Relationship Managers responsible for enabling Intel’s Global ISV and GTM activities with its key software partners. Prior to this role he served in a number of high-level posts including as co-leader of the EMEA Customer Solutions Marketing and Sales teams, and as head of Intel’s Services Organisation in EMEA. Mr Curran joined Intel from Compaq where he worked in server executive roles including as Director, Pre-Sale Centers EMEA and Director, Services Product Support & New Products, EMEA. Before Compaq, Mr Curran was Country Manager of Concurrent Computer Italy, managing day-to-day sales and services operations.
Richard Curran is an Electronics Engineer and a graduate from Cork, Ireland. |
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| Article abstract: |
| Cloud computing is neither a passing fad nor a cure-all; it will grow strongly in coming years. Massive data centres, located ‘out there’ on the Web will increasingly provide virtual infrastructure, applications or software on a pay-as-you-go basis. It can deliver impressive savings and access to an astounding range of IT facilities, but there are real security concerns, the savings for some companies are not clear, and there may be significant governance and compliance issues involved. |
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Article no.: |
5 |
| Topic: |
Femtocells - a new delivery model for mobile broadband |
| Author: |
Sanjeev Verma |
| Title: |
Co-Founder and VP, Business Development |
| Organisation: |
Airvana |
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196KB |
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| About author: |
Sanjeev Verma is a co-founder and the Vice President of Business Development of Airvana, focusing on strategic direction and expansion into new markets. Prior to founding Airvana, Mr Verma was Director of Marketing and Business Development for Broadband Networking at Motorola, responsible for wireless and wireline broadband residential gateway solutions. Mr Verma has an extensive software development background, and was also a senior manager in Motorola’s strategy group responsible for the Internet and Networking Group’s broadband networking strategy.
Sanjeev Verma holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rhode Island. |
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| Article abstract: |
| Mobile broadband is growing rapidly, so rapidly that the available radiofrequency spectrum and traditional network architectures can no longer handle the traffic. Femtocells, tiny cellular base stations, create mobile networks within the home or office. Femtocells economically deliver mobile voice and data services using existing fixed broadband infrastructure instead of expensive dedicated lines for backhaul, so households can effectively ‘re-use’ scarce radio frequency spectrum, thereby reducing the need to invest in the construction and operation of costly cell tower sites. |
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Article no.: |
6 |
| Topic: |
Free-to-air mobile TV broadcasting in Europe |
| Author: |
Weijie Yun |
| Title: |
CEO, Co-Founder |
| Organisation: |
Telegent |
| PDF size: |
320KB |
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| About author: |
Weijie Yun is the CEO, Co-Founder of Telegent; he is responsible for setting the company’s strategic vision. Dr Yun is a serial entrepreneur; prior to Telegent, Dr Yun led marketing and product management at Berkana Wireless, Inc., later acquired by Qualcomm. Dr Yun also served as the founding President and CEO of AIP Networks and was a founder and director of SiTek, Inc., a spin-off resulting from his work developed at BEI Technologies’ Microengineering Technology Center.
Weijie Yun received his MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. |
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| Article abstract: |
| In most of the world, mobile TV has grown slowly. There are several hardware standards and there is no widely accepted business model. Free-to-air mobile TV, on the other hand, lets mobile handsets manufactured with an inexpensive TV chip access normal broadcast TV. Since operators do not need to invest in expensive infrastructure or content, they can market these phones cheaply and profit from premium services and simultaneous SMS. Broadcasters also like these phones since they expand their viewer base. |
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Article no.: |
7 |
| Topic: |
A new era of security |
| Author: |
Anthony O’Mara |
| Title: |
Vice-President |
| Organisation: |
EMEA, Trend Micro |
| PDF size: |
196KB |
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| About author: |
Anthony O’Mara is the Vice-President of Trend Micro for Europe Middle East Africa (EMEA). Mr O’Mara joined Trend Micro as European finance director and was quickly promoted to the role of Finance and Operations Director for EMEA and then to his current role. Prior to Trend Micro Mr O’Mara worked at Axent technology, prior to its acquisition by Symantec Corp., and at Sun Microsystems. Mr O’Mara began his career at DHL Africa.
Anthony O’Mara is a graduate of Ennis College. |
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| Article abstract: |
| Security threats - and the organised criminals perpetrating them - have changed dramatically over the past few years, but the security industry’s response has hardly changed. In addition to traditional worms, viruses and Trojans, we now have to contend with spam, spyware intelligent ‘botnets’, denial of service attacks and, now, Web-based multi-stage and multi-variant threats distributed over many hosts. A new approach to enterprise security is needed and moving protection into the ‘cloud’ - onto the Internet - holds the key. |
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Article no.: |
8 |
| Topic: |
Broadband profitability and control of revenue content and services |
| Author: |
Tim Porter |
| Title: |
Vice President EMEA, |
| Organisation: |
Oracle Communications Global Business Unit |
| PDF size: |
520KB |
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Tim Porter is Vice President of the EMEA region for the Oracle Communications Global Business Unit. Mr Porter joined Oracle through the Portal. Mr Porter had been with the Portal, initially as the Global Vice President for Vodafone, before embarking on his current role. Based in the UK, he is responsible for Oracle solutions in the Billing & Revenue Management, Operational Support Systems and Service Delivery Platform areas for regional & global telecommunications, media and content service providers. Mr Porter has a wealth of experience in the telecoms, utilities and software industries. Throughout his career he has been involved in sales, delivery and business management roles and worked in various organisations including Digital Equipment, IBM and Sema Group plus a previous period with Oracle. Tim Porter also held a commission in the Fleet Air Arm and played Rugby Union and Rugby League at a high level.
He has a degree in Social and Political History and an MBA. |
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| Article abstract: |
| Broadband gives operators direct access to customers and enables rapid delivery of new applications and services. Regardless of bandwidth, an operator’s success resides in its ability to provide reliable access to services and learn how to monetise them effectively. Increasingly, third party developers and partners are launching new applications and services over carrier networks with little monetary benefit to the operator. Nevertheless, operators can take steps to ensure their infrastructure can effectively monetise new services and avoid missing valuable revenue. |
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Article no.: |
9 |
| Topic: |
Unified communications - necessity vs. cost |
| Author: |
Edward T. Higase |
| Title: |
Managing Director EMEA |
| Organisation: |
Global Crossing |
| PDF size: |
196KB |
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As Global Crossing’s Managing Director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Edward T. Higase is responsible for the company’s sales, marketing and operations efforts in the regions. Previously, Mr Higase was Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Experience Officer for Global Crossing. Mr Higase also served as Global Crossing’s Executive Vice President, worldwide carrier services in which capacity he oversaw the wholesale carrier voice and data business worldwide, serving fixed and mobile telecom carriers, cable TV, ISP, and ASP customers.
Mr Higase began his career with AT&T in Japan where he held a wide range of senior and executive positions in marketing, sales and business management across AT&T’s business markets division, consumer markets division, outsourcing unit, and the international business unit. He last served as Service Line Director for networked voice premises management at AT&T Solutions’ world headquarters in New Jersey, U.S. |
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| Communications technology has revolutionised businesses; telephones, email, mobile phones, mobile Internet devices all change the way people work and interact. Unified communications provide a common interface to link geographically dispersed employees, customers, and providers in unified virtual environment, cutting travel and costs and enhancing productivity. Converged IP technology can improve companies’ competitive advantage, simplify their internal operations, increase productivity and optimise costs. Today, companies can readily outsource these highly sophisticated communications services to reduce investments and concentrate on their core competencies. |
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Article no.: |
10 |
| Topic: |
Distribution networks - the heart of mobile money |
| Author: |
Vincent Kadar |
| Title: |
CEO and President |
| Organisation: |
Telepin Software |
| PDF size: |
160KB |
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| About author: |
Vincent Kadar is the President and CEO of Telepin Software, a provider of mobile money transaction platforms. Vincent has more than 16 years of executive experience in software technology companies for wireless and telecom networks. Prior to Telepin, Software Mr Kadar was founder and CTO of Airwide Solutions, a provider of mobile messaging. Mr Kadar also served as Director of Wireless Technology at InfoSpace Inc, and in senior technology positions at CrossKeys Systems and Accenture. Mr Kadar has several patents registered in the areas of networking and wireless services, and is a frequent author and speaker on mobile money trends and issues.
Vincent Kadar holds an HBSc in Computer Science. |
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| The secret of mobile money systems is the distribution network behind them - the innumerable merchants working with mobile operators to top up pre-paid airtime minutes and the point-of-sale (POS) terminal, the automatic teller machines, ATMs that serve the same purpose. It is at these points that one deposits money in the system or takes it out. It is this distribution system that is changing the lives of millions of people who never before had access to the banking system. |
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Article no.: |
11 |
| Topic: |
Wireless broadband? In emerging markets, |
| Author: |
Justin Ho |
| Title: |
Co-CEO |
| Organisation: |
Utiba Pte Ltd Singapore |
| PDF size: |
200KB |
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Justin Ho is the Co-CEO of Singapore based Utiba Pte Ltd, a pioneer in the field of mobile based transaction systems. Mr Ho carries more than two decades of experience in the technology and finance domains. Before founding Utiba, Mr Ho had worked with NCR and Compaq Computers at various senior positions related to security and electronic commerce. He also founded Emerge Asia and was its Managing Director.
Justin Ho holds an Engineering degree from the University of Melbourne. |
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| Article abstract: |
| Mobile money is a revolutionary service for people in developing and emerging markets. It gives people without access to traditional banking services all the advantages of a bank. For workers from developing regions working in other countries or cities mobile money is an economic lifeline to their families, letting them easily and inexpensively transfer the money they earn abroad to their families. In developed countries, mobile broadband provides sophisticated services, but in emerging markets, SMS is more than sufficient for their needs. |
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Article no.: |
12 |
| Topic: |
Broadband: Where to next? |
| Author: |
Karl Triebes |
| Title: |
Chief Technical Officer |
| Organisation: |
F5 Networks |
| PDF size: |
200KB |
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Karl Triebes is the Chief Technical Officer at F5 Networks; he is responsible for overseeing the company’s technology roadmap and engineering team. Prior to joining F5, Mr Triebes was CTO and Vice President of Engineering at Foundry Networks in San Jose, where he was responsible for the strategic direction of corporate product architectures, including the technology roadmap.
Karl Triebes received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from San Diego State University. |
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| Today, mobile network Operators (MNOs), increasingly offer high-speed, 3G, wireless broadband. Devices such as the iPhone, and the services they make possible, are among the chief drivers of demand for mobile broadband. Although broadband generates significant revenues, for mobile operators it also creates network capacity and performance challenges that operators must meet to maintain their quality of service and retain their subscribers. LTE, a 4G technology, will provide broadband speeds of up to 100MBPS, 20 times faster than DSL connections. |
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Article no.: |
13 |
| Topic: |
Integrating network planning with fulfilment |
| Author: |
Francis Haysom |
| Title: |
VP Solution Architecture |
| Organisation: |
Telcordia |
| PDF size: |
508KB |
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Francis Haysom is the Chief Solution Architect of Telcordia’s Strategy Organisation; he is responsible for defining the company’s strategic solutions and market direction. Dr Haysom has over 20 years’ experience in telecoms BSS and OSS software. Prior to Telcordia, he was Vice President of OSS Architecture at Cramer Systems. Dr Haysom was one of the original employees of Cramer and was responsible for the creation and development of its professional services organisation and its strategic deployment architecture.
Francis Haysom received his PhD from the University of Bath and a B.Sc. in Engineering Science from the University of Exeter. |
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| Planning, evolving and building out modern networks is a complex undertaking. At most communications service providers, the job is made even more difficult by the lack of integrated databases that can consolidate and present an integrated view of all the information needed to control the plan-to-provision process. Typically, the information about the activities that go into preparing a network for a new service are contained in separate, originally paper-based systems making it difficult for both management and operational teams to work efficiently. |
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Article no.: |
14 |
| Topic: |
VoIP and video conferencing - does quality of service cut it? |
| Author: |
Joe Frost |
| Title: |
VP Marketing |
| Organisation: |
Psytechnics |
| PDF size: |
188KB |
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| About author: |
| Joe Frost is Psytechnics’ Vice President of Marketing; he has nearly 30 years’ experience in the IT and networking industry. Mr Frost has spent his entire career working in IT, starting as an engineer and networking consultant at Digital Equipment, then moving into product management and marketing roles at 3Com, Cisco Systems, Inktomi and JacobsRimell. |
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| Despite the great advances in telecommunications technology, technical problems users are often dissatisfied with the quality of service (QoS) received and the quality of experience (QoE) perceived. Businesses use video conferencing to eliminate travel, but picture quality is often so bad they must revert to a voice-only call. Most carriers use management tools that tell if the signal arrived - the QoS. Few as of yet can monitor the quality of the signal, the QoE, for each and every call. |
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