Events

CommunicAsia and EnterpriseIT Set to Address Satellite Connectivity Across Business Environments

Singapore, November 9, 2012--Next year will see CommunicAsiaand EnterpriseIT, Asia’s leading ICT industry event, bring together hundreds of companies as demand for greater connectivity increases, new technologies continue to be deployed and more players come into play. Both shows – held from 18 to 21 June 2013, will be housed at the Marina Bay Sands and have already witnessed strong exhibition space bookings by returning and new exhibitors, seven months ahead of the event.

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The Game Change in Satellite Service Provision

by Martin Jarrold

London, UK,  November 7, 2012--Broadband is the hot topic around the world. Demand for spectrum never abates. Profound statements indeed! Over the years, satellite systems have responded to the increasing demand for more-and-more spectrum, at lower-and-lower cost, in order to facilitate expanded broadband access, by developing ever more efficient, powerful, and cost-effective space and ground segments.

Fresh Opportunities at CASBAA 2012

Hong Kong,  October 31, 2012– A strong push towards investment in relevant local content and newly emerging markets took centre stage on the first day of the CASBAA Convention 2012 in Hong Kong. Featuring global and Asian industry leaders, regulators, media personalities and technologists the conference line-up pinpointed key trends facing the industry today.

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Broadband World Forum Enters New Era

London, UK, October 25, 2012-- the Broadband World Forum, took the broadband industry into a new era of connectivity and services, as thousands of visitors filled Amsterdam’s RAI Exhibition Centre last week. The new venue and fresh new programme reflected the evolving nature of the industry, specifically focussing on the power of broadband to transform lives and the possibilities and opportunities with innovation. It debates the challenges for broadband networks, the policy that governs them and the applications and services that drive demand.

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ITU Telecom World 2012 Highlights Wealth of Opportunities in Transformed ICT Market

Dubai, UAE, October 18, 2012--ITU Telecom World 2012 brought together industry representatives and government leaders at the highest level to engage in five days of critical dialogue on networking, knowledge-sharing and the challenges defining the information and communication technology (ICT) sector as well as the opportunities arising from it.

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The 31st Annual MILCOM Conference and Expo Returns to Orlando, Florida

Orlando, Florida, October 17, 2012--The thirty-first annual MILCOM Conference and Exposition, “Trusted Communications…Awareness to Action”, will be held at the Gaylord Palms Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, October 29 through November 1.  Co-sponsored by AFCEA International and the IEEE Communications Society, and hosted by Harris Corporation, MILCOM is the premier international conference for military communications. It gathers the leading minds of government, military, industry and academia in an interactive forum to further explore, define and leverage the benefits networks bring to today’s and tomorrow’s challenges. MILCOM 2012 gives industry the opportunity to promote communications technologies and services to commanders from all branches of the armed forces, Department of Defense, federal government, and the heads of multi-national forces from around the globe.

CASBAA Convention 2012: Tapping the Knowledge

Hong Kong, October 15, 2012– The CASBAA Convention 2012, October 29 to November 1, 2012 at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, will field a roster of speakers to debate the multichannel TV industry in the Asia Pacific. Themed “18 Reasons Why”, this year’s line-up offers the most compelling reasons the CASBAA Convention is the “must-attend” industry event in Asia.

New South East Asia Oil and Gas Dynamics Bring Satcom Industry Focus to Regional Market Opportunities

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 9, 2012--The Crowne Plaza Mutiara Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, will be the venue for the next conference in the GVF-EMP Oil & Gas Communications Series on 20th-21st November 2012. ‘Oil & Gas Communications South East Asia 2012: Re-Defining the Digital Oilfield – Onshore, Offshore, Deep& Ultra-Deep Water’ will be the 16th event in the global conference series, and will be held just as new hydrocarbons reserves are becoming accessible to the international exploration and production (E&P) environment.

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ITU Telecom World 2012 Explores Challenges and Opportunities from the Radical Transformation of ICT sector

Stage set for critical debates in Dubai, 14-18 October 2012

Geneva, October 8, 2012 – With under one week to go until ITU Telecom World 2012 kicks off five days of critical debate in Dubai from 14 to 18 October, leading names from across the global ICT ecosystem are set to share knowledge and build consensus on the current profound transformation of the ICT sector, and its implications for the industry, for other vertical sectors and for the world in which we live.

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Build, Buy or Partner: OTTtv World Summit Helps Telcos Respond to the Rise of OTT

London, UK, October 4, 2012– With the number of people viewing online video via connected devices predicted to leap to 380 million globally by 2015*, OTTtv is at the forefront of connected entertainment and is undoubtedly an industry with huge potential. This provides the setting for this year’s OTTtv World Summit, where industry heavyweights Gerry O’Sullivan, SVP of Global TV and Entertainment at Deutsche Telekom, and Terry Denson, VP of Content and Acquisition at Verizon, will explore and debate whether telcos should build, buy or partner, in order to respond to this rapidly growing industry.

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