Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is a world leader in computing innovation. The company designs and builds the essential technologies that serve as the foundation for the world’s computing devices. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom and blogs.intel.com
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Nokia SiemensNetworks — is a leading global enabler of telecommunications services. With its focus on innovation and sustainability, the company provides a complete portfolio of mobile, fixed and converged network technology, as well as professional services including consultancy and systems integration, deployment, maintenance and managed services. It is one of the largest telecommunications hardware, software and professional services companies in the world. Operating in 150 countries, its headquarters are in Espoo, Finland. www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com
Engage in conversation about Nokia Siemens Networks’ aim to reinvent the connected world at http://unite.nokiasiemensnetworks.com and talk about its news at http://blogs.nokiasiemensnetworks.com Find out if your country is exploiting the full potential of connectivity at http://connectivityscorecard.org
Silver Sponsor:
QUALCOMM Incorporated is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on the Company's Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital technology. Headquartered in San Diego, California. (www.qualcomm.com). QUALCOMM is a Fortune 500 company, is included in the S&P 500 Index and is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Marketa under the ticker symbol QCOM.
The Company’s business areas include CDMA chipsets WCDMA, CDMA 2000 1X, EV-DO, and system software; technology licensing; the Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless™ (BREW™) applications platform; QChat™ push-to-talk technology; Eudora® e-mail software; digital cinema systems; and satellite-based systems including portions of the Globalstar™ system and wireless fleet management systems, OmniTRACS® and OmniExpress®. QUALCOMM owns patents that are essential to all of the CDMA wireless telecommunications standards that have been adopted or proposed for adoption by standards-setting bodies worldwide. QUALCOMM has licensed its essential CDMA patent portfolio to more than 115 telecommunications equipment manufacturers worldwide. www.qualcomm.com
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Skylogic is the leading European provider of broadband satellite communication services for businesses, public administrations and end users. Skylogic’s headquarters are located in Turin with commercial subsidiaries in various European countries, including Germany, the UK, France, Spain, Greece and Poland, as well as in Turkey. Skylogic is part of the Eutelsat Group, Europe’s leading satellite operator with capacity on 27 satellites covering over 150 countries.Skylogic’s satellite networks are connected to leading service providers via fibre optic links to deliver connectivity throughout Europe, the Mediterranean basin, the Middle East, North Africa and the Americas. Skylogic’s two teleports (SkyPark in Turin and Skylogic Mediterraneo near Cagliari in Sardinia) are among the largest satellite service platforms in the world. Both are supported by specialist teams who guarantee efficient bandwidth assignment, total network control, and excellent service quality 24 hours a day.
Huawei is a world-leading telecom solutions provider focused on building long-term partnerships with telecom operators. Through our passionate employees and unmatched R&D capabilities, we respond quickly to customers’ needs with a comprehensive, customized set of offerings. Huawei’s products and solutions are deployed in over 100 countries and serve 45 of the world’s top 50 operators, as well as over one billion users worldwide. In 2009, Huawei recorded USD21.8 billion in contract orders.
In line with the industry’s vision of an All IP network and Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) environment, Huawei offers one of the broadest end-to-end product portfolios including: Wireless products, Core network products, Network products, Software solutions, Terminals.
As at end of December 2009, Huawei has over 95,000 employees with an average localization rate of 57%. 42 percent of employees are engaged in R&D activities. Each year, Huawei invests about 10% of its revenues into R&D and operates innovation centres across the world that is part of an integrated product development processes. Huawei has 17 global R&D centres all over the world.
In line with its commitment to intellectual property rights, Huawei leads the world with Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications filed in 2009, according to the World Intellectual Property Organization. As at the end of Dec, 2009, Huawei has cumulatively lodged 42,543 patent applications.
Huawei also drives the development of industry standards through active participation in 123 international standardization organizations.
Session Sponsor:
Evanti start-up is a spin off from the R&D Department of the federal satellite operator “Raduga-Internet”. In2011 Evanti won a grant from Skolkovo Foundation (Russian government-sponsored fund for innovations). A team of experience IT-managers, scientists, mathematicians working in the field of experimental economics and games theory, software developers and researchers develops hi-tech projects in the It and Telecom markets. Currently Evani is developing management algorithms for Internet data communications. Evanti project involves specialists of MIPT laboratories of experimental economics, the Computing Centre of the RAS and the University of Oregon. The practical implementation of the project relies on the telecom operator with a subscriber base of over 200,000 clients. The aim of the project is to develop new approaches to channel loading management using the methods of game theory and experimental economics. The solution is designed for all market players in Russia and abroad experiencing the need to improve communications channels efficiency.
Coffe-break Sponsor:
Inmarsat is the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services. The company has an unrivalled heritage in the mobile satellite services (MSS) industry, capitalising on more than three decades' experience to offer a range of voice and broadband data services for mobile users at sea, on land and in the air. Inmarsat's customers include merchant shipping fleets, major broadcasters, oil& gas and mining companies, aid organisations, most of the world's international airlines, defence forces and a wide range of civil government departments. The company's services are delivered through a global network of more than 400 distribution partners and service providers operating in 100 countries. In 2010 Inmarsat announced a $1.2bn investment in a new Ka-band network, Global XpressT (GX), which will deliver speeds of up to 50Mbps to mobile users, and is expected to launch in 2013. Inmarsat is headquartered in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
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Detecon is one of the world’s leading consulting companies for ICT management consulting. Our services focus on consulting and implementation solutions which are derived from the use of information and communications technology (ICT). They encompass classic strategy and organization consulting as well as the planning and implementation of complex, technological ICT architectures and applications. Detecon’s expertise bundles the knowledge from the successful conclusion of management and ICT consulting projects in more than 160 countries. Detecon is a subsidiary of T-Systems International, the business customer brand of Deutsche Telekom.
