Platinum Sponsor
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in telecommunication, semiconductor, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2008 consolidated sales of US$96 billion. Employing approximately 150,000 people in 134 offices in 62 countries, the company consists of two main business units: Digital Media & Communications and Device Solutions. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of mobile phones, digital TVs, memory chips and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com
Alvarion is the largest WiMAX pure player, ensuring customer long-term success with fixed and mobile solutions for the full range of frequency bands. Based on its OPEN™ WiMAX strategy, the company offers a superior wireless broadband infrastructure and an all-IP best-of-breed ecosystem in cooperation with world-leading strategic partners.
Alvarion focuses on end-to-end solutions based on the company’s award-winning WiMAX platform launched in 2004 and deployed in more than 200 commercial WiMAX deployments worldwide, as well as licensed and license-exempt solutions with frequency bands from 900 MHz to 28 GHz. All these solutions are suitable for telecom carriers, service providers, government and public safety agencies and private networks. ( www.alvarion.com ).
Huawei Technologies is a leader in providing next generation telecommunications networks, and now serves 35 of the world's top 50 operators, along with over one billion users worldwide.
The company is committed to providing innovative and customized products, services and solutions to create long-term value and growth potential for its customers.
Huawei's products and solutions encompassing wireless products(HSDPA/WCDMA/EDGE/ GPRS/GSM, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO/CDMA2000 1X, TD-SCDMA, WiMAX), core network products ( IMS, Mobile Softswitch, NGN ), network products(FTTx, xDSL, Optical, Routers, LAN Switch), applications and software(IN, mobile data service, BOSS), as well as terminals(UMTS/CDMA). Major products are designed based on Huawei's ASIC chipset and utilize shared platforms to provide quality and cost-effective products.
At the end of June 2008, Huawei has over 87,502 employees, of whom 43% are dedicated to R&D. Huawei's global R&D centers are located in Bangalore in India, Silicon Valley and Dallas in USA, Stockholm in Sweden and Moscow in Russia in addition to those in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Chengdu in China.
For more information, please visit www.huawei.com.
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted partner of service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, providing solutions to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. A leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivalled technical and scientific expertise of Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation powerhouses in the communications industry. With operations in more than 130 countries and the most experienced global services organization in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with a global reach. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 16.98 billion in 2008 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: www.alcatel-lucent.com
Gold Sponsor
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.
www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com
As one of the worlds leading providers of Internet,broadband network and enterprise business solutions, NEC is dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of a diverse global customer base. With solutions that deliver higher speed, capacity, security and on-demand capability, NEC has strengths in both IT and networking to realize the carrier business objectives. At the same time, NEC offers continuoes innovations to trasform your network infrastructure, service platforms and applications.
www.nec.com
Silver Sponsor
WiTech - WiTech S.p.A. is a solutions, consulting and engineering company founded in 2003 as a spin-off of the University of Pisa, Italy. The company has gained quickly a foothold in the NGN/NGS scenario focusing on standard 3G and 4G wireless technologies such as HSxPA, WiMAX and LTE. WiTech is the developer of TEA|WiMAX and TEA|LTE, a family of powerful and unique business case analysis tools; as well as the provider of innovative, BPM-enabled OSS/BSS solutions, with a focus on the delivery of turnkey WiMAX CSNs, that leverage the company’s modular and scalable WROP (access & service management) and TelcoGIS (geographic information system) platforms. WiTech provides also the market with selected high-value services such as strategic consulting on technology and investment plans and engineering services for network planning and design. WiTech S.p.A. is a privately held company with its main offices in the Parco Tecnologico di Navacchio tech park, near Pisa.
Analyst Breakfast Briefing Sponsor
MediaTek Inc. is a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications, and digital multimedia and entertainment solutions. The company is a market leader and pioneer in cutting-edge SOC system solutions for wireless communications, high-definition digital TV, optical storage, and high-definition DVD products. It is one of the top ten largest fabless semiconductor companies in the world. The company is also a worldwide mobile phone ASIC leader in unit shipments. Founded in 1997 and listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange, MediaTek is headquartered in Taiwan and has sales and research subsidiaries in the US, Mainland China, Singapore, India, Japan, Korea, Ireland, Denmark and England.
For more information, please visit MediaTek’s website at www.mediatek.com
Emerging Markets Focus Day Sponsor
Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate, and collaborate. Our technology is changing the nature of work and the way we live.
Since 1984, Cisco has led in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies, including routing, switching, application networking, home networking, security, storage area networking, TelePresence, unified communications, video systems, and wireless.
Cisco and our valued partners sell our hardware, software, and services to businesses of all sizes, governments, service providers, and consumers. We are committed to responsible business practices to help ensure accountability, business sustainability, and environmentally conscious operations and products.
Seminar Theatre Sponsor
WiChorus is the leading provider of highly intelligent, scalable core platforms for 4G networks. Its SmartCore platforms enable operators to deploy smart WiMAX and LTE networks with advanced service and subscriber management, content management, and network optimizations, and to monetize the Internet for increased ARPU and profitability. Through its One Open WiMAX initiative, WiChorus has accelerated the availability of an end-to-end open WiMAX ecosystem, ensuring service providers have the option to combine best-of-breed solutions, like its market-leading Intelligent ASN Gateway and Home Agent products. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., WiChorus is backed by leading Silicon Valley investors Accel Partners, Mayfield Fund, Pinnacle Ventures and Redpoint Ventures. For more information, please visit www.wichorus.com
Lanyard Sponsor
Ciena Corporation offers leading network infrastructure solutions, intelligent software and a comprehensive services practice. The Company serves a wide geographic reach, with customers and key partners in more than 15 countries throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and hosts a regional headquarters in London, UK. With expertise in optical and Ethernet networking, Ciena combines software-programmable hardware, a common operating system, and unified service and transport management to enable our customers to adapt and scale with any emergent business model. Ciena’s EMEA customer base includes many of the region’s largest service providers; numerous enterprises in the financial services, utilities and transport and healthcare industries; government and public sector organisations; as well as research and education institutions and consortia. www.ciena.com
