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Event Organisers & Partners

Event Organisers

Forum Europe www.forum-europe.com

Based in Cardiff and with offices in Brussels at the heart of the European Union, Forum Europe specialises in EU focussed political and economic conferences and events. These events are organised with clients and partners and aim to progress ideas and actions on important issues, all within a balanced and neutral setting.

Founded by Giles Merritt, columnist for the International Herald Tribune and former Brussels correspondent at the Financial Times and headed by a team of EU events specialists with over 19 years of experience, Forum Europe’s strategic services can maintain and develop your networks at EU level, and also deliver forums where key issues can be aired and debated.

Forum Europe works successfully with businesses, institutions and governments alike and its expertise, through the medium of events, lies in understanding and interpreting the processes and political issues within the EU.

Knowledge Partners

Analysys Mason www.analysysmason.com

Analysys Mason provides strategy and management consultancy, information services and start-up support throughout the telecommunications, IT and media sector. Their grasp of market dynamics, distinctive combination of creativity and rigour, and renowned objectivity enables consistent high levels of quality and innovation. Analysys Mason Consulting is trusted throughout the world for its expertise, impartiality and its ability to get the best results for clients. They focus solely on the telecommunications, IT and media sector and so have developed unparalled industry knowledge, techniques and data sources. They shape the industry through extensive work on policy, regulation and finance, and have worked with most of the sector’s key players to identify solutions to the problems they face.

DotEcon www.dotecon.com

Dotecon was founded over a decade ago to provide expert economic advice to companies and regulators. Our work is international and spans public policy design, regulatory procedures, competition investigations, dispute resolution and business strategy in over 50 countries. We are also the leading provider of auction and market design services for the telecoms industry.

 

Platinum Sponsors

Ericsson www.ericsson.com

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 1 billion subscribers and has a leading position in managed services. The company's portfolio comprises of 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 "to be the prime driver in an all-communicating world" through innovation, technology, and sustainable business solutions. Working in 175 countries, more than 75,000 employees generated revenue of SEK 209 billion (USD 32.2 billion) in 2008. Founded in 1876 with the headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, Ericsson is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm and NASDAQ New York. 
 
For more information, visit www.ericsson.com.

Microsoft www.microsoft.com

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

Gold Sponsors

Computech www.computechinc.com

 

A 31-year old technology consulting firm, Computech builds mission-critical custom systems that support numerous federal agencies and commercial organizations.  For more than 16 years, we have provided government authorities a “one-stop shop” for all aspects of spectrum management.  From pre-auction application filing to designing and running spectrum auctions, post-auction licensing to reporting & results, our capabilities enable countries to control broadcast assignments within a region or country.  Be it processing broadcast applications to selecting frequencies and allocating licenses, we help government regulators efficiently manage their nation's airwaves.

 

To learn more about Computech’s spectrum management expertise and "CAP," our spectrum auction platform, please visit us at www.computechinc.com (or by clicking on the link above)

 

Silver Sponsor

Qualcomm www.qualcomm.co.uk

Qualcomm’s objective in Europe is to continue its commitment to offering broadband mobile access technologies, HSPA, HSPA+ and LTE, encouraging competition in the Wireless market and thus reducing the prices of mobile devices for consumers. Qualcomm’s strategy focuses on:

• technological innovation, with continual investment in R&D; 
• production of the chipsets and software needed to support and accelerate the development of terminals with new functions and services;
• partnerships with the companies that are setting the pace in the European telecommunications market.

Thanks to continual investment in R&D, Qualcomm is a company at the forefront of the market, guaranteeing a wide choice of devices combining innovative features with competitive prices. Qualcomm’s business model helps reduce the entrance barriers for companies that want to enter the telecommunications market. Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT) has delivered over 3 billion chipsets so far, and continues its strategy of innovation.

TETRA Association www.tetra-association.com

The TETRA MoU (Memorandum of Understanding), now known as the TETRA Association, was established in December 1994 to create a forum which could act on behalf of all interested parties, representing users, manufacturers, application providers, integrators, operators, test houses and telecom agencies. Today the TETRA Association represents more than 150 organisations from all continents of the world.

The goal for the TETRA Association is to provide a forum for all those interested in TETRA to encourage adoption of the standard and support initiatives to obtain appropriate levels of spectrum such that growth in operational TETRA systems is not restricted by regulation.

Sponsors of Refreshments

Intel Corporation www.intel.com

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 and blogs.intel.com.

Supporting Partners

ETNO www.etno.be/

ETNO has been the voice of Europe’s telecommunications network operators since 1992. ETNO represents a wide variety of pan-European operators, including both well-established companies and new entrants. Its 41 members in 34 countries collectively account for a turnover of more than €250 billion and one million employees. ETNO brings together the main investors and innovative and high quality e-communications platforms and services. With a yearly investment worth €37 billion they represent 70% of total sector investment and are therefore key players in building an information society for all in Europe.
 
ETNO works closely with the EU and international bodies to shape the best regulatory and commercial environment for its members to continue rolling out innovative and high quality services and platforms for the benefit of European consumers and businesses. ETNO members are world players ensuring a strong European presence in world telecommunications markets.

Digital Europe /www.digitaleurope.org

DIGITALEUROPE is the pre-eminent advocacy group of the European digital economy acting on behalf of the information technology, consumer electronics and telecommunications sectors. We are dedicated to improving the business environment, and to promoting industry's contribution to economic growth and social progress in the European Union.

DIGITALEUROPE ensures industry participation in the development and implementation of EU policies.  DIGITALEUROPE's members include 58 leading corporations and 40 national trade associations from all the Member States of EU; altogether 10,000 companies with 2 million employees and 1,000 billion euros in revenues.

Exhibitors

LS Telcom www.lstelcom.com

LS telcom specialises in software solutions & consulting services for spectrum management and radio network planning for all kinds of wireless technologies. Our comprehensive portfolio includes market and technology developments regarding future spectrum management challenges and solutions.
Therefore we are at the forefront of Spectrum Auctioning, GSM Refarming, Cognitive Radio and Digital Dividend.

CRFS www.crfs.co.uk

CRFS develops and supplies innovative, integrated real-time 'RFeye' spectral monitoring and management systems. Our customers include national regulatory agencies, wireless network operators, broadcasters, defence forces and government agencies.

Our ambition is to fundamentally change the way spectrum is monitored and managed, through the deployment of dense networks of low cost broadband, fixed and mobile intelligent monitoring nodes, coupled with powerful data management visualisation and analysis tools.

Applications include spectrum utilisation assessment, interference detection and location, spectrum license enforcement, cell planning, homeland security, force protection, and RF environment checks.

Sponsors of Cocktail Reception

RIM www.rim.com

Research In Motion (RIM) is the designer and manufacturer of the award-winning BlackBerry® smartphone, used by millions of people around the world. The company also creates solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market, including the software that allows the BlackBerry smartphone to provide mobile access to email, applications, media and the Internet.