Author: Total Telecom Staff

Value added services is the key strength of Mahindra Comviva, which already has top tier mobile operators around the world and is now looking to strengthen its presence in Europe. Steve Summers, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Europe, tells us more.

Managing Director – Netgem TV, Sylvain Thevenot, spoke with us on his stand at Mobile World Congress. He also referenced some of the examples from the Breakfast briefing earlier in the day.

Read more in the article “Time is right for telcos to profit from mobile TV” http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=0&ID=492879

Kurt Misteli of Swiss technology giants Huber and Suhner looked back at the FTTH Council conference from 2026 about how fibre had been installed in Europe from 2016. He even went “back to the future” without the need for a flux capacitor!

Under its new branding, Nokia attended the FTTH Conference in Luxembourg for the first time. Stefaan Vanhastel talks about a major initiative with the host PTT and the highlights of what was being shown.

Nokia are also sponsoring the Total Telecom Gigabit Copper conference on 8 March 2016 in Brussels. Find out more at http://www.totaltele.com/copper

Olaf Swantee spoke to Total Telecom about ambitions for a defect free network, the progress towards integrating with BT, and the latest moves for providing the network for the emergency services.

Read also the story on Total Telecom: http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=0&ID=492025

The 17th annual World Communication Awards (WCA) were presented on the 1 December 2015 alongside the the 2nd annual Internet of Things Awards (IoTA). Here is the overview of the event with comments from some of the winners including Vigilent, Kore, Embarcadero, Tech Mahindra, digitalSTROM, HKT, TeliaSonera International Carrier, CITIC Telecom CPC, Orange, and Eirteic. For a full list of winners, visit http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=0&ID=492028
The awards are organised by Total Telecom

Tim Höttges of Deutsche Telekom AG was named CEO of the Year at the 2015 World Communication Awards. He picked up his trophy at Wembley Stadium and later spoke with Total Telecom about what this means for him.

Also read the article from Mary Lennighan of Total Telecom http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=492041

New for this year at the World Communication Awards was the CTO of the Year category. Mysore Madhusudhan, Chief of Operations at Tata Communications spoke to Total Telecom about why this was so important. Matthew Finnie of Interoute was the first recipient of the award at the WCA later in the day.
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=0&ID=492028

Marc Halbfinger, Chief Executive Officer of PCCW Global discussed cloud infrastructure with Total Telecom on the sidelines of the Total Telecom Festival. Later PCCW Global were recognised for their innovation at the World Communication Awards. Find out more at http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=0&ID=492028

As NarrowBand IoT made a big impact at Huawei’s Global Mobile Broadband Forum, Henk Koopmans, CEO at Neul gave his perspective on the standardised technology.

To read more about NarrowBand see: http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=0&ID=491783

Yin Wei, Telematics Engineer, New Energy Vehicle and Technique Department, SAIC Motors, gives details about his company’s partnership with Huawei and what they are hoping to achieve. A demo of the technology is also given

During Huawei’s Global Mobile Broadband Forum, Sean Wang, Marketing Manager of the SRAN & FDD Marketing Department, demonstrates the company’s public safety over LTE solution.

Improved user experience and reduced operating costs are just some of the benefits Cloud Edge could bring, as Liu Bing, Director of Global Packet Core Solution Sales at Huawei, explains at the company’s Global Mobile Broadband Forum 2015.

Emmanuel Alevs, Senior Manager, Wireless Products Marketing Department, Huawei , explains Huawei’s 4.5G technology and the 5G-like benefits it can bring to networks today.

Time’s Executive Vice President of Business Development Erik Moreno outlines the highlights from his presentation at Huawei’s Global Mobile Broadband Forum and discusses how the rise of mobile devices has changed the media industry.

The sixth and largest ever Global Mobile Broadband Forum, hosted by Huawei in Hong Kong, saw around 800 delegates gather to take part in thought-provoking debates and industry discussions.

Featuring presentations from major mobile operators, internet service companies, media service companies and policy makers, the conference discussed the latest trends, including LTE-Advanced, Internet of Things, HD video and 5G.

Meanwhile, the exhibition showcased new and innovative technologies from both Huawei and its partners.

As this year’s Global Mobile Broadband Forum takes place in Hong Kong, Leon Zhang, Marketing Director, 5G, at Huawei, describes the 5G-enabling technologies being showcased.

As Huawei’s Global Mobile Broadband Forum discusses the networks of the future, Arvinder Gujral, Director, Business Development – APAC, Twitter, shares what he would like from operators – uniformity of experience across the world and context for content so that it is shared with operators’ subscribers according to data like what applications they have downloaded.

The sixth and largest ever Global Mobile Broadband Forum, hosted by Huawei in Hong Kong, saw around 800 delegates gather to take part in thought-provoking debates and industry discussions.

Featuring presentations from major mobile operators, internet service companies, media service companies and policy makers, the conference discussed the latest trends, including LTE-Advanced, Internet of Things, HD video and 5G.

Meanwhile, the exhibition showcased new and innovative technologies from both Huawei and its partners.

Carl Piva, VP Strategic Programs at http://www.tmforum.org spoke to Total Telecom at Carriers World about some of the big issues on the route to 5G