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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 firm grasp of market dynamics, distinctive combination of creativity and rigour, and renowned objectivity enable them to consistently exceed the high levels of quality and innovation which their clients expect. Analysys Mason 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. This gives them and their clients a head start. 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.

NERA www.nera.com

NERA Economic Consulting is a global firm of experts dedicated to applying economic, finance, and quantitative principles to complex business and legal challenges. For half a century, NERA’s economists have been creating strategies, studies, reports, expert testimony, and policy recommendations for government authorities and the world’s leading law firms and corporations. We bring academic rigor, objectivity, and real world industry experience to bear on issues arising from competition, regulation, public policy, strategy, finance, and litigation.

NERA’s clients value our ability to apply and communicate state-of-the-art approaches clearly and convincingly, our commitment to deliver unbiased findings, and our reputation for quality and independence. Our clients rely on the integrity and skills of our unparalleled team of economists and other experts backed by the resources and reliability of one of the world’s largest economic consultancies. With its main office in New York City, NERA serves clients from more than 25 offices across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. 

 

Platinum Sponsors

Alcatel-Lucent www.alcatel-lucent.com

Alcatel-Lucent is the long-trusted partner of service providers, enterprises, strategic industries and governments around the world, Alcatel-Lucent is a leader in mobile, fixed, IP and Optics technologies, and a pioneer in applications and services. Alcatel-Lucent includes Bell Labs, one of the world's foremost centres of research and innovation in communications technology.

 

With operations in more than 130 countries and one of the most experienced global services organizations in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with global reach.

 

The Company achieved revenues of Euro 16 billion in 2010 and is incorporated in France and headquartered in Paris.

For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on: www.alcatel-lucent.com, read the latest posts on the Alcatel-Lucent blog www.alcatel-lucent.com/blog and follow the Company on Twitter:  http://twitter.com/Alcatel_Lucent.

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 2 billion subscribers and has the leading position in managed services. The company's portfolio comprises 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 being the "prime driver in an all-communicating world" through innovation, technology, and sustainable business solutions. Working in 175 countries, more than 90,000 employees generated revenue of SEK 203.3 billion (USD 28.2 billion) in 2010. Founded in 1876 with the headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, Ericsson is listed on NASDAQ OMX, Stockholm and NASDAQ New York.

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.

Gold Sponsors

Adaptrum www.adaptrum.com

Adaptrum is a Silicon Valley based startup developing wireless technologies and market based mechanisms to enable new multi use network infrastructure and service models to meet the growing wireless broadband demand. Adaptrum was an active participant in the FCC TV Whitespace Device Testing in 2008 and was instrumental in helping pass the FCC TV Whitespace rules in November 2008 and September 2010. Earlier this year, Adaptrum became the first company to demonstrate a fully functional TV Whitespace radio system that conforms to the FCC Whitespace emission rules while offering superior performance and flexibility over a wide tuning range in the spectrum below 1 GHz.

Computech www.computechinc.com

Computech, Inc., an information technology firm, develops, implements and maintains business-critical information systems. The firm’s experience designing, developing and operating Internet-based spectrum auction systems is unparalleled, and Computech holds contracts with regulators worldwide to provide auction services.

 

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).

Huawei www.huawei.com

Huawei is a leading telecom solutions provider. Through continuous customer-centric innovation, we have established end-to-end advantages in Telecom Network Infrastructure, Application & Software, Professional Services and Devices. With comprehensive strengths in wireline, wireless and IP technologies, Huawei has gained a leading position in the All-IP convergence age. Our products and solutions have been deployed in over 100 countries and have served 45 of the world's top 50 telecom operators, as well as one third of the world's population.

Huawei's vision is to enrich life through communication. By leveraging our experience and expertise in the telecom sector, we help bridge the digital divide and give people the opportunity to join the information age, regardless of their geographic origin. In order to tackle increasing climate challenges, Huawei has deployed a wide range of green solutions that enable customers to reduce power consumption and carbon emissions, contributing to the sustainable development of the social economy and the environment.

 

SES www.ses.com

SES is a world-leading telecommunications satellite operator, with a global fleet of more than 40 geostationary satellites that can reach 99% of the world’s population.

SES satellites are the world’s leading television distribution platform, broadcasting the equivalent of more than 100,000 hours of television programming every day, and providing vital communications services and broadband access to businesses and to government administrations worldwide.

SES operates mainly through SES ASTRA and SES WORLD SKIES and holds participations in satellite operators QuetzSat, Ciel, O3b Networks, YahLive and in a number of satellite service provision companies.

 

Silver Sponsors

Qualcomm www.qualcomm.co.uk

 

Exclusive: Qualcomm will host a live demonstration of the Supplemental Downlink implementation at the 6th Annual European Spectrum Management Conference 2011.

http://www.qualcomm.com/research/hspa/supplemental-dl

 

Qualcomm is the driving force behind the growth and progress of the global wireless industry. It is the world’s undisputed leader in patents and other intellectual property that provide the technological basis for the global wireless communications industry. That goes for existing 3G (third-generation), technology that makes wireless Internet data as well as voice transmissions practical around the world. It also applies to next-generation, 4G technology, which delivers an even more enhanced and seamless user experience.

In addition to licensing its intellectual property to more than 170 companies worldwide, Qualcomm also manufactures highly sophisticated chips that are the engines of some of the most advanced wireless handsets and devices on the market. And the company is the driver behind the very latest next-generation devices, which combine mobile communications, computing, and consumer electronics, that are now coming to market.

Since 1985, Qualcomm’s visionary technology leadership has been carrying the world forward, changing it by improving the way people communicate, work and live. And with that same pioneering spirit, Qualcomm is still innovating, still chipping away at the boundaries of what’s possible, still changing the world, one idea at a time.

 

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 Cocktail Reception

Lemay-Yates Associates Inc www.lya.com

Lemay-Yates Associates Inc. (LYA) founded in 1993, is a leading independent research and management-consulting firm supporting clients in the mobile-telecom-cable industry. We bring a unique ability to integrate market, technical, network, economic, regulatory and investment analyses. LYA’s c-Ahead strategic research program focuses on providing timely, accurate and actionable insight about your customers and competitors. 

LYA is a recognized expert in mobile and fixed spectrum matters with background ranging from public policy development to licensing and spectrum auctions. LYA has developed a methodology to forecast carrier spectrum needs, for different business strategies and considering specifics of bands, technologies, services and deployment criteria, and taking into account growing mobile data demand and fixed line replacement.

 

LYA has been valuing spectrum-based businesses and tracking auction valuations for mobile and fixed spectrum since 1995 and published a Report in late 2009 covering values in 82 auction processes in 45 countries.  This report is in the process of being updated based on our continued monitoring of global industry developments.

LYA has participated in licensing processes around the world, as well as in all spectrum auctions held in Canada since 1999. Our services include preparation and development of strategy prior to the auction, license and business case valuation, assessment of bidding strategies and tactics, and hands-on bid room support during the auction. We also offer pre-auction management training and spectrum strategy seminars, as well as tracking tools for use during bidding.

 

For more information see www.LYA.com  

Exhibitors

ATDI www.atdi.com

ATDI develops, promotes and sells best in class spectrum management and radio planning solutions for both civilian and military applications.
ATDI’s partners and customers include regulation authorities, telecom operators, broadcasters, original equipment manufacturers (OEM), military bodies and consulting firms.

In 20 years of existence, ATDI has acquired an expertise in the various fields required to supply a global radio network analysis and spectrum management solution. ATDI also offers to its customers a wide range of services such as spectrum management and control; radio propagation; technologies and regulations; digital cartography, database management and system deployment.

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.