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Exclusive Insight from Senior Telecoms Executives

CANNES, France, March 3, 2004 -/The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- TelecomTV, the industry’s only dedicated streaming media service, has made available free of charge its exclusive content from last week’s 3GSM World Congress.
The full content list from the wireless industry’s largest and most important event can be found at http://www.decisivemedia.co.uk/3gsmworld.

Headlines:

* MMO2 [FTSE: mmO2] CEO Peter Erskine reveals that days after rejecting a merger bid from KPN Mobile, the wireless operator is now back to organic growth and business as usual.

Windows 56kbit/s: http://www.telecomtv.com/video/media56/4018lo.shtml
Windows 128kbit/s: http://www.telecomtv.com/video/media56/4018hi.shtml

* Paul Otellini, President and COO of Intel Corporation [Intel], outlines how Intel will be shaping the next digital revolution.

http://www.decisivemedia.co.uk/media/intel

* Cindy Christy, COO of Mobility at Lucent Technologies [Lucent Tec], says that the UMTS vendor is supporting the wireless ecosystem by providing the platforms that facilitate the provision of 3G services, enabling operators to generate revenue.

Windows 56kbit/s: http://www.telecomtv.com/video/media56/4015lo.shtml
Windows 128kbit/s: http://www.telecomtv.com/video/media56/4015hi.shtml

* Pascal Debon, President of the Wireless Division of Nortel Networks [NortNtw], explains that despite moving from a ten year development phase into a deployment phase, the 3G UMTS standard is still evolving.

Windows 56kbit/s: http://www.telecomtv.com/video/media56/4010lo.shtml
Windows 128kbit/s: http://www.telecomtv.com/video/media56/4010hi.shtml

* GSM Asociation CEO Rob Conway announces that with the industry reaching 1 billion subscribers last month, attendance at the 2004 3GSM World Congress increased to 35,000. What's more, exhibitors are reporting renewed commercial interest, with buyers not browsers.

Windows 56kbit/s: http://www.telecomtv.com/video/media56/4025lo.shtml
Windows 128kbit/s: http://www.telecomtv.com/video/media56/4025hi.shtml

* Joe Sims, Head of Wi-Fi at T-Mobile, says the Deutsche Telekom [Dtsche Tl] owned operator, is pioneering the use of Wi-Fi and sees the broadband wireless service as a key part of its business

Windows 56kbit/s: http://www.telecomtv.com/video/media56/4023lo.shtml
Windows 128kbit/s: http://www.telecomtv.com/video/media56/4023hi.shtml

* Scott Stainken, General Manager, Global Pervasive, IBM [IBM], reveals IBM's global strategy for wireless with particular emphasis on the enterprise sector.

Windows 56kbit/s: http://www.telecomtv.com/video/media56/4000lo.shtml
Windows 128kbit/s: http://www.telecomtv.com/video/media56/4000hi.shtml

* The 2004 GSM Awards saw the great and the good gathered in increased numbers to celebrate the passing of the one billion subscribers landmark. Coverage of all the category winners, plus comments from Intel [Intel] President and COO Paul Otellini.

Windows 56kbit/s: http://www.telecomtv.com/video/media56/4028lo.shtml
Windows 128kbit/s: http://www.telecomtv.com/video/media56/4028hi.shtml

* Sebastiano Tevarotto, General Manager of the Network and Service Provider Business Unit at HP, says that the next phase of the telecoms service business will be the ability to offer truly personalised services to individual users.

Windows 56kbit/s: http://www.telecomtv.com/video/media56/4003lo.shtml
Windows 128kbit/s: http://www.telecomtv.com/video/media56/4003hi.shtml

* Marco de Lissicich, CEO of Argentine wireless operator Personal and head of the GSM Latin American interest group, explains that an increasing number of operators in the region are choosing GSM technology to migrate their legacy networks, attracted by the economies of scale and its proven performance and reliability.

Windows 56kbit/s: http://www.telecomtv.com/video/media56/4024lo.shtml
Windows 128kbit/s: http://www.telecomtv.com/video/media56/4024hi.shtml

* Stung by criticism from wireless service providers over delays with 3G network rollout, Alan Hadden, the Chairman of the GSM Suppliers Association, says the suppliers of handsets and infrastructure equipment should not take all of the blame.

Windows 56kbit/s: http://www.telecomtv.com/video/media56/4019lo.shtml
Windows 128kbit/s: http://www.telecomtv.com/video/media56/4019hi.shtml

* Tacis Gavoyannis, Head of Telecoms for leading research company TNS, gives his predictions and insights for the year ahead.

Windows 56kbit/s: http://www.telecomtv.com/video/media56/4021lo.shtml
Windows 128kbit/s: http://www.telecomtv.com/video/media56/4021hi.shtml

For year-round coverage of all the major telecom events, plus daily news analysis, visit http://www.telecomtv.com.

Posted by festprint on Wednesday, March 03, 2004

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