Welcome to Connect-World, the information and communication technology (ICT) decision makers'´ magazine. We are the decision makers' forum for ICT driven development.
home magazine Global Africa & Middle East Asia-Pacific EMEA Europe India Latin America North America publishing calendar subscribe media media pack Global-ICT Africa & Middle East Asia-Pacific EMEA Europe India Latin America North America glossary specifications download articles recent articles free articles eLetter archived eLetter events ICT news press releases extras videos blog RSS podcasts widgets white papers about contact us about us our team faq privacy terms & conditions careers links sitemap

Connect-World Global-ICT 2006     Magazine introduction Connect-World, from its beginning, has dedicated itself to discussing the impact of ICT upon people, regions and societies throughout the world Global Visionaries, Global Visions 2006 edition will commemorate the ITU Telecom World 2006 event, which will take place in Hong Kong from 4th to 8th December. The theme for Telecom World 2006 is Living the digital world. The event will explore how Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is changing our lives and how the interaction between equipment, services and applications providers is changing how society is structured and how it works. The theme of the Connect-World Global Visionaries, Global Visions 2006 edition, complementing the Telecom World 2006 theme, will be Digital lifelines ‚Äî building the digital world. Issue by issue, for the last ten years, Connect-World has documented digital lifestyles. The daily routine of living in a digital world is quite different in trendy Tokyo, London, New York or along the beaches of Rio de Janeiro than it is in rural areas around the world, in city slums or in the least developed regions of each continent. What digital technology signifies in each of these regions is vastly different. In one city, a mobile phone is a teenager's passport to social acceptance, a credit card, a TV, a way to invite friends to a party. In other parts of the world, even the simplest mobile device is a family's lifeline ‚Äî the promise of a brighter future. This issue of Connect-World will be devoted to the building of the digital world, in all its guises. World leaders, decision makers and thinkers from government industry and international institutions will be asked to share their visions of the digital world ‚Äî how to build and shape it, and how to create a lifeline for those who need it most.     Theme: Digital lifelines - building the digital world Articles Contributors Feature articles     Article no.: 1 Topic: Digital lifelines - building the digital world Author: Reza Jafari Title: Managing Director of International for NeuStar, Chairman of ITU TELECOM World 2006 Forum Organisation: NeuStar/ITU TELECOM World 2006 Forum PDF size: 208KB   About author: Reza Jafari is the Managing Director of International for NeuStar. He has more than 25 years of experience in the Telecommunications, Information Technology and Media Industries. Prior to joining NeuStar, Mr Jafari was the Chairman and CEO of Omega Partners. Before that, Mr Jafari served as the Group President of EDS’ Global Communications, Media and Entertainment Industry Group, and as the President and CEO of the Satellite Conference Network. He is a board member of ITU TELECOM and the Chairman of ITU TELECOM World 2006 Forum. Mr Jafari is also the Chairman of the Advisory Board of India, China and America (ICT) Institute. Reza Jafari received his MBA from Indiana University and serves on the Dean’s Advisory Council.   Article abstract: Mobile telephony is possibly the fastest growing technology in history. So far, voice calling has pushed its growth, but wireless broadband technologies - including WiFi, 3G cellular and WiMAX and Internet Protocol-based standards such as IMS - make many new voice, video and text services available. Users will be able to choose the access network that gives them the best price or availability for services such as push-to-talk, video sharing, content sharing, presence, messaging (SMS, MMS) and voice over IP, VoIP.   Read the article     Article no.: 2 Topic: The wireless world: the globalisation of telecom Author: Viviane Reding Title: European Commissioner for Information Society and Media Organisation: European Commission PDF size: 372KB   About author: Ms Viviane Reding is European Commissioner for Information Society and Media. She has presented two major legislative proposals to reduce European mobile roaming tariffs and to update Europe’s audiovisual content rules and is currently preparing proposals to revise the rules on electronic communications services to encourage open competition and facilitate convergence. Ms Reding, a long-time journalist for the Luxemburger Wort, was elected President of the Luxembourg Union of Journalists. Ms Reding served as a Member of the Luxembourg Parliament for ten years, and was a Member of the European Parliament for a further ten years before becoming the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth, Media and Sport in 1999. Amongst her awards and decorations are: The St George’s Cross of Catalunya (1992); Gold Medal of European Merit (2001); Robert Schuman Medal (2004); Prince of Asturias International Cooperation Prize (2004); Officer of the French Legion of Honour (2005); and, “Gloria Artis” Medal of Honour, Poland (2005). Ms Reding earned a doctorate of Human Sciences at the Sorbonne in Paris.   Article abstract: “Even in the poorest communities, mobile phones are becoming a bootstrap for development. Wireless is providing a scaleable route into the Information Society for all.” In developing countries, mobile phones are a connection to the world beyond, bringing information, stimulating economic growth and serving a wide variety of initially unimaginable functions. For policy-makers, regulation should “reduce the friction to IP-based services as much as possible” and open the way to a wireless economy, because these are the drivers of the Information Revolution.   Read the article     Article no.: 3 Topic: Regulation for a networked Hong Kong Author: M. H. Au Title: Director-General of Telecommunications of the Government Organisation: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region PDF size: 396KB   About author: Mr M. H. Au is the Director-General of Telecommunications of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Mr Au heads the Office of the Telecommunications Authority, OFTA, and is responsible for the regulation of the telecommunications industry and the management of the radio spectrum in Hong Kong. He is also a member of the Broadcasting Authority, the regulator for the broadcasting industry in Hong Kong. Mr Au joined the Telecommunications Branch of the Hong Kong Post Office as Chief Telecommunications Engineer, serving later as an Assistant Postmaster General. He served as Assistant Director of OFTA upon its establishment in July 1993 and later as Senior Assistant Director (Regulatory), OFTA, in charge of the economic and technical regulation of all public telecommunications services. Mr Au holds the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (University of Hong Kong), Bachelor of Laws (University of London), Master of Laws (University of Hong Kong) and Master of Finance (Curtin University of Technology, Australia).   Article abstract: Hong Kong is one of the world’s most highly interconnected cities due largely to its aggressive regulatory policies favouring competition and investment. OFTA, Hong Kong’s regulatory authority, has used regulation to substitute for market forces whenever necessary to ensure competition, but has a policy of pulling back, deregulating, whenever market forces have proved strong enough to maintain a fair, competitive market. The result is a thriving market where 76 per cent of the households have access to at least two access networks.   Read the article     Article no.: 4 Topic: Our evolving digital world Author: Vinton G. Cerf Title: Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist Organisation: Google PDF size: 244KB   About author: Vinton G. Cerf is Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google. He is better known as one of the ‘Fathers of the Internet’. Mr Cerf was the co-designer of the TCP/IP protocols and the architecture of the Internet while at the US Department of Defense’s Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Cerf is the former Senior Vice President of Technology Strategy and ex-senior Vice President of Architecture and Technology at MCI. In December 1997, President Clinton presented the US National Medal of Technology to Mr Cerf and his colleague, Robert E. Kahn, for founding and developing the Internet. Messrs Kahn and Cerf were also awarded the ACM Alan M. Turing award, sometimes called the ‘Nobel Prize of Computer Science’, in 2004 for their work on the Internet protocols. In November 2005, President George Bush awarded Messrs Cerf and Kahn the Presidential Medal of Freedom for their work. The medal is the highest civilian award given by the United States to its citizens. Vinton G. Cerf serves as Chairman of the Board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, ICANN, and was the founding President and later Chairman of the Board of the Internet Society. Mr Cerf is honorary Chairman of the IPv6 Forum, was a member of the US Presidential Information Technology Advisory Committee, PITAC, and serves on several national, state and industry committees focused on cyber-security. Mr Cerf sits on the Board of Directors for the Endowment for Excellence in Education, Avanex Corporation and the ClearSight Systems Corporation. He is First Vice President and Treasurer of the National Science & Technology Medals Foundation, a Fellow of the IEEE, ACM, and American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the International Engineering Consortium, the Computer History Museum, the Annenberg Center for Communications at USC and the National Academy of Engineering. Vinton G. Cerf was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in May 2006.   Article abstract: The growth of the Internet, of the digital services we depend upon, will soon force us to migrate to the next version of the Internet protocol, IPv6, and to new network and storage technologies. Our dependence upon the Internet makes us vulnerable to attack, so new guarantees of network security and privacy are of great importance. In addition, as old software and hardware is replaced by new, ways will have to be found to guarantee the usability of historical data.   Read the article     Article no.: 5 Topic: Connecting the Unconnected Author: Fredric J. Morris Title: Editor-in-Chief Organisation: Connect-World PDF size: 180KB   About author: Fredric J. Morris, Editor-in-Chief, Connect-World   Article abstract: Not available   Read the article     Article no.: 6 Topic: Mobile - driving economic growth today Author: Craig Ehrlich Title: Chairman Organisation: GSM Association (GSMA) PDF size: 296KB   About author: Craig Ehrlich is the Chairman of the GSM Association (GSMA), the global trade association representing 700 network operators and 150 manufacturers and suppliers. Mr Ehrlich was formerly Group Managing Director of SUNDAY Communications Limited. He served Hutchison Cablevision as Managing Director and Hutchison Telecommunications as Group Operations Director. Mr Ehrlich sits on the boards of Roamware, Philweb, ECI Telecom and Hutchison Mobile Communications. He is Vice Chairman of an investor group that recently won a 3GSM licence and acquired controlling interest in Eastern Telecoms in the Philippines. Craig Ehrlich has a BA in Political Science from UCLA, a Master’s in Urban Studies from Occidental College and a Public Affairs Fellowship from the Coro Foundation.   Article abstract: The mobile phone is the most widely used form of telecommunication in the world. Mobile communications boost the earnings of many users, change the local economy and even significantly raise the GDP of many countries. The GSM Association has sponsored a series of projects to bring mobile telephony to developing regions of the world, including: the GrameenPhone’s Community Information Centres; the ‘shared access to voice’ programme that lets mobile phones be used as payphones; and, Internet booths in South Africa.   Read the article     Article no.: 7 Topic: RASCOM and the Connect the World Initiative in Africa Author: Dr. Jones A. Killimbe Title: Director General/CEO Organisation: RASCOM PDF size: 348KB   About author: Dr Jones A. Killimbe is the Director General/CEO of RASCOM, the Regional African Satellite Communications Organisation, an organization for launching the first Pan-African satellite. It has 45 member countries. Dr Killimbe is also the Chairman of the Board of RascomStar-QAF, the commercial operating company for the RASCOM satellite. Prior to joining RASCOM, he held several senior management positions in Tanzania Telecommunications Company (TTCL), and served as a member of INTELSAT’s Board of Directors representing Africa during the privatization period of INTELSAT. Dr Jones A. Killimbe, a Tanzanian, holds both a MSc and a PhD in Telecommunications.   Article abstract: Connectivity - access to telecommunications - is the hallmark of the information society and the basis of the global economy. Africa’s vast, often sparsely populated landscape makes it all but impossible to connect the continent by traditional means. Satellites, however, have the reach to do so economically. RASCOM, an association of African states, is launching a satellite - and will be producing terminal equipment in a scale calculated to generate the economies needed - to provide affordable communications anywhere upon the continent.   Read the article     Article no.: 8 Topic: 3G in Asia-Pacific - mobile opportunities and lifestyles Author: Jing Wang Title: Senior Vice President of QUALCOMM and Chairman Organisation: Qualcomm Asia Pacific PDF size: 320KB   About author: Jing Wang is the Senior Vice President of QUALCOMM and Chairman of QUALCOMM Asia Pacific. Jing Wang also serves as a director on the boards of both QUALCOMM Wireless Communication Technologies (China) Ltd and QUALCOMM Wireless Semi-Conductor Technologies Ltd. He is Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Unicom BREW Technologies Ltd, a joint venture between China Unicom and QUALCOMM. In addition, Jing Wang is a member of the President’s Asia Task Force of San Diego State University and the Overseas Experts Advisory Committee of the Chinese State Council. In 2005, major media in mainland China and Hong Kong elected Jing Wang one of the ‘Ten Most Valuable CEOs’ in China. Jing Wang received his Bachelor’s Degree from Anhui University, his LL.M from the People’s University of China, Department of Law, and an LL.M from the University of Virginia School of Law.   Article abstract: The Asia-Pacific region is rapidly adopting the use of 3G mobile technologies. Asia has also become a true world leader in high-end manufacturing, design operations and R&D. China, for one, is now a major player in 3G innovations and development of the wireless industry. Mobile technology is also internally changing lifestyles in the region, where not only the number of users is increasing but also the number of applications and innovations developed specifically by and for the mobile culture.   Read the article     Article no.: 9 Topic: Connect the developing world Author: Olivier Baujard Title: Chief Technology Officer Organisation: Alcatel PDF size: 288KB   About author: Olivier Baujard is Alcatel’s Chief Technology Officer. In the past, he has served as Alcatel’s Senior Vice President for Corporate Strategy, as the President of the Network Applications Division, as President of the Enterprise Solutions Division, and President of the Switching Systems Division. Prior to joining Alcatel, he held positions with government agencies dealing with telecommunications regulation and markets. He also worked for France Telecom in engineering and managerial roles. Olivier Baujard is a graduate from the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris and Ecole Nationale Superhero des Télécommunications in Paris.   Article abstract: ‘Broadband for all’ is a real possibility, even in the world’s developing regions. e-business, e-health, e-education and e-government are but a few of the vital areas that will grow with the growth of broadband. National plans for broadband call for the adoption of appropriate legal and regulatory frameworks, the development of locally relevant content and applications, and investment in infrastructure. Today’s wireless and IP-based technologies let developing countries build telecommunications infrastructures affordably that would be prohibitively expensive with traditional fixed-line technology.   Read the article     Article no.: 10 Topic: The world as a hot spot Author: Edward J. Zander Title: Chairman and CEO Organisation: Motorola, Inc PDF size: 308KB   About author: Edward J. Zander, 59, is chairman of the board and CEO of Motorola, Inc. Prior to joining Motorola, Mr Zander was a Managing Director of Silver Lake Partners, a leading private equity fund focused on investments in technology industries. Before that, Mr Zander served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Sun Microsystems, having previously been President of Sun’s software group. Prior to joining Sun, he held senior management positions at Apollo Computer and Data General. An active member of the civic and business communities, Mr Zander serves on the board of directors of several professional, educational and non-profit organizations. Local business organizations include the Economics Club of Chicago, the Executive Club of Chicago and the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago. He serves as a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council of the School of Management at Boston University and as a Presidential Advisor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has also served on the board of directors for the Jason Foundation for Education. Mr. Zander holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and honorary PhD from Boston University.   Article abstract: Today, the Internet follows you; your whole life, digital and personal, is always with you. Instead of searching for what you want, a smart device delivers it to you. Three disruptive forces are creating this world: everything is getting digitized, everything digital is going mobile and broadband is becoming as pervasive, and essential, as air. These same forces are creating a digital, mobile world for the enterprise bringing the seamless experience people enjoy at home and play to their work environment.   Read the article     Article no.: 11 Topic: Changing the face of the Middle East ICT Author: Jamal Abdulsalam Title: Executive Director Organisation: Dubai Internet City PDF size: 308KB   About author: Jamal Abdulsalam is the Executive Director of Dubai Internet City (DIC). Mr Abdulsalam was part of the original DIC team that developed and implemented the concept of a free zone for information and communications technology, ICT, companies in Dubai. Initially, Mr Abdulsalam worked as Account Manager responsible for major IT multinationals, and later as Manager of Operations. He led the creation of a Partner Relations department in Dubai Internet City, tasked with managing relations with companies in the zone. Mr Abdulsalam brings with him his experience as the former Assistant Regional Manager for Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority (JAFZA), with responsibility for the Asia-Pacific region.   Article abstract: The Dubai Internet City (DIC) is applying vision, imagination, planning to harness the power of information and communications technologies. Dubai is well on its way towards its goal of generating 25 per cent of the country’s GNP from knowledge-based industries by 2010. The DIC offers powerful incentives to ICT companies that join it. The country aims to build its economy by ‘doing what we do best, better’; by leveraging existing financial, media and telecom/IT sectors; and, by developing new high-value, high-tech sectors.   Read the article     Article no.: 12 Topic: Technology for digital inclusion Author: Vinay L. Deshpande Title: Chairman & CEO Organisation: Encore Software Ltd. PDF size: 296KB   About author: Vinay L. Deshpande is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Encore Software Limited and the Managing Trustee of The Simputer Trust. A pioneer of the Indian IT industry, over the past 32 years in India, he has had overall responsibility for development of over 60 hardware and software products. He is the co-founder of Processor Systems (Bangalore, India), of PSI Data Systems Ltd, and of Ncore Technology Pvt. Ltd, which later became Encore Software Ltd. Mr Deshpande is a Senior Member of IEEE and a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering. In the past, he served as the President of the Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology and as a member of many high-level governmental technology task forces. Mr Deshpande has been honoured for his work many times. The World Economic Forum named him one of the world’s 100 Technology Pioneers in 2001 and 2002. India’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology awarded him the1st Dewang Mehta Award for Innovation in Information Technology and he was recently nominated to the International Who’s Who. Mr Deshpande earned his MSEE in Digital Systems from Stanford University and a BE in Electronics & Communications from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.   Article abstract: Digital inclusion for economic and social growth is a strategic goal of countries around the globe. Today, however, only 11.5 per cent of the world’s one billion or so PCs are in the developing regions. The PC is remarkable, but it is far too expensive, too vulnerable to adverse conditions and requires electrical power not often found in developing regions. Digital inclusion requires an affordable, rugged, ‘information appliance’ that runs on batteries recharged by solar panels and bundled with basic software.   Read the article     Article no.: 13 Topic: From nominal to phenomenal - gender balance in the digital world Author: Papi Molotsane Title: CEO Organisation: Telkom South Africa PDF size: 288KB   About author: Papi Molotsane is Telkom South Africa’s CEO. Prior to joining Telkom, he served as the group executive of Transnet, and as the CEO of Fedics. Mr Molotsane has a broad-based professional background in engineering, systems, operations, sales, marketing and human resources. Mr Molotsane is currently a director of South Africa’s America’s Cup Challenge and a director of Vodacom. Previously he acted as a director of Arivia.kom and Fike Investment (Pty) Limited. Mr Molotsane has a Bachelor of Science in Business Services, a Bachelor of Engineering Technology and Master of Science in Business Administration. Mr Molotsane also completed the Stanford Executive Programme in the USA.   Article abstract: The digital divide runs along economic, geographic and racial lines; it also runs along the gender line.The information society has widened the gender gap in society. Giving women access to, and training for, information and communications technology is essential to empower women and, also, to drive economic and social inclusion of Africa’s rural areas. If the gender question in developing countries is not dealt with, the Web will never be truly World Wide and digital marginalisation will continue to flourish.   Read the article     Article no.: 14 Topic: It’s prime-time for mobile TV Author: Jeremy Pink Title: President and Managing Director Organisation: CNBC Asia-Pacific PDF size: 312KB   About author: Jeremy Pink is President and Managing Director of CNBC in Asia-Pacific. Most recently, Mr Pink was Vice President, International News and Programming based in the US, where he worked across each international network - CNBC in the US, Europe, Asia-Pacific and CNBC World in the US - to identify global programming and content opportunities. He spearheaded the Worldwide Exchange, the global business news programme, simultaneously broadcast out of the US, Europe and Asia. Prior to that, he was with CNBC in Europe, where he was Vice President of News and Programming, directing the network’s content and coverage and long-range programming. Prior to CNBC in Europe, Mr Pink held positions at CNBC in Asia-Pacific, Worldly Information Network and at CNN’s New York and Atlanta offices. Mr Pink holds an MBA from Duke University and is a contributing author of “The Routledge Critical Dictionary of Global Economics” (1999) and “E-Finance Report” (2001).   Article abstract: Mobile TV is set to become an important new consumer service and an important source of revenues for mobile operators. Content will be the key to its growth. Given the small-screen and on-the-run viewing, content from other platforms will not serve; tailored-for-mobile content will be called for. Since made-for-mobile content is expensive, if it is to be successful, a new business model, where both content producers and operators share the costs and revenues alike, will be needed.   Read the article     Article no.: 15 Topic: 4G and WiMAX: the alternatives that are not Author: Chris Pearson Title: President Organisation: 3G Americas PDF size: 304KB   About author: Chris Pearson is President of 3G Americas, LLC. Mr Pearson served as 3G Americas’ Executive Vice President and Senior Operating Officer of the corporation since its initiation in 2002. Mr Pearson came to 3G Americas from the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium, UWCC, where he served as Executive Vice President in charge of the strategic management of the Consortium. Prior to joining the UWCC, Mr Pearson held the position of Strategic Alliance Manager for the Advanced Network Services Provider Program, ANSPP, at AT&T Wireless Services. Additionally, he has held several senior level technical marketing positions at GTE Telephone Operations and @mobile.com. Throughout his 19-year career, Mr Pearson has provided lectures, training and speeches for telecommunications audiences throughout the world. Mr Pearson holds a Masters in Business Administration from Seattle University and a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing and Finance from the School of Business at the University of Washington.   Article abstract: 3G is still here, despite WiMAX and other 4G technologies, and likely to be delivering mobile wireless broadband for years to come. 3G is the next step in the GSM migration path; there are already 167 million users and there should be one billion subscribers worldwide by 2010. GSM provides the economies of scale needed for low-cost handsets in developing markets. WiMAX is a new technology with a small user base; it will take years to rollout and build substantial usage.   Read the article     Article no.: 16 Topic: Driving the economy in Africa with mobile telephony Author: Gerhard May Title: CEO Organisation: Celtel Kenya PDF size: 300KB   About author: Gerhard May is the CEO of Celtel Kenya. Prior to this appointment, Mr May worked for Mobitel Sudan, a joint venture between Celtel International and Sudatel, for Celtel Tanzania as Managing Director, and as the Chief Commercial Officer in Cell C South Africa, and headed Globacom Ltd in Nigeria. He also served as the Managing Director and Voting Member of the Non-Executive Board of Telecomunicações Móveis de Moçambique, having previously served as its Commercial and Finance Director since its founding in 1997. Gerhard May began his career in his native Germany, after graduating from the University of Regensburg, Germany, with an MBA (Diploma-Kaufmann).   Article abstract: Africa’s future depends upon its ability to drive economic growth for the benefit of its businesses and citizens alike. Lack of infrastructure, including that for telecommunications, has severely hampered the continent’s development. Only recently have investors recognised the value of the vast markets at the bottom of the economic pyramid and funded mobile telephony. Mobile has thrived in Africa, now one of the world’s fastest-growing markets. Mobile communications have had a remarkable impact upon the growth of African GDP.   Read the article     Article no.: 17 Topic: Fixed wireless broadband - Internet access for emerging markets Author: Rene dos Remedios Title: CEO Organisation: Latitude Broadband Inc PDF size: 316KB   About author: Rene dos Remedios is the CEO of Latitude Broadband Inc, a manufacturer of carrier-grade access and bandwidth management equipment for fixed broadband wireless next-generation networks. Mr Remedios has over 20 years’ experience in telecoms, IT, electronics design and manufacturing. As the founder and President of Meridian Telekoms Inc, he was responsible for the largest broadband wireless access network deployment in Asia. In 1988, he co-founded Micro-D International, which is now the leading network systems integration company in the Philippines. Mr Remedios also spent six years in the USA, where he set up and ran a high-volume electronics SMT manufacturing company. Mr Remedios has also taught Computer and Electrical Engineering at the University of the Philippines and Ateneo de Manila University.   Article abstract: Universalisation of broadband, understandably, is replacing the universalisation of basic telephony as the goal of nations throughout the world. Broadband, especially wireless broadband, often costs less than traditional, copper-wired fixed telephony to deliver. Broadband not only provides low-cost - at times almost no-cost - telephony, but it provides access to the Internet and all the services, including eLearning, eCommerce and eEntertainment, among many others, that only the Internet can provide. Broadband, today, is a necessary tool for progress, inclusion and economic growth.   Read the article     Article no.: 18 Topic: A new world Author: Stéphane Klajzyngier Title: President Organisation: Radio Frequency Systems (RFS) PDF size: 392KB   About author: Stéphane Klajzyngier is the President of Radio Frequency Systems, RFS. Prior to joining RFS, he served as the President of Alcatel’s Chinese Mobile Phones Division, MPD. Earlier, he had played a part in the founding of its subsidiary Alcatel Suzhou Telecom Corporation, ASTEC, and served as its General Manager. Mr Klajzyngier also managed a joint venture between TCL and Alcatel Mobile Phones. Mr Klajzyngier joined Alcatel SAFT (Alcatel’s specialist battery division) in as a management auditor. He then took charge of the SAFT Japan subsidiary’s International Department and, ultimately, was appointed head of the company’s France Sales Department and Telecom Business Unit. Mr Klajzyngier holds an MBA in Corporate Finance.   Article abstract: A new world, a virtual world, is enveloping us slowly. The child of technology, science, engineering, electrons and imagination turned software, the virtual world, has a market reality, and an important factor shaping and transforming our society. We are sailing uncharted waters. This is an information and communications-driven revolution, and the entire world is slowly coming under its influence. For the ICT technology sector a market driven by virtual products, by software, rather than hardware has many unsettling consequences.   Read the article     Article no.: 19 Topic: One size does not fit all Author: Theresa Gattung Title: CEO Organisation: Telecom NZ Ltd PDF size: 320KB   About author: Theresa Gattung is the CEO of Telecom New Zealand Limited, having previously served as its Group General Manager for Services. She has led Telecom’s transformation into an Australasian online and communications company, providing a full range of communications services across Internet, electronic commerce, mobile, data, calling and access. Before joining Telecom as its General Manager for Marketing, Ms Gattung was the Chief Manager, Marketing for the Bank of New Zealand, and had previously held executive positions with National Mutual and TVNZ. Ms Gattung graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Victoria University and a Bachelor of Management Studies (Honours, with majors in Economics and Marketing) from the University of Waikato.   Article abstract: Operating companies and service providers of all types, pushed by technology and pulled by the consumer, are faced with a series of hard choices. The need to change the traditional business model is evident to most, but how to change it is not. The risks of a wrong choice, given the rapidly shifting technologies, markets and consumer preferences, are great. Many of today’s hottest services - Google, eBay, Skype, MySpace, iPod - were unknown, unthought-of, just a few years ago.   Read the article     Article no.: 20 Topic: The dice we roll Author: Eva Chen Title: CEO and Co-founder Organisation: Trend Micro PDF size: 336KB   About author: Eva Chen is the CEO and Co-founder of Trend Micro. In the past, she has also served as Chief Technology Officer and as its Executive Vice President. Ms Chen contributed heavily to seven patents, including those pertaining to the detection and removal of viruses in email and on computer networks used in the company’s award-winning anti-virus software. Ms Chen has written numerous articles on the subject of Internet security and, in April 2000, she won the Judges Award from Secure Computing Magazine for her article, Poison Java. She recently received the prestigious Tribute to Women in the Industry, TWIN, award from the YWCA, and was named one of the ten Marketers of the Year by Marketing Computers magazine in 1996. Ms Chen is also a published sci-fi author and used to be a sports journalist. Eva Chen received her MBA and MIS degrees from the University of Dallas, Texas, after earning her Degree in Philosophy from Chiang Chi University in Taipei, Taiwan.   Article abstract: Today, notoriety is no longer enough to drive malware writers; the motivation is now financial gain. New technologies continually provide cyber criminals with new weapons - mass-mailing worms, improved viruses, spear-and-spy-phishing, bots, etc - to work with. To combat today’s cyber-criminals, security companies are working with network equipment manufacturers to build hardware/software solutions. Many businesses lack the know-how to deal with ICT security. Services, similar to guard services for buildings, will increasingly take over these tasks on a contract basis.   Read the article     Article no.: 21 Topic: Redefining service and customer experience Author: Jim Marsh Title: CEO of Cable & Wireless Europe, Asia and US Organisation: Cable & Wireless PDF size: 356KB   About author: Jim Marsh is the CEO of Cable & Wireless Europe, Asia and US, joining the company as a result of the acquisition of Energis in the UK, where he served as the Business Development Director. Previously, Jim Marsh was the Chief Operating Officer at Atos KPMG Consulting and oversaw the consulting business across all industry sectors. Prior to becoming a partner at KPMG in 1997, he was head of strategic planning at Boots the Chemists. Jim Marsh is a qualified chartered accountant specialising in corporate finance and recovery.   Article abstract: The evolution of the communications industry gives customers a wealth of technologies to choose from, but what the customer really wants is excellent service. Given convergence, open standards and the increased competition, customers can pick from a host of suppliers. The telecom carrier’s biggest challenge is to track, understand and meet the customer’s shifting requirements. So re-designing the organisation into a proactive customer-centric company and putting all the company’s energy into developing deeper, more productive, relationships with customers is vital.   Read the article     Article no.: 22 Topic: Revenue assurance for new generation services Author: Alon Aginsky Title: President, CEO & Co-Founder Organisation: cVidya Networks PDF size: 324KB   About author: Alon Aginsky is the President, CEO & Co-Founder of cVidya Networks. Prior to cVidya, Mr Aginsky served as Vice President of Business Development and Business Alliances at C. Mer Industries and as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Mer Telemanagement Solutions responsible for global marketing and sales efforts. Mr Aginsky holds a BA in Business Administration from New York Technology University.   Article abstract: Operators expect the new 3G services, such as data, multimedia, IPTV and the like will drive new revenue streams and raise their ARPU, average revenue per user. The operators’ billing systems, however, are often not up to the job and revenues for services rendered are lost - not to fraud, but because they were never billed. Revenue assurance uses sophisticated systems that control the services rendered and guarantee they are properly registered by the operators’ internal systems and billed appropriately.   Read the article     Article no.: 23 Topic: Unity under IP Author: Mike Volpi Title: Senior Vice President & General Manager, Routing and Service Provider Technology Group Organisation: Cisco Systems PDF size: 336KB   About author: Mike Volpi is the Senior Vice President & General Manager for Cisco’s Routing and Service Provider Technology Group. In this capacity, he leads Cisco’s business for the Service Provider market. Previously, Mr Volpi served as Cisco’s Chief Strategy Officer, and was responsible for corporate strategy, business development and strategic alliances. Before joining Cisco, Mr Volpi was a product development engineer and marketing manager with Hewlett Packard’s optoelectronics division. Mr Volpi is a member of both the FON and Opsware, Inc boards of directors. Mike Volpi earned his BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA, all from Stanford University.   Article abstract: “Service providers have traditionally been defined by access technology” - cable operators own a piece of cable that connects them to the use, mobile operators own spectrum dedicated to mobile communications, service providers, however, are a new breed and not defined by their access methods. Today, IP is driving network convergence and the provider is defined by the services it provides. The interconnection between all types of communication, and blurring of lines between services, is amplifying functionality and individual choice.   Read the article Confirmed authors (Order by article no.)   Reza Jafari Managing Director of International for NeuStar, Chairman of ITU TELECOM World 2006 Forum, NeuStar/ITU TELECOM World 2006 Forum   Viviane Reding European Commissioner for Information Society and Media, European Commission   M. H. Au Director-General of Telecommunications of the Government, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region   Vinton G. Cerf Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google   Fredric J. Morris Editor-in-Chief, Connect-World   Craig Ehrlich Chairman, GSM Association (GSMA)   Dr. Jones A. Killimbe Director General/CEO, RASCOM   Jing Wang Senior Vice President of QUALCOMM and Chairman, Qualcomm Asia Pacific   Olivier Baujard Chief Technology Officer, Alcatel   Edward J. Zander Chairman and CEO, Motorola, Inc   Jamal Abdulsalam Executive Director, Dubai Internet City   Vinay L. Deshpande Chairman & CEO, Encore Software Ltd.   Papi Molotsane CEO, Telkom South Africa   Jeremy Pink President and Managing Director, CNBC Asia-Pacific   Chris Pearson President, 3G Americas   Gerhard May CEO, Celtel Kenya   Rene dos Remedios CEO, Latitude Broadband Inc   Stéphane Klajzyngier President, Radio Frequency Systems (RFS)   Theresa Gattung CEO, Telecom NZ Ltd   Eva Chen CEO and Co-founder, Trend Micro   Jim Marsh CEO of Cable & Wireless Europe, Asia and US, Cable & Wireless   Alon Aginsky President, CEO & Co-Founder, cVidya Networks   Mike Volpi Senior Vice President & General Manager, Routing and Service Provider Technology Group, Cisco Systems