The Pioneer Trail

It's always nice to get noticed, and Total Telecom is doing pretty well right now! Most recently we've been nominated for the new Media Pioneer Awards to be presented at next year's Specialist Media Show.

In this instance we're being recognised for just doing what our audience expect! That's not to diminish how please we are to be nominated, but the actual reason we're on the list is because we've done and continue to do just what every business should, address the needs of our customers - whether they be readers or commercial partners, and in doing so develop our business for the years ahead.

So please do take the time to read the article on the Specialist Media Show website, or even better come and experience the reality through our digital publishing and events. Our next event is the Next Generation Cloud Services breakfast.

The Media Pioneer Awards will announce their winners next year, but much sooner are this years PPA Independent Publisher Awards. Total Telecom is shortlisted for Media Brand of the Year and Digital Brand of the Year (the category we won last year), so it's fingers crossed here to see what the results will be next Tuesday.

Bringing it all together - #WCA2011

The World Communication Awards are the embodiment of every that Total Telecom represents and this year they were better than ever.

They've been referred to a s the 'bluechip mark of achievement' and the Oscars of telecommunications, and this year we can add the "Festival de Cannes of telecommunications" (Axel Haentjens, Orange Business Services).

The video's are now released from the night, including the overview that gives great insight into the event, the winners, and the sponsors. It's well worth spending a few minutes to watch it, whether you attended or not.

Once again our thanks goes out to all the judges of this years event, as well as the sponsors that help make this happen. The 14th awards will be held in London on the 13th November 2012, but before that you still may have the opportunity to participate in the World Vendor Awards or the 2nd annual Asia Communication Awards.

You can view the complete playlist of interviews on Total Telecom

DIY, BYOD, the new corporate strategy?

So whose phone do you use? Your employers or your own? In this months Total Telecom+, Nick Wood talks about the growing trend to Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)

Amongst the conclusions is a quote from Gartner vice president Nick Jones. “BYO is a principle that most organisations will adopt and organisations must prepare for this change.” If he's right then operators really need to jump on board to realise the opportunity to generate revenues from ‘bring your own device’

You can read Nick's article and others from this issue on your iOS or Android device, as an online page turning digital issue (see flip image below) or download as a PDF. Find out more here.


Every issue of Total Telecom+ is full of the latest analysis of the stories behind the news, so if you've missed any recent issues, check out our archive for recent issues including:


October: Device Strategies, Tablets
September: Content Strategies: Over-the-top content strategies
July/August: Self organising networks (SON)
and much more...
View the archive: www.totaltele.com/plus/archive

Not easily impressed: #WVA2012 judges

Meet the judges for the 2012 World Vendor Awards. These are the men and women you've got to impress if you hope to win at this years awards, and between them they have a formidable track record in the telecom industry and knowledge second to none.


They include representatives of your customers, telecom operators who buy hardware, software and solutions, and industry commentators including analysts, journalists, and trade associations.

For the 2012 World Vendor Awards we are delighted to be able to welcome some new faces to join the established names, including:

Matthew Finnie, the CTO of Interoute;



Rob Staples, the Partner who is leading development of the Telecoms and Media practice at BearingPoint;

Isabelle Paradis, President of Hot Telecom.

In total this brings to 13 the number of judges for the WVA and without insulting anyone a collective experience of more than 200 years in telecoms...


If you can impress these people, you are indeed worthy of a World Vendor Award!
Meet all the judges at: www.terrapinn.com/2012/worldvendorawards/judges.stm

Enter now - DEADLINE 30 November 2011 www.worldvendorawards.com

Does your CEO have the X-Factor?

The vendor CEO with the #xfactor will be recognised at the 2012 World Vendor Awards.

Last years winner was Vishwanath Alluri of IMImobile whose company also won Best Outsourcing Initiative.

Vishwanath commented: “I feel this is a reflection of the innovative and compelling work we do at IMImobile that delivers consumer engagement and increased revenues for our customers. Winning these two highly regarded World Vendor Awards is evidence of our continued excellence within the mobile industry.”

CEO of the Year is important because it is determined by the industry. In a two stage evaluation process we ask the industry to nominate candidates who are then put to an industry vote. To ensure fair play we use an evaluation system where voters have to tell us theior top three choices.

Of course if your CEO isn't nominated, they can't win, so make sure you submit your nomination today!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WVA_CEO_2012

Countdown for #vendor excellence

The entry deadline for this years World Vendor Awards is the 30 November 2011, so now is the time to start refining your entries.

2012 will be the third annual World Vendor Awards and we're celebrating with some new categories and a new venue, the fabulous Jumeirah Carlton Tower in Knightsbridge.

A thorough review of the categories has seen eight categories appear that are either new or substantially revised, including Best Cloud Solution, Best Mobile Network Product, The Small Cells Award - you can view them all and download the categories brochure here.

The first entries are already in, but if you want inspiration, you may want to watch the videos from last years awards dinner, or read the Winners magazine to see who won.

The big Idea in India

On Monday night Idea Cellular from India picked up the first award of the night at the 2011 World Communication Awards (#WCA2011).

CMO Sashi Shankar collected the trophy for Best Brand Campaign from PCCW Global CEO Marc Halbfinger in front of a packed house of truly global telecom professionals. Despite other strong entries from Tata Communications and Bharti Airtel, Idea remained the only Indian winner of the night.

Post event, clearly their press team demonstrated their part in making them such a strong brand by generating widespread coverage of their success, including these stories below:

BUSINESS STANDARD: Idea wins 'Best Brand Campaign' at World Communication Awards 2011

BUSINESS REVIEW INDIA: Idea bags 'Best Brand Campaign' award in London

RADIO & MUSIC: Idea wins 'Best Brand Campaign' at the prestigious World Communication Awards 2011

BEST MEDIA INFO: Idea wins ‘Best Brand Campaign’ at World Communication Awards

#Ofcom has it covered

This weeks inaugural Total #Telecom World conference has clearly demonstrated an industry need for a conference dedicated to the future of the telecom industry.

No where is this clearer than by looking at the amount of press coverage generated by Ofcom's Ed Richards. The keynote on Day 2 left rather hastily having slipped Total Telecom World into a crammed diary but has been widely quoted in the tech press, including the esteemed publications listed below. If you've spotted more coverage of Total Telecom World, do let us know...

• ZDNet - Ofcom: Level playing field needed for rural broadband
• The Register - Ofcom boss warns of low interest in 'superfast' broadband
• eWeek europe - Ofcom Boss Queries Need For Superfast Broadband
• think broadband - Ofcom boss shares UK regulators approach with telecom industries 
• BroadbandExpert - Ofcom Chief Talks Broadband at Total Telecom World
• ISPreview - Ofcom UK Warns of Competition Concerns with Low Superfast Broadband Uptake
• HARDWARE (The register) - Ofcom boss warns of low interest in 'superfast' broadband
• ИКС (Russia) - Ofcom chief backs WDM as future of fibre competition
• ITProPortal - Ofcom: Equal Participation by Telecom Operators in Rural Broadband Needed
• uSwitch.com - teenagers driving superfast broadband take-up
• PCPro - Ofcom chief: only families with teenagers want fibre

It's a wrap! Awards and Conference complete

The 13th annual World Communication Awards and first ever Total Telecom World conference are over for another year, so time to take a deep breath and relax. No chance, it's time to start working on Total Telecom Wireless World for June 2012!


Eighteen categories were awarded, with the highlights being the emergence of UPC Austria as the winner in two categories, Team of the Year and Best Customer Care, and the naming of Randall L. Stephenson of AT&T as CEO of the Year. Randall unfortunately was unable to make the awards, but did send us personal video message.

There is great press coverage of the awards this year, in particular the BBC were very quick off the mark to cover BT's win of Project of the Year for Superfast Cornwall.




Almost 500 people attended this years awards dinner at the London Hilton on Park Lane where Andrew Neil demonstrated just what makes him such a popular commentator and presenter with his unique blend of topical, humourous, and the slightly cutting - especially if you happen to work for Orange.  You can view all the winners and highly commended companies on the website at www.worldcommsawards.com 


Many of those who attended the awards also participated in the inaugural Total Telecom World conference where they were moved and inspired by Karim Khoja's story of telecoms in Afghanistan, as well as getting great insight from Ed Richards, CEO of Ofcom and the opportunity to hear first hand from Nigel Stagg, the new CEO of BT Wholesale in his first conference presentation.


Panel discussions in particular were lively with candid views expressed by the likes of Jeremy Boardman of Rothschild (Any new UK fibre investors would be 'certifiable'), whilst David Haigh of Brand Finance was described by one participant as making the other panellists 'squirm'!


An eventful two days, when all's said and done...

What's in the bag?

We have boxes full of bags and bags full of.... well you'll have to come to next weeks World Communication Awards to find out. 

Once again we are delighted to have the goody bag sponsored by Virtela for the #WCA2011

The 2011 World Communication Awards will be presented at the Hilton, Park Lane, London on the evening of Monday 7 November.

Warning - Beware of #Android's

There may be a sudden outbreak of Androids, or at least Android editions of Total Telecom+ which is now live in the Android Market.

This new route to access for Total Telecom+ joins the iPad App edition that already has already been downloaded by over 1,800 users.

If you have an iPad, iPhone or Android device, make sure you check out the Total Telecom+ App - we're sure you'll be delighted by the compelling reading, viewing and sharing experience.

The latest publication on the App is the 2011 edition of the Global 100 Operators guide. If you want the full dataset, this will be available shortly in excel format - contact Total Telecom for more information.

Total Telecom+ provides indepth analysis of the issues behind the news from the editiors of Total Telecom and selected contributiors. It is available for tablet devices, as an online page turner and to download as a PDF. Find out more about the latest edition (October) by clicking here. Content includes TABLETS, RISK MANAGEMENT, SATELLITES, NEXT-GENERATION NETWORKS as well as the Q4 edition of Tellabs Insight Magazine.

Thought leaders you can't afford to miss

Next weeks Total Telecom World will bring together senior executives from more than 90 organisations spanning the global telecoms industry, from AT&T to ZTE. Here's why you should grab a last minute opportunity to attend!

Royal Horseguards

The delegates will gather at the prestigous Royal Horseguards (One Whitehall Place) to debate the future of the  teleocms industry, explore how business models are changing, examine the impact of new competitiors and challenges, and learn more about emerging partnerships and solutions.

A fantastic line up of keynotes, presenters and panellists has come together, with the highlights including:

Nigel Stagg, CEO - BT Wholesale - the new CEO of BT Wholesale, in his first conference presentation since taking over from Sally Davis, talks about moving away from selling capacity.

Diarmid Massey, MD, Global Wholesale & Carrier - Cable&Wireless Worldwide told his peers
partner up or lose out when talking to Total Telecom - we'll see if his views have changed

Gerd Leonhard, CEO - The Futures Agency was called by the WSJ  ‘one of the leading Media Futurists in the World' - anyone who has seen him speak knows his presentation will be insightful and compelling





Ed Richards, CEO – Ofcom explains Ofcom's long-term vision for competition and investment

Marc Halbfinger has been CEO of PCCW Global since 2007 and has fantastic experience across the telecom industry. He joins other industry leaders from BT Wholesale, Orange Business Services and Virtela for a panel discussion examining how operators can profit from the cloud.

Erik Hallberg, President - TeliaSonera International Carrier provides the first keynote on Day 1. As the winners of the Best Customer Care award at the 2010 World Communication Awards, TSIC really understand what makes for happy customers.

Tom Homer became CEO of Telstra International earlier this year. He is responsible for delivering Telstra International EMEA’s growth strategy throughout the region.

It's now just a couple of working days away, so if you are still to book your place, the time for delay is over!