Meet the experts - Pathways to IPX Innovation webinar

The Total Telecom webinar "Pathways to IPX Innovation" to be held on the 16th September 2015 brings together three recognised experts on the subject to discuss the opportunities for Communications Service Providers (CSPs) due to the migration of services to all-IP.

The webinar will be hosted by Total Telecom editor Mary Lennighan and will feature:

Isabelle Paradis, President, Hot Telecom who has worked with many of the world's global wholesalers and service providers to help them define their IP evolution strategy and has published a number of articles and reports on the future of wholesale and IPX.

Tom Schroer, Director ­ Service Provider Marketing at Dialogic who has many years of experience with both wireless and fixed data and voice networks, including previous work with NetScout Inc. and Tektronix 

Steve Heap, CTO of Hot Telecom, who focuses on providing strategic and technology consulting and training to companies either looking to deploy an IPX, or planning to use IPX services from others. 

To find out more or to register for this free webinar taking place at 14-00 (London) on 16 September, 2015 visit www.totaltele.com/webinars or go direct to the registration page 

Total Telecom #IPXSummit Brochure Released - 22 Key IPX leaders named

The 2nd annual Total Telecom IPX summit is where leading mobile operators, OTT players, and IPX vendors gather to understand the latest advances in IPX, and to explore the future of this emerging sector. The brochure has just been released.

This is the only event you need to attend to network and share ideas with all of the key stakeholders in the IPX ecosystem in one place and at one time.

Currently 22 leading proponents of IPX are confirmed to speak for the second annual conference, with an early bird offer currently available to enable you to benefit from the best possible rate to attend.

Heading up the speaker line up are Mansoor Hanif, Director of RAN Development and

Programmes at EE, Dan Warren | Senior Director of Technology from the GSM Association (GSMA), and Carlos Da Silva, Vice President of Business Development at PCCW Global. Download the brochure for the full line up.

Here are 8 more reasons why you should attend:

1. Understand the current state of IPX roll out 

2. Explore how to promote IPX as the best quality alternative to the internet

3. Discover the challenges that operators may have in LTE Roaming Strategy

4. Hear how IPX roll out has affected mobile operators 

5. Understand what you can do to make IPX truly global

6. Optimise security measures in an LTE-focused environment 

7. Listen to case studies that explore the benefits of IPX

8. Gain valuable insights from the i3 Forum and the GSMA

The Total Telecom IPX Summit is delighted to confirm sponsorship from leading companies in the field, including: NetNumber; Orange; BTS; PCCW Global; Telefónica; Telenor Global Services and Knowledge Partner, Hot Telecom

What are the real requirements for IPX

IP eXchange or IPX is one of the hot topics today and will be the subject of a 1 day Total Telecom conference on the 10 October.

But what do customers really think about IPX? Our partners at Hot Telecom have put together a report based on interviews with 70 customers to give you some insight.

The report covers:

• Define the current status of service providers' IP migration as a whole
• Validate what service providers understand of IPX and how they define it
• Identify the services and features customers really need and want
• Determine what is important for customers when choosing their IPX providers
• Understand what are the main factors delaying the use of IPX for operators not already using it and what makes migration difficult
• Define the differences in service providers' opinions and needs based on their region of operation and core service offering

So if you are serious about the IPX opportunity, buy the report and come along to the Total Telecom IPX Summit

Should you care about IPX

At Total Telecom we clearly care about IPX, that's why we are launching The IPX Summit in October, but should you?

We think you should, so watch this video interview with Isabelle Paradis of Hot Telecom to see why.


To find out more about the IPX Summit visit www.totaltele.com/IPXSummit 

Make no apologies for voice - it still matters

This weeks Breakfast with Total Telecom briefing, 'The Future of Voice' reaffirmed for anyone who had doubts in their mind that voice is very much alive.

A packed room heard opinions from analyst and voice wholesaler, financial services, and OTT player, and all were in agreement - voice is still in rude health and isn't going anywhere soon.

Watch this video to hear from Hot Telecom, IDT, and Samba Mobile


There was an active discourse on Twitter with the hashtag #TTWholesale, with a few of the most notable Tweets being:

• 5 stages of operator grief: denial,anger, depression,bargaining, acceptance. Isabelle Paradis: President of Hot Telecom
• Telcos need to move into internet world not the other way around - Ben Atherton: CEO and Founder of Samba Mobile
• Voice wholesale 'not as dead or dull as you might think' Jonathan Nierenberg: Senior VP Business Development Americas at IDT
• Visa is helping operators build propositions that matter Hugh Kingdon: Vice President, Product Development at Visa Europe

Related upcoming events from Total Telecom include:

• Total Telecom IPX Summit - 10 October
• Carriers World - organised by Total Telecom - 15 & 16 October

Who, What, Why and When - #IPX Report

New research by Total Telecom and Hot Telecom into IP Packet Exchange (IPX) reveals that 60% of the customers intending to adopt IPX anticipate that it will primarily be used to facilitate voice traffic (standard Voice over Internet Protocol or HD Voice) over the next 3-4 years, while only 16% indicated a focus on video and other data content. In contrast, only 18% of IPX providers expect voice to be the prominent service, pointing to a significant gap in perception and expectations.

HOT TELECOM President Isabelle Paradis said: "It is clear from the customer and provider feedback we received that the two groups see the benefits, drivers and inhibitors to the service differently at present. We believe that the gap will close as the services IPX offers continue to evolve, but right now the differences in opinion are driving different priorities and behaviours and are impacting the take up by IPX customers."

To discover everything you want to know about IPX (but were afraid to ask!) take advantage of the exclusive Total Telecom discount to save US$200 and pre-order your copy.  

The report, 'IPX - Who, What, Why and When', will be published on 26^th November and will be available at  http://goo.gl/z1NqO 

Who’s who in telecom consulting

We are working again with Hot Telecom on a new report profiles the world’s top 37 telecom consulting firms, which account for over 90% of the industry’s total revenue.

The unchallenged market leader continues to be Accenture, with a market share of 17.8% but as telecom vendors have moved into this space, we have started to consider them in our tables. This moves Ericsson up to number 2 ahead of Alcatel-Lucent and traditional players like Deloitte and McKinsey, as illustrated by the graph below.




For more on this, read the story on Total Telecom: http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=473521 
Or purchase the report via the Hot Telecom shop.  

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