Develop your gigabit future - Brussels April 2017

In 2014 Total Telecom launched Gigabit Copper, a conference dedicated to the technologies enhancing the abilities and extending the life of existing copper networks. The event has been hugely successful and has grown to be the foremost conference for those interested in G.fast and other copper extension technologies, but now time has moved on.

It is not that telecom operators have lost interest in getting more out of their existing copper infrastructure, but rather that the debate has moved on. Today the discussion is how copper, fibre and other technologies can cohabit to fulfil the ultimate aim of providing gigabit access.

Gigabit Access will encompass the enhancement of legacy copper networks, but will also look at the opportunities provided by other next generation access technologies, primarily fibre, to provide the consumer with efficient, reliable and cost effective gigabit access.

In keeping with the Total Telecom ethos of covering the business of telecoms, Gigabit Access will not be a highly technical conference, but instead will be the opportunity for those tasked with monetising superfast broadband access to come together to explore strategies, meet potential partners and learn from global best practice.

Gigabit Access will be a strategic two day conference attracting more than 200 of the most senior and strategic executives in the field to learn, share and network.

BOOK YOUR PLACE AT GIGABIT ACCESS

• Anna Krzyzanowska, Head of Unit Broadband, European Commission
• Geert Standaert, CTO, Proximus
• Oliver Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, Point Topic
• Paul Callan, Head of Access Network Strategy, Eir
• Raf Meersman, Chief Executive Officer, Comsof
• Krzysztof Kozłowski, Director, Orange Labs, Director, Network and Service Platforms, Orange Polska
• Matjaz Pogacnik, Director of Access Networks, Telekom Slovenije
• Alexandre Fonseca, Executive Manager, Altice Labs and CTO, Portugal Telecom
• Micha Berger, CTO, Telenet Group
• Rupert Wood, Research Director, Analysys Mason
• Carlo Filangieri, SVP Open Access, Telecom Italia
• Frank Hellemink, Chief Technology Officer, Vodafone Kabel Deutschland Gmbh
• Steve Haines, Group Managing Director, BT
• Konstantinos Chalkiotis, VP Mobile Access, Deutsche Telekom
• Hans Witdouck, CEO, Eurofiber Belgium
• David Cullen, Director - Regulation and Policy, ITS Technology Group
• Dana Tobak, CEO, Hyperoptic
• Staffan Ingvarsson, CEO, Stokab

Visit totaltele.com/access to book

The event was very interesting and very well organized - Regulatory Director, Metroweb Italia 

Top 10 #Telecom Downloads of 2011

We all love rankings, don't we, so it seemed a good idea to end 2011 with another, this time the Top Telecom Downloads of 2011.

Downloads with Total Telecom mean white papers and other special reports and documents that we've hosted for you to download from our website, providing a wealth of valuable information, so there are bound to be some here that you would benefit from. The list below are the Top 10 most popular downloads of 2011:

1. Global 100 Operators 2011 (annual report from Total Telecom)
2. Global 100 Operators 2010 (annual report from Total Telecom)
3. Beyond MPLS: Enabling Cloud-Ready Networks (White Paper from Ipanema Technologies)
4. Carrier Ethernet Basics (White Paper from EXFO)
5. Telecoms Reinvention: Death Of The Traditional Telco (White Paper from ATG)
6. Smart Mobile Networks, Not Dumb Pipes (Customer Magazine from Tellabs)
7. Five myths of cloud computing (White Paper from HP)
8. Seizing The Opportunity In Mobile Broadband (White Paper from Acision)
9. Next-Gen PON: Sardana merges metro & access networks (Customer Magazine from Tellabs)
10. Best Practice to Stay Ahead of Communication Industry Standards (White Paper from Progress Software)

This list has been compiled based on the data captured by our Nielsen NetRatings online measurement tool, a fantastic analytical tool, that not only tells us who read what, but is also audited by the BPA, meaning you don't have to take our word for it (we're the only website in the telco sector to do this).

So does the list throw up any surprises? Probably not. Any cheating? No, not unless you count the omission of our media pack from the list - wow a lot of people like reading what we're planning!

Why not check out other White Papers yourself by visiting http://www.totaltele.com/whitepapers or speak to us about hosting your own.

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.