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 

All-a-Twitter

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It's been a week of Tweets for @totaltelecom with presence at two events that ended up feeding off each other - even though they were for different audiences and in different countries.

We were delighted to work with ETNO (@etnoassociation) to organise our first ever Regulatory Summit in Brussels on the 30 May. We saw a packed conference room listening to some fantastic speakers including Georg Serentschy of BEREC and Anthony Whelan, the Head of Vice-President Kroes Cabinet.

But what was most notable was the twitter activity. We promoted the hashtag #RegSummit and saw a constant stream of tweets throughout the day.

At the same time, in the somewhat less glamorous surroundings of Milton Keynes similarly furious tweeting surrounded #NextGen12. Again a good line up of speakers including Broadband Development UK, a slightly embattled representative of BT and the charismatic Mark Kellett of Magnet.

Although not connected there was a twitter clash around the hot topic of investing in fibre - subject of a keynote at our Brussels event from Gregor Langus of Charles River Associates.

So twitter rules when it comes to regulation. It will be interesting to see if this still holds true when Neelie Kroes joins ETNO next Monday to create a Twitter Storm - follow the hastag or put a question with #ETNOKroes

Missed out on the ETNO / Total Telecom Regulatory Summit? Next event from us will be Wireless World in London on the 12 & 13 June - find out more.

View from the Top #RegSummit

Georg Serentschy - Chair 2012 - BEREC is the keynote speaker at next weeks ETNO / Total Telecom Reulatory Summit. Get a flavour of what he might speak about in this video.

Very limited opportunities to register for the event still exist. Visit www.totaltele.com/regulatorysummit


If you are attending the event and Tweeting, please use the hashtag #RegSummit

Save the date: #Regulatory Summit

Total Telecom is delighted to be working with ETNO to produce our first ever Regulatory Summit in Brussels on the 30 May 2012.

The full agenda will be published shortly, with speakers including leading regulators and senior executives of international telecom operators.

The first confirmed keynote is Georg Serentschy, Chairman of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC). BEREC comprises the heads of 27 National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) and forms a group through which they exchange expertise and best practice and offer opinions on the functioning of the telecoms market in the EU.

The Regulatory Summit will be free of charge for Policy Makers, ETNO members and qualifying members of the press. There will be a limited number of additional seats available for a small fee.

To find out more visit www.totaltele.com/regulatorysummit