9 Reason why this week has the #IPX factor

Probably it's been the #ITW2014 factor, but it's certainly been a week of big news in the IPX space, so as the Total Telecom team wrap up the agenda for the 2nd IPX Summit, here's some of the big stories we've been reading:

Tele2 launches IPX [Total Telecom]

Telecom Italia Sparkle, Etisalat SmartHub sign IPX deal  [Total Telecom]

iBasis IPX enables HD voice between PLAY, KPN users  [Total Telecom]

Telefonica Launches IPX Suite [LightReading]

IDT Integrates IPX into its Global VoIP Network [Realwire]

Syniverse buys Aicent as IPX market consolidates [Rethink Wireless]

BICS lays foundations for HD voice, VoLTE services  [Total Telecom]

HGC inks IPX peering deals with Chunghwa, NTT Com, Etisalat [Telecom Paper]

XConnect deploys Malaysian IPX hub  [Total Telecom]

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Everyone's on Twitter Right? Wrong... Asian telco's on Twitter #ACA14

Today we expect everyone to be on Twitter, at least every company, it's even on our Salesforce profiles, the field that says Twitter handle, so I did a quick check against the companies of the CEO of the Year candidates for this years Asia Communication Awards.

It was quite an interesting exercise. 19 companies from 16 Asian countries, searching via Google for their main corporate Twitter account. And the results; one with more than 300,000 followers (@smartcares), one with no apparent corporate Twitter account (Roshan - although a huge number of Facebook fans), six with more than 100,000 followers, and 4 with less than 1,000 followers.

Some you'd expect to have less presence, @pacnet for example won't have a following from the general public, but it's very interesting to see the contrast between those with huge followings and those that have only a relatively small presence - and it doesn't necessarily reflect the number of subscribers, for example Smart have over 54 million subscribers, compared to Etisalat's 6.3 million, but have only 25% more Twitter followers.

It will be interesting to see if there is any correlation between Twitter followers, and the number of votes their CEO's generate for the Asia Communication Awards....

VOTE NOW FOR THE CEO OF THE YEAR FOR THE 2014 ASIA COMMUNICATION AWARDS

19 candidates for the #ACA14 CEO of the Year

The nominations are in and 19 candidates have been gathered for CEO of the Year at the 4th annual Asia Communication Awards.

Last years' winner, Vinod Kumar of Tata Communications makes the list again and is joined by a stellar line

up of industry talent comprising:

• Ahmad Al Hanandeh: Zain Jordan
• Akira Arima: NTT Communications Corporation
• Carl Grivner: Pacnet
• David Thodey: Telstra
• Dr. Amer bin Awadh Al-Rawas: Oman Telecommunication (Omantel)
• Ehsan Bayat: Afghan Wireless Communication Company
• Karim Khoja: Telecom Development Company Afghanistan (Roshan)
• Lalith De Silva: Sri Lanka Telecom
• Masayoshi Son: Softbank
• Naeem Zamindar: Wateen Telecom
• Napoleon L. Nazareno: Smart Communications
• Yousuf Abdulla Al-Kubaisi: Ooredoo Group
• Nguyen Manh Hung: Viettel Group
• Osman Sultan: du
• Salih Al Abdooli: Etisalat
• Salman Abdulaziz Al-Badran: Kuwait Telecom Co. VIVA
• Tan Sri Dato' Sri Zamzamzairani: Telecom Malaysia
• Tan Tong Hai: StarHub
• Vinod Kumar: Tata Communications Limited Group

To cast your vote for this years CEO of the Year, go to the poll hosted by Survey Monkey

The winner will be revealed during the spectacular gala dinner in Singapore on the 19 June 2014, the last night of CommunicAsia, so why not come along as a fitting end to a busy week?

Meet Expert Delegates at the Network Management Show

If you need another reason to attend next weeks Network Management Show, here's 15 of them!

There will be hundreds of leading influencers in the network management space attending next weeks event, so here's a snapshot of just 15 of those you might like to meet:

To find out more about the agenda and networking opportunities, DOWNLOAD THE BROCHURE

WCA Animation

At last weeks World Communication Awards, Orange joined Total Telecom in celebrating a Decade of Excellence by creating a short film of telecom landmarks.


The film was played out during the gala evening, but if you weren't able to attend, or want to see it again, it's now available on Total Telecom

The tenth World Communication Awards saw major players including BT, Orange, Belgacom, O2, and Bharti Airtel celebrating their success, as well as a strong showing from companies such as Safaricom, Etisalat, and Turkcell. A full list of the winners and highly commended companies is available online.