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 

Look whose coming to #CarriersWorld - over 80 companies confirmed

That's right, more than 80 companies have already confirmed their participation in this years's Carriers World conference, organised by Total Telecom. Here's a selection of those coming to Europe's leading #wholesale event:

There's still time for you to get involved as a delegate, sponsor, or book one of our new networking pods.

Carriers World takes place at the fantastic Jumeirah carlton Tower in London's Knightsbridge - just round the corner from Harvey Nichols (so bring your credit card!)

Find out more about the leading speakers and fantastic networking opportunities on the website www.totaltele.com/carriersworld

Fighting talk from the East

‘I aspire to be number one in the world, but everything should be done in steps’ says Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son, number 13 in this years Global 100 Operators report.

Growth from the East is one of the key trends in this years Global 100 which can now be downloaded for FREE from Total Telecom

One Month to Enter #ACA12

Are you working on your entries for the 2012 Asia Communication Awards? There's just over 1-month to go.


The awards recognises the successes of telecoms companies, operators and vendors alike, with headquarters in the Asia region to the wider telecom industry. Categories range from specifics like Cloud Service and Social Media Initiative to the generic achievements of Operator and vendor of the Year. Find out more about the categories here.


Why not gain some inspiration as to what the judges are looking for by watching some of the videos from 2011, where you can here from winners and sponsors of the inaugural awards.





2012 venue now confirmed, the spectacular Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel Singapore

PCCW Global Support Total #Telecom World

PCCW Global have become the latest organisation to offer their support as a sponsor of the new strategic conference, Total Telecom World.

They join a raft of great industry names, including Citycell, Interoute, LogMeIn, Orange Business Services, Qiwi, Tata Communications, and Tektronix who are sponsoring the inaugural conference to be held at prestigous One Whitehall Place on the 7 & 8 November 2011.

Marc Halbfinger, CEO of PCCW Global will be one of a stellar line up of speakers. You can meet them all by downloading the conference brochure.

This years conference coincides by date with the 13th annual World Communication Awards, which take place nearby at the London Hilton on Park Lane. Many of the 600 senior executives who attend the WCA will also be at Total Telecom World, so make sure you don't miss out on the limited places available by booking today.

Double Hat-Trick!

Total Telecom are delighted to welcome not one, not two, but three new partners for three of our events....

Juniper Networks join the list of sponsors of this years World Communication Awards, which will be presented at the London Hilton on the 25 November. Juniper will present the trophy to the recipient of this years Green Award.

Tellabs have joined us as the founding Event Partner for our telecom strategy club, the World Telecoms Council. The next meeting will be held in central London on the 24 & 25 November and will offer the opportunity to discuss Green & Sustainable Telecoms, Wholesale Telecoms, and Business Models with leading telecom professionals and experts including Robin Mersh, COO of the Broadband Forum.

Finally we are delighted to confirm PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Founding Partner of the NEW World Vendor Awards. Launching officially next month, the WVA will recognise excellence and innovation amongst hardware and software vendors serving the global telecom community.

For more information on any of these events, contact rob.chambers@totaltele.com.

Orange named Best Global Operator

What a great night last night turned out to be. More than 500 of the telecom industries elite gathered at the Hilton on Park Lane, London to see this years winners of the World Communication Awards unveiled.

Guest speakers included Pen Hadow, the arctic environmentalist and explorer, and Krishnan Guru Murthy proved to be an excellent MC and demonstrated why he has appeared as a guest on comedy quiz shows including 'Have I got news for you' (quote of the night, KGM "I love an awards ceremony where I can call Bill Gates and Steve Jobs losers")



After all the glitz, Orange and Bharti Airtel came out as the big winners with two trophies each.
The full list was as follows:
Best Brand: Bharti Airtel Ltd.
Best Content Service: MINICK Group
Best Customer Care: BT Group
Best Managed Service: NTT Communications
Best Mobile Operator : Bharti Airtel Ltd.
Best New Service : SpinVox
Best Operator in a Developing Market: Afsat Communications
Best Project Management: Orange Business Services
Best Technology Foresight : ip.access
The Convergence Award: BT 21CN
Best Changemaker: Vishvas Sethi - Botswana Telecommunications Corporation
Best Wholesale Carrier: TeliaSonera International Carrier
Best Global Operator : Orange Business Services
Most influential person: Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner, EU

Once again the WCA proved to be a night to really unite the big hitters with a range of senior telco execs including Osamu Inoue of NTT, Barbara Dalibard of Orange, Malin Frenning of TeliaSonera, Ofer Gneezy of iBasis, and Daniel Kurgan of Belgacom to name just five of those present.

2008 is the 10th year of the WCA, so watch this space to keep up with the plans...