SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 7, 2012 ­- UBM TechWeb announced the acquisition of 4G World from Yankee Group.

4G World is the largest event in the world covering the entire ecosystem of 4G technologies and business models that power the mobile Internet industry and economy. The massive growth in the 4G marketplace – predicted to grow to 2.5 billion subscribers in 2016 according to Pyramid Research – fuels the demand for a conference and expo to bring key stakeholders together to discuss, debate and evaluate the most important 4G topics, opportunities and solutions. 4G World is happening Oct. 29 – Nov. 1, 2012 at McCormick Place in Chicago. For more information, visit http://www.4gworld.com/.

“The 4G market and 4G World is right in our sweet spot,” said Lenny Heymann, UBM TechWeb Executive Vice President and Group General Manager.  “4G World serves a fast growing market that will immediately utilize our conference expertise and infrastructure, taps into our thriving Light Reading and InformationWeek online communities and databases of service provider and enterprise tech decision makers, and provides a powerful event platform for 4G marketers around the globe.”

Heading up the 4G World program will be Berge Ayvazian, the founding Conference Chair for 4G World and before that, WiMAX World. Ayvazian is currently Senior Analyst with UBM TechWeb’s Heavy Reading where he manages the research company’s 4G Consulting Business and has spent 30 spent years covering and advising the global communications market, including serving as former CEO of Yankee Group.

“With the rapid adoption of 4G mobile broadband technologies such as LTE, HSPA+, and WiMAX LTE, and an endless appetite for mobile broadband from both enterprise businesses and consumers, 4G holds significant potential to transform business and how people communicate, work and socialize,“ said  Ayvazian.  “I am excited to put the UBM TechWeb resources to work at 4G World, creating a brand and event that brings together the entire 4G ecosystem of carriers, their enterprise customers, application developers, key industry associations, and industry experts from other major research and media companies.”

4G World 2011 attracted over 8,500 registered attendees and featured over 250 sponsors and exhibitors, over 80 interactive sessions featuring 20 speakers and 30 mobile operator case studies, an Expo show floor, rich networking opportunities, and an awards ceremony.

Follow 4G World on Twitter @4GWorld become a fan of 4G World on Facebook or join 4G World on LinkedIn.

About UBM TechWeb

UBM TechWeb, the global leader in technology media and professional information, enables people and organizations to harness the transformative power of technology. Through its three core businesses – media solutions, marketing services and paid content – UBM TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed brands and media applications in the technology market. More than 14.5 million business and technology professionals (CIOs and IT managers, Web & Digital professionals, Software Developers, Government decision makers, and Telecom providers) actively engage in UBM TechWeb’s communities and information resources monthly. UBM TechWeb brands include: global face-to-face events such as Interop, Web 2.0, Black Hat and Enterprise Connect; award-winning online resources such as InformationWeek, Light Reading, and Network Computing; and market-leading magazines InformationWeek, Wall Street & Technology, and Advanced Trading. UBM TechWeb is a UBM plc company, a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion.

About 4G World

4G World is the first and only conference and expo covering the entire ecosystem of next-generation 4G technologies that enable the mobile Internet revolution, including mobile network infrastructure, advanced devices, applications and content. 4G World offers operators an opportunity to research state-of-the-practice business models and advanced mobile technologies, and learn from other operators about what works—and what doesn’t—as they migrate their networks to 4G. For more information, visit www.4GWorld.com

Thousands of http://www.didx.net members are mobile operators, carriers, service providers, mobile voip companies, MVNOs, or application entrepreneurs. Many of them participate in 4G World conferences. DIDX and Techistan are also a media partner for 4G World.

Google+ now has more than 40 million users, and Google chief executive Larry Page told analysts that the company is well on its way toward using G+ data to transform users’ experiences with the company’s services.

Google chief executive Larry Page said, The company added 100 Google+ features in its first 90 days, helping it better understand users and tailor its search results.

In a quarterly conference call with analysts this afternoon, Page said Google’s goal is to customize the Web for users based on what it learns from their social media experience.

“It’s still incredibly early days for Google+ because our goal is actually far bigger than the individual feature launches themselves.”

Page said. “Our ultimate ambition is to transform the overall Google experience, making it beautifully simple, almost automagical, because we understand what you want and can deliver it instantly.”

Of course, that’s the point of Google+. The company was slow to appreciate the significance of social networking and the impact it could have on search.

That’s what Page means by automagical searches that automatically deliver results that take into account user’s interests, culled from their G+ experience.

“This means baking identity and sharing into all of our products so that we build a real relationship with our users.”

Page said. “Sharing on the web will be like sharing in real life across all your stuff.

You’ll have better, more relevant search results and ads.”

“Think about it this way,” Page said. “Last quarter, we’ve shipped the plus, and now we’re going to ship the Google part.”

With more than 40 million users, Google+ has enough scale to generate data that Google+ can turn into useful search signals.

That was the first step. Now, Page said, the company is going to work hard to bake those signals into the overall Google experience.

Malaysian Software Testing Board (MSTB) launches the Quality – Test Assist Programme (Q-Tap) to help local companies build software testing capability.p>

Kuala Lumpur, 21 April 2011: The Malaysian Software Testing Board (MSTB) has unveiled Quality – Test Assist Programme (Q-Tap), specifically designed to assist local companies and organisation acquire software testing skills and develop the capability to conduct professional testing on their own products.

(left- to-right) Amiruddin Jaafar Sidek, Director, Malaysian Software Testing Board, Fathil Sulaiman Ismail, Managing Director, Mesiniaga Berhad, Mastura Abu Samah, President, Malaysian Software Testing Board, YB Datuk Hj Fadillah bin Yusof, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation, and Dr. Gopi Kurup, CEO, TM Research and Development, launching the Quality – Test Assist Programme (Q-Tap), designed to aid local companies acquire professional software testing skills.

CEOs, marketing directors, and heads of the IT departments from multinational companies, SMEs, and the government sector, attended the event launched by Datuk Haji Fadillah bin Haji Yusof, Deputy Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation.

An agreement was also signed between MSTB and Telekom Research and Development at the launch ceremony for Telekom Research and Development’s participation in Q-Tap.

Mastura Abu Samah, President, Malaysian Software Testing Board, and Dr. Gopi Kurup, CEO, TM Research and Development, signing an MOU at the launch of Q-Tap. Witnessing the signing agreement are (l-r) Fathil Sulaiman Ismail, Managing Director, Mesiniaga Berhad, YB datuk Hj Fadillah bin Yusof, Depity Minister, Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation, and Amiruddin Jaafar Sidek, Director, Malaysian Software Testing Board.

“Though TM R&D’s quality framework includes software testing, CMMI, ISO compliance and certification, TM R&D has embarked on Q-Tap to formalize and strengthen our in-house software testing capability to ensure professional testing for our products to meet the required quality assurance. Q-Tap will expose our team to the latest testing tools and methodologies used globally. The continued support of the program is essential in ensuring that Malaysia has the necessary software testing capability and capacity which is an important and integral part of the national ICT R&D aspirations”, said Dr. Gopi Kurup, CEO, TM Research and Development.

Q-Tap is another programme introduced under the Malaysia Software Testing Hub (MSTH), and is an integral part of the Malaysian government’s concerted effort to develop the growth of software testing in the country. The program includes training and certification of members of the software testing teams from participating companies and organisations. Throughout the duration of the programme, participants will be exposed to the testing tools and the methodologies employed at Q-Lab, in addition to consultancy and guidance from highly experienced specialists from Q-Lab.

According to MSTB President Mastura Abu Samah, Malaysia has the potential to become the regional hub for software testing within the next five years. “The software testing industry in Malaysia is developing robustly – and it has critical value because it can provide beneficial returns to the country.”
Mastura adds that the net value of the global software testing market, as verified by TechNavio, a report published by Infiniti Research Limited, is projected to be worth US$18.3 billion by 2013.

Q-Tap is also aimed at helping participating companies and organisations generate highly skilled and certified professionals in the software testing and software quality assurance (SQA).

“Specialisation in this field will contribute towards fulfilling out national aspirations in attaining the status of a high-income and high-productivity economy,” believes Mastura. “This is aligned to the approach adopted for the Economic Transformation Plan (ETP) based on 10 Primary Premises as outlined in the 10th Malaysia Plan. It is also identified as a new source of economic growth.”

In addition, says Mastura, the software testing industry has a strategic value to Malaysia in terms of direct monetary returns, and the growth of other industries through the improvement in product quality, services, and work culture.

“Growth demand for software testing services is expected to increase with the deployment of software across all sectors,” says Mastura.

Fathil Sulaiman Ismail, Managing Director, Mesiniaga Berhad who was present summarized this initiative when he said, “Through its various programs including Q-TAP, MSTB is dedicated to driving improvements in software implementations. Such software is used in technology based products. It is also used by organisations in their internal systems which are at the core of  their operational processes. In short, better software translates into better products and better companies, thus greater national competitiveness. Mesiniaga is thus very supportive of the MSTB agenda.”

During the event, Mastura also announced that SOFTEC 2011, themed ‘Test It Right,” will be held from 6 – 8 July. The event, comprising a series of tutorials and workshops, will feature eight keynote speakers who are leading authorities in the global field of software testing and software quality assurance.

According to Mastura, response to SOFTEC 2011 has been encouraging. “It is a strong indication that the SOFTEC conference has made a positive impact internationally and is recognised by the global software testing and SQA fraternity.”

SOFTEC 2011 aims to provide statkeholders in the Malaysian software testing industry with a unique opportunity to interact and get industry updates from some of the world’s renowned software testing experts, practitioners, and thought leaders.

MSTB is a voluntary and non-profit organisation representing the national industry interests in promoting the software testing profession. Also as part of the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB), MSTB leads the accreditation process and certification regulations for the country’s software testing industry.

Story Covered ByTechistan’s Asia Pacific Correspondent :
Rani Wemel
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Visitors came from a wide range of places and industries on planet Earth. Trabas Informatika Indonesia document some to share with you from: Advertising, Media, Bank and Finance, Broadcast/Video, Business/Corporate/IT, Corporate R and D Staff, Design Consultant, Distributors and Dealers, Integrated resorts, Theme Parks and Sport Arenas, Logistic/Supply Chain & Warehousing, Manufacturers, Rental and Staging Companies, Retail, Sales and Marketing to Government and Military, and Education and Training.

The products include Audio and Video Equipment and Technologies, Cellular Technologies, Computer/IT/Networking, Digital Display Equipment and Technologies, Digital Graphic, Digital Marketing, Electronic & Interactive Whiteboards and Wall track systems, Electronic/Digital Publishing, LED Technologies, Lighting and Studio Support, Navigation System and Technologies, Speakers, amplifiers and mixerx, video production and editing technologies, packaging machines, chemicals’ ingredients, and printing machines.

Techistan’s friends at Trabas (who are open source everything and experts with SAAS and online solutions) had the opportunity to launch their new product “Trabas SaaS” at the i+C 2011 conference in Jakarta.

They state, “It was indeed a great opportunity for us to do business, network and learn in a high-charged business development atmosphere here in Jakarta, Indonesia.”

Trabas and Techistan were media partners for the i+C Conference that was held March 30 – April 2, 2011. Be sure to participate next year. Visit http://www.iplusc.net/.

 Mobile Content Summit 2011

“Determining successful strategies to identify the impact of mobile content to generate ARPU”

25^th February 2011, Shangri – La Hotel, New Delhi, India 

For more info on the event and for event brochure kindly visit –
http://virtueinsight.com/site/TelecomDetails.aspx?SC_ID=12

 Key Themes Discussed at this Summit

• What is the size of the Indian mobile content and services market?

• What are the key applications and content that Indian users are willing to pay for?

• What is ‘recyclable’ content? How can they re-generate and increase ARPU?

• What is the major role of mobile operators in delivering mobile content?

• What is the major missed opportunity of the mobile operators to date?

• Grabbing the 3G opportunity: regulation, network deployment, business models

• Revenue sharing models between carriers, aggregators and content owners

• What is the off-portal content’s effect on the mobile telecom industry?

• How advertising can help make content more affordable for customers?

• Analyzing revenue generating models in mobile internet, advertising, games, LBS (location based service), entertainment & banking

• How much of an issue is usability and quality & how does it affect user experience?

• Strategies on boosting the penetration of mobile VAS usage in smaller cities and rural areas.

• Positioning yourself in light of new market entries

• Current situations and future predictions

• Evaluation of the mobile solutions employed in today’s market

• How much will consumers pay for mobile TV entertainment and what services do consumers want on their devices?

 Key Speakers

• NK Goyal, President, CMAI (Communication & Manufacturing Association of India)
• Suresh Jayaraju, Vice President, Head – New Age VAS, 3G Services, Reliance
• Zubin Jimmy Dubash, Vice President VAS, Tata Teleservices
• Chandan Ghosh, Head – Global Wholesale & Carrier Business (Voice & Data), Aircel
• Sunzay  Passari, Vice President – VAS & Devices, Essar Teleholdings & BPL Mobile Communications
• TV Ramachandran, Resident Director, Regulatory Affairs & Govt. Relations, Vodafone 
• Ravi Gandhi, Vice President Corporate Regulatory, Airtel
• Rajat Mukarji, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Idea Cellular
• R.N.Prabhakar, Former Member, TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India)
• Joy Bhattacharya, Team Director, Kolkatta Knight Riders
• Anuraj Gambhir, Chief Dreamer, Xpert Media Technology
• Amit Dev, Co-Founder & Jt. Managing Director, ThreeG TV
• Sunny Rao, Managing Director, Nuance
• Kunal Bahl, Founder, SnapDeal
• Deepak Halan, Group Business Director, IMRB
• Angad Bhatia, CEO, Xpert Media Technology
• Anil Prakash, Secretary General, IPTV India Forum
• T.R. Dua, Deputy Director General, COAI (Cellular Operators Association of India)
• Naresh Ajwani, President, CCAOI (Cyber Cafe Association of India)
• Vijay Madan, Former Executive Director & Chairman Board of Directors, C- DOT (Centre for Development of Telematics)
• S.N. Zindal, Chief Research & Development Officer, BITS Pilani (Former Director General, ACTO) 

Who Should Attend: 

CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, VPs, Directors, Heads, Managers of:

• Head of Content
• VP of Sales & Marketing
• Director of Technology
• Head of Project Management
• VP/Head of Business Development
• Business Strategy Director
• Head of Network Strategy
• VP/Head of Product/Application Development
• Head of Research & Development
• VP/Head of Portal Strategy
• User Interface Development

• VP Application Development

Target Audience – Industry

• Mobile operators
• Content origination and development
• Content Formatting & integration
• Content delivery & service
• Supporting Services
• Application and technology providers

Why Should You Attend?

Get more from the event, with a broader scope bringing the whole communications value chain together. Enjoy and make the best out of our dedicated networking drinks time, meet the leading international vendors showcasing the technology of tomorrow in the co-located exhibition. Expand your knowledge of the latest business models and technologies in the high-level conference.

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For this one day conference, fee is 05,000 INR ($110 USD) + tax per person.

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No more headaches on ARPU. Find answers at Mobile Commerce Summit Asia.

27 January 2011 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia … The 4th Mobile Commerce Summit ASIA 2011 today released the powerful roster of speakers and expert panelists on board the show. Jaime Fraginal, Head of Sales – G-Xchange, Inc.; Kazi Islam, CEO – Grameenphone IT; Ahmed Armaan Siddiqui, VP for Strategy – AXIATA Group’ Kyoshi Mori, Mobile Strategy and Standards Specialist – NTT Docomo; Kaflina Kamalul Ariffin, Deputy Director – Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC); Iwan Krisnadi, Commissioner – Indonesian Telecommunications Regulatory Board (TRA); and Christopher Dadd, Director – GSMA will keynote at the upcoming summit. Over 30 m-commerce experts will be participating as keynote speakers, panellists, moderators and group leaders.

The summit’s main focus will be on the “Innovative models, Successful Implementations and Cutting-edge Marketing”. Participants will have the opportunity to express their views during the very interactive breakout group sessions during the 2-day conference and likewise ask questions during the panel discussions.

The first Panel Discussion on Day 1 of the conference will focus on how to increase the adoption of mobile money transfer in the domestic market. Joining Gerhard Romen, Director for Mobile Financial Services at Nokia Corporation are two distinguished experts: Scott Bales, VP of Business Solutions at Fundamo and Ernest Lo, Global Consulting Partner at Huawei.

Jhorden Niño, Business Development Manager for Telecoms APAC said. “This conference is set apart from other m-commerce events because it will exclusively tackle on the regulatory issues and challenges of both the financial sector and the telecom sector”.

He continued, “This year’s summit will gather the best and the brightest to forge 2011 strategies and the best m-commerce practices in the region. The excitement on keeping the delegates engaged and as well as those who are not on site will be a thrill as everyone will be updated through Twitter and Tweetdeck feeds. Last year’s event in Manila made the conference more interactive when we had a twitter hashtag during the event. Questions and updates can be posted by adding the hashtag: #4MCSA and this will show and keep everyone posted as the event progresses. You may also join the interactive discussions on the Mobile Commerce Group in LinkedIn and Facebook.”

Conference sponsors to date include, Megapay Hongkong, Telepin Software Canada, Netbiscuits APAC and many more industry event supporters. Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) members enjoy 20% discount on the registration fees.

For more information:
http://www.neo-edge.com/mcommerce

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Headquartered in Singapore with Rep Office in Beijing, Neoedge has been organising premier events all around the world including in Hamburg, Dubai, Accra, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Mumbai, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Perth, Manila, Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Shanghai etc.

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DIDX and Techistan are media partners. See a list of the partners and sponsors including Megapay, Telepin software, MEF, 160 Characters, MobileMonday, netbiscuits, bvents, and more .

Max Schroeder is the Sr. VP of Faxcore, a founder of the Fax Server industry, FoIP Interopability Task Group Whip for SIP Forum, and popular speaker.  Suzanne Bowen is the vice president and co-founder of Super Technologies, Inc. and all of its services since 1999. Max and Suzanne frequent many of the same global IP telephony-related conferences since 2004. Fax is still a necessity for some industries and a preferred method of communications by us, and while it is, vendors are available to provide services that enable it, whether traditional of Internet-protocol based.

Listen here.

Faxcore, Max’s company, is headquarter in Colorado with an additional office in Kuala Lumpur as well as virtual offices in other areas. They are a believer in virtualizing and being able to work from wherever the Team happens to be.

Fax oIP saves time and money, is green, flexible for mobility and can take advantage of cloud computing.

Faxes in digital formats, take advantage of digital compression methods to greatly reduce transmission times.

Group 3 type faxes conform to the ITU-T Recommendations T.30 and T.4. Group 3 faxes take between six and fifteen seconds to transmit a single page (not including the initial time for the fax machines to handshake and synchronize). The horizontal and vertical resolutions are allowed by the T.4 standard to vary among a set of fixed resolutions:
Horizontal: 100 scan lines per inch
Vertical: 100 scan lines per inch (‘Basic’)
Horizontal: 200 or 204 scan lines per inch
Vertical: 100 or 98 scan lines per inch (‘Standard’)
Vertical: 200 or 196 scan lines per inch (‘Fine’)
Vertical: 400 or 391 (note not 392) scan lines per inch (‘Superfine’)
Horizontal: 300 scan lines per inch
Vertical: 300 scan lines per inch
Horizontal: 400 or 408 scan lines per inch
Vertical: 400 or 391 scan lines per inch (‘Ultrafine’)

Group 4 faxes conform to the ITU-T Recommendations T.563, T.503, T.521, T.6, T.62, T.70, T.72, T.411 to T.417. They are designed to operate over 64 kbit/s digital ISDN circuits. Their resolution is determined by the T.6 recommendation, which is a superset of the T.4 recommendation.

Fax Over IP (FOIP) can transmit and receive pre-digitized documents at near realtime speeds. Scanned documents are limited to the amount of time the user takes to load the document in a scanner and for the device to process a digital file. The resolution can vary from as little as 150 DPI to 9600 DPI or more. This type of faxing is not like the e-mail to fax service that still uses fax modems at least one way.

In practical scenarios, a T.38 (fax over IP) fax call has at least part of the call being carried over PSTN, although this is not required by the T.38 definition, and two T.38 devices can send faxes to each other. This particular type of device is called Internet-Aware Fax device, or IAF, and it is capable of initiating or completing a fax call towards the IP network.

The typical scenario where T.38 is used is – T.38 Fax relay – where a T.30 fax device sends a fax over PSTN to a T.38 Fax gateway which converts or encapsulates the T.30 protocol into T.38 data stream. This is then sent either to a T.38 enabled end point such as fax machine or fax server or another T.38 Gateway that converts it back to PSTN PCM or analog signal and terminates the fax on a T.30 device.

The T.38 recommendation defines the use of both TCP and UDP to transport T.38 packets. Implementations tend to use UDP, due to TCP’s requirement for acknowledgement packets and resulting retransmission during packet loss, which introduces delays. When using UDP, T.38 copes with packet loss by using redundant data packets.

T.38 is not a call setup protocol; thus, the T.38 devices need to use standard call setup protocols to negotiate the T.38 call, e.g. H.323, SIP and MGCP.

Suzanne Bowen discusses in the podcast with Max Schroeder, the topics of Faxcore, reseller opportunities, ITEXPO conferences, DIDX fax over IP phone numbers, and the free Reseller Week on DIDX podcasts.

Edited by Suzanne Bowen. Romanian authorities disrupt huge hacking ring accused of stealing VoIP data from hacked servers, to place bogus calls to premium rate numbers.

What are premium rate numbers? They are telephone numbers for telephone calls in which special services are provided. The price for these calls is higher than normal calls. Examples of the special services might be adult chat lines, weather forecasts, competitions, or diplomatic services. In the USA, 1-900 is a typical NPA for premium rate numbers.

For UK, it is 0844, 0870 and 0871. Find out more about premium rate numbers on Wikipedia and PremiumRateNumber.org. More on the Romanian case …

Agence France Presse reported on Tuesday that 42 people were arrested in the sting, breaking up a network that was headed by two Romanians and that had caused more than $13.5 million in losses to firms in the U.S.A., Britain, South Africa, Italy and Romania.

The scheme involved compromises of Internet-based VoIP servers. (Read VoIPSA site for extensive information about voice over Internet security.)

VoIP hacking has become an increasing problem  as more firms migrate to Internet-based telephony. There have been cases in which VoIP hackers have been prosecuted and increasing attention by vendors to vulnerabilities and attacks on VoIP platforms. 

1. Venezuelan Edwin Andres Pena was sentenced to ten years in prison for hacking into telecommunications companies and pocketing more than one million dollars in the scam.

2. Skype for Android 3G was hacked in U.S.A. in October 2010. Users discovered their 3G was disabled as a result.

3.  In October 2010, a Perth, Australia business was hit with a $120 000 bill after hackers exploited its VOIP server to place some 11 000 calls over 46 hours last year. Some say that federal law enforcement can do little to prosecute perpetrators of an offshore VOIP attack.

4. Read more on voIP hacking at Ethical Hacker, Hacking voIP, O’Reilly Media, Sniffing voice over IP with CAIN from IronGeek, and someone exposing how easy it is to strip voice over IP calls.

Participate in TMC University’s network security sessions during ITEXPO East Feb. 2-4, 2011 in Miami Beach, Florida.

Movers and shakers (companies who dare to claim tomorrow together in regards to the empowerment of consumers and organizations with cutting edge IP technologies and communications products, services, and ideas) converge upon CommunicAsia June 21-24, 2011 in the tech-savvy business hub of Singapore. More than six months away, and the event has attracted almost hundreds of exhibitors to be announced soon.

Click the video to start planning your company’s involvement! No one will laugh if you start dancing to the music and thinking about the way CommunicAsia will help your company reach its financial, development, infrastructure, client and market goals.

Sign up at http://www.communicasia.com to sponsor, exhibit, present and participate in many ways now. Tell them Techistan referred you.

Trying to do more than you can possibly accomplish in January 2011? Want to keep the family satisfied and network and develop business for your powerhouse telecommunications company? Sign up to sponsor, exhibit and participate in other ways at PTC scheduled January 16-19, 2011.  Bring your family and let them enjoy 101 absolutely fun activities while you network at the conference.

Meet with CEOs and other industry leaders such as Bill Barney of Pacnet, David Storrie of Nucleus Connect, Mark Rigolle of O3B, Nongluck , Reza Hajebi of Yahoo!, Ihab Tarazi of Verizon, Rehan Allahwala of DIDX, and Mark Taylor of Level3.  Diamond sponsors include TaTa Communications and Rogers. Airtel, Ciena, Infinera, O3b Networks and Pacnet are platinum sponsors. Some of the exhibitors are Adva, Calix, Capacity Magazine, Cordell, Edison Carrier Solutions, Optelian, Redcom, Sansay, Suttle and Zhone. Enjoy a slideshow of pictures during 2009 of some of these companies and more taken by Techistan and DIDX media team members.

Watch Vinod Kumar, CEO of TaTa Communications on on the migration of TaTa’s legacy services of voice over to IP and its wholesale strategy during the 2009 PTC.

Back to the family, see a comprehensive listing of restaurants in Honolulu, Oahu area and consider the Hale Koa or Hilton Hawaiian as the best for lodging and convenience to the conference itself. Our Techistan team has taken families to the Waikiki Aquarium, the Farmers’ Markets, and even learned to surf with the North Shore Girls.