Exploiting Electronic Numbering To Optimise IP Routing & Interconnection In NGN

5th – 8th March 2007;

Kensington Hilton, London

Brochure Here.  

This is an opportunity not to be missed as interest in ENUM is gathering pace as the number of public deployments rapidly increases and the industry turns it attention to the business benefits of deploying Infrastructure ENUM. IIR is proud to present a two day conference reflecting the threats and opportunities ENUM presents for different industry players and the technical and commercial issues service providers are united in addressing.

Join key players in the ENUM space and hear their insight on these major ENUM issues. Confirmed speakers include:

· Tony Holmes, Chair, UK ENUM Group & Naming & Addressing Policy & Strategy Manager, BT Group Chief Technology Office
· Richard Stastny, Chairman, ENUM Platform Austria and Senior Analyst, Telekom Austria
· Paul Rosbotham, Manager Interconnect Strategy & Technology Regulation, Cable & Wireless

There will also be two workshops surrounding this two day conference on the 5th and 8th of March 2007. The pre conference workshop, led by Nominum, focuses on building the business case for ENUM and examining key business applications. The post conference workshop, led by NetNumber examines network architecture options for ENUM.

To register call +44 (0)20 7017 7483 or fax the completed booking form to +44 (0)20 7017 7825, email registrations@iir-conferences.com or you can register online .

We look forward to seeing you in London!

Monday 19th February - Thursday 22nd February 2007

Princesa Sofia, Barcelona, Spain

Brochure Here

IIR's 2nd Network Convergence conference is an opportunity for network development professionals from fixed and mobile operators to share experiences and peer review plans in a stimulating learning environment.

As operators roll out Next-Gen services, for example IPTV, Ethernet VPN and Fixed Mobile Convergence, the pressure on traditional TDM-based networks and service specific provisioning and management systems is growing. Operators are investing in convergence solutions to make the customer experience more compelling and to significantly reduce network costs, particularly Opex.

While technology developments advance at pace, and operators make investments in convergent solutions to support specific new services, it's vital for future competitiveness that those responsible for planning and implementing convergence projects maintain as clear a view as possible of the overall impact of these new systems and technologies on the network.

IIR's Network Convergence conference is an ideal opportunity to discuss the wider implications of some of today’s convergent solutions. By hearing operator case studies and speaking directly with senior strategic figures from both fixed and mobile operators, delegates will gain a clearer view of the strategic and specific technical issues that need to be addressed.

“Excellent feedback on different IPTV deployments”
Yann Evain, Solution Manager, Belgacom

For more information, please visit http://www.iir-events.com/IIR-Conf/page.aspx?id=4411

To register, you can call our customer services on +44 (0)20 7017 7483, or email us at registrations@iir-telecoms.com or you can go online at http://www.iir-events.com/IIR-Conf/page.aspx?id=4412

We look forward to seeing you in Barcelona!

A unique conference, taking place in January in Budapest, will focus on both the fixed and mobile regulatory challenges facing the telecoms industry today.  With the increasing amount of activity that we are currently witnessing in this area, now is the ideal time to attend IIR’s comprehensive, two-day Telecoms Regulation conference.

Delegates will benefit from the extensive experiences of operators, NRAs, lawyers and specialist consultants on key topics such as:
- Assessing the market impact of Next Generation Networks and establishing what regulation is required to manage them
- Examining how to achieve operational separation and optimise its effectiveness
- Understanding why and how to regulate VoIP
- Determining to what extent retail regulation should be removed
- Discussing the findings and implications of the 2006 Review of the EU Regulatory Framework For Electronic Communications
- Reviewing the appeals procedures and the application of remedies across Europe
- Evaluating to what extent the MVNO and broadband markets should be regulated
- Discussing the impact, costs and challenges of the TV Without Frontiers Directive and the new Data Retention Directive
- Debating whether the telecoms market is becoming over-regulated

Led by twelve operator and NRA case studies, the experts who will be giving the benefit of their knowledge include: Vodafone Group, Swisscom, mobilkom austria, Openreach, Magyar Telekom, Belgacom, Slovak Telecom, WIND Telecomunicazioni, BNetzA, RTR, Norwegian Post & Telecommunications Authority, Morrison & Foerster and Kemp Little.

To download your personal copy of the brochure, simply go to http://www.iir-events.com/IIR-Conf/page.aspx?id=4406 .  If you have any queries regarding the event, or would like to register your place, please contact Georgina Hajdu, the event producer, at ghajdu@iir-conferences.com

Revenue Managment 2007

Mon 22 Jan 2007 - Thu 25 Jan 2007

Corinthia Grand Hotel Royal, Budapest, Hungary

Brochure Here

Though the term revenue assurance continues to be in widespread use, the practice itself has expanded beyond revenue plugging, blurring the lines with business intelligence and morphing into revenue management. Rather than focus solely on revenue and cost, telecoms service providers are turning their attention to end-to-end business performance, looking at relationships and business processes across the entire organisation. Indeed, the practice of revenue assurance has evolved to understanding how efficiencies can help keep customers and measure the value of specific ones.

Therefore Telcos must look to adopt new methodologies that not only prevent and plug revenue leakage but actively identify areas for revenue growth. Some forward-looking telcos are already implementing strategies that shift their established revenue assurance programmes away from control based to a more holistic, cross-functional, proactive group of strategies that optimise opportunities for revenue growth.

With the emergence of profitable next generation services including 3G, triple play and VoIP services, operators must ensure their revenue management strategies are up to the challenge of safeguarding revenues against potential leakage and fraud.

IIR’s well-established Revenue Management event, 22-25 January 2007, Corinthia Grand Hotel Royal, Budapest will provide you with a series of insightful, real-life case studies which will highlight the revenue management success strategies from leading fixed and mobile operators, cable providers and ISPs.

For more information, please visit http://www.iir-events.com/IIR-Conf/page.aspx?id=4427

To register, you can call our customer services on +44 (0)20 7017 7483, or email us at registrations@iir-telecoms.com or you can go online at http://www.iir-events.com/IIR-Conf/page.aspx?id=4428

We look forward to seeing you in Budapest!

By focusing on APAC operator case study presentations, IIR’s TNS-APAC conference will provide you with a wealth of real-world insights into the transport strategies pursued by other leading operators. Before you commit to your own transport evolution path, find out how successful these strategies are in migrating customers and networks, reducing Opex and Capex for new packet-based networks and cost-effectively providing the support for launching new Next-Gen services.

Key Issues:
• Pure Packet Transport
• Convergence
• Carrier Ethernet and Transport MPLS
• Next Generation optical networks: at the optical layer, the rapid growth of IP/Ethernet traffic is threatening to overwhelm the capacity of operators’ existing SONET/SDH/WDM optical infrastructure. New optical technologies for example OTN, GMPLS and ROADM offer operators greater flexibility, more capacity, increased bandwidth utilisation and more responsive service provisioning
• FTTH/PON Access Networks
• Mobile Networks

To register call +44 (0)20 7017 7483 or fax the completed booking form to +44 (0)20 7017 7825, email registrations@iir-conferences.com or  you can register online at http://www.iir-events.com/IIR-Conf/page.aspx?id=4416

We look forward to seeing you in Singapore!

IIR Telecoms helping you to maximise your ARPU by developing innovative and compelling offers for new products and services. The completed programme and brochure and now available for download on the event homepage at http://www.iir-events.com/IIR-Conf/page.aspx?id=4402 This is an opportunity not to be missed where you can hear about the most effective ways to differentiate you from your competitors and drastically increase your ARPU! ARPU is a key performance indicator for telecoms operators and an important measurement for investors and analysts. In an increasingly competitive market, price wars and new service launches have driven down operator ARPUs. With this in mind IIR is bringing together 16 case studies from leading international operators to discuss how to maintain and even increase ARPU through effective marketing, segmentation and CRM strategies.

Key Speakers include:
• Anita Kluck, Marketing Manager, O2 Germany
• Gudrun Miglbauer-Badurek, Business Marketing CRM Manager, T-Mobile Austria
• Hatem Labben, Strategic Customer Insight And Relationship Marketing, Orange Switzerland
• Dr Clemens Schaffner, Head Of Analytical CRM, O2 Germany

PLUS! Don’t miss the pre-conference workshop on 5th March 2007 entitled ‘Examining How To Use Business Intelligence To Drive ARPU’ or the post-conference workshop on 9th March 2007 on ‘Allocating Costs And Profitability To Optimise Customer Value’ led by Teradata.

To take advantage of the significant early booking discounts that are currently available, you can book your place now by:
Calling our Customer Service team now on +44 (0) 20 7017 7483 or
Faxing your completed booking form to us on +44 (0) 20 7017 7825, or
Emailing us at registrations@iir-telecoms.com

Alternatively, you can register online at http://www.iir-events.com/IIR-Conf/page.aspx?id=4403

We look forward to seeing you in Vienna!

29 January - Thursday 01 February 2007;
Hilton Budapest WestEnd, Budapest, Hungary

Brochure Here

IIR's 2007 International Interconnection Forum will examine the latest regulatory and commercial challenges surrounding both fixed and mobile interconnection. The programme will examine the regulatory developments in interconnection across the globe and will show delegates how to develop the most effective business and charging models for IP, NGN, mobile and converged network interconnection. Now in its 14th year, IIR’s Interconnection Forum has become recognised as the leading event for Interconnection specialists. 90% of the delegates at the 2006 conference represented either operators or regulators, giving attendees the ideal networking and brainstorming opportunity.

Interconnection 2007 will be co-located with the Telecoms Regulation conference. There will be a joint exhibition area where delegates from both events will be able to network and discuss the common issues and challenges.

Expert speakers at the 2007 Interconnection Forum include:

· BT Wholesale - Ittai Hershman, Director of 21CN Commercial Development
· T-Mobile Hungary - Dr. Éva Torda, Director, Intercarrier Relations Department
· Interoute - John Wilkinson, Director, Voice Services
· Orange Netherlands - Jan Jaap Wallien
· Telecom Italia Lab - Fabio Randone, Project Manager

For more information, please visit http://www.iir-events.com/IIR-Conf/page.aspx?id=4408

To register, you can call our customer services on +44 (0)20 7017 7483, or email us at registrations@iir-telecoms.com or you can go online at http://www.iir-events.com/IIR-Conf/page.aspx?id=4409

We look forward to seeing you in Budapest!

26 February - 01 March 2007;
Arabella Sheraton Grand Hotel, Munich, Germany

Brochure Here

The Fixed-Mobile Convergence Summit 2007 will bring together the people driving changes in the way we understand telecoms today. 2007 will begin to see competition in FMC services between players in the same national markets and could be construed as a vindication of the FMC hype. However, it is still unclear how much success early deployments have had in the market, while there are other convergent business models reaping rapid rewards. Faced with this competition, how can you deliver the striking, innovative and above all profitable services that will make FMC a winning proposition?

We aim to bring you some outstanding and thought-provoking speakers; and I am confident that you will be impressed. Over three busy and exciting conference days you will be able to hear from huge incumbents to disruptive new entrants, the finest analysts and acute venture capitalists. To name just a few, you can expect to hear from

· Jon Collinson, Director, Convergence, Telefonica O2 Czech Republic
· Dr Charles Cuvelliez, Product Line Manager, Mobile Voice, Orange Business Services
· Flavio Lang, Voice & Convergence Marketing Manager, Brasil Telecom
· Frank Levering, Application Development Manager, O2 Singapore

For more information, please visit http://www.iir-events.com/IIR-Conf/page.aspx?id=4413

To register, you can call our customer services on +44 (0)20 7017 7483, or email us at registrations@iir-telecoms.com or you can go online at http://www.iir-events.com/IIR-Conf/page.aspx?id=4414

We look forward to seeing you in Munich!