GSM Association Press Releases 2006
Industry Leaders To Gather at 3GSM World Congress Asia 2006 |
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CEOs of leading mobile operators to speak in Singapore in October
18th August 2006 - London:
The 3GSM World Congress Asia - the fastest growing mobile communications event in the region - will bring together a host of industry leaders and personalities from across Asia's booming mobile industry.
The mobile operator CEOs speaking at the 2006 event, which will be held in Singapore between October 16th and October 20th, include Sunil Mittal from Bharti Televentures, Dr Young-Chu Cho from KTF, Naguib Sawiris from Orascom, Lee Hsien Yang from SingTel Group, Dato Abdul Wahid Omar from Telekom Malaysia, Arve Johansen from Telenor, Sol Trujillo from Telstra and Alexander Izosimov from VimpelCom. Produced by the GSM Association (GSMA), the global trade association for the mobile industry, the 3GSM World Congress Asia will also feature top executives from other mobile-related industries, such as Alejandro Zubillaga, Executive Vice President Digital Strategy and Business Development at Warner Music Group, and Dr Sachio Semmoto, Founder and CEO of eAccess.
"For this year's 3GSM Congress in Asia, we have assembled a top-class, yet diverse, line-up of speakers that will pinpoint the key trends in the region's dynamic and complex market for mobile communications," said Bill Gajda, the chief marketing officer of the GSM Association. "The Congress is the only event in Asia to attract the top ranking executives from the region's operator community."
The Congress presentations, revolving around the central theme of 'Risk and Reward', will cover topics ranging from new business models for mobile operators, to the role of China, universal access in emerging markets, the mobile boom in India, mobile virtual network operators and infotainment and content. The 2006 event will also host the GSMA Members Forum - the only annual meeting open to the entire GSMA membership.
This year's Congress also sees the introduction of the GSMA's "Asia Mobile Innovation Awards." These awards are designed to support innovation in the Asian mobile industry by bringing together start-up companies, industry investors, mobile operators and vendors.
For more information about the Congress please visit: (http://www.3gsmasia.com/ )
For more information on the Asia Mobile Innovation Awards, see: (http://www.3gsmasia.com/page.cfm/Link=37/t=m/goSection=2)
About the Organisers
3GSM World Congress Asia - the sister event of the annual 3GSM World Congress held in Barcelona - is organised and produced by GSM Conferences, a wholly owned subsidiary of the GSM Association. The GSM Association (GSMA) is the global trade association representing more than 690 GSM mobile phone operators across 214 countries of the world. In addition, more than 180 manufacturers and suppliers support the Association's initiatives as key partners.
The primary goals of the GSMA are to ensure mobile phones and wireless services work globally and are easily accessible, enhancing their value to individual customers and national economies, while creating new business opportunities for operators and their suppliers. The Association's members serve more than two billion customers - 82% of the world's mobile phone users.
For further information contact:
Paul Nolan/Richard Fogg
Companycare
Tel: +44 118 9395900
Email: paul.nolan@companycare.com / Richard.fogg@companycare.com
Mark Smith/David Pringle
GSM Association
/ +44 795 755 6069
Email:press@gsm.org
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