[February 21, 2012]

TM Forum Track at Mobile World Congress Helps Service Providers Meet Demands of Connected World

TM Forum today announced final details of its conference track for Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona. The half-day conference track, jointly produced with GSMA (News - Alert), explores key business transformation issues facing service providers as they adapt to serve the emerging connected world, and highlights how operators can seize growth opportunities and take advantage of new opportunities with over-the-top players.

The Business Transformation track being held on held, Monday, Feb. 27, 2:00-5:30 p.m., Hall 5, Room 6, features two, back-to-back sessions:

• Operators as Agile Businesses examines the key success factors, pain points and leading exemplars to help service providers deliver the agility and ingenuity they need to seize business opportunities and maximize their revenues. Speakers include:
  • Martin Creaner, President and CEO, TM Forum (News - Alert)
  • John Dillon, Vice President Marketing S3G, Alcatel-Lucent
  • Pat McCarthy, Vice President Marketing, Service Delivery Solutions, Telcordia
  • Rob Rich, Managing Director, TM Forum Insights Research
  • Jay R Blanc Selva, Operational Excellence and TQM Director, Huawei
  • Ersin Ihsan Unkar, Senior Software Developer, Turkcell Teknoloji
  • Ben Weintraub, Chief Operating Officer, kajeet

• Operators as Intelligent Partners explores the impact of mobile data, new devices and M2M, and the role of service providers in an increasingly complex value chain. Speakers include:
  • Khalifa Al Shamsi, Senior Vice President Networks and Technology, Etisalat
  • Bill Archer, President Advanced Services, AT&T
  • Chris Barraclough, Managing Director, STL Partners
  • Daniel Gurrola (News - Alert), Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, Consumer Mobile Business, Orange
  • Michael Manzo, Chief Marketing Officer, Openet
  • Tony Poulos, Market Strategist, TM Forum
  • Kennet Rådne, Senior Vice President, TeliaSonera (News - Alert)
  • Susie Kim Riley, Entrepreneur in Residence, North Bridge Venture Partners
  • Vaughan Smith, Vice Preident of Mobile Partnering, Facebook
  • Jeff Warren, Vice President of Mobile, Local and Customer Engagement, Expedia Worldwide

Stop by TM Forum's hospitality suite located at 4.6HS 50 in Hall 4 to pick up a copy of Perspectives 2012 and meet with TM Forum executives. To schedule an appointment with a TM Forum membership representative, please contact Apostolos Kallis via email at akallis@tmforum.org.

Resources:

• To learn more about TM Forum, visit our website.
• Follow this link to learn more about TM Forum membership.
• To download a free copy of Perspectives 2012, please visit our website.
• TM Forum offers a wide range of research publications available to member and non-members.
• To learn more about TM Forum's events, visit the event website.
• Follow this link to learn more about Management World 2012 in Dublin, May 21-24.
• Stay informed about TM Forum news by subscribing to TM Forum's press release RSS feed and newsletters.

Tags:

TM Forum, Frameworx, Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Perspectives, network, transformation, mobile, telecom, network agility, service providers, yearbook

About TM Forum:

TM Forum is a global, non-profit industry association focused on simplifying the complexity of running a service provider's business. As an established industry thought-leader, the Forum serves as a unifying force, enabling more than 850 companies across 195 countries to solve critical business issues through access to a wealth of knowledge, intellectual capital and standards.

The Forum provides a unique, fair and safe environment for the entire value-chain to collaborate on pressing industry issues, helping companies of all sizes gain a competitive edge and the flexibility and speed they need to underpin future growth.

For more information about TM Forum, visit www.tmforum.org.

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