Overview Agenda
- Dario Betti, CEO – MEF
- Emmanuel Rochas, CEO – Orange Wholesale International
- Michael Trabia, CEO – Orange Wholesale
- Dario Betti, CEO – MEF
- Simeon Coney, VP Business Development – ENEAÂ
- Paul Kavanagh, Chief Revenue Officer – Openmind Networks
Leading research company Analysys Mason joins us to provide their take on what the most innovative market trends in the telco industry are and how wholesalers need to address them.
- Omar Bouhali, Partner – Analysys Mason
- Zheni Konstantinova, Strategic Sales Director – Telenor Linx
- Charlotte Nystuen, Head of Strategic Sales & BU Management – Telenor Linx
Join representatives from Orange, Deutsche Telecom, Telefonica and the GSMA as they discuss how open APIs can help monetize the telco industry’s investment in 5G. The panel will discuss progress with initiatives such as GSMA Open Gateway and some of the opportunities and challenges for operators.
- Henry Calvert, Head of Networks – GSMA
- Noel Wirzius, Product Lead – Deutsche Telekom
- Claire Chauvin, Strategy Architecture & Standardization Director – Orange Wholesale
- Viktorija Radman, Telecom Business Director – Infobip
With COP28 Dubai happening in November 2023, this session is focussing on carbon neutrality for Telcos. What are the initiatives at Wholesale and Retail to reduce Co2 emissions? Since consumers and enterprise customers are becoming more vocal about their demands for emission reductions also Telecom are challenged.What retail actions are taken and what can be expected from the Mobile Network Operators and how they can support their wholesale customers better?
- Gerrit Jan Konijnenberg, Director Strategic Development – Telenor Martitime
- François Moreau de Saint Martin, EVP Strategy – Orange Wholesale
- Paulo Vergos, Chief Sales Officer – Telenor IoT
Explore the pivotal convergence of innovation and talent in our dynamic fireside chat, ‘Future-Proofing Telecom: Innovating Through Talent’. We will discuss how bridging the talent gap is key to the telecom industry’s success and sustainability as well as ground-breaking strategies to cultivate and harness future-ready talent in our ever-evolving industry.
- Isabelle Paradis, CEO – Hot Telecom
- Shivani Sondhi, Innovation Manager and Diversity & Inclusion Lead – Vodafone
- Matteo Bordin, VP of Product – Oyster HR
Hear why you need to attend our afternoon program from our very convincing moderators! On the agenda: Wholesale Business Messaging, 5G Roaming and the technologies enabling wholesale. Pick and choose your sessions!
- Isabelle Paradis, CEO – Hot Telecom
- Arun Dehiri – Red Dawn Consulting
- Omar Bouhali – Analysys Mason
- Giovanni Benini – GTC
Stream 1: Telco Cloud Room: Showroom
This session will lead us through the transformation that the wholesale industry needs to embrace to better serve telco cloud requirements.
- David Erlich, Director Business Consulting – Sofrecom
- Frode Alvad, Sales Director, Digital Sales – Telenor Linx
- Carlos Villanueva, Co-founder & Chief Revenue Officer – Enabld
In this session, Andrew Parkin-White of leading IoT research company TecFutures explores the impact of 5G on IoT connectivity and whether end users have an appetite for adoption. He’ll be paying particular attention to the development of the market for wholesale 5G connectivity.
- Andrew Parkin-White, Co-founder – TecFutures
- Arun Dehiri, Managing Director – Red Dawn Consulting
- Luc Vidal-Madjar, Head of IoT and MVNE Solutions – BICS
- Nicolas Barret, Co-CEO IoT – iBasis
5G technology enables a whole host of new use cases to be delivered, promising a whole new revenue stream for the wholesale industry. Join us to see what 5G could really do for our businesses.
- Arun Dehiri, Managing Director – Red Dawn Consulting
- Maxime Le Laennec, International Business Developer – IoT – Transatel
- Stefano Nicoletti, Director – Huawei
- Yannick Decaux, Senior Vice President Mobile Wholesale & Interconnection, Orange Wholesale France
Stream 2: 5G Roaming Room: Agora 1
Join us to get the latest stats on the roaming industry and insights into related market trends.
- Dario Betti, CEO – MEF
- Gavin Patterson, Director of Data, MEF
In this session, our panelists will discuss the drivers behind 5G adoption including the reliability of connectivity services, network security and quality and the current status of 5G roaming deployments globally.
- Suzy Menneret, Wholesale Advisor – MEF
- Maïssa Jamli, Senior Product Manager, 5G Enablement – iBasis
- Mihaela Ambrozie, Head of Operations – Vodafone Roaming Services
- Jérôme Hardouin, Information Systems & Operations Director
Hear our panelists talk about where the industry stands today to have all the prerequisites ticked to be able to offer commercially viable 5G roaming business solutions. On the agenda, network slicing, BCE and much more.
- Isabelle Paradis, CEO – Hot Telecom
- Maïssa Jamli, Senior Product Manager, 5G Enablement – iBasis
- Aymeric Castelain, Head of Roaming & Messaging – Orange International CarriersÂ
Stream 3: Authenticating / Business Messaging Room: Agora 2
Get the latest on the business messaging market trends with Sam Barker from Juniper Research. In this session, Sam will explore the dynamics of the business messaging market and its implications on the wholesale segment, both on the A2P messaging and A2P Voice side.
- Sam Barker, VP of Telecoms Market Research – Juniper Research
As the A2P SMS Artificial Inflation of Traffic (AIT) situation evolves further, flash calling is set to become a strong contender in authentication. How should wholesalers approach this though? Is it yet another threat to their messaging business or a real opportunity if effectively managed? Join us to find out!
- Giovanni Benini, Messaging Expert, Partner – Global Telco Consult
- Bart van den Bempt, Head of Digital & Cloud Communications Portfolio – BICS
- Vernes Bisic, Senior Director Regional Sales – netnumber Global Data Services
- Dmitriy Sumin, Head of Products – AB Handshake
- Fabio Bottan, Senior Messaging Specialist – Arelion
Take a dive with us into what wholesale business messaging has in store for us. We’ll be investigating upcoming solutions that could shape the business messaging industry of tomorrow and looking at how important collaboration is in turning them into genuine wholesale opportunities.
- Florence Sebastien, Managing Director – FSE Consulting
- Jeevithan Muttu, Vice President, Product & R&D – Tomia
- Pascal Prot, CEO – Legos
- Igor Skutsenya, Senior Business Development Manager – Lanck Telecom
- Nils Zimara, Business Development Manager – Twilio
