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>>CO-HOST SPONSOR
CBE is a leading company in Portuguese Telecommunications market with main focus on areas like Network Design and Engineering, Construction, Installation & Commissioning and Maintenance for FTTx, HFC, GSM/UMTS, CDMA and WiMAX networks.
CBE started developing competences from 1998 in strategic activities of FO Networks deployment, mainly designing and deploying, in a Turn-Key basis, more than 5.000 Km of FO for the leading Portuguese Telecom Operators.
CBE has been developing partnerships with the main Fixed and Mobile operators in Portugal, and also with leading technology players, being part of the main FTTx Projects, actually focused in the FTTN (Fiber to the Node) and FTTH (Fiber to the Home), in order to find and propose the best solutions to the Operators success.
The know-how aquired so far has allowed CBE to assure a leading position with known recognition form the actual market players including the and Portuguese Regulator, being invited to participate in the technical and viability evaluations necessary for this telecom segment.
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>>GOLD SPONSOR
For over half a century Acome has maintained a leading position in technological development which has allowed it to bring to market innovative wiring and optical fibre cable meeting the needs of customers in the fields of Telecommunication Networks, Automotive Transport Networks and Building Networks.
Facing up to market globalisation, Acome is securing its position with 8 plants in Europe and around the world:
5 at Mortain, Normandy (France), 1 at Xintai (China), 1 at Wuhan (China) e 1 at Irati (Brazil)
Acome ensures its position at an international level by:
Identifying target markets for the long term, founding, managing and developing subsidiaries, using network distributors, an international logistics system, keeping a close watch on technologies and macro-economic situation at international level, and participating in drawing up international standards.
Thanks to its capacity for innovation, the quality of its products and the responsibility it gives its teams, Acome gives itself the means to generate value on a completely independent basis, thereby ensuring its long-term survival.
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) provides solutions that enable service providers, enterprise and governments worldwide, to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. As a leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent offers the end-to-end solutions that enable compelling communications services for people at home, at work and on the move. With operations in more than 130 countries, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with global reach. The company has the most experienced global services team in the industry, and one of the largest research, technology and innovation organizations in the telecommunications industry. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 17.8 billion in 2007 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com
Draka, headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is a €2.8 billion, publicly listed (Euronext) company with 9,550 employees worldwide. Draka is a world leader in the development, production and sale of optical fibre, cable and network solutions. Draka has 68 operating companies in 30 countries throughout Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia.
As from January 2008 Draka is organized into three groups:
Draka Energy and Infrastructure
Draka Industry and Specialty
Draka Communications
This new organization will achieve better strategic alliances within the company, facilitating cross divisional coordination and best practices in order to leverage Draka’s global resources and brand identity.
Draka Communications brings together Draka Cable Solutions Americas and EMEA together with Draka’s Optical Fibre and Mobile Networks operations into a single business group which reports into Draka’s holding company in Amsterdam.
In December 2007 Draka reached an agreement with Alcatel-Lucent on buying the remaining 49.9% interest in Draka Comteq for € 209 million in cash. Created in 2004 as a joint venture between Draka Holding N.V. and Alcatel SA, Draka Comteq comprises the collective knowledge of Draka and Alcatel, counting a heritage that goes back over 150 years. This includes the former cable or optical fibre businesses of Philips, Nokia, Chromatic Technologies, ABB, Ericsson, ITT and Phelps Dodge. Draka Comteq is now an integral part of Draka Communications.
Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications capabilities that make the promise of Business Made Simple a reality for our customers. Our next-generation technologies, for both service provider and enterprise networks, support multimedia and business-critical applications. Nortel’s technologies are designed to help eliminate today's barriers to efficiency, speed and performance by simplifying networks and connecting people to the information they need, when they need it. Nortel does business in more than 150 countries around the world.
For more information, visit Nortel on the Web at www.nortel.com. For the latest Nortel news, visit www.nortel.com/news.
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>>EXHIBITOR SPONSORS
Kathrein is an international company operating in the communications engineering field. For over 85 years the company has been developing, manufacturing and marketing a broad range of antenna systems and electronic components. Based on a long-time experience in providing equipment for CATV-networks in HFC-structure Kathrein’s FttH solutions fully meet the operator’s requirements.
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>>SPECIAL SUPPORT
Albedo Telecom offers a full spectrum of services and products to help
customers make the most of their telecom investment. Our solutions
enable organizations of all sizes to troubleshoot, monitor, and secure
mission critical applications, while our technical advisers and system
engineers help to design, configure and manage networks and services.
The Albedo Telecom team stands ready to partner our customers to
quick roll-out infrastructures based on Carrier-Ethernet, xDSL and SDH,
and applications such as VoIP and IPTV, maximizing the performance
while minimizing the maintenance.
L&M Data Communications is the leading company in the sector of Training
devoted exclusively to this type of activity. As pioneers in the
field, we have already given over 1,400 courses to 20,000 professionals,
and we are innovators in detecting and fully meeting the needs for
such training. The experience, the quality, the full dedication and the
independence are the own characteristics of the company and the
unquestionable leadership that shows in the sector of training in
technologies of Data Communications, are the result of the intense one and
continued effort of their professionals, in the knowledge of these
complex technologies and their didactic skills, fruit of long years of
experience.
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The FTTH Council Europe believes that the development and deployment of fibre based broadband access networks will enhance the quality of life for European citizens and provide the European countries with an infrastructure that will allow its companies to increase their effectiveness within the global marketplace. The council’s charter is to educate European governments, policymakers and political leaders on why and how high speed fibre connectivity can be delivered to all European citizens within the next years.
The Council is led by a board of 9 including the President, Mr. Joeri Van Bogaert, from NBG Fiber Optics GmbH (Austria). The Council has 6 separate committees, which each focus on developing the case for Fibre connectivity through a range of materials delivered. Each committee is chaired by an experienced industry professional, who directs a committee of members to achieving specific goals and targets. The deliverables of each committee are then communicated through to business, technology and political leaders who can help drive the deployment of FTTH across Europe. The 6 committees within the FTTH council are outlined below.
* Deployment & Operations
* Network & Service Revenues
* Communications
* Market Intelligence
* Public Policy & Regulation
* Sustainable Development
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