ETIS is pleased to inform you that the next ETIS Community Gathering will be hosted by ETIS in Stockholm on 14/15 October 2010. The Gathering will also be held in conjunction with the 40th Management Board hosted by TeliaSonera on 13 October. The ETIS Community Gathering will bring together our members from the European Telecom operators to share knowledge on key ICT issues facing the Telecom industry.

Telcos are struggling more than ever to stay relevant in a world dominated by over the top players, web 2.0, cloud services, social networking and fast changing consumer patterns. Responding to this critical issue the theme of the next ETIS Community Gathering will be: ‘The Future of Telecom Services – How to stay relevant in a 2.0 world’.

The Gathering will begin with a common session which focuses on the future of Telecom services, with an emphasis on how service providers can position themselves to get the full value out of their next generation network investments, as well as how to monetize new services, applications and partnerships. The remainder of day 1 and all of day 2 will be dedicated to the following ETIS Working Groups: Information Security, Enterprise Architecture, Procurement & Vendor Management, Business Intelligence & Data Warehouse, Billing, Customer Self Service and the CIO Executive Forum.

Both the common session and the parallel working group meetings will provide the opportunity for our members to learn from one another on how to do better business in the future.

The gathering is an ideal opportunity for all of the ETIS members, associates and partners to get to know one another, learn about each other's activities, plans and expectations and above all, share knowledge. In addition to the education programmes, there will be plenty of unique opportunities for networking, with lunches, networking breaks and an executive dinner.

This meeting is open to ETIS Members, Associate Members, Partners and Working Groups participants. However, if your company is considering ETIS membership and would like to attend this event, please contact Mr. Fred Werner at fw@etis.org

ETIS is pleased to announce that the forthcoming 39th Management Board meeting and CIO Executive Workshop will be kindly hosted by Telecom Italia in Rome on 27-28 May 2010.

The theme of the CIO Executive Workshop will be ‘How CIOs can Influence the Success of Next Generation Networks’. The transformation towards Next Generation Networks has placed many new challenges on the CIO’s table. Responding to this critical issue the first half of the workshop cover our members’ NGN roll-out experiences followed by a session on the specific IT Challenges related to NGN.

The workshop will feature a welcome speech by Giovanni Chiarelli, CIO of Telecom Italia, and a keynote presentation from Sandro Dionisi on Telecom Italia’s NGN Technology & Roll-out Strategies. Michiel Valk from KPN will present on KPN’s Fiber to the Home Trials. The remainder of the workshop will be dedicated to ETIS Member CIO presentations and open discussions related to NGN roll-out experiences and IT challenges. These sessions will be moderated by Wim De Meyer from Belgacom and Juliane Kronen from The Boston Consulting Group to help ensure structured and active discussions.

Participating in this workshop will allow Telco related CIOs to discuss their ongoing NGN roll-out and IT challenges with the CIOs from the ETIS Member Telcos in a trusted and open environment. For more information on this Workshop, please contact Mr. Fred Werner at fw@etis.org

ETIS is pleased to announce that COSMOTE has joined ETIS as a full member and is set to share knowledge with our members in our upcoming working groups and events.

The member representative will be Christos Christopoulos, COSMOTE Group IT Director and he had the following to say about joining ETIS. "We strongly believe that our participation in ETIS will be beneficial for us, providing us with the opportunity to share know-how, experience and ideas with the biggest fellow Telecoms Operators in Europe”. COSMOTE plans to be active in a number of ETIS working Groups and we are looking forward to welcoming them to the ETIS community and seeing them at future events.
 
About COSMOTE
COSMOTE, member of OTE Group, started commercial operations in Greece in April 1998, five years after its competitors, and in record time achieved the leading position in the domestic mobile market, obtaining the title of the most successful third entrant in Europe. Today, COSMOTE is the operator with the strongest presence in SE Europe, with 21.4 million customers in an extended market of 45 million people in four countries: Greece, Albania, Bulgaria and Romania through its subsidiaries AMC, GLOBUL and COSMOTE Romania. A milestone in COSMOTE’s history is the acquisition of GERMANOS, the most successful telecom retail network in the region which has enabled the Group to further enhance its market appeal and customer base growth momentum. In November 2009, the Group acquired Telemobil S.A. (Zapp), further enhancing its growth profile in Romania, gaining access to 3G license & infrastructure. Based on its state-of-the-art telecom network and its end-to-end product portfolio COSMOTE continues on its successful track record, based on constant growth and innovation.
 
2008 has been a year of very strong operational performance for COSMOTE Group in all markets. Revenues exceeded 3.26 billion Euro, while EBITDA profitability reached 1.14 billion, with EBITDA margin at 35%.
 
For more information on COSMOTE please visit: http://www.cosmote.gr

ETIS is pleased to announce that Synacor has joined as an Associate Member and has since been an active contributor to the Customer Self service working group. The member representative is Bram Lockers, Sales Director for Synacor in Europe, Synacor.

Synacor joined ETIS as part of an increasing effort to address growing market demand in Europe for the delivery of Web-based programming and applications across multiple digital devices.  By working closely with ETIS members, Synacor will be able to accelerate the availability of innovative technology solutions that enable authentication of subscribers, so that service providers can provide specific “entitled” programming and targeted advertising and promotions.

A leader in helping service providers to monetize Web content, Synacor delivers portal, e-mail, video and ecommerce platforms that are at the heart of the Internet experience for more than 14 million customers in the United States and, increasingly, in the rest of the world.  The company’s affiliates and programming partners include Charter Communications, the fourth-largest cable system operator in the United States; CenturyLink and Virgin Media.  Most recently, Synacor powered the NBC Universal “Olympics Online Connect” coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games for 14 cable operators to more than 9 million homes.

“While we have established a reputation for delivering high quality solutions and service to our customers in the United States, we’re the first to recognize the value of listening to and learning from leaders in new markets,” said Bram Lokers, Sales Director for Synacor in Europe.  “We’re looking forward to working with ETIS members to help them to identify solutions that will enable them to attract customers and generate new revenue.”

For more information on Synacor, please visit: www.synacor.com

ETIS is pleased to announce that Trend Micro has joined as an Associate Member and has since been an active contributor to the Anti-Spam Co-operation group

Matt Yang , Anti-spam Product Manager, will be the Trend Micro member representative and had the following to say about joining ETIS. "The reason why we joined ETIS is to indentify ISP spam problem and collaborate with ISPs to improve Trend Micro's anti-spam solution." We are looking forward to welcoming them to the ETIS community and seeing them at future events.

About Trend Micro
Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in Internet content security and threat management, aims to create a world safe for the exchange of digital information for businesses and consumers. A pioneer in server-based antivirus with over 20 years experience, we deliver top-ranked security that fits our customers’ needs, stops new threats faster, and protects data in physical, virtualized and cloud environments. Powered by the Trend Micro™ Smart Protection Network™ infrastructure, our industry-leading cloud-computing security technology and products stop threats where they emerge, on the Internet, and are supported by 1,000+ threat intelligence experts around the globe.

For more information on Trend Micro, please visit: www.trendmicro.com

Below is an overview of the confirmed Working Group meeting dates and locations for the rest of 2010.

Information Security Benchmark
19 May
Hosted by TNO in Delft

Information Security WG
20-21 May
Hosted by KPN, Hague 

ETIS 39th  Management Board
27 May
Hosted by Telecom Italia, Rome

ETIS CIO Executive Workshop
28 May
Hosted by Telecom Italia, Rome

Customer Self Service WG
3-4 June
Hosted by Telenor, Oslo

Enterprise Architecture WG
10-11 June
Hosted by Romtelecom, Bucharest

Procurement & Vendor Management WG
17-18 June
Hosted by Execon, Copenhagen

TOGAF Certification Training
14-17 September
Hosted by Detecon, Bonn

Anti-SPAM Co-operation Group
23-24 September
Hosted by Cloudmark, London

ETIS 40th Management Board Meeting
13 October
Hosted by TeliaSonera, Stockholm

ETIS Community Gathering
14-15 October
Hosted by ETIS, Stockholm

TeBIT Survey 2010 - Results
18-19 November
Hosted by ETIS, Brussels

For additional information on how to join these meetings please contact Fred Werner at fw@etis.org

TM Forum
Management World
18/20 May - Nice, France
http://www.tmforum.org

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