Dubai 2015 GCCM I March 2015

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2 Carrier Community press release Record-Setting Global Carrier Community Meetings

6 Industry Article - metaswichw

4 Industry Article - rtx

30 Company Profiles

10 Digital Reality press release

19 Jera Soft press release

Miles Esfahani, Managing Director RTX

“The benefits RTX are capable of bringing to the in-dustry’s very biggest players are plain for all to see. We continually strive to enhance the customer experience and ensure we deliver the most definitive and secure global carrier exchange platform,” concludes Esfahani.”

W. Schmidt, CEO, Carrier Community:

“London GCCM 2015 was a tremendous success. It con-tinues to be one of the most productive industry events for carrier executives that want to focus on doing real deals and meeting the right people,” says Wida Schmidt, CEO of Carrier Community. “Our events are unique and I think that is why they have been such a success. Execu-tives want a really focused-platform where they can make contacts that turn into business opportunities.”

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Carrier Community Press Release

Global Carrier Community Kicks off 2015 in London with Record Attendance

London GCCM continues to grow as more industry executives than ever take part in the industry’s only carrier-exclusive event seriesSarnen, Switzerland – February 28, 2015 – Carrier Community, an exclusive global industry-networking platform for wholesale carriers and data centre providers, is pleased to announce that more than 470 members representing 250 operators attended its community meeting in London, making it one of its most successful events ever. Attendance increased by 46% over 2014 and demonstrates the appetite across the industry for carrier-exclusive events.

Global Carrier Community Meetings (GCCM) bring together executives representing the operators within Voice, Data, SMS, Mobile, VAS, Cable, Satellite, Data Centers and other related segments and gives them a vendor-independent networking platform. GCCM London 2015 is one of six regional events covering Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and South America. Each event brings together local, regional and global decision-makers from a range of carriers.

“London GCCM 2015 was a tremendous success. It continues to be one of the most productive industry events for carrier executives that want to focus on doing real deals and meeting the right people,” says Wida Schmidt, CEO of Carrier Community. “Our events are unique and I think that is why they have been such a success. Executives want a really focused-platform where they can make contacts that turn into business opportunities.”

GCCM events are supported by Carrier Community, which now has more than 3200 members. Membership of the Carrier Community gives carrier executives access to a focused industry related vendor independent networking platform as well as free and real-time exchange of contacts and information via a central online global portal.

Carrier Community’s next event will be the second

annual Middle East GCCM in Dubai will be hosted on the 9rd & 10th of March 2015. 350+ club members are expected to attend.

To become a member of Carrier Community, please visit www.carriercommunity.com

About Carrier Community

Carrier Community is an exclusive global club for telecom carriers and service providers. It was founded as a central platform to enhance business opportunities across the industry’s various sectors and services. Community founders believe that the voluntary free exchange of contacts and information via a central portal as well as organised annual networking events are core to the creation of new business opportunities in order to help the world become more

connected. Carrier Community offers the industry a meeting place where members from voice, data, mobile, sms, vas, datacentres and other related segments can get together and share ideas, contacts and business information for the mutual benefit of all members. It hosts annual networking events throughout the year such as Global Carrier Community Meetings (GCCM) in London, Dubai, Singapore, Berlin, Rio de Janeiro and Cape Town as well as the European Network Planning Meeting (ENPM).

The Carrier Community has qualified more than 3,400 members since its inception representing 1,500+ Operators from more than 130+ countries. Our members occupy C-Level, VP, Director and Manager Positions at incumbent, mobile and alternative operators.

www.carriercommunity.com

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www.gsoftcomm.net

We delivers the best-in-class wholesale carrier services worldwide with its PoPs in London, New York & Singapore. We carry out every aspect of network infrastructure design. From acquisition, planning and design through to deployment and optimization, to guarantee unsurpassed quality, security and stability. Our portfolio includes wholesale A-Z services that targets transit carriers and corporate subscribers (Tier1 & Tier2 Carriers) all over the world in IP & TDM infrastructure. We provide access to our international network for business clients, innovation experts and service providers, facilitating strategic alliances and public/private partnerships for business growth.

info@gsoftcomm.net

Access to International Network

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The art of removing riskWith concerns over quality, pricing and financial security in the

marketplace, RTX RouteTrader Exchange has the solution.

IP interconnect. Customers are allocated their own ‘Client Account’ over which they have full access and control and these funds are completely segregated from those of RTX.

“GCCM in Dubai comes at the perfect moment for the industry to see who we are and what we can do,” says Miles Esfahani, Managing Director. “Our products and services, such as the Partner Program, are already being used by leading global carriers and MNOs, who are gaining significantly from the benefits of security and personalisation. The event will allow others to see what they are missing out on.”

“The emphasis is on creating a safe environment to exchange traffic with quality assurance and financial security

guaranteed”, continues Esfahani, “We have become the industry standard for the global wholesale market, allowing global Tier 1 operators to use the platform as a support mechanism for their own in-house revenue generating activities and services.”

Ostensibly the RTX platform is unique in its ability to provide members with almost zero risk and therefore peace of mind. Additionally because RTX offers a post-paid service alongside its pre-paid facility, organisations have the ability to connect and acquire end-to-end solutions for their businesses and customers regardless of size and from anywhere in the world. This is particularly useful for niche operators as the model allows more favourable payment terms.

“The benefits RTX are capable of bringing to the industry’s very biggest players are plain for all to see. We continually strive to enhance the customer experience and ensure we deliver the most definitive and secure global carrier exchange platform,” concludes Esfahani.

One thing is certain, RTX is the link to global opportunities, supporting customers and enhancing their profits and margins.

To find out more about RTX and its Partner Program visit our website at rtx.routetrader.com or follow us on twitter @Routetrader

These are exciting times in the industry. Carrier exchange activities are on the increase being

driven by the need for cost reduction and increased network optimisation. Within this emerging industry sector, a certain company has moved into the spotlight and has been empowering operators to become part of its ever expanding online community. That company is RTX.

In the last year RTX has experienced a period of dramatic growth in revenue and profitability, as well as launching a number of initiatives including carrier services and investing in global operations. The number of new registrations is running at its fastest level ever and that will certainly increase as a result of more operators seeing why RTX is becoming known as the industry’s ‘Financial Firewall’.

So the questions are how and why? The answers are simple. RTX is the only carrier exchange that has integrated the software of leading international banks offering the most secure cash and credit management solution. They eliminate the financial risks associated with striking high-value deals thus removing the original concerns held by Tier One carriers.

RTX’s secure routing and settlement of voice and data services means that members can buy, sell and manage their traffic worldwide at any time via a single

“ The benefits RTX are capable of bringing to the industry’s very biggest players are plain for all to see. We continually strive to enhance the customer experience and ensure we deliver the most definitive and secure global carrier exchange platform ” Miles EsfahaniManaging Director

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With concerns over quality, pricing and financial security in the marketplace, RTX RouteTrader Exchange has the solution.

These are exciting times in the industry. Carrier exchange activities are on the increase being driven by the need for cost reduction and increased

network optimisation. Within this emerging industry sector, a certain company has moved into the spotlight and has been empowering operators to become part of its ever expanding online community. That company is RTX.

Record levels of new registrations has established RTX as the industry “Financial Firewall”. Through a number of initiatives including carrier services, SMS, and its unique Fast Payment Service (FPS) to its suppliers, RTX has grown by over 400% and with thousands of members worldwide.

So the questions are how and why? The answers are simple. RTX is the only carrier exchange that has integrated its platform with the software of leading international banks offering the most secure cash and credit management solution. They eliminate the financial risks associated with striking high-value deals thus removing the original concerns held by Tier 1 carriers.

RTX’s secure routing and settlement of voice and data services means that members can buy, sell and manage their traffic worldwide at any time via a single IP interconnect. Customers are allocated their own ‘Client Account’ over which they have full access and control and these funds are completely segregated from those of RTX.

“GCCM in Dubai comes at the perfect moment for the industry to see who we are and what we can do,” says Miles Esfahani, Managing Director. “Our products and services, such as the Partner Program, are already being used by leading global carriers and MNOs, who are gaining

significantly from the benefits of security and personalisation. The event will allow others to see what they are missing out on.”

“The emphasis is on creating a safe environment to exchange traffic with quality assurance and financial security guaranteed”, continues Esfahani, “We have become the industry standard for the global wholesale market, allowing global Tier 1 operators to use the platform as a support mechanism for their own in-house revenue generating activities and services.”

Ostensibly the RTX platform is unique in its ability to provide members with zero risk and therefore peace of mind. RTX offers a fully insured post-paid service alongside its pre-paid facility, organisations have the ability to connect and acquire end-to-end solutions for their businesses and customers regardless of size and from anywhere in the world. This is particularly useful for niche operators as the new FPS service improves cash

flow and profitability.

One thing is certain, RTX is the link to global opportunities and the perfect financial bridge between major and niche operators.

To find out more about RTX and its Partner Program visit our website at rtx.routetrader.com or follow us on twitter @Routetrader

“The benefits RTX are capable of bringing to the industry’s very biggest players are plain for all to see. We continually strive to enhance the customer experience and ensure we deliver the most definitive and secure global carrier exchange platform,” concludes Esfahani.”

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The art of removing risk

Miles Esfahani, Managing Director

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Introduction

There’s a lot of buzz in the industry today about Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). This article, based on a talk I gave at ENPM, explains the relevance of NFV for the wholesale carrier community.

I’m not going to explain NFV from scratch, but just so it’s fresh in your mind here’s a re-cap of the main points.

•The future of telecommunications is net-works based on IP. Service Providers, see-ing revenues eroded by OTT competition such as Skype and WhatsApp, are flocking towards IP for the advanced services, the speed of service creation and the cost efficiencies it can provide. No-where is this more prevalent than in the wireless space with the move to LTE and VoLTE.

•Whereas TDM networks require expensive special-ised hardware to manage precise timers, there is a wide variety of commodity equipment that can han-dle telecoms’ IP workloads.

•The vision of NFV is to trans-form Telco networks - From a narrow set of services built on an eclectic collection of specialised devices, each with their own arcane operating pro-cedures and restricted talent pool capable of operating them- To an agile service environment built on inexpensive commodity hardware, with standard operating procedures accessible to a wide pool of experts

•To achieve maximum agility and efficiency, NFV borrows and expands on the virtualization and cloud techniques already established in IT datacentres.

Relevance to carriersThat’s NFV in a nutshell, but what’s the relevance

of NFV to the carrier community? First and foremost carriers need to be able to “carry” IP voice as that will

remain the core of any Telco’s service offer-ing. Beyond that, carriers will need to keep pace with service providers’ requests to “car-ry” a wide variety of services with differing QoS and capacity requirements. So carriers too should be looking to invest in agile ser-vice environments. What does such an agile service environment look like? At its sim-plest level it’s a virtual POP. Start with a da-tacentre with racks of commodity hardware. Deploy a virtual SBC to provide an IP inter-connect point for your customers to connect

to. Connect that back into your existing backbone network and you’re good to go.

Why a virtual POP rather than a physical one? Vir-tual POPs are much quicker and cheaper to get up and running. A physical POP will cost hundreds of thou-sands of dollars and can take anywhere from 6-18 months to get up and running. Whereas a virtual POP can be deployed in minutes and set up remotely with-out your operations staff having to leave their desks. This is revolutionary not evolutionary!

This revolution means that markets that wouldn’t be cost-effective with a physical POP suddenly become a real proposition. You can use Virtual POPs to reach new customers or you can choose to deploy POPs to give a more local ser-vice to existing customers and, with suitably intelligent routing, you can direct calls to flow between virtual POPs. This helps to offload some

traffic from your core network as well as giving better QoS from your customers. Win-win.

It doesn’t stop there though. The same techniques that allow you to set up new POPs quickly and cheaply also apply to scaling up capacity. Well-designed virtu-alization software allows you to scale just the resourc-es you need, so if you need more signaling capacity to cope with RCS services you can add that. Conversely if you need more media capacity for transcoding or sheer bandwidth then you can add more media pro-cessing elements. This is a really simple and quick op-eration in a virtual environment.

Metaswitch Virtualization for Interconnect Providers

NFV promises to revolutionize the way carriers approach their business. It’s not just a promise for the future though - it’s happening now.

Oliver Carter, Perimeta SBC Product Manager

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Item Assumption Running costs in AWS (/voice-minute)

Instance rental (c3.large) Average 10% capacity used 0.001 centsBandwidth G.711 codec 0.018 centsBilling storage Downloaded daily 0.00005 centsBilling download bandwidth 3 minute call average 0.000004 centsSecure VPN connection Single VPN connection 0.0006 centsTotal 0.02 cents

With the right software it can be achieved auto-matically – a process known as elastic scaling (see http://www.metaswitch.com/news/metadata/100614/metaswitch-demos-mvoip-lte-voice-summit). In fact it is possible to scale up and down your capacity in a matter of minutes! You can optimize your power uti-lization and other overheads, minimize your cost base and maximize your profit in a way that hasn’t been possible before.

Is it ready yet?

So that’s the promise of NFV and the impact it can have on carriers. Though how much of this is conjecture and marketing waffle, and how

much is real? Let’s take a look at the virtual POP in a bit more detail.

Typically applications involved in signaling, OSS or BSS are simple to virtualize and in some carriers’ net-works are already deployed in this fashion. However for a virtual POP you need a component that can do more than just handle signaling – as you’ll need to

•Handle media streams without introducing significant delay or jitter – a function that has historically required network processors.

•Perform transcoding – a function that has his-torically required DSPs

•Provide security – a function that has histori-cally required specialised encryption hardware and network processors.

There are many different terms used for this com-ponent: “IP-IP Gateway”, “IPX proxy”, “IBCF+TrGw”, however in practice providers will use an SBC to per-form this function. Up until recently, carrier grade SBCs have used specialised hardware to perform the functions above, which makes them incompatible with NFV. Fortunately the last couple of generations of Intel chips (starting with Sandy Bridge) have ena-

bled all of these functions to be performed in software, so you no longer need specialised hardware for an SBC. As a result some SBC vendors have embraced SBCs in software, and of these only Metaswitch’s Perimeta product has verifiably cracked how to achieve all of those functions in software at carrier-scale.

Show me the money

Above we talked about how much quicker and cheaper virtual POPs can be to deploy, but what about running costs. Can they really be

viable for business?For illustration and because the prices are easily ob-

tainable let’s look at running in the most well known public cloud – Amazon Web services. This is just for illustration, but costs in other fully managed clouds are expected to be similar. The cost breakdown below shows the costs of running an SBC in Amazon, includ-ing encrypted VPN connections to peers. All costs are normalised to show the price per-voice-minute.

You can see from this that a total running cost of 0.02 cents (or $0.0002) per-voice-minute mean that it is entirely viable to run this as a business as long as your revenues are higher than that. In addition it’s worth noting that the dominant factor in the cost is bandwidth, which means that costs essentially scale directly with revenue. If you have a quiet period your costs are negligible, but when activity picks up again your costs increase, but so does your revenue.

The bottom line

NFV promises to revolutionize the way car-riers approach their business. It’s not just a promise for the future though - it’s hap-

pening now. Virtual SBCs have started to be deployed live for Interconnect traffic – see for example http://www.metaswitch.com/news/press-releases/2014/bt-selects-metaswitch-virtual-sbc. Don’t be left behind – make your plans for NFV today and contact Metas-witch if you’d like to understand how they can help you make the transition.

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Digital Realty Press Release

Digital Realty 2015: A Strategic Year for Data CentersBy TMCnet Special GuestMatt Miszewski, SVP of Sales and Marketing, Digital Realty

This past year has been one of tremendous innovation. With the Internet of Things growing at an exponential rate, new data streams are constantly being created to unlock significant value for both the technology companies that must evolve to stay ahead of the curve – but also their customers whose lives and businesses benefit from these new products and services.This trend shows no sign of slowing, and forward-thinking technologists are already looking ahead to build an infrastructure that’s able to support continued progress. At the core of all IT infrastructure lies the data center, which is effectively the central nervous system for any connected company with a mobile or cloud offering – and powers the flow of information that not only keeps apps and services functioning, but also allows developers to continue to refine and engineer new technologies.In 2015, organizations will need to seriously evaluate their data center strategies to meet the increasingly taxing demands of emerging technologies, and also stay on pace with heightened expectations to deliver service in real-time. Furthermore, with new emphasis on the governance and localization of data, strategic action and advance planning is required for organizations that seek to maintain an international presence.Coming from the unique vantage point of an organization that sits on the pulse of data center activity, we’ve put together the following predictions on emerging strategies that you can bet to see more of in the coming year.

Influx of Micro Data Centers and the Emergence of the “Mothership”

As the Internet of Things localizes data streams down to the smallest wearable device, many organizations are growing increasingly concerned with latency and the emerging need to maintain data

centers within physical proximity to their customers. As data requirements become increasingly complex, there will likely be an increase in very small data centers that exist solely to service customers in a specific market. Likewise, it’s probable that much larger data centers or “motherships” will be a piece of this strategy, and serve to house aging and less fluid data that must be retained.

Software Defined Networking

SDN is not a new concept by any means, but this is the year we’ll finally begin seeing broad adoption. A major hurdle for organizations to make this switch is the capital that sits in physical hardware, which is literally taking up space within data centers and office IT departments. With each passing year, more of this hardware will need to be replaced, which means that many will be considering redirecting this hardware budget towards SDN.Seamless, Diversified Cloud PortfoliosMost companies already deploy a mix of dedicated physical data centers, private cloud deployments, and public cloud deployments; however, the relationship between the three is not always easy to maintain. With numerous industry partnerships that connect the data center to AWS and various cloud marketplaces, we’re approaching an era in which movement between different deployment options will be streamlined to just a few clicks.

Rise of the Mid-Market Data Center Ecosystem

Until now, it has been only large enterprises and internet companies that have integrated colocation into their data center strategies; however colo is becoming more prevalent within the broader business community as data center providers deliver more accessible offerings. With increased access to colocation, it’s likely that significantly more mid-sized businesses will begin tapping this resource, and build adjacent products to take better advantage of colo.

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Evolving Political Landscape

In the political sphere, expect more conversation and ultimately policy changes, which will mandate cases of data localization. As countries

in the EU begin to float the idea, it is also likely that companies with the resources will take proactive efforts to stay ahead of this trend, and potentially divert data center activity to the specific geographic markets that they serve.

Attractive New Markets

Historically, organizations have gravitated towards technology and business hubs like Silicon Valley, New York, and London as the

primary destination for data center activity. However, with the emergence of new “gray zones”- less popular, but still highly desirable markets - which are often more cost-effective and less prone to natural disasters, there is an even stronger incentive for businesses to reconsider the physical location of their data centers.While localization and latency requirements will always keep some level of data center activity in major metros, there is good reason for many organizations to divert their more storage-oriented, or “mothership” operations to “gray zones” like Arizona and Utah in order to take advantage of lower cost of operations, abundant real estate and tax incentives, which make these locales highly desirable.

Greater Focus on Sustainability

Data center providers and large organizations like Google (News - Alert) have publicly taken the lead in reducing carbon emissions

and data center energy consumption. However, with initiatives like the Better Buildings Challenge, and consortiums like the Green Grid calling for even more action, it’s likely that the focus on sustainability will become more pervasive and result in significant changes and further innovation

Digital Realty Reports Preliminary 4Q14 Leasing Results, Provides Initial 2015 Guidance and Schedules 4Q14 Earnings Release & Conference Call

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR), a leading global provider of data center solutions, announced today preliminary leasing results for the fourth quarter of 2014, initial guidance for 2015, and details for its fourth quarter 2014 earnings release and conference call.

Digital Realty Press Release

Leasing Activity

Digital Realty signed new leases totaling over $45 million of annualized GAAP rental revenue during the fourth quarter, bringing

the full-year total for 2014 to over $155 million. The weighted-average lag between leases signed during the fourth quarter and the contractual commencement date was a little over five months, and the weighted-average lease term was a little over eight years, based on preliminary leasing data.

2015 Outlook

Digital Realty also provided initial 2015 core FFO per share guidance within a range of $5.00-$5.10, which represents an increase

of approximately 1%-4% over full-year 2014 core FFO per share guidance of $4.90-$4.95. This outlook reflects dilution from the company’s capital-recycling program, which is expected to reduce core FFO per share by approximately 2% in 2015. Headwinds from foreign currency translation are expected to represent an additional drag of a little over 1%. The remaining assumptions underlying the 2015 outlook are summarized in the table below.

Gemalto VoLTE upgrade means au users won’t cry wolf over security17 Dec 2014

Netherlands-based digital security developer Gemalto has revealed it is supplying Japanese mobile network operator (MNO) KDDI (au) with its proprietary ‘UpTeq’ multi-tenant Long Term Evolution (LTE) SIM to secure their voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) services. au, which has more than 40 million mobile subscribers, says the VoLTE service will enable subscribers to enjoy improved voice quality, simultaneous voice and data usability, and seamless connectivity using the newer IP-based 4G LTE network. ‘With KDDI’s LTE network covering 99% of the Japanese population, we have the necessary infrastructure in place to make the VoLTE deployment a success,’ said Masahiro Kobayashi, executive director and general manager, product planning division at KDDI. ‘With VoLTE having the potential to be a USD16 billion business by 2017, KDDI is entering the market at the right time, just as it starts to heat up,’ said Michael Au, president south Asia and Japan at Gemalto.

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Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings (HTHKH) has reported that consolidated turnover increased by 28% year-

on-year to HKD16.296 billion (USD2.10 billion) for the year ended 31 December 2014, driven by a 35% increase in mobile turnover and a 6% rise in fixed line sales. However, full-year net profit declined to HKD833 million in the twelve months under review, down from HKD916 million in FY 2013. Consolidated EBITDA and profit before taxation were said to be ‘comparable’ to those in 2013 (at HKD2.679 billion), despite what HTHKH termed ‘a sluggish mobile performance’ in the first half of last year.Mobile business turnover in 2014 amounted to HKD12.632 billion, an increase of 35% compared with HKD9.359 million in 2013, with mobile hardware revenue increasing sharply by 89% to HKD7.986 billion

last year. The carrier said that its fixed line business recorded steady growth in 2014, with service revenue up 6% y-o-y at HKD4.102 billion from HKD3.880 billion in 2013. In particular, HTHKH reported that revenue generated from the international and local carrier market as well as the corporate and business markets increased by 6% and 11% respectively when compared to 2013.Operationally speaking, the Group was serving approximately 3.2 million mobile customers in Hong Kong and Macau (31 December 2013: 3.8 million). The decrease in both post-paid and pre-paid customer numbers was mainly due to higher churns of lower- ARPU customers under a planned strategy to focus more on serving higher-ARPU data centric customers with advanced 4G LTE infrastructure, as well as offering comprehensive Wi-Fi hotspot coverage.

HTHKH FY 2014 results show 9% fall in profit; revenue up 28% on back of mobile/fixed gains

Econet Zimbabwe looking to strengthen service portfolio in 201517 Feb 2015

Zimbabwe’s mobile market leader Econet Wireless has said it intends to concentrate on improving its service portfolio in 2015 rather

than expanding its network footprint. The firm says it is looking to capitalise on the USD1 billion it has invested in its wireless networks over the past few years as it looks to maintain average revenue per user (ARPU) following recent moves by the government to enforce reductions in call charges. A report from ITWeb Africa quotes the operator’s chief executive officer, Douglas Mboweni, as saying: ‘We have been putting infrastructure on the ground to make sure that we lay a platform upon which new services and products can be facilitated.’ A major part of the new strategy will be the expansion of Econet’s 4G Long Term Evolution ( LTE) coverage, with upgrades being carried out on existing base stations. The company is also pushing its EcoCash mobile money service, which currently has around three million users.

Zain launches Jordan’s first LTE network17 Feb 2015

Zain Jordan commercially launched Long Term Evolution (LTE) services, becoming the first operator in the Kingdom to inaugurate a 4G network. The cellco’s new network features approximately 1,000 sites and covers all of the nation’s governorates. Announcing the launch, Zain Jordan CEO Ahmad Hanandeh commented: ‘Zain’s 4G LTE service is a quantum leap in the daily lives of Jordanians, as it provides advanced solutions and enriches the experience of businesses and consumers alike. The technology caters to the growing demand for internet services in several segments and its availability will lead to a positive impact on economic activity, given the ability users will have to do things more efficiently.’ The operator invested JOD200 million (USD280.9 million) in 4G in 2014 and plans to spend a further JOD100 million over the next two years. Zain’s LTE service offers theoretical download speeds of up to 150Mbps, and is available on a pre- or post-paid basis. Monthly subscriptions cost JOD25 (Silver package, includes 10GB of data and 500 minutes of calls), JOD35 (Gold, 20GB and 1,000 minutes) or JOD50 (Platinum, 40GB and 5,000 minutes). Pre-paid LTE data costs JOD10 for 1GB, JOD15 for 3GB or JOD20 for 7GB.

Industry newsSources:www.telecompaper.comwww.telegeography.comwww.developingtelecoms.com

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Eight cellcos weigh-in for spectrum battle; DoT calls on SC to shut down legal opposition to auction

17 Feb 2015

Tegucigalpa-based Tigo Honduras has revealed that the total number of people using its Tigo Money mobile cash transfer service has reached the one million mark. The service, which was launched in January 2011, allows mobile customers without access to traditional banking to enjoy access to money transfers, international remittances and micro credit. Local news site El Heraldo quotes Tigo Money director Enrique Castillo as saying: ‘We aspire to be a global trendsetter. Tigo Money is safer and more effective than using cash.’

According to statistics published by Tigo’s parent Millicom International Cellular (MIC), at end-2014 the group claimed 1.90 million Tigo Money users in Central America and 1.45 million in South America. After factoring in the additional 6.12 million Tigo Cash customers in Africa, 19% of the group’s overall user base were utilising mobile money services at year-end. MIC has claimed that 80% of the population is unbanked in most of its markets of operation.

Tigo Money users pass one million in Honduras

17 Feb 2015

Indonesian publicly listed mobile operator Indosat is predicting a sharp rise in data traffic following the completion of works to modernise

its networks across the country. The Jakarta Post quotes Indosat’s head of data services product marketing Fidesia Noor as saying: ‘We estimate that our data traffic will surge by more than 50% upon the completion of the modernisation.’ In an interview, she told reporters that Indosat has witnessed a doubling in data traffic as a result of its last network upgrade programme, started in 2012. The carrier has invested around IDR8 trillion (USD630.4 million) per annum on the programme, which was concluded in November last year, boosting data capabilities and rolling out new services primarily in 23 major cities, including Greater Jakarta, Bandung and Sukabumi (West Java), Semarang (Central Java), Yogyakarta, Surabaya (East Java) and Makassar (South Sulawesi).

Indosat recorded a three-fold rise in data traffic to 55,467 terabytes (or 55.467PB) in 9M14, up from 17,646 terabytes in the same period of 2013. Nine-month revenue from the firm’s multimedia, data communication and internet services climbed 8.3% to IDR2.6 trillion, up from IDR2.4 trillion in January-September 2013.

Indosat predicts surge in data traffic following network upgrade

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Eight companies have applied to participate in the upcoming spectrum auction, including disruptive newcomer Reliance Jio Infocomm

(RJIL), the Economic Times writes. Conspicuous by its absence was Russian-backed Sistema Shyam TeleServices (SSTL), which has opted to steer clear of the auction, citing dissatisfaction with the high reserve prices and legal issues with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). The applicants are Vodafone, Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Reliance Communications ( RCOM) – all of which must renew expiring licences or risk being forced to close down operations in certain circles – as well as Aircel, Uninor and Tata Teleservices (TTSL). Idea has the most expiring licences with nine, whilst Vodafone and RCOM each have seven and Airtel six.

A statement from SSTL explained its decision to opt out of the auction: ‘SSTL has consistently maintained that the pricing of the 800MHz spectrum at INR36.46 billion (USD585.79 million) is way out of line and does not merit a strong business case for buying additional spectrum in the upcoming auction. The company continues to maintain that such pricing does not take into account the realities of the prevailing ecosystem within the 800MHz band.’

For its part, RJIL is understood to be looking to grab 1800MHz spectrum in the eight circles where it failed to win frequencies in February 2014, namely: Uttar Pradesh East, Uttar Pradesh West, Rajasthan, Haryana, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab. However, it has also been speculated that RJIL, owned by petrochemical giant Reliance Industries, could also bid for the limited spectrum in the 2100MHz band, or put pressure on the incumbents by competing for the 900MHz spectrum needed by Vodafone, Airtel, Idea Cellular and RCOM to continue operations.

In a related development, the Business Standard writes that the DoT has requested that the Supreme Court rule against any calls for a stay order on the auction. Plans for the upcoming tender have been lambasted by telcos, which have criticised the high reserve prices and artificial scarcity of spectrum created by the government. Airtel, Idea and RCOM are all understood to have launched legal proceedings against the DoT regarding the tender.

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17 Feb 2015

JT Global, which operates on both Guernsey and Jer-sey, has announced the official launch of 4G services on the latter island. Confirming that consumers could now access its new GBP12 million (USD18.5 million) LTE-based network via six sites in St. Ouen, JT’s chief opera-tions and technology officer Dave Newbold said of the development: ‘We’re really excited to have launched the first 4G sites on Jersey. We’ve invested over GBP12 million in a state-of-the-art LTE Advanced 4G network that will drastically improve mobile data services for Islanders. Our new network is expandable and can be regularly upgraded to ensure we are able to take advan-tage of any new advancement in mobile technology. In addition, it will also ensure significantly improved data connections in buildings.’ While a launch has yet to be announced on Guernsey, meanwhile, the company said it was ‘progressing with plans’, though it stopped short of giving a launch date.

Alongside the 4G-related announcement, JT noted that it has also taken the opportunity to implement a new 3G service – referred to as ‘U900’ – which it claims will see ‘a significant improvement in the coverage of … 3G data services across the islands’. Furthermore, the company has said that it plans to provide downlink speeds of up to 42Mbps via every mobile site across the Channel Islands, suggesting the rollout of dual-carrier HSPA+ (DC-HSPA+) technology; such speeds had previ-ously only been available in congested areas, such as St Peter Port’s town centre.

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Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) and Taiwan Mobile have each been fined TWD300,000 (USD9,548) by the National Communications Commis-

sion (NCC) for failing to report their 4G roaming alli-ance to the regulator as required by administrative policy, the Taipei Times reports. In handing out the penalty, the NCC said it had found that the two opera-tors had signed a roaming partnership agreement on 25 September 2014, though it noted that this did not in-clude any financial terms, with a supplementary agree-ment inked on 12 December agreeing the costs of the partnership. With APT said to have then submitted de-tails of the agreement to the authorities on 17 Decem-ber, NCC spokesperson Yu Hsiao-cheng argued that the telco should, in fact, have made the regulator aware of the deal within a month of the signing of the initial agreement in September. For its part, APT has argued that it fulfilled its legal requirement, as the complete agreement was not reached until mid-December. Com-menting on the matter, Yu said: ‘It is customary in the industry for two telecoms to forge a roaming partner-ship without settling on an exact cost first … It was de-cided that such agreement should be reported within one month after it is first signed; on 25 September in this case. Each carrier was fined TWD300,000 for violat-ing the Regulations Governing Mobile Telecommunica-tions Businesses.’

Further punishment may yet be forthcoming, how-ever, with Yu cited as saying that the NCC is now plan-ning to address other alleged violations of the nation’s telecoms regulations by APT. Such violations are said to include the operator’s failure to construct as many base stations as it had promised in its business plan; according to the regulator’s spokesperson, APT had said it would build some 2,000 base stations nation-wide to offer 4G services, a target it has been claimed it has not achieved. Meanwhile, it has also been sug-gested that another area of examination relates to the fact that APT had allegedly made a unilateral decision to change from utilising voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) tech-nology to offer voice services over its network, with it instead having opted to use circuit-switched fallback. Failure to fulfill the commitments it had made in its business plan could lead to fines of anything between TWD300,000 and TWD3 million, the NCC has said.

APT and Taiwan Mobile fined over roaming alliance

Sources:www.telecompaper.comwww.telegeography.comwww.developingtelecoms.com

Claro Dominicana outlines DOP35 billion investment plan

JT launches 4G on Jersey

17 Feb 2015

The Latin American telecoms group America Movil says it will invest almost DOP35 billion (USD768 million) in its Claro-branded operation

in the Dominican Republic over the next three years. According to a report from El Caribe, which cites Claro Dominicana’s president Oscar Pena, investment will to-tal DOP11.65 billion in 2015 as the firm looks to expand its 4G Long Term Evolution ( LTE) services. Claro cur-rently leads the country’s mobile market, with around 5.24 million subscribers and a 55.6% market share at the end of September 2014, according to TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database. The operator says it has invest-ed DOP82.86 billion in the Dominican Republic since acquiring the assets of Verizon Dominicana in 2006.

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While business broadband lacks the security and service guarantees of MPLS IP VPN ser-vice, data from TeleGeography’s Business

Broadband Research Service reveal that replacing VPN with a comparable business broadband plan can provide meaningful cost savings for some enterprises.

IP VPN prices reflect not just the service provider’s port charge, but also the cost of local access, which signifi-cantly raises the cost. For example, the median price of a best efforts 10 Mbps IP VPN port in New York City is $537 per month, while local access is an additional $1,162. The total price of $1,699 is at least 15 times greater than that of a 10 to 20 Mbps business broadband plan anywhere in the United States. Similarly, in Germany, the median 10 Mbps IP VPN price of $626 per month in Frankfurt plus the access price of $638 is 28 times higher than the $45 monthly cost of comparable business broadband service. In Tokyo, the median price of a VPN port plus local access is 42 times higher than business broadband.

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Turkcell Group has announced its financial results for the twelve months ended 31 December 2014, reporting revenue of TRY12.04 billion (USD4.90

billion), up 5.6% from TRY11.41 billion in 2013. EBITDA for full year 2014 increased 6.1% year-on-year to reach TRY3.76 billion, up from TRY3.54 billion one year earlier, while net income plummeted 19.8% from TRY2.33 billion in FY2013 to TRY1.86 billion a year later. Turkcell attributed the slump to several one-off payments as well as the impact of unfavourable macroeconomic conditions in certain international markets – namely the 97% devaluation of the Ukrainian hryvnia ( UAH),

which contributed to a 12% contraction in local unit Astelit’s sales figures for 2014. CAPEX for 2014 reached TRY2.14 billion, up from TRY1.82 billion in 2013.In operational terms, Turkcell’s domestic mobile unit saw a net loss of 548,000 mobile subscribers y-o-y, representing an annual decline of 1.7%, to end 2014 with 34.6 million customers. However, the unit’s post-paid segment grew from 14.0 million to 15.2 million in the same period, with Turkcell attributing this to pre- to post-paid migration and superior network quality. In contrast, its pre-paid customer base shrank by 8.5% from 21.2 million to 19.4 million due to the ongoing competitive environment. Elsewhere, domestic broadband unit Turkcell Superonline achieved net additions of 346,000 during the year, taking its total subscriber base to 1.2 million; fibre-to-the-home ( FTTH) users accounted for 735,100 end-user accounts.

Turkcell FY14 revenue increases 5.6% to TRY12.0bn; net income plummets 19.8%

Industry newsSources:www.telecompaper.comwww.telegeography.comwww.developingtelecoms.com

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Etisalat Misr inks USD120m loan agreement

Government gives go-ahead to Slovak Telekom stake sale

FreshTel price-tag could reach RUB880m; Rostelecom happy to foot the bill

February 12, 2015

Etisalat Misr, the Egyptian subsidiary of UAE-based Etisalat, has reportedly signed a USD120 million, three-year loan with HSBC and

National Bank of Abu Dhabi, according to Reuters. With each bank to provide USD60 million, Etisalat Misr’s chief executive Saeed al-Hamli was cited as saying of the matter: ‘The loans come in the context of our desire to diversify our sources of funding … to increase our competitiveness.’According to TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database, Etisalat Misr is the country’s smallest cellco in terms of customers, with 23.520 million mobile subscribers at the end of September 2014, giving it 24.6% of the market. By comparison, larger rivals MobiNil and Vodafone Egypt accounted for 34.2% and 41.2% of the country’s wireless sector, respectively.

February 12, 2015

Under a decision adopted by the cabinet at its session of 11 February 2015, the government will submit the documents concerning the

sale of the state’s 49% stake in Slovak Telekom (ST) to parliament by 6 March, the Slovak Spectator reports. The Economy Ministry proposes to sell the shares in a ‘dual track’ strategy, i.e. either via its preferred initial public offering ( IPO) on capital markets or via a direct stake sale offer. ‘The final decision, which of the two forms of sale will be picked, will depend on market conditions and recommendations of investment banks as advisors in this process in order to achieve the most advantageous sale conditions,’ the cabinet documentation reads, as quoted by the TASR agency, while the shares are likely to be sold at two stock exchanges, Bratislava and London.In February 2014 state officials and ST’s majority owner Deutsche Telekom signed a memorandum on cooperation in the stake divestment. Afterwards the National Property Fund (FNM) privatisation agency began the process of choosing an investment bank, which will be tasked with the general coordination and management of the IPO project, among other things. In April 2014 the cabinet approved an amendment to the privatisation act extending the means for the sale of state assets to include the stock exchange, which was adopted by parliament in June.Economy Minister Pavol Pavlis stated that the project is expected to be approved by parliament within a month. In further comments quoted by the Xinhua news agency, the minister added: ‘Preferentially we’ll push it through the capital market in order to generate the best price. It should be as transparent as possible, with the highest profit possible. Advisors, which will be renowned banks working for the FNM, will issue recommendations for us. I believe that we may conclude this process soon … The state wants to conclude the entire process by the summer of this year.’

February 12, 2015

Rostelecom’s long-running pursuit of WiMAX operator FreshTel, may end up costing as much as RUB880 million (USD14 million),

news agency RIA Novosti reports – more than four times the company’s initial valuation. While the company itself is only valued at RUB210 million, it is reportedly set to receive Long Term Evolution ( LTE) spectrum permits worth RUB670 million from the State Radio Frequency Commission (SRFC) in the near future, thus increasing Rostelecom’s required investment exponentially.The FreshTel Group, which also includes affiliated operators InterProject, Stolitsa, Progress and Orion, currently holds federal spectrum licences in the 3.5GHz band, but presides over a modest user base of just 22,000 spread across 40 cities.As previously reported by TeleGeography’s CommsUpdate, in October 2014 Rostelecom received the necessary approval of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) to acquire FreshTel. In August 2014 Rostelecom had been named as a potential buyer for the company after the FAS gave its permission for a 99.9% stake in the WiMAX operator to be transferred from Cyprus-based Comenetti Investments to local financial group Vnesheconombank (VEB), a shareholder in Rostelecom.

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Belarusian national PTO Beltelecom closed out last year with a total of 2.044 fixed internet sub-scribers, according to an unconfirmed report

from Telecompaper. The telco connected 160,000 net new users to its Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Net-works (GPON) services last year, boosting the total to 290,000 – a figure which TeleGeography reported had grown to 300,000 by 27th January. The technology sup-ports ultra-high speed connections of up to 1Gbps and is capable of delivering triple-play services of television, broadband access and voice telephony on a single cable. Work on the rollout of GPON infrastructure began in the capital Minsk in 2011 and the fibre-optic technol-ogy is now being deployed in regional and district cen-tres where Beltelecom is upgrading its networks.

Beltelecom also divulged that the operator’s interna-tional gateway totalled 770Gbps at 31 December 2014, and that it deployed over 150,000 new Wi-Fi hotspots across the country last year. The PTO now operates more than 300,000 hotspots in Belarus, of which 75,600 are in the capital Minsk.

Beltelecom internet base passed two million mark in 2014, paper says

Industry newsSources:www.telecompaper.comwww.telegeography.comwww.developingtelecoms.com

17 Feb 2015

Netherlands-based digital security developer Gemalto has revealed it is supplying Japanese mobile network operator ( MNO) KDDI (au)

with its proprietary ‘UpTeq’ multi-tenant Long Term Evolution (LTE) SIM to secure their voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) services. au, which has more than 40 million mobile subscribers, says the VoLTE service will enable subscribers to enjoy improved voice quality, simultane-ous voice and data usability, and seamless connectivity using the newer IP-based 4G LTE network. ‘With KD-DI’s LTE network covering 99% of the Japanese popula-tion, we have the necessary infrastructure in place to make the VoLTE deployment a success,’ said Masahiro Kobayashi, executive director and general manager, product planning division at KDDI. ‘With VoLTE hav-ing the potential to be a USD16 billion business by 2017, KDDI is entering the market at the right time, just as it starts to heat up,’ said Michael Au, president south Asia and Japan at Gemalto.

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Estonian cable TV company Starman has com-pleted the acquisition of all shares in Lithuani-an operator Cgates for a total enterprise value of

EUR56.3 million (USD64.2 million), following approval from the local competition authority. In conjunction with the transaction, Starman’s owner East Capital Ex-plorer has made an additional investment of EUR22.5 million in Starman through a share issue, thereby in-creasing the Swedish investment group’s ownership from 51% to 63%. ‘With the acquisition of Cgates, Star-man will further strengthen its position in the Baltic markets after having shown strong results and value generation since our acquisition in May 2013,’ stated Mia Jurke, CEO of East Capital Explorer, continuing: ‘The add-on investment is yet another step in our am-bition to create a unique private equity and real estate portfolio.’

According to TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Data-base, Cgates is one of Lithuania’s largest cable net-work operators, providing cable and digital television, fixed telephony and fibre-optic broadband internet to around 200,000 customers in twelve cities, including Vilnius, Alytus, Marijampole, Vilkaviskis, Silute, Lent-varis and Kaunas.

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17 Feb 2015

Indonesian broadband services provider Biznet Networks (including max3 Internet) has an-nounced the launch of its Biznet Wifi pre-paid

service in Cirebon and Indramayu in West Java, of-fering peak download speeds of 100Mbps using Wi-Fi technology. Biznet Networks president Adi Kusma said: ‘Biznet Wifi was created to meet the increasing demand for faster and more reliable Wi-Fi services, especially for smartphone and tablet users,’ adding that the operator is offering a range of three packages to meet the needs of end users. The most affordable tariff, Biznet Wifi 30,000, offers 2GB of downloads, is valid for 30 days and costs IDR30,000 (USD2.40), while Biznet Wifi 60,000 includes 5GB of data for 60 days (IDR60,000), and Biznet Wifi 90,000 includes 10GB for 90 days (IDR90,000).

Kusma went on to say that after Indramayu and Cire-bon, Biznet intends to roll out its Wi-Fi service to all cities connected to the 11,500km Biznet Fibre-Optic network, which covers Java, Bali and Sumatra.

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Altice mulling Bouygues Telecom takeover

Batelco drops plans for Umniah sale

Oger Telecom said to be planning Cell C divestment

New Zealand ISP raises satellite broadband speeds

17 Feb 2015

Luxembourg-based investment fund Altice Group, which recently closed the acquisition of France’s second largest telco SFR, is reportedly examining the financial and regulatory hurdles to a proposed takeover of French telco Bouygues Telecom, with advisors to each party said to have held informal talks in regards to the potential transaction, Bloomberg writes, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.As previously reported by TeleGeography’s CommsUpdate in November 2014, Altice Group said that it would be interested in taking over Bouygues Telecom if its parent company agrees to sell the unit. Altice’s chief executive officer Dexter Goei was cited as saying at the time: ‘Right now, we are focused on integrating SFR, but if we get a phone call from Bouygues on Friday, then why not? There is a big synergy potential there.’ In response to a question about potential consolidation in the market, Goei noted: ‘It would surprise me if, in 2015, there [is not] some effort to get this done’.TeleGeography notes that since SFR acquisition deal, French rivals Orange, Iliad (Free) and Bouygues Telecom have all expressed their willingness for further tie-ups in a bid to ease competition, with market leader Orange reportedly hiring investment banks Lazard and Credit Suisse to study a potential purchase of Bouygues Telecom in May 2014. Subsequently, the two sides allegedly held merger talks but failed to agree on a price. Further, Iliad’s informal June 2014 bid of EUR4 billion (USD5.4 billion) to acquire Bouygues Telecom was also reportedly deemed insufficient by parent Bouygues Group.

17 Feb 2015

Oger Telecom South Africa, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Saudi Arabia-based group Oger Telecom, is reportedly planning to sell its

stake in South African wireless operator Cell C, TMT Finance reports. According to the unnamed sources, however, the valuation of Cell C and the company’s current debt remain the main issues blocking Oger’s exit from the company. ‘It’s a very complex situation that has been looked at many times over the years and any transaction around Cell C will require substantial regulatory work,’ one source said. TeleGeography notes that in January 2015 Oger’s parent Saudi Telecom Company ( STC) wrote down a ZAR1.2 billion (USD102 million) investment in Oger Telecom, attributing the impairment to its investment in Cell C.According to TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database, Cell C is wholly owned by holding company 3C Telecommunications, which is itself owned by Oger Telecom South Africa (60%), Black Economic Empowerment ( BEE) entity CellSAf consortium (25%), and Lanun Securities (15%). Saudi Arabian group Oger Telecom is the sole shareholder in Oger Telecom South Africa and Lanun Securities, giving it an overall 75% indirect stake in Cell C. Oger Telecom is 35%-owned by STC.

15 Jan 2015

New Zealand internet service provider (ISP) Wireless Nation has announced that it has doubled the maximum download speed available via its satellite broadband service. Customers are now being offered peak download rates of 10Mbps, up from 5Mbps previously, at no extra cost. The firm says its satellite-based connections are aimed predominantly at users in rural areas which have not been reached by other forms of internet access. Wireless Nation also offers satellite-based voice-over-internet protocol (VoIP) telephone services.e article indicates that Movistar requested the postponement as part of its ‘business strategy’.

17 Feb 2015

Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco) has decided to drop plans to sell its Jordanian division, Umniah, valued at up to

USD600 million, TMT Finance writes, citing unnamed sources. Citigroup was reportedly hired to explore options for the operator, but preliminary interest in the company was ‘limited.’ The asking price is understood to have been the main sticking point for potential investors, whilst Jordan’s tax structure also reportedly discouraged buyers.

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Uganda now has 18.5 million mobile money users17 Feb 2015

Uganda’s Finance Minister Maria Kiwanuka says the country was home to 18.5 million mobile money users by the end of 2014, with

transactions totalling more than UGX18 trillion (USD6.2 billion) being carried out in twelve months. According to a report from The Monitor, there are now three times as many mobile banking users in Uganda than traditional bank customers. Figures from TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database show that Uganda was home to some 22.6 million cellular subscribers at the end of September 2014, with the market dominated by the three largest players: MTN, Airtel and Uganda Telecom Ltd (UTL).

17 Feb 2015

Nepal Telecom (NT) has posted a 20% rise in profits for the first half of its 2014-15 fiscal year, with profits in-creasing to NPR6.6 billion (USD65.5 million) in the six months to mid-January 2015. The positive performance was attributed to a decline in operation and mainte-nance costs plus lower licence and spectrum fees, with expenditure dropping from NPR12.2 billion in the first half of 2013/14 to NPR10.5 billion this fiscal year. Sales for the period climbed 1.5% year-over-year to NPR19.9 billion, the Himalayan Times reports citing a company statement. NT said it contributed NPR361.4 million to Nepal’s Rural Telecommunication Development Fund ( RTDF) in the first half of the current financial year, up from NPR356.2 million a year earlier.

According to TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Data-base, NT controlled around 45.4% of the country’s wire-less market at the end of 2014, while it is the dominant provider of fixed telephony and internet services.sector, respectively.

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TotalPlay plans USD400m coverage boost; FTTH network set to reach six million homes17 Feb 2015

Mexican fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) provider TotalPlay aims to invest USD400 million in network expansions over the course of the

next two years, as it extends its operational footprint to 22 cities. In an interview with local business daily El Financiero CEO Eduardo Kuri claimed that the investment will see TotalPlay increase the numbers of homes passed by its infrastructure from two to six million. The chief executive noted that TotalPlay currently presides over a user base of 160,000 subscribers, which it expects to rise to 280,000 by the end of 2015.According to TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database, TotalPlay was launched in November 2010 by Ricardo Salinas, Mexico’s second-richest man, and initially operated as a subsidiary of Iusacell, his recently divested mobile unit. The triple-play operator initially deployed a FTTH network in 13 Mexico City neighbourhoods, before gradually expanding its network to strategic locations across the country. Today the company’s fibre-optic footprint covers Mexico City and Area Metropolitana (Distrito Federal), Cuernavaca (Morelos), Toluca (Mexico State), Guadalajara (Jalisco) and Celaya (Guanajuato).

Turkcell FY14 revenue increases 5.6% to TRY12.0bn; net income plummets 19.8%17 Feb 2015

Turkcell Group has announced its financial results for the twelve months ended 31 December 2014, reporting revenue of TRY12.04 billion (USD4.90

billion), up 5.6% from TRY11.41 billion in 2013. EBITDA for full year 2014 increased 6.1% year-on-year to reach TRY3.76 billion, up from TRY3.54 billion one year ear-lier, while net income plummeted 19.8% from TRY2.33 billion in FY2013 to TRY1.86 billion a year later. Turk-cell attributed the slump to several one-off payments as well as the impact of unfavourable macroeconomic conditions in certain international markets – namely the 97% devaluation of the Ukrainian hryvnia ( UAH), which contributed to a 12% contraction in local unit Astelit’s sales figures for 2014. CAPEX for 2014 reached TRY2.14 billion, up from TRY1.82 billion in 2013.

In operational terms, Turkcell’s domestic mobile unit saw a net loss of 548,000 mobile subscribers y-o-y, rep-resenting an annual decline of 1.7%, to end 2014 with 34.6 million customers. However, the unit’s post-paid segment grew from 14.0 million to 15.2 million in the same period, with Turkcell attributing this to pre- to post-paid migration and superior network quality. In contrast, its pre-paid customer base shrank by 8.5% from 21.2 million to 19.4 million due to the ongoing competitive environment. Elsewhere, domestic broad-band unit Turkcell Superonline achieved net additions of 346,000 during the year, taking its total subscriber base to 1.2 million; fibre-to-the-home ( FTTH) users ac-counted for 735,100 end-user accounts.

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behavior. Automated traffic monitoring has also posi-tive impact on your rev-enue assurance. In combi-nation with other XCarrier modules, e.g. XProvisioning you will have an all-inclu-sive fraud solution. We are also proud to announce major enhancements in our rating engine XRate, a new generation rating en-gine which provides you with rated real time data. It rates all your CDR’s rapidly and offers a common view over your processed call re-cords. XRate is able to rate forward or reverse, based on A/B-number-types or dependent on the point of interconnect. It bills in the context operator; vir-tual operators or other call scenarios are possible. It is ready for the new step rat-ing which means different steps in parallel with in-creased and/or decreased charges within a call or cer-tain duration.

Fizan TelecomIs one of the best VoIP (Voice over Internet Proto-col) Service Provider focus-ing in Internet Telephony Solutions for businesses, VoIP reseller programs and VoIP carrier services across varied areas of expertise. We are dedicated to deliv-ering Customer Manage-ment and Billing Solutions for entrepreneurs, carriers, VoIP Calling Card Opera-tors and Corporate compa-nies based on VoIP. Fizantel provides a bunch of best profitable VoIP solutions, which include world class quality VoIP Call Termina-tion at cost-effective rates. It provides services like VoIP Termination, Whole-sale Termination, VoIp Re-seller, Callshop Reseller and A-Z Termination, All kind

Company Profiles

3G Telekom3G Telekom is dedicated to make each customer as successful as it can be. Our voice and data services of-fer unparalleled reliability, security, and value and our outstanding customer ser-vice will leave you wonder-ing why you ever trusted your business to anyone else. Our Wholesale Voice product is aimed at provid-ers whose wholesale and retail customers require stable QoS with aggressive market-based pricing. Cou-pled with our dynamic real-time routing capabilities and strong buying power 3G Telecom are well positioned to offer a voice product which not only meet pric-ing requirements but en-sures a stable, high quality voice proposition.

Mañana Mañana Innovations & Consultancy Services Lim-ited is registered in HK. Ma-ñana is primarily into offer-ing Technology Solutions, Innovative Products and Telecom Services. Mañana has started the Wholesale Voice Services using the Latest VoIP technology in early 2014, has it’s Physical Switch & Infrastructure lo-cated in Berlin, Germany & it’s L3 support in Greece. Mañana has established its techno commercial op-eration center including its L1&L2 support in Gurgaon, the Millennium City of In-dia. Mañana is currently developing and establish-ing the Global Wholesale Bulk SMS Business, this should launch in the near future. Mañana’s range of

retail products include the Mañana TravelSIMa product that is targeted to business and leisure international travelers, this would result in a minimum of 80% cost saving of a Global Roam-ing Charges when traveling globally, outside your home country. Mañana is also launching country specific Travel Cards for USA / UK / HK / Singapore / Australia & Thailand. Mañana’s other Enterprise Level Products & Services include the Va-nilla DIDServices or the In-tegrated DID with IPPBX(a hosted solution), we are also launching the retailCall-ing CardIP dialer apps, that would help customers and consumers save money on international call charges wherever they can get a 2G or 3G data service or even from Wi-Fi. There are sev-eral innovative products, services & Applications in the pipeline that would help clients and users save a lot of money and grow our organic voice traffic. At Mañana we are also working on projects in a few countries to obtain license to operate interna-tional gateways.

Carrier CallCarrier Call builds solutions to solve the complex prob-lems of the international telecommunications mar-ket. The Swiss software and services company works with its own development team in-house. Carrier Call uses its long-term industry specific knowledge as well as feedback from customers to constantly refine and en-hance its products. In close cooperation with market experts Carrier Call added a fraud module XFraud to its range of solutions. Fraud de-tection is a challenge, which needs a flexible system to detect unusual patterns of

of VoIP Solution. Our vision is to emerge as a major VoIP Service Provider by integrat-ing telephony system with the contemporary online world.

MOUJWE DO FOCUS ON: - Non cli Termination Gateways Management. - Termination Gateways Configuration & Optimization. - Termina-tion Bandwidth Solutions. - A-Z Direct CLI routes. - A-Z Standard(wholesale) routes. - Direct NON CLI destina-tions. - China CLI special routes.

XOtelXOtel is the 5th largest tel-ecom in Latvia and is known to be one of the leading international voice traffic carriers in Europe and CIS. Founded in 2006, the com-pany has its representative offices in Ukraine and Czech Republic. XOtel’s unques-tionable attributes - reliabil-ity, dynamism and innova-tion - allow the company to successfully develop new services, find new markets and offer effective telecom solutions to both end us-ers and businesses. XOtel has gained a reputation of a stable and reliable part-ner through many years of successful cooperation with both major telecoms and mid-sized carriers. We al-ways look for the most effec-tive ways of interaction and provide services and solu-tions of the highest quality.

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PCCW Global Connected with your worldPCCW Global designs, builds and manages IP, Fiber, Satellite, Ethernet and Voice communications worldwide, enabling Service Providers to improve productivity, unlock business potential and expand into new markets.

Extensive reach into growth markets of Asia, Africa, Middle East

Resilient global network covering 3,000 cities and 130 countries

Over 50 direct Voice over IPX destinations

More than 140 regional MPLS partners globally

Awarded Best Global Wholesale Ethernet Service 2013 by MEF

Tailored Network, Voice, Video and Cloud Computing solutions

Experts on-the-ground to support your business globally

Contact us Email: marketing@pccwglobal.com

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ible Global Voice termina-tion options by leveraging its multi-million dollar network and connecting businesses securely. Our telecom services encom-passing wholesale as well as retail voice are both afford-able and enjoyable.

HoovertelHoovertel is a Telecom-munication Service Pro-vider, based in Singapore and U.A.E., specializing in Wholesale Voice Aggrega-tion and Transit services. We specialize in direct routes to Asian, African & South American Destina-tions. We are directly inter-connected with more than 100+ Carriers World Wide Including PTTs and Tier-1s and have strongbusinessre-lationships that enable us to get the best quality route at competitive rates.

GSoftGSoft delivers the best-in-class wholesale carrier ser-vices worldwide with its PoPs in London, New York & Singapore. We carry out every aspect of network in-frastructure design. From acquisition, planning and design through to deploy-ment and optimization, to guarantee unsurpassed quality, security and stabil-ity. Our portfolio includes wholesale A-Z services that targets transit carriers and corporate subscribers (Tier1 & Tier2 Carriers) all over the world in IP & TDM in-frastructure. We provide access to our international network for business cli-ents, innovation experts and service providers, fa-

Company Profiles

Ashan TelecomAshan Telecom Ltd. Was found on 4th March 2009 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong OFCA Office of the Commu-nications Authority) issue SBO license (No. 1480) to Ashan on June 2009. Ashan Telecom Focus in VOIP wholesale service which means it is connected and exchange voice traffic with international telecom carri-ers through internet. Ashan setup Canada branch office in 2011 for support North US customer and have IDC in USA, Hong Kong, Sin-gapore and Guangzhou. Ashan Telecom is a profes-sional wholesale Carrier that connects over 200 Tier 1 and Tier2 Carriers all over the world which include Telecom Malaysia, CTM, HGC, New World Telecom, WT&T, Bics, Korea Telecom, CHT&Tata Telecom.

Multinet Multinet Pakistan, a leader in domestic and interna-tional data & voice services provides reliable connectiv-ity solutions on its highly scalable, multi-layered and self-healing optical fiber network in over 110 cities of Pakistan. Multinet holds the competitive edge to ca-ter to the unique connec-tivity requirements of its patrons and partners alike through its expanded foot-print of international PoPs and terrestrial network extensions into neighbor-ing countries. Multinet’s comprehensive solutions portfolio, incredible enter-prise market share, a team of highly skilled telecom professionals and exempla-ry support services make it the “Trusted Infostructure Partner in the Region”.

3G3G Telekom’s philosophy is based on quality. We under-stand that our clients (car-riers, call shops, resellers and white label users) make more money if the end us-ers talk longer which is why our systems monitor every single destination against latency, asr, aloc, etc. so there is never a drop in quality. 3G Telekom is dedicated to make each customer as suc-cessful as it can be. Our voice and data services offer un-paralleled reliability, secu-rity, and value and our out-standing customer service will leave you wondering why you ever trusted your business to anyone else. We welcome you to explore a business relationship be-tween 3G Telekom and your company regarding Voice Traffic Termination and other Carrier Services, En-terprise Solutions, Prepaid Solutions, Consumer Servic-es, and more. Our Wholesale Voice product is aimed at providers whose wholesale and retail customers require stable QoS with aggressive market-based pricing. Cou-pled with our dynamic real-time routing capabilities and strong buying power 3G Telecom are well positioned to offer a voice product which not only meet pricing requirements but ensures a stable, high quality voice proposition.

Kryptos GlobalKryptos Global is an emerg-ing telecom player offering cutting-edge turnkey voice solutions for the telecom industry and is a part of Multi-million Dollar Kryp-tos Group. Kryptos Global offers competitive and flex-

cilitating strategic alliances and public/private partner-ships for business growth.

Feroval Telefono is a leading provider of Voice Wholesale Business and Innovative Telecom Services includ-ing Mobile calling Apps. The company is rapidly gaining momentum and has man-aged to build a strong posi-tion in the market place. Grow your revenues by ex-panding into new markets through our distribution program offering customers low cost International calls directly from their mobile handset which we believe is a niche and prosperous Global market.

For more information, please visit www.ferovaltelefono.com - www.gostsim.com

Telecom Services NetworkTelecom Services Network (TSN) provides high Quality voice termination services to Wholesale voice carriers, Mo-bile Operators and Retail Cus-tomers. Incorporated in 2007 and with more than 30 Tier 1 interconnects and 7 major direct destinations TSN car-ries more than 600 Million minutes a month globally through our POP’s in Europe and Asia. Our well equipped and 24/7 support staff ensures continuous technical assis-tance to our customers.

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WavetelWavetel Ltd was founded in 2010 by a team of experts with vast entrepreneurial experience in Technology. Our aim is to provide the committed voice quality with both convenience and affordability. The Manage-ment team comprises of experts in strategic, regula-tory and operational mat-ters within the telecom-munications industry who understand the needs of the clients. Our nurtured relationships with tier one carriers help us in provid-ing extraordinary quality and service to our custom-ers at affordable rates. We own our subsidiary for call-ing card sales and distribu-tion in UK so we offer more competitive rates in UK. By developing and deploying cutting edge technologies, we are able to lower costs and improve call quality for millions of customers across UK. Wavetel cards deliver extremely low lo-cal and international rates, clear, reliable connections and convenient features such as PIN-less dialling and auto recharge. Round the clock customer service simplifies life further with our “always online” support policy.

DigitalkDIGITALK Carrier Cloud is a complete carrier routing so-lution for wholesale service providers, combining high availability networking, superior routing and rates management, and integrat-ed wholesale billing and reporting. DIGITALK Car-rier Cloud enables service

providers to set up services rapidly and grow profitably. DIGITALK is a trusted, car-rier-neutral provider of Car-rier, Consumer and Mobile communications solutions delivered on premises and in the Cloud to wholesale and retail service providers worldwide. DIGITALK offers complete, highly scalable service delivery platforms supported by worldwide 24x7 SLAs and support ser-vices.

MMD SmartMMD Smart was founded in 2007 with a mission to provide customer-focused, reliable and cost-effective telecommunication services globally.Today MMD Smart is an international voice car-rier, delivering quality voice globally through its diverse network of over 200 partners worldwide.

EcocarrierEcocarrier provides Premi-um Non-CLI call termina-tion for wholesale and retail call traffic on direct routes Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, South Sudan, Mozambique, Guinea, Tunisia etc. Our In-telliDR Network technology and effective 24x7 NOC en-able us to maintain reliable high performance consist-ently. We carry very large volume of call traffic to these destinations daily for tier1 and Tier2 carriers and service providers. We seek cooperation with suitably situated companies/indi-viduals to build direct routes in countries worldwide. Ad-ditionally, we seek to build Strategic Alliance between Ecocarrier and established players in the telecom

space in countries/mar-kets worldwide to resell our managed services for retail telecom service provision. Please view full presenta-tion on Ecocarrier Managed Services by Interactive PDF at www.ecocarrier.com for Mobile Roaming Services with 3G-WiFi Mobile Broad-band on Demand and Mul-ti-IMSI SIM; Airtime Credit Recharge Service; Micro Money Remittance; Prepaid Telephone Service . Special Feature: Personal Hotline Service with extensive cov-erage for all Russia catering to diaspora Russians.

China Skyline TelecomOur company is a manufac-turer of VoIP Gateways,GSM VoIP gateways, with well-equipped testing equip-ment and strong technical force. With a wide range, good quality, reasonable prices and stylish designs, our products are exten-sively used in communi-cation industry and other industries. Our products are widely recognized and trusted by users and can meet continuously devel-oping economic and social needs. We welcome new and old customers from all walks of life to contact us for future business relation-ships and achieving mutual success! And we set up a new team for voice whole-sale business two years ago.Currently there are five departments with profes-sional teammates for voice business--Carriers Rela-tions Dep, NOC Dep,Rate D e p . , B i l l i n g & F i n a n c e Dep.,Customer Care Dep. We are carrying more than Twenty Million minutes in-ternational outbound and inbound traffic monthly and owning 200+ intercon-netions with Tier1 and Tier2

carriers. We mainly focus on Asia and Africa destina-tions and have more than 20 direct routes such as Pakistan,Vietnam ect. We treat every partner as our best friend because we insist on sincerity,trust and open-minded will be the key to the success for both parties.We sincerely welcome all VOIP interconnection

ClariCallThere is a need for a differ-ent type of network. One ca-pable of handling both Voice and Data traffic but opti-mised for Voice. A network backed up through multiple support centres offering 24 x 7 first class support. A Net-work that can harness all of the benefits and features that ViBE delivers to the user. That network is Clari-call.Voipex are the company that created ViBE and have continually developed it to make it the world’s most popular VPN for Voice traf-fic. GMS VoIP Monster have built an enviable reputa-tion for service and support amongst its customer base.The two companies have combined forces in Claricall to deliver a truly new class of network to Voice and Data users alike, but one that will optimise all Voice traffic whilst protecting its integ-rity. With offices in the UK, Middle East and Australia Claricall is located correctly to deliver world class sup-port. The network has POPS in a growing number of countries starting off with UK, Germany, USA, Brazil, Dubai, South Africa, Malay-sia, Singapore and Australia. Another 50 countries will be added in the next few months.

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Service Providers globally. Service Providers utilize the Carrier Grade and secure Nexge Platforms for releas-ing Wholesale VoIP, Whole-sale SMS Hubbing, Calling Card, Callback, Class 5 Voice over Broadband, Hosted PBX / IP Centrex, MVNO, Audio Conferencing and High Density Call Logging Solutions to their Residen-tial and Business subscrib-ers.

VoxmageVoxmage deliver flexible, reliable and cost effective terminations to all over the fixed and mobile operators around the world. Multiple global interconnections and a robust TDM and IP network makes Voxmage the ideal choice for inter-national carriers and retail service providers. Utilising the best voice infrastruc-ture and a superb back of-fice team Voxmage is able to deliver the best voice services with competitive pricing and quality which makes us your perfect part-ner. Kindly go through our website www.voxmage.com for more details.

ConnectoConnecto operates a Voice over IP that delivers high-quality and cost effective services to our custom-ers and suppliers around the globe. We leverage our network and extensive ex-perience in the telecom-munications industry to deliver a service to our customers that is second to none. From the delivery and management of your

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SynectivUnderpinning our network design expertise is a car-rier grade next generation network, operating both in the IP and TDM space. This enables Synectiv to bring innovative world class ser-vices into reality with the shortest lead times.The Synectiv network is connected across the globe. With a large presence both in London and also signifi-cant out-of-london points of presence, Synectiv is in-terconnected with all major telecom providers and has good resilience across the globe.

IlexIlex Content Strategies is an integrated market-ing and communications agency dedicated to serving technology, telecoms and IT companies globally. It has specific expertise in deliv-ering content marketing, public relations and social media support for carrier businesses, from Tier 1 glob-al operators through to re-gional and local service pro-viders. Co-founded by Lucia Barbato, an awarding-win-ning digital content and PR specialist, and Matthew Whalley, former editor of Capacity magazine, Ilex helps organisations to de-fine and deliver their story to customers and prospects, and in turn sell more. It pro-duces marketing and sales materials like brochures, magazines, newsletters and blogs as well as full-scale integrated marketing cam-paigns that bring together online and offline content, public relations, video and social media. It is dedicated to delivering strategic con-

tent that helps its custom-ers to reach their business objectives and provides the marketing services and sup-port they need. Ilex is based in London, UK with clients in Asia Pacific, Europe and Africa. Ilex was founded to deliver exceptional content that drives budget efficiency and offers organisations the multiple touch points they need to effectively commu-nicate and influence their target audiences.

Apelby CommunicationsApelby Communications is a German carrier with re-tail and wholesale activities, having its subsidiaries in the Czech Republic, UK and Hong Kong. Since our estab-lishment in 2005 we have continued to grow in both number of customers and traffic. Retail activities are focused on MVNO services in Central Europe and VoIP based retail services (includ-ing apps for smartphones). Wholesale part is already a worldwide A-Z business with more than 1 billion minutes yearly. With our PoPs in Frankfurt, London and Prague we have joined international wholesale with main focus on niche telecommunications mar-kets in Europe, CIS, Middle East, Asia and LATAM. We are always looking for in-teresting new partnerships that would bring us new ter-mination options.

NexgeNexge provides diverse range of NGN, VoIP, SMS & VAS Telecom Solutions to Service Providers. Nexge has an installation base of its so-lutions with more than 200

service to the automated billing and LCR services we provide, you will find us ded-icated to understanding and meeting your telecommuni-cation needs. Our operations and customer support staff ensure that your service is efficiently monitored and maintained. At Connecto, we believe in transparency. We pride ourselves on being accountable to our custom-ers and upholding the high-est standard of service to achieve wholesale and retail customer loyalty and satis-faction.

LuxorLuxor Communications Ltd is an international voice wholesale carrier. We have been working on Wholesale market almost for 10 years. We provide all the compo-nents to support a complete Business, VoIP service. Luxor Communications Ltd pro-vides high Quality of ser-vice and offers Wholesale service at aggressive rates. It is a product, which we offer maximum number of our routes to customers and can bring price advantage to them. It has all our whole-sale VoIP routes, direct or indirect, everything that bringing price advantage to us is used in this product. Due to our sizeable traffic in wholesale minutes, we have some of the best inter-national rates in the indus-try, and therefore are able to pass these savings to our clients. Luxor provides A-Z voice termination through interconnections with Tier 1 Providers. The quality of our connections is simply best possible. We are work-ing with SIP and H323. Lux-or network is supported by network-operation-center, ensuring the constant qual-ity of our service.

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Dubai 2015 GCCM 178 Attended Carriers

- 25TH Century Technolgy Ltd - 3G Telekom - 42com Telecommunication GmbH - ACTS Iletisimve Bilgi Teknolojileri A.S. - AlkaIP Telecom - AltComTech LLp - AMS-IX - Apelby Communications - Apollo - Aris Call Ltd - ARN TECH LTD - ASGSM - Ashan Telecom HK Limited - Audiotel Telecom - AVYS Telecom S.L. - Bernet Telecom LP. - Bharti Airtel - BICS - Brain Friends Ltd - Bright Telecom - Brilliant Telecom Limited - BT Global Telecom Markets - Calltrade - Carrier Community - Caucasus Online LLC - China Skyline Telecom Co., Ltd - Citycom Networks PLtd - CLARICALL - Cloud 9 Telecom Limited - Cloudcom Incorporated - Commune Solution - ComSys (Gh) Limited - Confab Telecom - Connecto Group Limited - Cornwall Holding/Phonix - Cybizztel - CybTel - Data Access Solutions Inc. - Dial Telecommunications Ltd - DIGITALK Limited (DIGITALK) - Dimotel Fze - Du - Ecocarrier Inc. - Ecofon UAB - Epsilon Telecommunications Limited - EQUINIX Data Center - ET Telecom - Etisalat Carrier & Wholesale Services - EVOX Trading - EXATEL SA - EXATEL SA - ExcilaTelecom - Expereo International - FEROVAL TELEFONO - First Technology Development PTE Ltd.

(FTDL) - Fizan Telecom ltd - Fortis Communications - GCS - Globalringer Inc.

- GMS VoIP Monster FZ-LLC - GOIP - Golden Link Telecom - GSoft Technologes LLC - Hilf Telecom B.V. - HooverTel - Hornbill Telecom Ltd. - HTS Tel - ICON GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED - INICIO LIMITED - Inox Communication Networks Ltd., HK - Intelcom Line Inc. - IntelgTech - Interaxis Networks PTE LTD - Interconnect LTD - Interoute - Interoute - Invatek PTE LTD - IPT Networks - ITENOS GmbH - iTip - iVoice Networks Pte Ltd. - JeraSoft - Jersey Telecom (JT) - KOL TELECOM SERVICES LLC - Kryptos Global Pte Ltd. - LANCK Telecom - Lebara - Letztalk Communication - Lexico Telecom LTD - Limecom - Logicalflip Communications Pvt. Ltd. - Luxor Communications S.A. - Madeena Life - Manana Innovations and Consultancy

(HK) Limited - Manor IT (UK) Ltd. - Mediafon UAB - Mediatel - Mir Telecom Ltd. - MMDSmart Ltd (Ukraine) - Monty Mobile inernational - Mouj al Bahar Communications Co Ltd - MTX Communications LTD - Myphone LLC - Nas Point Communications LLC - NewTelco GmbH - Nexge Technologies (P) Ltd. - Nexmo - NGN CORP - NL-ix - Nordconnect - O2 Czech Republic - One Touch Technology - Orinoco d.o.o.b - OTS - Paltel - PCCW Global - PCCW Global - Pioneer Trading SARL

- Progressive Telecom  LLC - PT GAHARU SEJAHTERA - Pure Minutes - Qatama Communications - Qualitynet - Quantum Global Communications (QGC) - QXTEL LTD. - RiseTel - RouteSMS Solutions Ltd - Routetrader Limited - Rovex Telecom - RTel Global - Sahara Dz Ltd. - SAMITEL LTD - SCTLibya - Telecom System - Sheng Li Telecom International LTD - Sify Technologies. - Silverline Technologies Corp - SIMBERRY Inc. - Simigenix LTD - SLiMtel - SoftNET d.o.o. - Spactron - Speedflow - SRG Telecom Ltd - Sync Sound - Synectiv Ltd. - Telco Path - Telcoglobe - Teleonic LLC - Telera Consulting - TEO LT AB - Thomson Reuters - Toos Telecom - T-Systems - TTC Communication - Tvoice Telecom Limited - Ultra Mobile - Uno-Connect - Venus Telecom Ltd. - Verscom Carrier Voice - Viacloud - Virgin Mobile MEA (Eris Telecom) - VM Telecom - Voice Courier FZE - Voicenet Communication LTD - VoIP Need Communications Ltd - VoIP Tel - Voipride Communications Inc. - Voizcom - Vovida - VoxCarrier - Voxmage International FZE - Voxvalley Technologies - Wahba Telco - Wavetel - WIC Worldcom International Ltd. - WorldSIM - XOtel - ZaKanTel

Once again Carrier Community successfully organised its community’s annual GCCM on 9th & 10th March at Raffles Hotel in Dubai. More than 320 carrier members attended the 2nd annual Dubai 2015 GCCM, in just one location, representing 60% voice, 15% data, 23% SMS & Mobile and 2% other Service Providers‘ segments (such as Cloud, Cable, Satellite, Telehouse, Datacenters, ISP) . The delegates represented decision making C-Level and VP/ Director levels, as well as Man-ager ones from 46 countries and 178 operators. For further details, please see below or download a pdf copy of the event’s details.

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