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:: FEATURE STORY
Telkom lights ADSL, but is the price right?
South African incumbent telco Telkom launched a commercial residential ADSL trial in the highly populated Gauteng province at the end of August with the commercial trial of its upgraded-copper service.
For full details click here to read this feature article presented by Broadband Markets, the Broadband DSL World Forum's media partner.
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:: Official Conference Chairperson
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Gerd Tenzer
Deputy Chairman
Deutsche Telekom AG |
"The World Forum brings together the most strategic technology developers and senior business leaders from around the world for four days of intense, education-rich discussion surrounding DSL rollout, services, and growth. This is truly an opportunity to learn from, and network with, key executives from top service-provider organizations in the evolving broadband market."
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:: Luncheon Keynote Addresses
Tuesday, 29 October 2002 · 9.00 – 10.30
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Hans Albert Aukes
T-Com, Board of Management, International Business
Deutsche Telekom |
Wednesday, 30 October 2002 · 12.30 – 13.30
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Jong-Lok Yoon
Senior Vice President, e-Biz Group
KT |
Thursday, 31 October 2002 · 11.45 – 13.00
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John Davies
Chief Operations Officer, BT Wholesale
British Telecom |
For a complete directory of all speakers, visit http://www.iec.org/events/2002/dslwfeurope/attendees/schedule.html.
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:: Help Plan the Educational Program for 2003
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Broadband World Forum Planning Meeting
Join the Broadband World Forum 2003 leadership team by participating in the Planning Meeting, which will determine the educational session topics for next year's event. Experts in the industry are invited to attend the Planning Meeting, where you will obtain the latest updates on where we are and where we are heading in this fast-changing communications industry and be able to share your thoughts in this regard with your peer-group associates. Companies will also have the opportunity to volunteer themselves as chairpersons for these educational sessions.
The Planning Meeting will be held 13–14 November 2002 at the Novotel London West in London. There is no fee for attending.
Planning Meeting sessions include the following topical areas:
Optical Networks and Technologies Forum, 13 November
Copper-Based Architectures and Strategies Forum, 13 November
Broadband Mobile and Fixed Wireless Forum, 14 November
Services, Applications, and Business Drivers Forum, 14 November
Registration Information
To attend the Broadband World Forum 2003 Planning Meeting, please contact Kristie Carrithers, IEC Forum Coordinator, at kcarrithers@iec.org by no later than Wednesday, 6 November 2002.
There is no participation fee for the Planning Meetings. However, you are responsible for your own hotel reservation. To reserve your hotel room, please contact the Novotel directly at
Tel: (+44) 208 7411555, Fax: (+44) 208 7412120, or www.novotel.com.
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:: Sponsors
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The Consortium would like to extend a special note of appreciation to the following leading corporations for their generous support and guidance in the Broadband DSL World Forum 2002. Click here to view a full listing of event sponsors.
Official Sponsor
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Corporate Sponsor
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The Latest Reports on DSL
:: The number of DSL lines worldwide grew by 36% in the first half of 2002, from 18.7 million to 25.6 million.
:: DSL growth in Japan and most of Western Europe continues to be strong, and all countries except Korea have a long way to go before approaching saturation.
:: Asia-Pacific is still by far the biggest region with 10.7 million lines. North America is next with 6.6 million lines, but Western Europe is closing the gap with 6.4 million.
:: Top 10 DSL countries in terms of numbers of lines: South Korea, USA, Japan, Germany, Taiwan, Canada, France, China, Spain, and Italy
:: Top 10 DSL countries in terms of lines added in the first half of 2002: Japan, USA, Germany, South Korea, China, Taiwan, France, Spain, Brazil, and Canada
SOURCE
DSL Benchmarking Report Q2 2002
Point Topic Ltd.
Tel +44 (0) 20 7551 9260
Fax +44 (20) 7551 9090
E-Mail: sales@point-topic.com
www.point-topic.com
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Hot Product Listings
The Broadband DSL World Forum 2002's sold-out exhibition features demonstrations of leading broadband access solutions and applications. Click here to view a sampling of some of the hottest technologies that you will encounter during your time in Berlin.
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Broadband DSL World Forum 2002 Produced by the IEC
The International Engineering Consortium (IEC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to catalyzing positive change in the information industry and its university communities. Since 1944, the IEC has provided high-quality educational opportunities for industry professionals, academics, and students. In conjunction with the industry, the IEC has developed free Web-based tutorials and streaming-video iForum seminars. The IEC conducts industry-university programs that have substantial impact on curricula. It also conducts research and develops publications, conferences, and technological exhibits that address the major opportunities and challenges of the information age. More than 70 leading high-technology universities are currently affiliated with the IEC.
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Press Conference Schedule
Wednesday, 30 October
| 10.45 – 11.30 | | Alcatel |
| 13.30 – 14.00 | | Nokia |
| 14.00 – 17.00 | | Cisco Systems |
| 18.45 – 19.00 | | ZTE |
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Major Worldwide Carrier Involvement
Featuring the involvement of all of the major worldwide carriers, the Broadband DSL World Forum 2002 brings together senior-level experts who will share their perspectives and debate the future course of broadband networks in Europe and worldwide.
Aliant Telecom
AOL
Belacom
British Telecom
Cesky Telecom
China Netcom
China Telecom
Deutsche Telekom AG
Elisa Communications
FastWeb
France Telecom
Guangxi Telecom
Hellenic Telecom
HT Hervatski Telekom
Hughes Network Systems
Interoute
KPN
KT
Lattelekom
LDCOM Networks
Lithuanian Telekom |
MATAV
NTT East
Omantel
Portugal Telecom
QS Communications
Saudi Telecom
Skanova
Swisscom
TDC Tele Danmark
Telecom Italia
Telefonica de Espana
Telefonos de Mexico
Telekom Srbija
Telekom Srpske
Telenor
Talia
Telstra
Tiscali
T-Online International AG
Verizon |
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