Vodafone: An Independent Conference -- B2B Conferences (visiongain)

Attend the visiongains b2b conference, Vodafone: An Independent Conference - A Partner, Competitor and Future Assesment. A unique conference where representatives of the wireless industry will gather to discuss Vodafones successful business models, future ambitions and how the competitors differ.

London, UK (PRWEB) November 27, 2004 -- Attend the visiongains b2b conference, Vodafone: An Independent Conference - A Partner, Competitor and Future Assesment. A unique conference where representatives of the wireless industry will gather to discuss Vodafones successful business models, future ambitions and how the competitors differ.

Vodafone is one of the largest global network operators with equity interests in over 25 countries and partner networks in a further 13 countries. This conference will assess the key areas of Vodafones success and how their latest technological advances relate to other companies. Discussions on how Vodafones partners are working to produce the latest handsets; successful Java technologies; various content delivery solutions; effective mobile marketing and personalisation techniques; as well as the software used to produce the Vodafone brand. Other leading mobile operators competing with global brands will also be analysed. The conference will investigate an intensive case study from TeliaSonera to discuss how revenue can be generated using alternative strategies to Vodafone and compare horizontal markets driven by handset vendors to vertical markets driven by Vodafone and other operators.

Over the two days, this event will provide a comprehensive understanding of future opportunities in forming alliances with Vodafone, it will also tackle the specific issues on how Vodafone, one of the largest network operators, is likely to move into new markets.

The Vodafone: An Independent Conference will take place on January 26th & 27th at the Marriott Hotel, Kensington, and London.

Companies and organisations participating in the conference program:

- Jukka Helin, Head of MediaLab, TeliaSonera
- Amit Patel, Director Software Architecture Market Development, Nokia
- Regine Hohnsbein, Director of Handhelds, EMEA, Hewlett-Packard
- Michiel van Genuchten, Product Marketing Director, Philips Software
- Andy Barker, Head of Mobile, Fujitsu-Siemens
- Carl Schmits, Director, Service Provider Marketing EMEA, Intel Communications Group
- Jeremy Wright, Co-founder, Enpocket
- Jeff Davis, VP Business Development, Mobilitec
- Atte Miettinen, Chief Marketing Officer, End2End
- Anil Malhotra, VP of Alliances, Bango
- David Leichner, VP Marketing, Unipier
- Chris Beukers, Senior VP, International, Valista
- Craig Massey, CEO, Brainstorm
- Douglas Goodwin, Business Development Director, Tao Group
- Paul Nerger, Vice President, Argogroup
- Nicolas Delorme, Marketing Manager -- Vodafone Group, Gemplus

Complementing this conference, is a Pre-conference Interactive Workshop (Tuesday 25th January 2005) entitled The Global Video Mobile Market which will be led by:

Matt Heiman, CEO, Mobix Interactive

This pre-conference workshop focuses on Mobix Interactive and their content provision to Vodafone UK with an in-depth analysis of the current state of affairs in the video markets from around the world.

For more information about this event, please visit www.b2bconferences.com

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For additional information contact:
Senh Ip
Corporate communications
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8767 6711
Fax: +44 (0) 20 8767 5001
Email: Senh.ip@visiongain.com

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