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Saturday May 19, 2012   |   Days to conference: -844

Who should attend

  • C-level executives from fixed and mobile operators
  • Directors and group heads from leading investment banks
  • Partners from key private equity players in the telecom financing sector
  • Corporate lawyers, consultants, analysts, corporate financial advisors and regulators

Key benefits of attending

  • Meet decision makers from across the global telecom finance community - build new relationships and make key connections
  • Hear about the industry's most significant investment opportunities
  • Gain alternative strategy insights from the industry's leading visionaries
  • Join the top ranking operators, dealmakers and lenders at the TelecomFinance annual awards ceremony and dinner
 

"Very well organised and well attended. A unique opportunity to meet and network with people involved in the region...really useful and efficient!"

Frédéric de Toldi
Global Head of Telecoms
Calyon

 

Key facts from TelecomFinance 2009

  • More than 200 attendees from 23 countries
  • More than 40 senior level speakers
  • 55% of attendees were c-level executives, directors or group heads
  • 68% of attendees with global or EMEA responsibility

Key themes for 2010

  • M&A: is cash conservation the key?
  • Who's looking where? Asia into Africa and other cross regional trends.
  • Overcoming the challenges of revenue, cost and regulation in Africa.
  • Will emerging market regulators open up to consolidation?
  • How do emerging markets ensure sufficient infrastructure for international connectivity?
  • Which parts of Asia are primed for M&A in 2010 and beyond?
  • Can Chinese operators match global expansion of vendors and banks?
  • On what grounds is in-country consolidation allowed?
  • Are telcos really embracing content?
  • Who's funding new technologies?
 

"It's the first telecoms conference where I've actually learned something and that has given me valuable insights."

Zarif Imam
Global Financing Director
ZTE Corporation

 

Companies that attended in 2009

Access Partnership; Advent International; Alcatel-Lucent; Allen & Overy; Alvarion; American Tower Corporation; Anchusa Consulting; Anthem Corporate Finance Ltd; Arthur D. Little; Ashmore Investment Management Ltd; Ashurst LLP; Augere; Axos Capital GmbH; Baker & McKenzie LLP; Bank of Ireland Corporate Banking; Barclays Capital; Batelco; Bird & Bird LLP; Blackstone; BNP Paribas; BT; Calyon; China Telecom (Europe) Limited; Cinven; Citi; Commerzbank AG; Credit Suisse; CVC Capital Partners Limited; Daiwa Securities SMBC Europe Ltd; Denton Wilde Sapte LLP; Detecon International GmbH; Deutsche Bank AG; Edgeforce Ltd; Ernst & Young; European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; Export Development Canada; First Capital; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP; Goldman Sachs International; Hardiman Telecommunications Ltd; Herbert Smith; Hutchison Whampoa (Europe) Ltd; ING; Innovation Advisors; Investec; Invitel Zrt; ITN On; JPMorgan; K&L Gates LLP; KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH; Lazard; Lebanese Telecoms Regulatory Authority; Linklaters LLP; Lloyds TSB; Magister Artis Capital; mBlox Ltd; MEED; Millbank; Millennium Finance Corporation; Morgan Stanley; Natixis; Netherland Development Finance Company (FMO); Nomura; Norton Rose; Oakley Capital Private Equity; Ofcom; Oger Telecom; Orange UK; Orascom; PA Strategy Partners; Peasenhall Ventures Ltd; Perella Weinberg Partners; PricewaterhouseCoopers; Project Kangaroo; Qtel; Raiffeisen Investment AG; Raiffeisen Zentralbank; RBS; Ryan MacMillan; Sebastian & Partner; SES New Skies; Societe Generale; Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI); Standard Bank; TA Associates; Tata Communications; Telecel Globe; Telenor; Trinity Advisers Ltd; UBS; University of Warwick; Vivendi; Vodafone; WestLB AG; White & Case; ZTE Corporation.