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One of the new attraction of the ITEXPO East taking place in Miami next February will be the “4G Wireless Evolution Conference” managed by one of the brightest minds in the Telco market, Mr Carl Ford.

Carl Ford together with Scott Kargman, former men behind the demised VON Conferences, are on stage again with TMCNet with the aim to bring innovative content to the eager IP Communications professionals. People familiar with the VON events are surely familiar with Scott and Carl as well, so these names, under the TMCNet umbrella, are the first guarantee for a very high-quality and “super” interesting event.

This new show is really promising and I highly encourage anyone involved in the Telecommunications space to take a look and actively participate to this event, whether in the role of attendee, speaker or sponsor/exhibitor.

Here is a preliminary overview of the content and the target audience for this event:

4GWE Conference Themes:

• The evolution to 4G and how cellular’s technology history to date will impact the evolution to new technologies and services.
• WiMAX and LTE – Is this really an either/or scenario or will the Mobile network of the future combine both technologies?  If so where do they integrate?
• What are the 4G Wireless killer applications for both consumer and business customer?
• How will content distribution evolve on 4G networks?.
• Key wireless technologies driving investment strategies
• Are smartphones the right way to define the 4G wireless category?  What are device manufacturers’ role in driving demand and marketshare?
• Will applications become a the MVNO driver in 4G business models?

 
Who will attend:

• Mobile Network Operators
• Network Services Provider/ISP/ILEC/CLEC/WISP/MSO
• Handset Manufacturers
• Mobile Internet Device Manufacturers
• Application Providers
• Investment Banking/Venture Capital/Private Equity
• Telecom Network Infrastructure Vendor

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I just attended a coktail reception kindly offered by Avaya at the Hotel Westin in Loas Angeles, where most part of TMCNet Internet & Expo Conference attendees are staying. I had a nice chat with Rich Tehrani and Jon Arnold and we agreed that many people who used to attend VON conferences are here together with many people who used to work for Pulvermedia. VON was made of a community and this community is just moving on.

Richard Grigonis, Carl Ford, Todd Keefe and many others I used to meet during VON events are here at ITExpo, bringing to TMCNet their huge experience and unvaluable skills.

It’s funny, Rich told me that many people who used to attend VON do believe VON still exists and they are planning to go to Boston for VON Fall 2008. Their website is still up, so why not? I heard many people did show up for VON Europe in Amsterdam this spring, so I’m not surprised at all.

By the way, this is my first ITExpo so I look forward to taking a look around and comparing it to VON, a conference I used to attend regularly.

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Today Carl Ford hosts an interesting discussion on VoIP and all the regulatory issues around it, a common problem for the majority of countries worldwide.

You can join him to today’s SquawkBox conference call taking place here at 8am PST. You can join for free, of course.

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The demise of Pulvermedia and the resignation of their chairman Jeff Pulver, father of VON conferences, are a big KO for the whole VoIP market.

The biggest short-term problem I see here is all about communication between Pulvermedia and all the players, sponsors, delegates involved with VON conferences. The VoIP market is now taking decisions mainly based on “rumors” and not official news. Pulvermedia website is up and running and if you go to http://www.von.com everything seems like it has always been, but you cannot subscribe to the upcoming VON conference in Amsterdam.

My take is that no more VON conferences will take place in the next months, at least for this year. I hope things will be sorted out soon and VON can survive to this unexpected nightmare. I’m getting emails from people in the VOIP market asking If I had reliable news about VON and if there are other interesting conferences about VOIP somewhere. To me, this is a very bad sign… many companies have lost an important datum point and they deserve a clear and official response.

I can understand that Jeff Pulver, Carl Ford and all the other people involved with Pulvermedia cannot say anything officially, but I do believe that the VOIP market deserves an official response by someone.

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