Strategic Partners

	Advanced Communications & Media Consulting –Advanced Communications and Media (AC&M) is a management consulting and research agency specialized in telecommunications and media. We cover Russian, CIS, Eastern European and Central Asian markets being committed to meet our clients' expectations in any research project. Our company closely monitors recent trends, conducts regular market studies, collects data and business intelligence in all areas of TMT sector and provides a wide range of research and consulting services to support our clients with up-to-date information on specific segments, regions and operators.
	ComNews is an independent group of companies with a history of leadership in the market of telecom, IT and broadcasting business information in Russia, CIS and emerging markets. The group was established in 1998 and today consists of five companies in Moscow and St.-Petersburg, rendering publishing, research, consultancy and eventing services. ComNews Group has over 70 fulltime employees. ComNews audience exceeds 180,000 industry professionals and mostly consists of top-managers from diverse telecom business (mobile & fixed communications, Internet, digital TV, corporate networks, and multiple convergent services). The key competence of ComNews is to produce and distribute original content with a guarantee of quality and efficient audience reach.
	iKS-Consulting (ZAO IKS-holding) is a leading consultancy and research group with offices in Russian, Ukraine and Kazakhstan specializing on ICT-market in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and other CIS countries. It is a business unit of a large media-holding (IKS-Media) with publishing capabilities.
	Vestnik Sviazy (Herald Of Telecommunications) is a monthly technical and trade magazine published in Russian continuously since 1917. The publication is focused on everyday practice and perspectives of telecom market in the FSU. Special attention is paid to the policy of national and international telecom authorities (ITU, The Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications, Telecom Administrations in the FSU, etc.), practice of operators of public and private networks and business activity of national and international vendors. The magazine covers international and national development telecommunication projects.
	Global VSAT Forum (GVF) is the single and unified voice of the global satellite industry. The association brings together organisations engaged in the delivery of advanced broadband and narrowband satellite services to consumers, and commercial and government enterprises worldwide. Headquartered in London, GVF is an independent, non-partisan and non-profit organisation with 200+ members from more than 85 countries. The broad-based membership represents every major world region and every sector of the satellite industry, including fixed and mobile satellite operators, satellite network operators, teleports, satellite earth station manufacturers, system integrators, value added and enhanced service providers, telecom carriers, consultants, law firms, and users.
	Wireless Ukraine Association - in 2002 a non-government, non-profit organization named the Wireless Data Transfer Network. Market Participants Association (Wireless Ukraine – www.wirelessua.com) was registered. Wireless Ukraine brought together all active participants in the wireless network market — equipment vendors, sellers, and operators. Today's Wireless Ukraine consolidates 90 companies.