Sponsors 2012

	www.eutelsat.com With capacity commercialised on 26 satellites that provide coverage over the entire European continent, as well as the Middle East, Africa, India and significant parts of Asia and the Americas, Eutelsat is one of the world's leading satellite operators. Four further satellites are scheduled for launch by the end of 2011. At 31 December 2009, Eutelsat’s satellites were broadcasting more than 3,400 television channels and close to 1,100 radio stations. More than 1,000 channels broadcast via its HOT BIRD™ video neighbourhood at 13 degrees East which serves over 123 million cable and satellite homes in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The Group’s satellites also serve a wide range of fixed and mobile telecommunications services, TV contribution markets, corporate networks, and broadband markets for Internet Service Providers and for transport, maritime and in-flight markets. Eutelsat's broadband subsidiary, Skylogic, markets and operates services through teleports serving enterprises, local communities, government agencies and aid organisations in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. Headquartered in Paris, Eutelsat and its subsidiaries employ 635 employees from 27 countries.
	www.hughes.com For over 30 years, Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) has been providing satellite solutions to enterprises, governments and service providers around the world. Hughes is the world’s leading provider of broadband satellite solutions with more than 2.2 million terminals shipped to customers in over 100 countries. Hughes pioneered the development of high-speed satellite Internet access services and IP-based networks, which it markets globally under the HughesNet® brand. Hughes terminals are based on the IPoS (IP over Satellite) global standard, approved by TIA, ETSI and ITU. These terminals are also compliant with the DVB-S2 standard with Adaptive Coding Modulation (ACM). Hughes has recently announced the HN9400 Ka/Ku-band terminal. Hughes provides broadband satellite solutions to many customer segments including government, oil & gas, banking, hospitality, automotive, retail, lottery, and education
	www.interoute.com Interoute is the owner operator of Europe’s most advanced and densely connected voice and data network, encompassing over 55,000 km of lit fibre, 8 hosting centres and 32 colocation facilities. Named Best pan-European Wholesale provider by Capacity for 4 consecutive years from 2006 to 2009 and voted the Best Regional Operator at the World Communications Awards in 2010, it’s full-service next generation network serves international enterprises from abroad range of sectors, plus every major European incumbent, as well as the major operators of North America, East and South Asia, governments, universities and research agencies. These organisations find Interoute the ideal partner for hosting content, providing wholesale bandwidth and transit services, corporate connectivity or creating new services. With established operations throughout mainland Europe, North America and Dubai, Interoute also connects Europe to Africa via SEACOM. Interoute owns and operates dense city networks throughout Europe’s major business centres and more than €1 billion in e-commerce transactions flows through its data centres each day. For more information, please visit www.interoute.com
	www.pantel.co Pantel International Kft. Pantel International Kft. Pantel is a leading alternative telecommunication operator in the CEE region and Turkey. It provides a full range of Internet/data services, infrastructure and wholesale voice services to incumbents, alternative carriers, mobile operators, cable TV companies, Internet service providers and corporate customers. Pantel is owned 100% by Turk Telekom and represents the international division of Turk Telekom plus the former Invitel International. Pantel provides single account management and unified network operations over the entire Pantel network which includes: 19 countries in Central and Eastern Europe, Turkey, Middle East and the Caucasus. Pantel offers premium quality telecommunication solutions in the form of: guaranteed SLA-s, local experts, dedicated staff, centralized end-to-end network management, trustworthy and reliable attitude, delivering on commitments, on-time delivery, tailor-made, scalable and cost-effective technical solutions and a proven management team with a full service portfolio. For more information, please visit
	www.prysmian.com.tr TURK PRYSMIAN KABLO VE SISTEMLERI A.S. Headquartered in Mudanya (Bursa) since 1964, Prysmian currently employs around 400 people in Turkey. Today, Türk Prysmian manufactures power cables up to 220 kV, underground and submarine special cables, copper conductor communication cables up to 3,600 pairs, coaxial cables and optical fibre cables. The company, which continues to be a privileged export centre within the Prysmian Group and exported approximately 41% of its TL 519 million turnover in 2009, is listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
	www.rscc.ru The Russian Satellite Communication Company (RSCC) is the Russian state satellite operator with global coverage. RSCC was founded in 1967 and belongs to the ten largest world satellite operators in terms of satellites and orbital slots. The company possesses 11 spacecraft located in the geostationary orbital arc from 14 West to 140 East and cover the territory from the Eastern coast of America to Australia. RSCC provides a full range of communications and broadcasting services using its own terrestrial engineering facilities and satellite constellation: TV & Radio broadcasting, distribution and contribution, broadband Internet access, data transmission, videoconferencing, VSAT network deployment, departmental and corporative communications networks worldwide.
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	www.tisparkle.com TELECOM ITALIA SPARKLE TI Sparkle is a leading global telecommunication service provider, offering Voice, Mobile Data and IP&BW solutions aimed at Fixed and Mobile Carriers, ISPs, Content Providers, Multimedia Players and Corporate Customers. TI Sparkle owns a global and technologically advanced proprietary network which comprises of three major regional systems in Europe, the Mediterranean and Latin America, to guarantee the availability of high-quality end-to-end infrastructure in areas of strategic focus. Through a global portfolio of services, a state-of-the-art global network, advanced OSS, BSS and customer care capabilities, and through a worldwide commercial presence, TI Sparkle provides customers with the best cost and top performance services in the international telecommunications market.
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	www.ttk.ru CJSC Company TransTeleCom (trademark TTK) is the head company of TTK Group. It is one of Russia’s top five communications operators. The main shareholder of TTK is JSC Russian Railways. TTK operates and services one of the largest fibre-optical communication lines in Russia, stretching 75,000 km with a bandwidth capacity of 1190 Gbit/s, and also possesses its own unique access infrastructure for 1.7 million Russian households. TTK’s 17 regional enterprises in Russia's largest cities provide a wide range of telecommunications services, including communications and data transfer services and broadband Internet access based on the very latest technologies, for private and corporate clients across the whole country. TTK actively operates on the international market. The transcontinental backbone TTK EurasiaHighway connects to communications networks in almost all of Russia’s neighboring countries, including China, Japan, Mongolia, Finland, and the Baltic and CIS countries, and is the optimal link route between Europe and Asia.