Sponsors 2011

	www.alcatel-lucent.com.tr Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted partner of service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, providing solutions to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. A leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivalled technical and scientific expertise of Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation powerhouses in the communications industry. With operations in more than 130 countries and the most experienced global services organization in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with a global reach. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 16.98 billion in 2008 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com
	www.airspan.com Airspan Networks Airspan is a leading 4G wireless solution provider. With over 500 customers in over 100 countries and as a top vendor for carrier-class broadband wireless solutions, Airspan is recognized as a leader and pioneer in 4G and broadband wireless technologies. Providing an expansive product portfolio, Airspan offers customers the widest selection of 4G products in the industry with an unsurpassed level of technology to benefit their business case. Airspan has solutions spanning the 700 MHz to 6 GHz frequency bands.
	www.cet.be CE+T Founded in 1937, and a supplier to the telecom industry since 1985, CE+T Power develops and markets modular energy systems to secure critical AC loads. We leverage the strength of our global organization and aim to empower your business by providing modular, highly efficient AC & DC power solutions, hence fulfilling our commitment to reduce your TCO, and reduce the carbon impact of your installation. CE+T’s not only designs, builds and supplies complex turn-key energy solutions as well as embedded system solutions for original equipment manufacturers, we also offer our 60 years expertise in power electronics to help you solve any issue you might encounter in this field.
	www.gilat.com Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: GILT. TASE) is a leading provider of satellite communications products and services. For more than 20 years, Gilat has been at the forefront of VSAT technology and services and continues to be an innovator and developer of new satellite technologies. With over 750,000 VSATs shipped to more than 85 countries, Gilat’s solutions serve the communications needs of carriers, enterprises, governments, service providers and consumers around the globe. Gilat offers a full range of satellite communications products and solutions: VSAT Networks: SkyEdge and SkyEdge II - Advanced, high performance cost-effective and flexible VSAT systems supporting diverse needs. Value-added solutions for specific markets and industries, integrating the open SkyEdge system with other technologies and applications. Turnkey projects to help rapidly create and implement fully functional communications solutions. Outsourcing for cost-effective network operations.
	www.deutschetelekom.com/icss ICSS, the international wholesale arm of Deutsche Telekom Group, is one of the biggest voice carriers worldwide and an increasingly important IP player across a growing European market with excellent interregional connections between Europe, the Americas and Asia. With continuously changing markets, ICSS has redesigned its portfolio from traditional voice and transport services to advanced innovative wholesale services and customized IP solutions. As a full service provider ICSS offers a flexible access to an enhanced comprehensive portfolio, new voice services, roaming and messaging services, a strong MPLS portfolio and content enabling services. For more information, please visit www.deutschetelekom.com/icss
	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.inmarsat.com Inmarsat is the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications, offering a range of voice and broadband data services for use at sea, on land and in the air. Its services are used by governments, international aid agencies, and a wide range of commercial sectors – including the media, oil and gas, mining, construction, maritime, and aeronautical industries. The Inmarsat-4 satellites, the world’s most sophisticated commercial communications satellites, extend the capabilities of 3G networks to areas with unreliable, insecure or non-existent telecoms infrastructures. Inmarsat is the only MSS provider with a fully-funded next-generation global satellite network in place and offering an assured service to 2023 and beyond.
	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
	Iskratel is a leading developer of customized and highly integrated communication solutions for quickly evolving convergent networks. Excellence in providing cutting-edge network elements and infrastructural configurations places the company among the global technological visionaries. By combining experience and know-how with creativity and innovation Iskratel meets the challenges of supporting the existing networks and establishing IP-based convergent architectures, adaptable to the demands of regional specifics and subscriber preferences. With over 1,100 employees and over 450 in affiliated companies in 20 countries, Iskratel offers integrated telecommunications solutions for fixed telephony, broadband wireline and wireless access, mobile telephony, IP-based convergent networks and network management.
	Koc.net Koc.net was founded in 1996 with the purpose of establishing a broadband network and the Internet infrastructure of Koç Group companies. Koc.net, a growing player in Eurasia region, offers a wide range of voice and data services to Service Providers, Carriers and Mobile Operators. Koc.net is especially focused on meeting local needs of international players within EMEA and Caspian countries with the expertise and in-depth knowledge of telecommunications infrastructure. Koç.net provides access services, security services, hosting and ASP services, campus services, multimedia services, data services including VISP services with its high technology and nation-wide infrastructure and voice services to its corporate customers by the A type “Long Distance Telephone Services License” (UMTH) granted by the Telecommunications Authority in 2004. Koç.net has been providing ADSL and telephone services to the individual market since August 2008 with its brand named BiRi. www.biri.com.tr “
	www.megafon.ru MegaFon is the universal telecom carrier working with the partners from Europe and Asia. Being one of three major mobile networks in Russia (56 million active subscriber accounts), MegaFon operates its own backbone network and provides wide range of telecom services throughout the country. The company`s wholesale portfolio includes high quality data, IP, hosting, voice, collocation, satellite and other services. MegaFon’s backbone network is one of the most extensive in the Russian Federation with a total length of 108,000km. The international network has direct connections with the neighboring countries (Baltic States, Poland, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan) and includes POPs in Frankfurt, London, Stockholm, Amsterdam and New York
	www.newtelco.de NewTelco is an independent solution provider to the telecommunication sector that seeks to revolutionize how operators deliver services. Our comprehensive range of services extends from simple rack space to port leasing to full-service solutions. As an end-to-end service company helping to launch state-of-the-art services worldwide, NewTelco assists international communications companies in entering markets quickly and inexpensively by simplifying the entire process and developing a superior product offering. From Co-Locations in Frankfurt, London, Paris, Marseille, Hong Kong, New York, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Budapest, Kiev Johannesburg and Vienna you can be connected to more than 1200 carriers via the NewTelco GMR Global Meetme Room
	www.oracle.com Oracle provides the world’s most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems, with more than 370,000 customers, including 100 of the Fortune 100, representing a variety of sizes and industries in more than 145 countries around the globe. Oracle's product strategy provides flexibility and choice to our customers across their IT infrastructure. Now, with Sun server, storage, OS, and virtualization technology, Oracle is the only vendor able to offer a complete technology stack in which every layer is integrated to work together as a single system. Oracle's open architecture and multiple operating-system options gives our customers unmatched benefits from industry-leading products, including excellent system availability, scalability, energy efficiency, powerful performance, and low total cost of ownership.
	www.pantel.co 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. A leading player in the industry of high-technology cables and systems for energy and telecommunications, established in 1964 in Mudanya, which originally belonged to Siemens, then acquired by Pirelli S.p.A. in 1999 and finally become Prysmian on 28 July 2005. The installed capacity of Türk Prysmian is able to meet the domestic market demand as well as to sucessfully compete at the international market. Türk Prysmian which continues to be a privileged export center within the Prysmian Group exported 38% of its TL 634 million turnover approximately in year 2008. All the energy cables up to 220 kV, special cables used underground and underwater, copper conductor communication cables up to 3600 pairs, coaxial cables and optical fiber cables are in the product mix of Türk Prysmian. Our company is the owner of the unique termal, mechanical and electrical research and test laboratories in the cable sector, these laboratories use the most advanced technology, it is renovated at the end of 2005 and it is certified by the Turkish Standards Institute. Besides all these, our company performs “turn key” projects for cables and systems, and provides all our customers with unique and superior services. "
	www.rt.ru Rostelecom is the leading telecommunications operator in Russia serving over 40 million retail customers. Rostelecom’s 150 000 km network spans throughout the Russian Federation with extensions into Europe, Asia, CIS and Baltic countries. The company has international POPs in London, Stockholm, Frankfurt, Helsinki, New York, Hong-Kong and Tokyo. Based on its countrywide network, Rostelecom offers the high-capacity terrestrial route “Transit Europe-Asia” for traffic transmission from Europe via Russia to China and Japan. This allows Rostelecom to be a strong partner on the wholesale market, providing services to more than 600 fixed and mobile operators, international carriers, ISPs, and content providers.
	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. RSCC possesses and operates 13 GEO satellites providing service in C-, Ku-, and L- bands. The satellites are positioned between 14 W and 140 E, and cover the territory from Eastern coast of America to Australia. RSCC provides a wide range of communications services via its satellite fleet and terrestrial facilities: TV and radio broadcasting, contribution and distribution, occasional use, telephony, data, Internet, video conferencing, VSAT networks.
	www.ses.com SES WORLD SKIES is the global SES division that serves broadcasters, cable programmers, telecommunications companies and networks, governments, aeronautical and maritime communications integrators, Internet service providers, and educational institutions with efficient satellite communications and content distribution solutions. Recognized as a major innovator of advanced satellite communications services, the SES division operates a fleet of 25 satellites in key orbital positions capable of providing coverage and service throughout the world. SES WORLD SKIES also has six spacecraft under construction and access to global ground facilities. SES WORLD SKIES has offices in Princeton, The Hague, Washington, D.C., Mexico City, Sao Paulo, London, Accra, Johannesburg, Beijing, Singapore, and Sydney. For more information, visit www.ses.com.
	www.stulz.com STULZ: from national distributor to global system provider STULZ is a world leader for conditioning of ICT rooms. Customers like the Vodafone, Credit Suisse First Boston and many other global players place their trust in STULZ. Stulz has an international network of specialists in the air conditioning technology sector. As a worldwide partner for the conditioning of telecommunication and IT facilities, control rooms in industrial plants, oil platforms and units for shelters for control and communication equipment STULZ provides advice to planners and consultants as early as the planning phase. There are partner companies in more than 105 countries worldwide. In total the STULZ group has 3500 employees.
	www.stmi.com STM Group, Inc. STM is a leading provider of high-performance, standards-based satellite network systems and services for mobile and fixed-line IP-based telephony, data and multimedia applications in C, Ku, Ka, and EHF bands. STM additionally offers teleport services for shared hub access, and management and integration services for end-to-end network design. Since 2003, STM has experienced phenomenal growth with networks in over 50 countries. STM will be showing their new SatLink DVB-RCS2 Hub systems and VSATs at the show.
	www.superonline.net SUPERONLINE is a Turkcell Group company, mainly investing in its own fiber-optic infrastructure. Aiming to be the total telecommunication solution provider, SUPERONLINE offers high quality data, telehousing/datacenter & voice services to its wholesale, corporate and residential customers.
	Telecom Italia Sparkle is a leading global telecommunication service provider, offering a complete range of Voice, Data and Internet solutions designed to meet the ever-changing needs of Fixed and Mobile Carriers, ISPs, Content Providers, Multimedia Players and Corporate Customers. With a history of experience and know-how in a multitude of markets, Telecom Italia Sparkle owns and manages a global and technologically advanced proprietary network which comprises of three major regional systems in Europe, the Mediterranean and Latin America, in order to guarantee the availability of high quality, end-to-end infrastructure in areas of strategic focus. In addition, our bilateral networks connect us with virtually every country worldwide. Through a global portfolio of services, a state-of-the-art global network, advanced OSS, BSS and customer care capabilities, and through an extensive worldwide commercial presence, we are able to fulfil our mission of providing customers with the best cost and top performing services on the international telecommunications market. For more information, please visit www.tisparkle.com
	www.ttk.ru Company TTK is the nation-wide backbone telecom operator focused on providing high quality wholesale capacity and voice services to international carriers along the shortest intercontinental Europe – Asia route using advantages of the largest national–wide and fully redundant network in Russia as well as double-ring topology at its major international links. Today TTK’s fiber optic network exceeds 55,000 km and consists of over 1000 national points of presence (PoPs). Total length of DWDM network reaches 30,000 km. Our network reaches the borders of Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Baltic States, Poland, Finland, Mongolia, North Korea, China and Japan. Company TTK established 20 international gateways and PoPs in London, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Hong Kong. Company TTK is fully licensed for international operations and transit services.
	www.turktelekom.com.tr Turk Telekom Group, the leading communication and convergence technology group in Turkey, provides integrated telecommunication services from PSTN and GSM to broadband internet. As of December 31, 2010; Türk Telekom group companies have 16 mn Fixed Access Lines, 6.7 mn ADSL Connections and 11.6 mn Mobile Subscribers. Group companies have a modern network infrastructure covering the whole country and offer a wide variety of services to residential and commercial customers all over Turkey. Apart from 81,4 % shares in Avea, one of the three GSM operators in Turkey, Türk Telekom owns 100% of wholesale data and capacity service provider company Pantel International AG and its subsidiaries, 99.9% of broadband provider TTNET, convergence technologies company Argela, IT solutions provider Innova, online education company Sebit A.Ş., online gaming company Sobee and call center company AssisTT. Türk Telekom also has an indirect minority share in Albtelecom, the Albanian incumbent telecom operator. 55% of Türk Telekom shares belongs to Ojer Telekomünikasyon A.Ş. and 30% belongs to Turkish Treasury. The remaining 15% is publicly traded. Türk Telekom shares are listed in Istanbul Stock Exchange since May 2008.