AIME is a UK-based trade association that promotes excellence in the Interactive Media and Entertainment industry. We uphold our Code of Ethics and create an environment of consumer trust and industry confidence within which our members’ commerce can grow. We are committed to promoting Interactive Media and Entertainment through the regular exchange of information and communication throughout the value chain, effective engagement with regulators and legislators and the presentation of a successful industry image to media. We are the only trade association with membership across all elements of the Interactive Media value chain.  For more information, please visit www.aimelink.org or contact Zoe Patterson, zoe@aimelink.org.    

The Association of Public Telecommunications Network Operators (APVTS) was founded in 1999. APVTS looks after the regulatory and commercial interests of public networks operators and suppliers of products and services to the communications industry. The association represents the telecommunications industry to key government and regulatory bodies, identifies and participates in solution of projects on electronic communications sector development, and maintains a forum for networking and business development.

http://www.apvts.cz

eco – Verband der deutschen Internetwirtschaft e.V. is the association of the German Internet Industry. It currently represents 360 members, promoting their commercial development as well as providing advice and support to companies whose products and services are available via the internet.

eco is a founding member of EuroISPA (the association of European internet service providers) and EURO-IX (the association of European exchanges).

It operates offices in Berlin (Lobbying), Cologne (Marketing Communications) and Frankfurt (Services).

www.eco.de

The Fixed-Mobile Convergence Alliance (FMCA) is a global, non-profit organisation focused on providing today's and tomorrow's Convergence customers with high-quality, seamless and easy to use products and services.

Representing a global base of over 800 million customers who stand to benefit from the development of Convergence products and services, its objective is to ensure, through collaboration with industry, that devices, access points, applications and underlying networks interoperate to deliver the best user experience possible.

For more information please visit: www.thefmca.com

The ICU Forum offers Internet Communications Users a platform to share views, exchange information and recommend products and services that members have found to add value to the Internet communications experience. Membership is open to everybody who is willing to contribute to improving and bringing Internet communications to a broader user base. The Forum is a non-profit association funded by its members.

www.icuforum.org

The IPv6 Forum is a world-wide consortium of leading Internet service vendors, National Research & Education Networks (NRENs) and international ISPs, with a clear mission to promote IPv6 by improving market and user awareness, creating a quality and secure New Internet based on IPv6 and allowing world-wide equitable access to knowledge and technology.  The key focus of the IPv6 Forum today is to provide technical guidance for the deployment of IPv6. IPv6 Summits are organized by the IPv6 Forum and staged in various locations around the world to provide industry and market with the best available information on this rapidly advancing technology. 

www.IPv6Forum.com 

The Mobile Data Association is the UK’s leading trade body representing the common voice of the mobile data industry, and is the official authorised consolidator of SMS and WAP market data on behalf of the main UK cellular networks. With over 100 members throughout Europe, the MDA provides a forum for the industry to meet and share information and is a credible point of contact for both press and consumers. The MDA promotes the uses and benefits of mobile data through conferences, seminars, the media and two dedicated websites and maintains an informal dialogue with the appropriate government and regulatory bodies.

www.themda.org

e-mail: info@themda.org

Telephone: 0870 2255 632 (0870 call mda)

The SIP Center is a public resource for the commercial development of SIP (Session Initiation Protocol.) Serving both the SIP developer community as well as the wider industry since July of 2000, The SIP Center offers technical and market resources as well as a 24 x 7 public SIP proxy for testing SIP implementations. There are free SIP User Agent downloads, a comprehensive products and services directory, the latest SIP news and special interest articles, tutorials, whitepapers, developers tools and resources and much more. Visit The SIP Center for information on all things SIP www.sipcenter.com.

The SIP Forum is an industry organization with members from the leading SIP technology companies. Its mission is to advance the adoption of products and services based on SIP. The SIP Forum directs technical activities aimed at achieving high levels of product interoperability, provides information on the benefits and capabilities of SIP, and highlights successful applications and deployments. Information at www.sipforum.org.

Formed in 1996, The UMTS Forum is an international industry association committed to the success of Third Generation (3G) UMTS mobile systems. Bringing together players from across the mobile industry on a peer-to-peer basis, The UMTS Forum promotes a common vision of 3G/UMTS and its evolution as well as its worldwide commercial success. Membership of The UMTS Forum is open to all organisations with a commercial interest in 3G/UMTS mobile – including fixed and mobile network operators, infrastructure vendors, terminal device manufacturers, regulators, media/content providers and developers of 3G/UMTS services and applications. www.umts-forum.org

Building user experiences that drive profitable and loyal end-user behaviour has become a key challenge in the successful delivery of today’s mobile products and services.

The Wireless Informatics Forum (WIF) aims to connect the mobile value-chain and provide a common forum through which industry participants can openly share ideas and best practices and drive the user experience debate.  It is our vision that the forum becomes the industry’s number one resource for anyone with an interest in the mobile user experience and a commitment to delivering profitable mobile products and services to market that meet end-users’ expectations.

www.wirelessinformaticsforum.org

The Wireless Industry Partnership (WIP) is the ‘connector’ for the wireless and mobile industry.  We give emerging wireless companies an extra edge in getting products and services to market with our information portal, Go2Market programs and partnerships with wireless organizations and developer programs around the world.  Visit us at:  www.wipconnector.com

The Wi-Fi Alliance is a global, non-profit industry association of more than 300 member companies devoted to promoting the growth of wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs). With the aim of enhancing the user experience for wireless portable, mobile, and home entertainment devices, the Wi-Fi Alliance’s testing and certification programs help ensure the interoperability of WLAN products based on the IEEE 802.11 specification. Since the introduction of the Wi-Fi Alliance’s certification program in March 2000, more than 4,000 products have been designated as Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™, encouraging the expanded use of Wi-Fi products and services across the consumer and enterprise markets. 

Wi-Fi®, Wi-Fi Alliance®, WMM®, the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED logo, the Wi-Fi logo, and the Wi-Fi ZONE logo are registered trademarks of the Wi-Fi Alliance; Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™, Wi-Fi Protected Setup™, Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)™, Wi-Fi Multimedia™, and the Wi-Fi Alliance logo are trademarks of the Wi-Fi Alliance.

www.wi-fi.org

Created in 1988, InfoCom is a market research and consultancy company with 20 years experience in providing expert strategic planning assistance to stakeholders in the telecommunications, IT and multimedia industries.

Through customised consultancy services as well as multi-client products (Teleseeq product line) InfoCom’s clients benefit from the synergy between two spheres of activity — strategic studies and engineering. InfoCom’s activities span therefore financial, marketing, regulatory and technical aspects. InfoCom’s independent and fact-based perspective provides decision makers with an authoritative analysis of market dynamics, trends and opportunities in their key markets.

http://www.infocom-de.com

Read by corporate telecommunications/communications professionals and senior technical management and published on a quarterly basis (spring, summer, autumn and winter issues), European Communications magazine is established as the leading journal addressing communications developments essential to the competitive success of network operators, service providers, content providers, carriers, solution suppliers, OEMs and innovators active in the deregulating and rapidly expanding European comms marketplace. Now in its 20th year of publication, European Communications provides unrivalled analysis of the latest technology and business challenges facing the industry as well as reporting on revenue-generating opportunities, real-life applications, standards and legislative issues, events and initiatives. Visit www.eurocomms.com to subscribe free of charge to receive print or electronic issues of European Communications magazine, to register to our monthly e-newsletters, regular keyword alerts and RSS feeds, and to check out the very latest information – updated daily – on the European Telco community.

FierceCIO is a leading executive IT management briefing for CIOs and CTOs. Read the latest news and trends on IT strategy, business intelligence, IT spending, outsourcing, IT best practices, and more.

www.FierceCIO.com

FierceIPTV gives you the inside scoop on the latest developments in the IPTV industry including news on IP television, IPTV deployments, Triple Play, Quadruple play, Set-top box, IP multimedia subsystems (IMS) and IP video.

www.FierceIPTV.com

FierceTelecom is the leading daily news source for Telcos and telecom industry insiders. Every business day, FierceTelecom provides up-to-the-minute coverage of "what's next for Telcos" -- the news, trends, and technologies moving the telecom industry forward. Benefit from our time-saving briefing on IPTV, IMS, VoIP, WiMAX, and other network and service innovations.

www.FierceTelecom.com

FierceVoIP is the voice over IP industry’s leading provider of VoIP news. Our twice-weekly coverage includes the entire voice over IP industry including information on VoIP business, VoIP technology, VoIP service providers, VoIP regulations, VoIP security, and wireless VoIP issues.

www.FierceVoIP.com

HOT TELECOM is the leading telecom expertise site providing premier quality telecom data, reports and services to the International telecom community. With its head office in Montreal - Canada, HOT TELECOM’s team is composed of International telecom experts based in America, Europe and Asia, giving us a unique insight into the global telecom market.

We provide a range of services that includes telecom reports for over 50 countries and 100 operators in all regions of the world. We also deliver tailored reports, training, consultancy and advisory services.

http://www.hottelecom.com

IPTV Industry is the leading online trade publication dedicated to the internet television B2B marketplace. Providing news, white papers, development resources and online buyer's guide for the IPTV Industry. With a worldwide readership of manufacturers, content providers, distributors, resellers and integrators, IPTV Industry is the number one online source for industry sales leads, branding and promotion of IPTV products and services.

http://www.iptv-industry.com

Juniper Research is a UK based analyst house specialising in the identification and appraisal of high growth opportunities across the telecoms and media sectors. We offer expertise in the areas of wireless and mobile as well as content, applications and device strategies, in the form of high quality analyst reports and bespoke projects. Recent studies include a new M-Commerce series focusing on Mobile Payments, Mobile Ticketing and Mobile Finance, a mobile broadband markets and mobile WiMAX study and an updated mobile entertainment series including reports on Mobile User-Generated Content, Mobile TV and Mobile Games as well as a new report on Web 2.0.

Free white papers and further information can be found at www.juniperresearch.com or via Michele at michele.ince@juniperresearch.com

The Mind Commerce® mission is to provide customized research, consulting, training, and writing services for the telecommunications and IT industry within our areas of Expertise. Mind Commerce Clients include manufacturers, developers, service providers, industry organizations, and government. Mind Commerce Partners include various leading firms in the telecommunications industry. Mind Commerce differentiates itself from its competition by meeting the unique needs of its clients through customized product development and service delivery. www.mindcommerce.com

MobileIN.com strives to help educate and inform industry professionals through focusing on a balance of wireless and mobile technology and applications as well as regulatory and business issues. MobileIN.com is dedicated to professionals engaged in the wireless and mobile network profession, including product and service providers, infrastructure and software developers, consultants and analysis, and the investment community.  Come visit us at www.MobileIN.com.

Telecompaper is a well respected, independent research and publishing company focused on the telecommunications industry. Telecommunications is a fast changing industry which makes it difficult for telecom professionals to keep up with the latest developments. Telecompaper tracks the worldwide telecommunications market and publishes need-to-know information and market insight on all aspects of the communications sector as well as timely, apposite research. Telecompaper provides international customers with newswires, reports, research, and advisory services. Founded in 2000, Telecompaper now employs 15 editors and analysts at its headquarters in Houten, the Netherlands, and also employs correspondents in various countries who track their local telecom markets.

www.telecompaper.com

Telecoms Insight: Featuring the latest industry trends, regulatory changes and 5-year industry forecasts to help you assess telecoms markets of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, US and Canada, plus hard-to-find information on the smaller country markets in the Americas region. For subscription information, or free sample copy, please contact Julia Consuegra, jconsuegra@businessmonitor.com  or register at www.telecomsinsight.com.

Telemedia magazine provides an essential guide on how to monetise the burgeoning world of consumer interaction with media and brands. If you have mobile, voice, TV and web content that you want to develop into a more interactive opportunity then Telemedia magazine will show you how. With featured articles and expert opinion from leading industry figures plus dedicated independent commentators around the world, Telemedia magazine is the only trade publication that tackles interactive content billing and delivery in such commercially relevant terms. www.telemediamagazine.com

VanillaPlus is EMEA’s only magazine dedicated to communications Billing, OSS, Fraud Control, Service Assurance and Revenue Management. It is circulated 6 times per year to 6,235 named communications directors and senior managers within fixed and mobile network operators, service and content providers and corporate communications users. We offer bespoke packages, that are so much more than just advertising, including tip ons, inserts, outserts, list rental, advertorials, Round Tables, White Papers, display, classified, sponsorship…………the list goes on!! For more information contact: janna@vanillaplus.com or call + 44 (0) 203 248 3046

www.vanillaplus.com

WiMAX Industry is the leading online trade publication dedicated to the WiMAX 802.16 standard and broadband wireless access (BWA) marketplace. Providing news, white papers, development resources and online buyer's guide for the WiMAX Industry. With a worldwide readership of manufacturers, providers and enterprise end-users, WiMAX Industry is the number one online marketplace for WiMAX, 802.16 broadband wireless access solutions
Website: http://www.wimax-industry.com