In January, CC kicked off preparations for the upcoming CC-IoT 2023 Summit and London 2023 GCCM events. The 15th annual in-person Global Carrier Community Meeting (GCCM) will take place on the 21st & 22nd of March 2023 in London at the InterContinental London Park Lane Hotel. More than 700 Club Members representing decision-makers from Tier-1, Tier-2, and Tier-3 operators globally will be able to meet and network during the two-day gathering while utilising the GCCM platform, including evening networking receptions.
Meanwhile, the CC- IoT Summit 2023 which will be taking place on 21st March and will bring together players from IoT, MNO, MVNO, Cloud, ICT, Connectivity, Platforms, Security, 5G and relevant business solutions to meet, and discuss, and share knowledge while learning from industry experts about the strategies and models, techniques and tools that help Enterprises to seamlessly implement successful and profitable digital transformation IoT strategies.
The 7 GCCMs and 5 specialized global summits taking place this year will be hosted in the following locations: London, Lisbon, Singapore, Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, Almaty, Rome, Zanzibar, Oman and Miami. The events will include opportunities for one-to-one meetings, lunch and coffee breaks, evening receptions, networking activities, panel discussions and knowledge-sharing sessions. You can now watch highlights from our previous events on the new CC-Media Portal: https://carriercommunity.com/#/events-media-archive/video (please note that you will first need to log in /register to the CC-Connect portal to access the Highlights Gallery)
On the CC-Media side this January, CC released its monthly GCCM Magazine issue, sponsored by TelecalI. The cover page features Allan Ajuz, CEO of Telecall who invites us to learn more about the company’s highly successful MVNO launch in Brazil. Moreover, Allan gives a quick glimpse into Telecall’s plans for the future. The magazine is now available to read in the CC-Media Gallery: https://public.carriercommunity.com/media-channels/gccm-magazine/
CC has also published the brand new Woman in Tech Magazine Winter 2022/Spring 2023 issue, featuring Sophie Ann Terrisse, Executive Chairman at 26FIVE and her CC-Executive Interview. Sophie Ann discusses the importance of female leaders and why she decided to pursue a career in technology herself. The new edition also includes a new section called
“We are in This Together“ which proposes how both men and women in the workforce can unite to empower women to thrive in traditionally male-dominated industries.
Lastly, CC has shared Vol. 28 of CC-News.Live – Top Telecom News. In this episode, Eva Earner shares top Telco Industry News provided by AquaComms, Tofane Global, iBASIS, Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier, UNN Brunei, and Orange. Moreover, Eva also shares the CC-Media projects video of 2022, the latest CC-Podcast.telco episodes, and more. You can now watch this Vol.28 here: https://public.carriercommunity.com/media-channels/cc-news-live/
‘‘What a productive start to the year! I‘m excited about this year and all the projects that we have ahead of us! I am thrilled to start this year with such exciting projects as the release of the new edition of Woman in Tech Magazine, and preparations for our 12 upcoming CC-Global Events in 2023“– Wida Schmidt, CEO at CC
Intros 50th Magazine
Telecall Interview
On our cover page, we feature Allan Ajuz, CEO at Telecall and his exclusive CC-Onsite interview which took place during Americas 2022 GCCM in Miami. In this interview, Allan invites us to learn more about the MVNO launch in Brazil and gives a quick glimpse into Telecall’s plans for the future.
Wingu.africa Presentation
Meanwhile, Neill Nortje, Group Director, Sales and Marketing at Wingu.africa takes us through carrier-neutral data centers across East Africa. Key points cover sub-Saharan African ICT Ecosystems and the capacity required to facilitate the growth of Subsea cables.
Equinix & Omantel Panel
We have also included the Panel discussion on the topic of The Role and Value of Datacenters and Peering in the Region, which took the Middle East 2022 GCCM event in Muscat. Experts from Omantel, Equinix, Batelco, Frost & Sullivan, AMS-IX, and Nokia gathered to discuss the datacenter landscape in the region – key drivers, opportunities, challenges and more.
