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Friday, 29.03.2024, 14:19
Experts from 20 countries will discuss trends in the European ICT market in Riga
About 400
guests from 20 countries are expected – industry experts, businessmen,
developers and government representatives from the EU and the CIS. Topics of
the conference: a single digital market, TV, OTT, 4G, start-ups, Apps.
Naturally, this important forum is being held in Latvia. The country is successfully
implementing the Europe 2020 strategy, which provides that in the EU will be
widely deployed broadband network after 5 years: all the inhabitants of the EU
will be able to access the Internet at speed of over 30 Mbit/s. Now Latvia
takes one of the first places in the EU in terms of infrastructure
construction; but at the same time rates both of the Internet and mobile
communications remain the lowest in Europe.
At Telco
Trends, industry experts will tell how much effort and money is required to
create „broadband paradise”, how the operators manage to keep prices low for
large-scale investment into infrastructure and which effect new legislative
initiatives of Brussels have on the business.
Board Chairman of the Latvia State Radio and Television Centre (LSRTC) Janis Bokta will inform about the
project of the national optical network of broadband Internet. His colleagues
from the Estonian Levira will tell
about a similar experience of their country. The topic of digital dividends
will be raised up – the deployment of broadband infrastructure in a range of
800 MHZ. Mobile operators will speak before the audience, including the company
Triatel, working in CDMA-450, which
will share its vision.
Director of Communications Department of Ministry of Transport of the Republic
of Latvia Edmunds Belskis will talk
about the implementation of the program “Digital Europe”. Representatives of
Public Utilities Commission will tell about the new regulations and future
changes in the industry. The presentation of BEREC (European Regulators for
Electronic Communications) is expected.
When the infrastructure is all right, the green light is given for the
development of various high-tech projects. Experts of the Ministry of Economics
of Latvia, the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA),
representatives of the funds and business angels will inform how to do business
in Europe, create successful start-ups and receive support from Euro Funds.
Senior Investment Advisor of LIAA Indra
Freiberga will hold a presentation:
“The
Benefits of Establishing a Business in Latvia. The Investment Climate”. Senior Expert in EU Funds Implementation Department
at Ministry of Economics Zaiga
Kronberga van Ramesdonk will inform about the EU funds and funding programs
planned for the opening. In his turn, the business angel Nikolay Adamovich will share the successful experience of launching
start-ups in Latvia on the basis of scientific developments of Armenia,
Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Latvia and Russia.
Traditionally, the topics related to the implementation of the pay TV projects
will be well-developed at Telco Trends: the experts will discuss the technical
details, the protection of copyright, legislative initiatives related to the
universal development of OTT services.
Representatives
of the world's leading brands, such as ASTRO
Strobel, PPC Denmark, BKTEL etc. will present their know-how. The forum
participants will learn how to protect and increase operators' revenues from
the report of Irdeto experts.
The general partner of Telco Trends 2015 – SES – will speak about the global
television trends and Ultra HD. Performance of EUTELSAT is expected.
The conference is attended by heads of industry associations of the EU and CIS
countries.
They will
illuminate the situation in the ICT markets of the Baltic States, Ukraine and
Kazakhstan. And of course, they will help to establish contacts to businessmen
who are interested to find partners in these countries.
In the evening, participants of Telco Trends can relax on the beach, in a beach
restaurant of Jurmala “36.Line”: watching the sunset with a cocktail in hand
and live entertainment. Excitable fishing of sturgeons and trout will conclude the
four day forum.
Working languages: Russian, English. Simultaneous interpreting will be ensured.