Executive Director's Corner
New at PTC'06
Stephen G. Tom, Executive Director
For the 28th consecutive year, PTC will
hold its annual conference in Honolulu, Hawaii, 15-18
January 2006 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa.
PTC'06 will bring together telecom and ICT leaders
from throughout the Pacific Hemisphere for 4 days of
intensive discussion, discovery, and debate centered
on the theme, "Shift Happens: Transition to IP." The
impact of Internet Protocol on the latest developments,
business restructuring, and strategies will be the
topic of discussion. Solutions and applications will
be presented by exhibitors and over 200 speakers from
around the world.
In addition to the excellent program organized by
Ken Zita and his conference committee, several new
programs have been launched in conjunction with PTC'06.
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The "Co-Host" sponsor designation was created
and for the first time ever, long-time sponsors
Verizon and Telus have combined with SES Americom
to Co-Host the entire PTC'06. Our thanks to these
companies for their generous support. Don't miss
the opening reception on 15 January that will be
better than ever because of this new level of support.
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PTC Networker Packages are designed to meet the
needs organizations and participants attending
primarily for business networking purposes.
(http://www.ptc06.org/registration/networker.html)
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Pre-conference programming on Sunday, 15 January
has been expanded to allow a wide variety of sessions
that warrant more than a 90-minute window.
(http://www.ptc06.org/program/prog_schedule.html#sun).
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PTC News Service has been launched. Olomana Marketing
of Honolulu has been retained to manage the PNS
(www.ptc06news.org). This
service promotes the conference and supports our
keynote speakers, speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors
when they have newsworthy announcements to make.
If you have a story you wish to release in conjunction
with PTC'06, please contact Alan Tang at Olomana.
His telephone number is +1-808-550-0043, x25 and
his email is alan.tang@pogas.com.
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PTC Bingo is a new feature at the Mid-Pacific
Marketplace Exhibits. The game will be played on
Tuesday, 17 January from 1230-1330 and features
great prizes and chance to get to know our exhibitors
better. Lunch is included with conference badge
or exhibit pass.
PTC'06-Shift Happens: Transition
to IP
15-18 January 2006
Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
PTC'06 is shaping up to be one of our best conferences
ever. Please visit www.ptc06.org for the latest highlights
on the conference program and exhibits. High-level
speakers have confirmed their participation.
Among them are:
- VINTON G. CERF, Vice President and Chief Internet
Evangelist, Google, USA
- THOMAS B. FARGO, Admiral United States Navy (Ret.)
and President, Trex Enterprises Corporation, USA
- BRAD GARLINGHOUSE, Vice President, Communications
Products, Yahoo! Inc., USA
- EDWARD D. HOROWITZ, President and CEO, SES AMERICOM, USA
- VINOD KUMAR, President, VSNL International, Singapore
- DAVID MCGLADE, CEO, Intelsat, Ltd., USA
- KATHIE MORRISSEY, President, Global Wholesale Services, AT&T, USA
- DATO' ABDUL WAHID OMAR, Group CEO, Telekom Malaysia
Berhad, Malaysia
Register by 29 December and SAVE! For online
registration, please visit www.ptc06.org or call Odessa Kawai
at Tel: +1.808.941.3789, ext. 130 or via email: odessa@ptc.org.
PTC'06 Sponsorship Opportunities
With over a thousand of attendees every year from
over 50 countries, capture immediate market exposure
and gain global market recognition for your organization.
Take leadership and demonstrate your commitment and
support to improving the value and trust in PTC annual
conference. Become a sponsor for PTC'06! This is your
unique opportunity to directly integrate your target
audience with your message! Visit www.ptc06.org/sponsor/index.html to
download the Sponsorship Program. If you are interested
in participating as a sponsor in our packaged programs
or to customize a program, please contact Sharon Nakama
at +1.808.941.3789 ext. 110, or via email: snakama@ptc.org.
PTC'06 Exhibition
It's not too late to reserve your exhibit booth(s)
and take full advantage of your membership discount.
Members enjoy a substantial discount on exhibit
rates - an $840 savings! Showcase your latest products
and services to more than 1500 visitors from over 50
countries. To strengthen your global presence,
we have introduced new benefits to take your PTC'06
exhibit experience to the limit.
- Exhibit hall traffic will be promoted through a
new PTC'06 game that features exhibitor information
and attractive prizes.
- A 20% discount on PTC'06 literature bin rates
- Promote new products and services on the PTC'06
Exhibition website (Complimentary)
Don't miss the Exhibition at PTC'06. For detailed
information on exhibiting, visit www.ptc06.org/exhibits/ or
contact Dolores Fung at Tel: +1.808.941.3789 ext. 120
or Email: dolores@ptc.org
Literature Bins at PTC'06
As of 12 December 2005
A literature display area will be available for those
wishing to have their organization's literature and/or
publications prominently displayed and easily accessible
to all conference attendees. The price for a literature
bin is $150 per bin/publication through Friday, 30
December 2005. Registered attendees who wish to purchase
literature bins receive 20% off if registered by Friday,
28 October 2005. $200 will be charged if applications
are received on or after Monday, 2 January 2006. For
more information, contact Leilani Ariola at leilani@ptc.org or Tel: +1.808.941.3789
ext. 112.
Welcome! New Members
As of 12 December 2005
Name: Ms. Xia Xu
Joined PTC: 25 August 2005
Name: Alvarion, Inc.
Joined PTC: 26 October 2005
Company Overview: Alvarion provides solutions
based on Point-to-Multipoint (PMP), Broadband Wireless
Access (BWA), a technology essential to the growth
of broadband markets. Created through the merger
of BreezeCOM and Floware, the Company supplies integrated
BWA solutions to telecom carriers, service providers
and enterprises all over the world.
Website: www.alvarion.com
Name: Quintrex Data Systems
Joined PTC: 26 October 2005
Company Overview: Billing, Customer Care & Financial
Solutions include Convergent Billing for Wire, Wireless,
CATV, Internet & Long Distance, Switch Provisioning & Audit
for Wire, Wireless, CATV and Internet along with
Target, Suggestive, Campaign & Promotional Marketing,
Bundling, Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Database, EBPP, Self-Customer Care, Plant, Trouble
Reporting, CABS and more.
Website: www.quintrex.com
Name: TeleGeography Research
Joined PTC: 1 November 2005
Company Overview: TeleGeography's platform
of authoritative data sets and objective analysis
have provided clear guidance to thousands of clients
in over 100 countries. Our communications industry
research delivers time-sensitive statistics and insight
on hundreds of markets and thousands of service providers.
Website: www.telegeography.com
Name: Hibernia Atlantic US LLC
Joined PTC: 7 November 2005
Company Overview: Hibernia Atlantic provides
the most advanced Trans Atlantic communication services
at exceptionally low cost to their customers. This
economic breakthrough has enabled companies to totally
re think their corporate connectivity strategies
across the Atlantic.
Website: www.hiberniaatlantic.com
Name: ST Teleport Pte Ltd.
Joined PTC: 8 November 2005
Company Overview: ST Teleport is a full-service
satellite broadcasting and communication solutions
provider. Based in Singapore, ST Teleport serves
that growing broadcasting, telecommunications and
corporate markets in Asia through its hybrid satellite-fiber
network.
Website: www.stteleport.com
Name: Smarketer
Joined PTC: 9 November 2005
Company Overview: Smarketer is a specialist
market strategy consultancy helping our clients simultaneously
simplify technology landscapes and turn telecom,
media and technology (TMT) into a powerful business
tool.
Website: www.smarketer.com.au
Name: Prodyne Technologies Inc.
Joined PTC: 15 November 2005
Company Overview: Prodyne Technologies Inc.
began to materialize from a meeting of two sole-proprietors,
and a freelance technologist in February of 2004,
and became established as a Federal Incorporation
in December of 2004.
Website: www.prodynetechnologies.net
Name: Northwind
Joined PTC:16 November 2005
Company Overview: Northwind Enterprises
is a system integrator and consulting organization.
We specialize in optical networks, telecommunications
and storage area networks. WE have significant expertise
in the design and architecture of distributed storage
area networks.
Website: www.andyhelland.com
Name: PowerNet Global Communications Inc.
Joined PTC: 16 November 2005
Company Overview: PowerNet Global works with
many of the country's communications agents and affinity
groups to offer a wide range of integrated voice,
data, and Internet solutions nationwide to residential
and commercial customers.
Website: www.powernetglobal.com
Name: Broadband Telecom, Inc.
Joined PTC: 17 November 2005
Company Overview: Broadband Telecom is the
fastest growing company in the telephony services
ranging from prepaid communication services to wholesale
voice traffic. Broadband Telecom has wide global
presence and is rapidly expanding its network throughout
the highly populated countries.
Website: www.broadbandtele.net
Name: Hawaiian Telcom
Joined PTC: 28 November 2005
Company Overview: Hawaiian Telcom is an independent
telecommunications company headquartered in Honolulu.
We provide local phone service, long distance, digital
subscriber line (DSL) broadband, wireless services,
and print directory and internet directory services.
Website: www.hawaiiantelcom.com
Name: PCCW Global
Joined PTC: 29 November 2005Company Overview: PCCW
Limited (SEHK: 0008, NYSE ADR: PCW) is the premier
telecommunications provider in Hong Kong and a leader
in Information and Communications Technologies in
Asia. Website: www.pccw.com
Name: Mr. Katsuhiro Onoda.
Joined PTC: 29 November 2005
Name: MetaSwitch
Joined PTC: 1 December 2005
Company Overview: Metawitch is an industry-leading
vendor of IMS switching and applications solutions
for both pack and circuit -switched networks customers.
Website www.metaswitch.com
Name: Omnitron Systems Technology, Inc.
Joined PTC: 6 December 2005
Company Overview: Omnitron is a leading manufacturer of media converters
and Network interface devices for fiber access in metropolitan and First-mile
FTTX broadband networks. They are used by service providers worldwide, and
are sold through resellers, VAR's and Integrators.
Website: www.omnitron-systems.com
Name: Andiamo Telecom
Joined PTC: 6 December 2005
Company Overview Andiamo Telcom is a full
service telecommunications company providing quality
service to carriers, resellers, and agents nationwide.
Andiamo delivers cost-effective, integrated solutions
for long distance, operator services, prepaid calling
cards, etc..
Website www.andiamotelecom.com
Name: The telX Group, Inc.
Joined PTC: 8 December 2005
Company Overview: telX is the internationally
recognized, premier operator of telecom "meet
me" network interconnection facilities. The
telX facilities are considered two of the most densely
populated "core" interconnect sites in
North America.
Website www.telx.com
Name: Qualmax, Inc.
Joined PTC: 12 December 2005
Company Overview: Qualmax, Inc. is a multifaceted
VoIP networking corporation. Qualmax operates several
interconnected divisions to deploy business-driven
IT solutions. Qualmax aspires to be a trusted partner,
allowing your business to provision and deploy world-class
VoIP connectivity in the most cost-effective, strategic
manner possible.
Website www.qualmax.net
Name: Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications
Joined PTC: 12 December 2005
Company Overview: Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT) is an important
state owned corporation operating on a nationwide scope in the Posts and Telecommunications
industry with main activities as follows: consultant services, survey services,
design and set-up services, exporting and importing of supply materials and
equipment for field operations. VNPT is a main manufacturer in the Posts and
Telecommunications industry.
Website: www.vnpt.com.vn
Name: Paul Unger NBS Search, Inc..
Joined PTC: 12 December 2005
Company Overview: Paul Unger has been one
of the premier retained executive search consultants
providing extraordinary recruiting of senior executives
for more than 29 years. Our dedication to building
long term client relationships by conducting all
aspects of the search personally has built a loyal
following of satisfied clients
Website www.paulunger.com
Name: Time Warner Telecom of Hawaii
Joined PTC: 12 December 2005
Company Overview Time Warner Telecom is a
leading provider of managed networking solutions
to a wide array of businesses and organizations.
As one of country's premier competitive services
providers, Time Warner Telecom integrates data, dedicated
Internet access, and local and long distance voice
services.
Website: www.twtelecom.com
Membership Update
Don't Forget to Renew!
Your annual dues reminder was mailed 14 December
and should be arriving soon. If you pay before February
1, you are entitled to deduct a 5% courtesy discount.
As a non-profit organization, we always appreciate
your prompt payment!
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PTC Members' Bulletin
PTC's online and email bulletin to members is now
distributed once a month. However, because of the
annual conference in January 2006 you will not receive
a bulletin for that month. You should receive your
next copy on, or soon after, 17 February 2006.
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