GSM World congress next week

The GSM World Congress happens from 17th to 21st February, Cannes, France. Last year number were impressive: 5,500 conference delegates, 148 countries represented, 546 exhibiting companies and over 24,000 participants in total!

These are some of the guest speakers:

Moon Soo Pyo, President SK Telecom

Keiji Tachikawa, President & CEO, NTT DoCoMo

Peter Erskine, CEO, O2

Jean-François Pontal, CEO, Orange

Andy Bird, President, Turner International

Mark Handler, Executive VP & Managing Director, The Walt Disney Internet Group

Katsumi Ihara, President, SonyEricsson

Sang-Jin Park, Snr VP for Sales & Marketing, Samsung

Esther Dyson, Chairman, EDventure Holdings

These are the key areas:

Networks

Terminals

Services and applications (sponsored by Unisys)

Business

Software

Billing and CRM

Press Releases (sponsored by OpenWave)