The SMS and A2P Messaging industry is changing and growing fast. More enterprises are using SMS messaging services to provide better customer services to their clients. Carrier Community (CC) is organising for its members the 5th annual Hybrid CC – CC-Mobile Messaging Summit designed for Telco Wholesale players and Enterprise companies which takes place on 22-23 June 2022 in Berlin at the Marriott Hotel. The CC-event is bringing together mobile network operators (MNOs), A2P players, aggregators and wholesale carriers, Enterprises but also leading messaging players and technology innovators to meet and network in Berlin.
At the summit, 300+ member delegates from 150+ Operators will meet from Bulk SMS – Omi Channels, Wholesale SMS – SMS Hubbing – SMS Resellers – SMS Aggregators – SMS and MMS platforms. CC also organizes various knowledge sharing/ executive discussion panel sessions to address the latest telco industry hot relevant topics, trends, best practices, and case studies while discussing new solutions, opportunities and challenges within the Messaging industry.
During the same week, CC organises its CC-Enterprise 2022 Summit on 22-23 June at the different ballroom in the Marriott Hotel, please click here to view the event’s agenda: LINK.
Moreover, the 6th annual CC Global 2021 Awards (CCGA) – Berlin will take place on 23 June 2022 at the venue coming soon. To obtain further details on how to register, please contact us at [email protected].
Indulge yourself with a lavish stay in Germany at the Berlin Marriott Hotel. The newly designed rooms of the Berlin Marriott Hotel offer a modern interpretation of the Bauhaus style right in the heart of the dynamic city of Berlin. Experience residential-like comfortable guest rooms with novel platform beds as well as innovative technology in the Guest Entertainment System and amenities like energy-saving and particularly hygienic circulating air-cooling units.
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Health and Safety of our member guests is our top priority hence we will provide a safe environment taking health and safety measures strictly in line with the local government requirements to properly and conveniently accommodate our attending members and friends.
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Potsdamer Platz: Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 1, 10785 Berlin (8 min walk from Marriott Hotel)
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Fabrizio Salanitri is CEO and founder of HORISEN AG, Swiss software company with 17 years’ long experience in telecommunication software and application solutions. Fabrizio’s in depth knowledge and experience in SMS business resulted in state-of-art SMS Platform, cloud based and carrier neutral suite for A-Z SMS Wholesale business.
During his career, he’s been working with companies and industries of all sizes. Therefore, all HORISEN’s products and services are perfect for both enterprise and retail customers – and all of them have one thing in common: they are designed professionally and they are meeting the highest production quality and standards.
Andreas is a Wholesale and Enterprise Messaging Expert, Author, Keynote Speaker. A high motivated executive with in-depth knowledge of international Messaging ecosystem, in the fields of SMS messaging wholesale and retail, landing pages, Viber, Telegram, WhatsApp, Zalo, and OMNI-Messaging platforms.
Based at Lago di Como in Italy, VSC provides strategic advisory services in M&A, Business Development & Media for the telecommunication industry. Over the last 25 years, Erik developed extensive expertise and deep domain knowledge working at major telecom companies. His international career includes senior & executive level positions. Over the years, Erik has been a regular speaker & moderator at major international telecom conferences.
Rolf is a customer-oriented, international leader in telecommunications with a focus on transformation and innovation management. His experience of 20 years within Deutsche Telekom is based on a strong track record in B2B and B2C business and a focus on marketing, international sales, global wholesale, pricing, portfolio management and strategy.
Emmanuel Rochas is the CEO of Orange International Carriers where he is responsible for managing international connectivity and transmission for wholesale services in Roaming; Messaging; Voice; Bandwidth; IP and Content Distribution; Security and Anti-Fraud
He brings to the role rich experience and expertise gained from previous positions within the Orange Group and from working for the French government.
After joining Orange in 2006, Emmanuel Rochas held various posts of responsibility. He was Head of Group Strategy from 2010–2014 and he later oversaw the deployment and maintenance of the Orange mobile and fixed networks at regional level.
Emmanuel Rochas participated previously in the creation of the Home line of business where he was responsible for business modelling and business performance.
Emmanuel Rochas is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and of Telecom ParisTech.
Julia Lehmann is a pioneer of Digital Transformation and has executed more than 100 digital projects across many industries over the past ten years. She has participated in and managed projects with leading brands, including DAX 30 companies. As Founder of OnFore she is helping customers with the strategical and technical development of digital business models and products, specialised in the area of AI and Cognitive Computing.
OnFore has built the first chatbot for WhatsApp Business in Germany and expects a reduction of up to 70% of services costs through automation while improving customer experience.
Since 2019 Julia is also a lecturer for Digital Marketing & Management (MBA) at the University for Applied Sciences in Nürtingen.
Nicholas is an experienced industry leader with a strong background in international wholesale, new technologies, business transformation as well as voice and mobility solutions. With his natural interest for competitive challenges, Nicholas has stated his intentions to leverage on the strength of the Voice & Mobile Business Unit, focusing on new innovative solutions and global expansion.
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Sam Barker is a Head of Analytics & Forecasting with Juniper Research. Sam’s focus areas lie across IoT & M2M and Telco Service Provider streams, covering key research topics including, mobile messaging, mobile voice, A2P messaging, 5G and Virtual Reality. He previously worked as project support analyst for a major online retailer, planning, forecasting, and reporting on budgets for large company projects.
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Ricardo Martins is Responsible for Voice Sales, Messaging (SMS A2P and P2P) and Mobility Services (MVNO) at NOS Wholesale Business Unit.
Chanderhas Rana, Head - Business Development at Bankai Group, is a seasoned business leader with over 12 years of experience in Business Development, Strategic Account Management, Enterprise Sales and Bid management in the Global Telecom/Unified Communication/Cloud Communication/OTT/IOT domains. He is a keen observer of emerging Demographic and Technological trends in the Global Telecom, IT and Outsourcing Markets. He has worked with Network Infrastructure companies like Indus Tower, GTL Limited and Tulip Telecom. You can reach out to Chanderhas at LinkedIn.
Mr. George Nikoloudis currently holds the position of OTEGLOBE’s Chief Operating Officer, while from February 2006 he held the position of OTEGLOBE’s Director of Voice Sales Services. Being responsible for the development and promotion of Voice Services to Greek & international carriers, he contributed in upgrading the operations of the Voice Sales Services Department as well as in the establishment of OTEGLOBE as the leading international carrier in the SE European region.
During the 13 years prior to OTEGLOBE he held a number of high level positions at MCI Inc, which was later acquired by Verizon Business. As the Country Manager, Mr. Nikoloudis was responsible for the launch and operation of the regional office in Athens, which covered the markets of Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania and FYROM.
He holds a University Degree in Electrical Engineering from the UNSW University of Sidney and a specialization in Informatics.
An expert in wholesale voice and SMS messaging with over 20 years’ experience in the telecom industry as former VP of Sales & Carrier Relations at tyntec, one of the largest A2P SMS service providers globally and as Regional Manager at Verizon where he headed up a team responsible for international voice services in Europe. José also previously managed operator relations in Central and Southern Europe for Netsize, a Gemalto company. José holds a degree in business administration from the Wolfgang-Goethe University in Frankfurt a. M.
Specialties:
Launch SMS services / Shift from Voice to Messaging / A2P SMS Monetization / MNO revenue assurance / SMS platforms / P2P SMS Cost optimization / Training Sales and Carrier Relations / Wholesale Voice / VoIP / Integration of Operators, Carriers, Aggregators into value chain of OTT services / Off-net connectivity for OTT services.
* Manage sales and P&L. Growth hacker, scale up business.
* Set up, hire, coach and develop performing sales and marketing teams.
* Specialised in emerging markets, de-risk business in risky environments.
* Brand strategy, customer preference and stickiness. Optimize customer journey and experience (CX).
Mahmoud Oubraham sets up and grows teams of individuals with different cultures, functions, backgrounds and based out of multiple locations.
Mahmoud Oubraham is specialized in Telecom, Cloud, 5G and Digital business, in all aspects from network to subscriber.
Ali Sabbagh serves as the Messaging Operations manager at Monty Mobile. Ali’s managerial role is integral to planning, executing, organizing, and controlling, the company’s Messaging growth strategy. Ali’s leadership skills maximize his overall management function. At Monty Mobile, he consistently promotes a healthy work environment that values collaborative efforts and fosters an ethical culture demonstrated by professionals.
His inspiring leadership style has been providing support to a growing technical support base, technical solutions, OTT partnerships, business analysts, and customer success teams. Ali possesses a 8+ years of experience in the telecoms and IT industry, working with aggregators, operators, and enterprises, occupying a wide array of executive positions to deliver innovative and success communications products and services. Ali’s career has been focused on cloud-based software such SaaS, CCaaS, and CpaaS. Such career emphasis underpinned by his rich experience in business development have unlocked the benefits of strategic relationships imperative for positioning the businesses he manages at the forefront of their markets and generating sustainable revenue streams.
Angelo Paiva is the Wholesale Director with Telecall. He has 15 years of experience in the International Wholesale market and attended all the major conferences around the World helping Telecall to achieve its World presence and build its Wholesale Team. Telecall launched its MVNO in Brazil, and with a good understanding about Marketing and Sales Angelo is helping Telecall to develop the Marketing strategy and of course looking into the Wholesale perspective. Angelo in under graduated in Publicity and has 2 MBAs, in Marketing and Computer Networks.
Bertrand is an experienced professional with extensive knowledge and expertise relating to all aspects of wholesale Telecom Market. He started in the mobile messaging field in 2016 after working in the aeronautical sector. He is currently responsible for developing Link Mobility Group strategy worldwide, managing relationships with the entire A2P SMS ecosystem (OTT, aggregators and MNOs).
Bertrand holds a double degree in International Business and Global Affair with Montpellier Business School (France) and Hanyang University in Seoul (South Korea).
Eugene has extensive Sales and Marketing experience in the US and International telecom marketplace with focus on identifying and penetrating new markets while growing existing opportunities to improve Sales and Revenue positions.
Gene is currently Senior Vice President of Global Strategic Development for Business Telecommunications Services, BTS for the past 9 years responsible for positioning BTS' current and evolving telecom solutions in the global marketplace and to effectively enhance BTS' partnerships and alliances to strengthen global business relationships.
Gene's prior experiences includes VP and Managing Director at Tata Communications responsible for all Sales in Europe as well as VP of Voice and Data Services for Teleglobe and prior Sales Management and Marketing positions with Viatel, MCI and RCA Globcom.
He is actively involved in BTS' Digital Transformation into the technological advancements for the optimization of its service offerings in the Digital Voice, SMS Messaging and CPaaS Integrated Cloud Global Numbering Services.
Rafal Nowak is Regional Director of Operator Partnerships DACH at Infobip, based in Vienna.
Rafal is responsible for nurturing and developing relationships with mobile network operators in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. This includes cooperation on current innovations such as Omnichannel SaaS, Mobile Identity or RCS but also growth management of the mobile wholesale business. Rafal, together with his regional team, advises MNOs and MVNOs on the aspects of future monetization of clustered telecom platforms, taking a proactive role as integrator and direct business enabler.
Prior to joining Infobip, Rafal worked on multiple international functions in the fintech sector, being responsible for major mobile payment projects and online gaming, with a focus on global market entries. Rafal studied journalism and communication at the University of Vienna.
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