Top NBC Universal Executive to Address TeleManagement World on Telecommunications, Media and Information Convergence.DALLAS -- The TeleManagement Forum announced today that Mark Lukasiewicz, Vice President of Digital Media for NBC News NBC News (along with NBC News + HD) is the news division of American television network NBC, a part of NBC Universal, which is majority-owned by General Electric. Its current president is Steve Capus. It is the top-rated broadcast news division and has been for a decade. , will join the exceptional group of keynote speakers at its TeleManagement World Americas event, December 4 - 7 at the Adams Mark Hotel in Dallas. Lukasiewicz is an Emmy-Award winning Producer who now oversees all of NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. News' digital platform programming including NBC News' content on MSNBC.com, NBC Mobile, NBC News Radio and other digital media. Tasked with ensuring that NBC News maintains and builds on its leadership position in the creation and delivery of meaningful content on all platforms, Lukasiewicz will present his views on what he feels are the keys to success in the emerging world of converged media and services. "Americans have never enjoyed a richer array of technological choices for getting the news and information they need," said Lukasiewicz. "Our mission is to be where our audience is - delivering the power of NBC News to every device, every platform, wherever and whenever our audience wants it" "The market interest in innovative and converged communications, information and entertainment services is starting to explode," explained Keith Willetts, Chairman of the TeleManagement Forum. "The focus of this year's event will be all around the creation and delivery of these exciting new services. From our perspective, this means ensuring that all the companies involved in this new value chain - telecom operators, content providers, application suppliers and others - have the guidance and management tools they need to transform themselves and be successful. That's why this will be our largest and most ambitious TeleManagement World America's event to date." Recognizing that convergence in transforming the telecommunications market, the TeleManagement Forum has dedicated several Summits to address this very issue. Participants can attend Summits on various topics including: Service Innovation and Market Development, Customers, Billing and Monetisation and Convergence Operations, among others. Highlights in these Summits will include Transforming Operations, Telecom/Multi-Media Convergence, Achieving Customer Intimacy, Managing Value Chains and Risk and Measuring Customer Experiences, just to name a few. More than 20 Tier 1 service providers from around the world are participating in TeleManagement World Americas including BT, Sprint, Verizon, Comcast, Telecom Italia Telecom Italia is formerly a partially state-owned Italian telco. It was once known as SIP, and it has the largest user base in Italy. Telecom Italia also owns shares in Telecom Argentina and Telecom Personal, fixed and cellular networks in Argentina. , Qineteq, Colt Telecom, CANTV CANTV Compañía Anónima Nacional Teléfonos de Venezuela , AT&T, Bell Canada Bell Canada Enterprises (TSX: BCE, NYSE: BCE), legally BCE Inc., is a major Canadian telecommunications company. Through its subsidiaries including Bell Canada, Bell Aliant, Northwestel, Télébec, and NorthernTel, it is the incumbent local exchange carrier for , Cingular, Level 3, Cox Communications Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television and telecommunications services in the United States. It is the third-largest[2] cable television provider in the United States, serving more than 6. , Time Warner Telecom Time Warner Telecom NASDAQ: TWTC is headquartered in Littleton, Colorado. The company provides managed network services, specializing in Ethernet and transport data networking, Internet access, local and long distance voice, VoIP and security, to enterprise , TELUS TELUS Telemetric Universal Sensor , CTC CTC - Cornell Theory Center , NBC-Universal, China Telecom and Telstra. Additional highlights include: * Keynote addresses by Keith Cambron, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of AT&T Labs and Keith Willetts, Chairman and Founder of the TM Forum. * Conference sessions on a wide range of cutting edge topics including Service Delivery Frameworks/IMS, Customer Management, Multimedia Convergence, IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. , Revenue Assurance, Service Delivery, Quality Of Service, Convergent Billing and more. * A MasterClass on Business Transformation led by industry experts Keith Willetts, Rob Rich, and Colin Orviss that will provide busy executives with the hands-on tools and techniques they need to shape their companies for 21st Century market success. * "How to" panels featuring telecom operators discussing how they have solved specific problems. * Catalyst showcase, a proving ground of live demonstrations of pragmatic solutions to problems posed by service providers. * The largest Expo on management and operations with over 70 exhibiting companies. * 2 days of in-depth training on the latest technologies. Special Opportunities for Journalists This year, there will be a number of special opportunities and events aimed at industry analysts and journalists. These include: * Cocktails and a VIP Catalyst walk-through tour on Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 7:00 in the Catalyst Showcase area of the Expo. * An invitation-only press and analyst dinner on Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 7:30, following cocktails in the Catalyst showcase area. * A fully equipped, Wi-Fi enabled pressroom for meetings with TMF TMF The Motley Fool TMF The Music Factory (TV) TMF Telemanagement Forum TMF Texas Medical Foundation TMF Terminated Merchant File (credit card systems) TMF Trial Master File TMF Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue member companies. For more information about how to participate in any of the above events, please contact Juliet Shavit at jshavit@smartmarkusa.com. In addition, press and analysts can register for this show at no cost. For more information on how to register for TeleManagement Americas, visit www.tmforum.org or contact Juliet Shavit at Monica Zlotogorski at monicaz@tmforum.org. About the TeleManagement Forum For almost 20 years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time TeleManagement Forum (TM Forum) has provided leadership, strategic guidance and practical solutions to improve the management and operation of information and communications services. Through its "Lean Operator" initiative and flagship New Generation Operations Systems and Software (NGOSS NGOSS New Generation Operations Systems and Software NGOSS New Generation Operations Support Systems NGOSS Next Generation Operational Support System ) program for developing, procuring and deploying operational and business support systems, the TM Forum creates collaboratively developed, industry standard solutions. These solutions, delivered through a set of guidelines and specifications, define the direction and specific roadmap to achieve business efficiency and operational flexibility - the hallmarks of the Lean Operator. The TM Forum has over 540 members in 63 countries, including incumbent and new-entrant service providers, equipment suppliers, software solution suppliers and systems integrators. For further information regarding the TM Forum, related programs and TeleManagement World, please visit www.tmforum.org. |
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