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The NTGTS/CTC News Flash is an electronic bulletin designed to help keep you informed of North Texas Global Telecommunications Society (NTGTS)-Texas and Communications and Technology Connections (CTC)-Washington, D.C. Chapter programs and activities.

To view past issues, see
http://www.ntgts.org/content/category/1/1/2/

-           President’s Message

-           November Program

-           Membership Drive

-           Audio Conferencing/Webinar Services Needed

-           NTGTS on LINKEDIN

-           Call for Speakers

-           Jobs, Resources, and More

-           Events Calendar

 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 

Dear Members, 

As you have witnessed, our fall programs and events have kicked off. On September 24, we held a successful program at the University of Dallas-Frisco Campus featuring Art Sanchez, Technical Product Manager, GPS, at Tekelec.  Art discussed messaging applications and how they can be optimized for networks in today’s world.  Thanks to Art and the University of Dallas for helping to make this program a great success. On October 15, we held a widely successful program at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) focused on Network Innovators.  Jim Bunch of AppTrigger, Maurice D’Souza of AirWalk Communications, Adam Hotchkiss of Menara Networks, and Deborah Stokes of Nortel’s Enterprise Solutions business served on the panel.  The focus of the discussion centered on start up ventures and how they are creating the future.  The program was very well attended and garnered terrific feedback.  On November 19, we will hold another Monthly Program at the University of Dallas-Frisco Campus featuring Kevin Wheeler, Principal Security Strategist, South Central Area, Symantec Corporation.  Kevin will discuss the anatomy of an online security breach and the methods attackers use to compromise systems and steal information.  This will be a riveting program and discussion.  We hope you can attend this program.  Registration is now open so please sign up at your earliest convenience.  We hope to see you on November 19 in Frisco, Texas. For the remainder of the year, we have some other events planned.   The organization is working hard to implement is key tactics from the annual strategic plan. Also, if you need to renew your membership, please do so at www.ntgts.org or www.ctconnections.org.   Thanks so much for reading this edition and your continued support of our organization.  These are exciting times for our industry and more interesting times to come! 

My very best,

Jeremy L. Azif 

NOVEMBER PROGRAM:  Anatomy of an Online Security Breach

Please join NTGTS for its Monthly Program on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at the University of Dallas, Frisco Campus, 7460 Warren Parkway, Frisco, TX.  The program will run from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Central.  The program's featured speaker is Kevin Wheeler, Principal Security Strategist, South Central Area, Symantec Corporation, who will be discussing the anatomy of an online security breach and the methods attackers use to compromise systems and steal information.An industry recognized expert, Kevin Wheeler has over 15 years of information security, IT audit and compliance experience.  He is currently an Enterprise Security Strategist at Symantec Corporation. Prior to joining Symantec Kevin was the CEO of InfoDefense, an information security consultancy and a Vice President responsible for network authentication and encryption technologies at Bank of America. Kevin has performed information security audits and assessments as well as network security design, computer incident response, business continuity planning, and IT security training for organizations in the financial services, healthcare, government and IT services industries. Mr. Wheeler's project and employment portfolio includes organizations such as the United States Department of Defense, Bank of America, EDS and the State of Texas.  Kevin is the author of "IT Auditing: Using Controls to Protect Information Assets", a McGraw-Hill publication.  He is also an adjunct instructor at Southern Methodist University and a frequent speaker at information security and information technology audit conferences.

Cost

Members are $5.00 per person.  Non-members are $10.00 per person.  Light food and refreshments will be provided.

RSVP

Members and non-members must register via the registration page at:  http://www.ntgts.org/zenCart/index.php.

When on the shopping cart page, please select the Monthly Networking Event, Member or Non-Member option. 

On-site registration will also be available; however, we highly encourage you to register in advance to confirm your space. 

There will be a special discounted membership rate available at the event, which applies only to the individual basic membership tier.

For more information on membership, see http://www.ntgts.org/index.php?option=com_facileforms&Itemid=75 or contact membership@ntgts.org  

DIRECTIONS    

NTGTS will be meeting at the University of Dallas Frisco Campus, located at 7460 Warren Parkway, 1^st Floor, Frisco, TX.  The new campus is located just north of the Legacy corporate park, at the intersection of Warren Parkway and the Dallas Parkway. 

Volunteers will be on hand to direct you to the meeting room.  For more information on the Frisco Campus, see:  http://www.udallas.edu/gsm/maps.cfm

We look forward to seeing you on November 19. 


MEMBERSHIP DRIVE 

Message from the Membership Task Force 

Have we recently heard from you?  If you have let your NTGTS/CTC membership lapse, we want to retain you as a member.  If you meant to renew, you can renew your membership at http://www.ntgts.org/zenCart/index.php and sign up for the membership tier that best suits your needs at this time.  Prompt payment of your dues will allow you to continue to enjoy all the benefits of your NTGTS/CTC membership without disruption.

Note that, the organization has not increased membership dues for several years and comparing our dues to other organizations locally, regionally and internationally, our organization’s dues are reasonable.  Our dues allow the organization to keep pace with costs and improve our abilities to better serve the membership.  For more details on membership categories, corporate membership, etc., see http://www.ntgts.org/content/blogsection/6/69/.

If you have any questions, please contact Roberto Fanini, Membership Director, at membership@ntgts.org. 

AUDIO CONFERENCING/WEBINAR SERVICES NEEDED 

Audio Conferencing - The Leadership of NTGTS has discussed the possibility of providing an option for members to participate in meetings and programs remotely via a conference call bridge.  At this time we are offering an opportunity for interested individuals or corporations to sponsor a new call bridge or donate a Conference Call Bridge number that may already exist within the respective company for the use of NTGTS Monthly meetings.  Any interested party that would like to sponsor the Conference Bridge should contact Jeremy Azif at president@ntgts.org.

Webinar Hosting - The Leadership of NTGTS has also considered hosting a Webinar twice a year on topics of community interest.  The Webinar can be via WebEx or other tools currently available.  Any interested party that would like to sponsor either a single or series of Webinars, including donating a currently owned license to WebEx, Live Meeting, or other such tools should contact Jeremy Azif at president@ntgts.org.

NTGTS ON LINKEDIN 

If you would like to join or visit, follow this link to our Group Page:  http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=887307.  We look forward to your participation in this group and receiving any feedback you may have.

We plan to become involved in other social networking sites so watch for these updates in future bulletins.

CALL FOR SPEAKERS

NTGTS/CTC is presently seeking additional speakers for the remainder of its 2009 Events Calendar. If you are interested in serving as a speaker or know of someone who would be interested, please contact programs@ntgts.org no later than November 2.

We are seeking speakers for our 20010 programs.  If you have a suggested topic in mind, feel free to let us know and we will consider it. 

Please respond by filling in the Speaker Application On-line Form at http://www.ntgts.org/index.php?option=com_facileforms&Itemid=68 . Once your information is reviewed, we will review it and someone from the NTGTS/CTC Leadership team will contact you shortly. 

In advance, thanks for your interest.  We look forward to hearing from you.

JOBS, RESOURCES AND MORE 

EXECUTIVE WORKSHOP:  CONVERGANT TELECOMS
Ovum would like to invite you to a two-day intensive workshop in November 2009, where leading Ovum experts will present key Ovum findings on convergence and its policy, regulatory and commercial impact on the telecoms industry.  The workshop will be held in two locations, Hong Kong and Melbourne, on November 5 – 6 and 19- 20 respectively.

This workshop will highlight the Asia-Pacific region, which is leading the world in FTTX and mobile broadband deployment with many emerging convergent and new multimedia services originating from this region. Asia-Pacific regulators are both facilitating these developments as well as having to lead regulatory changes to adapt to the rapidly changing environment.

Contact Tanisha Kaul at +61 3 9601 6723 for further information.

70M USERS OF FEMTOCELLS WORLDWIDE BY 2014: BERG INSIGHT

Femtocells and Fixed-Mobile Convergence is a new report from Berg Insight analyzing the emerging worldwide market for femtocells. According to the report femtocell shipments will grow from 0.2 million units in 2009 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 127 percent to 12 million units worldwide in 2014.  Femtocells are small cellular base stations using broadband connections for backhaul, intended to extend coverage and offload the mobile macro network in home and small office environments.  The European, North American and advanced markets in Asia Pacific will account for the vast majority of femtocell shipments in the foreseeable future. By 2014, there will be almost six femtocells per macro base station and the number of users that connect to a femtocell on a regular basis is estimated to surpass 70 million For more information visit: http://www.berginsight.com/ReportPDF/ProductSheet/bi-fmc-ps.pdf 
 

IGI WEBINAR SERIES Information Gatekeepers Inc (IGI) has been offering a series of webinars on a wide range of telecom market oriented topics on a subscription basis.  IGI has built up a team with experience in organizing and promoting webinars tailored to the specific clients’ needs.  The capabilities developed by IGI are now being made available to companies wishing to promote their product using a webinar but lack the internal competence to do so.  For more information, please contact Ian Smith at ian@igigroup.com. 

CAPACITY ASIA 2009Yan Bo, General Manager, Global Business at CHINA UNICOM will be delivering the opening keynote address at Capacity Asia 2009, taking place on November 4-5, 2009 in Kuala Lumpur.  During this high-level visionary insight, Yan Bo will discuss the changes in China over the last year, how the China Unicom business is working since the merger with China Netcom, how he sees the Chinese market developing and where he sees the future growth opportunities.  Gather up-to-the-minute information on the Asia-Pacific wholesale market with an unrivalled line-up of more than 30 industry experts.  To book your place today, please contact Claire Russell, at claire.russell@capacitymedia.com, call +44 208 549 2449 or visit www.capacitymedia.com

SCHOOL OF LTE

Telecoms Academy’s School of LTE & Advanced Communications delivers a range of essential distance learning and short instructor lead training programmes covering all aspects of LTE and associated advanced communications technologies.  Leading technology experts have put together courses ranging from overview level to in-depth technical engineering and planning programs and include two new certified programs covering LTE radio and advanced core network planning.  They provide in-depth engineering training and technical overviews. Uniquely their programmes include comprehensive market updates from Informa Telecoms & Media which analyses the latest news on LTE deployments, equipment, commercial and regulatory topics.  For a full course description and to book contact Informa Telecoms Academy at +44(0) 20 7017 4414 or Email: training@telecomsacademy.com 

FUTURE OF TRIPLE PLAY 

'The Future of Triple-Play' is a new report that examines the market opportunities and challenges for triple-play services.  The report analyzes the market conditions that have driven the deployment of triple-play services, and the strategies employed by leading service providers.  It identifies the challenges faced by companies, and also provides recommendations into how to best counter competitive threats, extend service portfolios, and boost revenue potential in this rapidly evolving market.Find out more here: http://www.research-store.com/igigroup/Product/the_future_of_triple_play_growth_opportunities_key_challenges_and_competitive_strategies?productid=EE192515-ACA3-4A53-905C-2E194F961BBE

Advanced Access Architectures (AAA) is a term that encompasses the various approaches to providing advanced services to the residential and small-business customer through fiber-based access plant technologies. This webinar will discuss the Advanced Access Architectures being deployed by the major RBOCs in the United States.  It will also overview the announced plans of the RBOCs and provides IGI forecasts for deployments, as well as up-to-the-minute information on how far the programs have progressed. The webinar will close with a discussion of bandwidth problems of one prominent architecture, and with a new strategy being deployed by Verizon.  Find out more at: http://telecombriefings.com/webinars/09.17.09.html

EUROCPR 2010Call for Papers for the 25th EuroCPR conference:  Policies for a Digital Europe:  Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead.  The conference will take place March 28-30, 2010 in Brussels. For further information, please visit www.eurocpr.org.  

 EVENTS CALENDAR 

NTGTS EVENTS 

What:  Online Security:  Anatomy of an Online Security Breach

When:  November 19, 2009

Where:  University of Dallas, Frisco Campus, 7460 Warren Parkway, Frisco, TX

Time:    6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Speaker:  Kevin Wheeler, Symantec Corporation

URL:  www.ntgts.org

NOVEMBER 

What:         8^th Global Mobility Roundtable (GRM 2009)

When:        November 1-3, 2009

Where:       Cairo Marriott Hotel

Time:         See website

Speaker:     See website

URL:          www.gmr2009.org

What:         CariCam Congress (Caribbean & Central America Telecom Industry)

When:        November 10-12, 2009

Where:       Hilton Barbados, Barbados

Time:         See website

Speaker:     See website

What:         2^nd International Conference in Social Networking and Communities

When:        November 26-27, 2009

Where:       Ballerup, Denmark

Time:         See website

Speaker:     Various

URL:          http://conf.cmi.aau.dk/

DECEMBER 

What:         ECTA Regulatory Conference 2009

When:        December 7-9, 2009

Where:       Brussels

Time:         Various

Speaker:     Various

URL:        email Sara Russel: srussell@ectaportal.com for more info 

QUESTIONS AND SUPPORT 

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EDITOR’S COMMENTS

Editor:  Deepak Chitlur Lakshman, NTGTS Intern

Co-Editors:  

·        Jeremy Azif, President & Co-Founder

·        Jennifer Ullman, Vice President & Co-Founder

We hope that you enjoyed reading this News Flash!  We welcome your comments and suggestions.  Please send them to membership@ntgts.org.

Mission:  NTGTS and CTC seek to stimulate friendships, professional cooperation, and respect in order to effectively promote cross-cultural developments and commerce.  A further goal is to provide members with the information, resources, and tools that better enable them to take advantage of the developments occurring in the international communications and information technology areas.  The organization fosters personal/professional development and the networking needs of its members by providing access to a global network of industry contacts and leaders.   In addition, one of the organization's key goals is to continue expanding and developing into other markets.  

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