Logica is a leading IT and business services company, employing 40,000 people. It provides business consulting, systems integration, and IT and business process outsourcing services. Logica’s in-depth knowledge of metering and utilities, based on over 20 years experience, enables its customers to realise the full value from smart metering.

Being a non-governmental and non-profit organzation in the cards and RFID industry, SCFC has been making its efforts inpromoting the mutual cooperation and business partnership building between the industrial players and national associations in China and outside China since 2000,with a total 60 members from the cutting-edge technology and equipment suppliers.Every year, SCFC organizes its annual Conference and Expo - SC+SL, China and PTE, China in May and has built up a good reputation by joining hands with the international associations such as Global Platform, Asia Pacific Smart Card Association,EuroSmart,SCA (USA) and ACT ( Canada ) etc.

For the past consecutive 4 years, SCFC has launched its TOP 10 Smart Cards Vendors Awards for the local leading card vendors.

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)

ETSI produces globally-applicable standards for Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), including fixed, mobile, radio, converged, broadcast and internet technologies. We are an independent, not-for-profit industry association whose 766 member organizations define and participate directly in the standards work. Currently our members are drawn from 63 countries across 5 continents worldwide.

In addition to having a global vision we are officially recognized by the European Union as a European Standards Organization, which gives us a leading role in defining the technical framework for European ICT regulation.

ETSI’s M2M committee seeks to provide an end-to-end view of Machine to Machine standardization, co-operating closely with ETSI’s activities on Next Generation Networks, and also with the work of the 3GPP standards initiative for mobile communication technologies. ETSI’s broad representation from the global telecoms and ICT industry enables us to take a ‘big picture’ view. This committee includes European, American and Asian experts from telecoms network operators, equipment vendors, administrations, research bodies, and of course M2M specialist companies.

The Wavenis Open Standard Alliance is an independent, non-profit organization that promotes and coordinates Wavenis technology efforts worldwide. Its members are recognized leaders in the M2M industry, bringing together a wealth of experience and expertise. As a technology standards body, Wavenis-OSA is leading the Wavenis technology roadmap, publishing the public specifications for the Wavenis communication platform and working to define M2M application services to meet ever-evolving market demands.

ZigBee is the global wireless language connecting dramatically different devices to work together and enhance everyday life. The ZigBee Alliance is a non-profit association of more than 300 member companies driving development of ZigBee wireless technology.  The Alliance promotes world-wide adoption of ZigBee as the leading wirelessly networked, sensing and control standard for use in consumer electronics, energy, home, commercial and industrial areas.

Juniper Research is a UK based analyst house specialising in the identification and appraisal of high growth opportunities across the telecoms and media sectors. We offer expertise in the areas of wireless and mobile as well as content, applications and device strategies, in the form of high quality analyst reports and bespoke projects. Our client base includes: Cisco; China Unicom, Financial Times; Goldman Sachs; Korea Telecom, Nokia; NTT DoCoMo; Orange; Sony Ericsson; Vodafone and many more leaders and innovators. Recent studies include Wireless VoIP, Consumer MVNOs, Mobile Entertainment Markets, Wireless Telematics & Machine to Machine, Mobile Sports & Leisure, Mobile Data Security and Convergent Mobile Charging.

AutomatedBuildings.com has entered its 11th year as an on line magazine and web resource. We provide the news and connection to the community of change agents that are creating our present definition of smart, intelligent, integrated, connected, green, and converged large buildings. Our virtual magazine and web resource provides a searchable platform for discussion and exchange while creating opportunities for B2B for all new and existing stakeholders.

Set up in 2000 with headquarters in London, Balancing Act combines online publishing with consultancy work in the telecoms, Internet and computing fields in Africa.

On the information front, Balancing Act publishes a weekly newsletter in English and a fortnightly edition in French. The free e-letters are important means of keeping ahead of what is going on in these fast moving sectors. Whether you are directly involved in one of these sectors or are affected by what happens in them, these e-letters provide up-to-date information for business decision-makers.

Through its pay-for reports Balancing Act has built a catalogue of publications that provide in-depth knowledge on the state of the telecommunication and internet markets, both sectorally and on a country-by-country basis in Africa.

Berg Insight offers premier business intelligence to the telecom industry. We produce concise reports providing key facts and strategic insights about pivotal developments in our focus areas. Our vision is to be the most valuable source of intelligence for our customers. To date we have provided analytical services to hundreds of clients in 56 countries on six continents. Our customers range from many of the world’s largest mobile operators, IT companies and telecom vendors, to venture capitalists, technology start-ups and specialist consultants. Our present focus areas are wireless M2M, Location-Based Services, mobile Value-Added Services and Next Generation Technologies. In June 2006 we launched the online media site LBS Insight that is dedicated to the global LBS industry

BIGfrontier started life in 2000 as a rollicking technology party.  Our first event at Drink nightclub drew 1000 attendees and was sponsored by the likes of IBM and Inforte. Over the years we have hosted panels with some of the MIdwest's most important technology leaders, business reporters and pundits.

Our events have won multiple national accolades including the Tower and League of Professional Communicators award.  BIGFrontier has been cited as the best networking event in Chicago by Chicago Magazine and as one of the premier event organizations in the United States in a 2005 Churchill Trust Study.

Cards Tech & Security (CTS) published in 2000, is a monthly bilingual magazine (ISSN1607-9833 ) in Chinese and English (including four issues in full English Version)which is disseminated to the top corporations and government buyers in Asia and China.

CTS is dedicated to the exploring the international market and enhancing the exchanges and cooperation for both the global and local Chinese card venders in the fields of smart card and RFID technologies, applications and security topics. CTS has gained the recognition from both the local and international circles of the industry.

Together, the Cargo Security International bi-monthly magazine and its dedicated news website, www.cargosecurityinternational.com, offer a unique source of intelligence for transportation and security professionals. They cover all modes of transportation – air, rail, road and maritime – but always with a sharp focus on security.

Cargo Security International keeps you up-to-date with the latest industry trends, technical advances, legislative changes and new security products and services, and is now read by thousands of transport, cargo and security professionals, governments, legislators and military experts.

We bring together the CEE Business Community by providing a one-stop-site with links and information on the networks operating in this fast developing environment.

The Device Management Forum brings together major stakeholders in the development, distribution, management, security and use of information, communication and entertainment devices to enhance industry knowledge, promote best practices and facilitate more efficient and effective use of devices and services delivered via devices. The Forum operates an information portal that provides free access to a range of resources including industry news, interviews and white papers. News categories include mobile device management, M2M, security, enterprise applications, deals & finance, and people.

The portal receives thousands of unique visitors per month from over 117 countries and territories and its registered users include tier 1 operators, large enterprises and a range of technology and financial analyst firms.

Firmware is the only Italian (and probably European) magazine completely dedicated to: microcontrollers, FPGA devices and analogical components. Reader target is electronic designers: Firmware is an official Assipe, the Italian Electronic Designers’ Association, magazine. Content is split into: Analysing technology, Programming techniques, development tools, Analogical and other Columns.

A complete online offering, which counts 8 websites, a weekly newsletter and a monthly newsletter which all together score a total of more than 400K users each month.

HiddenWires offers an online magazine and an email newsletter. Aimed at designers, installers, and suppliers of smart home technology, it covers home automation and control, home networking, home cinema and media rooms, multiroom audio and video systems, lighting control, control of HVAC and security systems, plus the tools, cables and connectors, lifts and mounts, and sub-systems that are used in residential installations.

HiddenWires includes a products and services directory, a regularly updated news section, technology and business articles with a different feature every month, case studies of interesting installations, events and training calendars, and much more.

PMR Publications is a division of PMR Ltd., a British-American company based in Poland. The company offers reliable market intelligence for business professionals interested in Central and Eastern European countries as well as other emerging markets. PMR Publications provides analysis of the business climate in the region, in particular the construction, retail, IT, telecommunications and pharmaceutical sectors. The offer includes both free and paid subscription newsletters, internet news portals, and in-depth reports.

Telecompaper is a well respected, independent research and publishing company focused on the telecommunications industry. Telecommunications is a fast changing industry which makes it difficult for telecom professionals to keep up with the latest developments. Telecompaper tracks the worldwide telecommunications market and publishes need-to-know information and market insight on all aspects of the communications sector as well as timely, apposite research. Telecompaper provides international customers with newswires, reports, research, and advisory services. Founded in 2000, Telecompaper now employs 15 editors and analysts at its headquarters in Houten, the Netherlands, and also employs correspondents in various countries who track their local telecom markets.

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