TIM CTO to Join Industry Leaders for TM Forum Regional Spotlight in Sao Paulo, Brazil to Explore Saturated Latin American Markets

Mauricio Cascão, Chief Technical Officer, TIM, will join industry leaders to discuss new business models and next-generation Transformation

MORRISTOWN, NJ—October 6, 2009—TM Forum, the world’s premier industry group focused on business effectiveness for the communications and media sectors, today announced that it will bring together senior executives, including TIM Brazil CTO Mauricio Cascão, to debate business transformation in Latin America on October 13, 2009 at this year’s TM Forum Regional Summit in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Held alongside Futurecom 2009 at the Transamerica Expo Center, the summit will discuss service management and operational strategies affecting profitability in the region, and key investment priorities for driving business success.

Drawing on observations and lessons learned from TM Forum’s 700-strong corporate membership, the Regional Summit will look at Latin America’s saturated markets, and examine new business models to add value, deliver exceptional customer experience and reduce customer churn. Participants will also focus on the growing competition between telecom and cable companies in the region, all seeking to win triple- and quad-play consumers.

Key Facts

o Industry leaders, including Simón Tadeo, processes manager, CableVisión SA; Sergio Barros, IT OSS manager, Oi; Luiz Francalanzza, provisioning solutions development manager, Telefonica, R&D; Fabio Sepúlvida, network & technology director, VIVO; and Christian Ferrer, director/manager business development, VTR, will participate in the TM Forum Regional Summit in Sao Paulo.
o TM Forum’s Regional Summits and Spotlights are mini-conferences that offer communications service providers and suppliers a unique opportunity to come together to discuss key business issues affecting digital media and communication services in the region.

o Led by TM Forum vice president & head of digital mediaand cloud computing programs Jim Warner, the event will run from 10:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and is free of charge and open to the public. Simultaneous translations will be available in Spanish, Portuguese and English.

o TM Forum has 44 member companies across Latin America, including leading service providers such as Antel, CableVisión SA, CPqD, Oi, Petrobras, Suntech Intelligent Solutions, Telecom Argentina, Telefonica and VTR.

Quote

o “The Regional Summit in Sao Paulo follows the success of our first summit in the region last year,” said Jim Warner, vice president & head of digital media and cloud computing programs, TM Forum. “We are very eager to put TM Forum’s initiatives into the context of the needs of specific markets. The Sao Paulo program will bring together leaders from across Latin America to discuss common issues, make new contacts and understand the importance of industry collaboration.”

Resources

o The Regional Summit in Sao Paulo agenda and speaker details are available at http://www.tmforum.org/RegionalSummitSao/7642/home.html

o Press and analysts are invited to attend the Regional Summit. Please contact Geoff Devlin for more information.

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About TM Forum
TM Forum is an industry association dedicated to helping companies in the information, communications and entertainment industries reduce the costs and risks associated with creating and delivering profitable services. The Forum’s initiatives focus on providing industry research, publications, technology roadmaps, best practices, software standards, certified training courses and conferences to its more than 700 member companies in 75 countries. Membership includes the world’s largest service providers, cable and network operators, software suppliers, equipment suppliers and systems integrators.

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