The HomePNA
Alliance announces its first Technology Summit to be held September 30 and October
1, 2009 in Houston, Texas. The Summit, which is also being promoted by the FTTH Council,
will be co-located with the 2009 FTTH Conference & Expo. The Summit will focus on
technical and business insights surrounding HomePNA technology and its role in enabling
an advanced digital home experience for end users.

The Summit will feature speakers from among the world’s largest service providers,
including AT&T, Telefonica, YES, TELUS, Tata Sky and Bell Aliant who will discuss
HomePNA’s role in creating compelling and competitive home networking and IPTV product
portfolios for their respective companies. At the Technology Summit, Cisco, Motorola,
CopperGate Communications and other leaders will also give their perspectives on the
technology that so many service providers have adopted due to its fast performance
and rich features desired by service providers.

Maximizing profits in the evolving IPTV marketplace

HomePNA technology is the highest-performing home network standard today, delivering
a quality video experience for viewers while enabling service providers to reduce
installation costs, utilize remote management and diagnostics to reduce operational
expenses, and even reduce end-user costs through unified billing. Over 10 million
HomePNA chipsets have been shipped. Each week, 30,000 homes add HomePNA-based networks
worldwide – with over 40 service providers.

Mark your calendar for the HomePNA
Summit on September 30 and October 1, 2009.

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IIR’s Telecoms Market Forecasting conference
will be taking place in London between 28th September and 1st October. This year’s
event will feature an exclusive operator led programme that will include case studies
from the likes of Vodafone Group, Orange-Business Services, Telenor Norway and Zain
Saudi Arabia.

This year’s event programme has been designed to reflect the current economic climate
and will provide an insight into how service providers around the world are adapting
their forecasting techniques to ensure the accuracy of their forecasts during difficult
times.

Over the course of the two conference days leading experts will be showcasing the
specific models that they have developed to optimise their forecasts and accurately
determine their market share. Day Two will also feature a section dedicated to forecasting
the impact of mobile broadband on the telecoms industry, a question that is clearly
at the forefront of everyone’s minds at the moment.

With over 80% of the delegates traditionally coming from fixed and mobile operators
around the world, IIR’s Telecoms Market Forecasting has built up a reputation over
the years for being the event to attend and this year is expected to be no different.

If you would like any more information about this event then please visit www.iir-conferences.com.

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BNS is
demonstrating its recently launched interactive TV shopping application, BNS Touch,
for the first time in the U.S. at IPTV World Forum North America, which is taking
place July 21-22 at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City.

BNS Touch, which was launched at CommunicAsia in Singapore last month and is already
being integrated on the platform of a major IPTV operator, is an innovative multimedia
solution designed to open new revenue streams and enhance customer loyalty for IPTV
operators.

The system comprises familiar paper catalogues printed with invisible dot codes and
a pen-like device called The Wiz, which reads the codes and sends them wired or wirelessly
to a TV set-top-box. Consumers can “browse and touch” to make hassle-free purchases
from the comfort of their living rooms directly through their televisions without
the need to call an operator.

Working behind the scenes is a BNS-developed backend management system that includes
content management, subscriber database integration, payment gateway and an inventory
and logistics interface. This allows the shopping-on-demand system to integrate with
existing IPTV services and shopping catalogues.

BNS Touch and The Wiz are designed to enhance the service offerings of IPTV operators
and hotel/ Multi Dwelling Unit owners who can apply the solution to many applications,
including TV shopping, in-room dining, VOD, Karaoke and education. It can also be
applied to multimedia services such as interactive advertising and eLearning, and
is easily integrated on existing IPTV and other management platforms.

BNS Touch will tap into the growing market for online shopping, which has become one
of the world’s fastest-growing e-commerce markets and, according to Forrester Research,
is poised to reach US $156 billion this year in the US alone.

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