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Sunday May 20, 2012

Visit www.telecomfinance.com/2012 to book your place for TelecomFinance 2012 Conference & Awards, 19th - 20th January 2012

Defining telecoms growth: Geographic expansion and adjacent markets

Thankfully, 2010 has borne witness to a turnaround in telecoms M&A and debt transactions, thanks to big-ticket deals such as Bharti’s acquisition of Zain Africa, Telefónica’s purchase of Portugal Telecom’s stake in Vivo and CVC’s leveraged buyout of Sunrise. With regional heavyweights Etisalat and Vimpelcom seeking to flex their muscles even further through agreed tie-ups with Zain and Orascom respectively, 2011 too should shape up to be a busy year.

However, geographic expansion is not the only means to growth. Many operators are bulking up by moving into adjacent sectors such as eHealth, content and IT, or by focusing on fixed-mobile convergence and the enterprise market.

Join us again this year to debate the best growth strategies for the year ahead with a who’s who of C-level telecoms executives, top-ranking investment bankers, corporate lawyers, consultants and private equity professionals. We look forward to seeing you there!

It's the first telecom conference where I have actually learned something and that has given me valuable insights.

Zarif Imam
Global Financing Director
ZTE Corporation

Key speakers

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Régis Turrini

Régis Turrini
Senior Executive Vice President, Strategy & Development, Vivendi

Manik Jhangiani

Karim-Michel Nasr, CFO, Orascom
CFO, Bharti

Michael Joseph

Michael Joseph
CEO, Safaricom and non-exec at Vodacom

Dr Fahad Hussain Mushayt

Arne-Kjetil Lian, Senior Vice President, Group Strategy & Portfolio Development, Telenor

Thierry Zylberberg

Thierry Zylberberg
Head of Orange Healthcare

A great venue for meeting people and exchanging ideas within the telecom business.

Arne-Kjetil Lian
Senior Vice President
Telenor ASA

Key themes for 2011

  • M&A: Is big still beautiful?
  • Are governments in the driving seat?
  • Does geographic expansion remain the answer?
  • Are adjacent sectors the new growth market?
  • Net neutrality: Help or hindrance for operators?
  • Enterprise market: Cloud computing and beyond
  • LTE and universal broadband – who’s going to pay?
  • The return of leveraged loans
  • Will 2011 be the year IPOs came back?

Key benefits of attending

  • Meet decision makers from across the global telecom finance community - build new relationships and make key connections.
  • Learn about the industry’s most significant investment opportunities.
  • Gain alternative strategy insights from the industry’s leading visionaries.
  • Join the top ranking operators, deal-makers and lenders at the TelecomFinance annual awards ceremony and dinner.

Very well organised and well attended. A unique opportunity to meet and network with people involved in the region... really useful and efficient!

Frédéric de Toldi
Global Head of Telecoms
Calyon

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