PETER DYKES EVENT PREVIEW
Bigger And Better Than Ever ANGA COM EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE 2019 F ormerly a cable show, ANGA COM has been getting bigger every year, and 2019 will be no exception. Four weeks before its start, ANGA COM 2019 had reached the record level of the previous year with more than 500 exhibitors. The exhibition area has International Content Summit with Eutelsat, freenet, HD PLUS, M7, Metrological, Nordija and Synamedia Broadband Summit “Fiber Roll-Out on the Test Bench” with Deutsche Glasfaser, Deutsche Telekom, EWE TEL, NetCologne, Tele Columbus, Vodafone and Unitymedia Media Summit “Streaming as a Game Changer for Film and Television”
access for all visitors upon prior online registration The strategy and technology panels address, among other things, 5G, AppTV, OTT, Personalized TV, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Smart Home, Copyright, Platform Regulation, Start-Ups, DOCSIS 3.1, 10 Gigabit, FTTH, WiFi, Cyber Security and Cloud Services. Charissé, says, “We have further expanded our conference programme and significantly upgraded new topics such as 5G, Streaming, Big Data and Smart City. The exhibition will also set a new record. We have already 470 exhibitors with more stand space than last year. In addition to the growing commitment of international vendors, we are particularly pleased with the numerous stand enlargements from medium-sized companies.” In addition to the usual Broadband and Media Summits, the 2019 conference programme also features a new Fibre Summit, the International Content Summit and the International CTO Summit, in which Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone will be key participants. Also new are the International Keynotes
also been increased again compared to 2018, with a total of 35 nations being represented. The Exhibition and Conference for Broadband, Television & Online will take place at the Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany from 4th to 6th June 2019. Dr. Peter Charissé, Managing Director of ANGA COM says, “We have a particularly large number of new additions in the areas of fibre and AppTV. Our strength, the close link between broadband and media, is apparently hitting the industry trend better than ever. We are particularly pleased that global vendors and mid-sized companies are equally represented.” With gigabit access and fibre roll-out/ FTTx high on the agenda of key topics, the conference programme has also been extended to 36 event panels, of which 18 will be in German and 18 in English. Among the highlights are: International CTO Summit with ARRIS, Liberty Global, Sunrise Communications, TDC, Tele2, Vodafone and WISI
with Amazon Prime Video Germany, Bavaria Film, Discovery, ProSiebenSat.1, Mediengruppe RTL, Vodafone and ZDF Broadband Day Smart City with free
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in which speakers will give short presentations on innovative topics from the fields of Digital Transformation, Internet of Things and Content. In addition, there will be a new special area for small and young companies. The offer is aimed at companies that do not need the infrastructure and size of a regular exhibition stand, but still want a fixed meeting and presentation point. 2019 promises to be an exciting year for the industry and ANGA is setting the stage. ANGA COM is organized by ANGA Services GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of the ANGA Association of German Cable Operators e.V. The association represents the interests of more than 200 companies of the German broadband industry, who supply more than 40 million consumers ANGA COM takes place on 4th – 6th June, 2019.
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