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Old Mutual Kenya: “Lower costs, enhanced flexibility and new revenue streams are making cloud a technology of choice”

Tom Juma, Head of ICT and Service Delivery for Old Mutual Kenya

Tom Juma is the Head of ICT and Service Delivery for savings and investments firm Old Mutual Kenya and will be a speaker on Day 1 of the Cloud Africa Com at the Sandton Sun Hotel in Johannesburg on 23-24 May. We caught up with him ahead of the show to get his views on the future of cloud services in Africa.

Biznet Networks president: “To deliver an affordable broadband service for the market is really the challenge.”

Adi Kusma is president of Biznet Networks, Indonesia

Adi Kusma is president of Biznet Networks, one the leading telecoms providers in Indonesia. He is appearing on Day One of the Broadband ip&TV Asia 2012 conference, taking place on the 15th-16th May 2012, KL Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Telecoms.com speaks to him about the major developments and challenges in the region.

Indonesian regulator: “By 2015 half of the population will be connected to the internet”

Heru Sutadi is Commissioner at the Indonesian Telecom Regulatory Authority

Heru Sutadi is Commissioner at the Indonesian Telecom Regulatory Authority. He is speaking on Day One of the Broadband Asia 2012 conference on the 15th-16th May 2012, KL Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Ahead of the upcoming conference Telecoms.com talks to him about the challenges facing service providers and operators in rolling out broadband in the country.

Du: “Revenues generated by mobile broadband will be the dominant factor”

Hatem Bamatraf is the senior VP of network development at Du in the UAE

Hatem Bamatraf is the senior VP of network development at Du in the UAE. He is speaking on the subject of LTE as an evolution to technology and business, on Day One of the LTE MENA conference, taking place on the 29th-30th April 2012 Westin Mina Seyahi, Dubai. He tells Telecoms.com his views on how to arrest declining revenues, the sustainability of unlimited tariffs and touches on issues around spectrum use.

DiGi Telecommunications, Malaysia: “Caps, quotas and throttling are crucial to ensure data profitability”

Praveen Rajan, Head of Internet & Services, DiGi Telecommunications, Malaysia

Praveen Rajan, Head of Internet & Services, DiGi Telecommunications, Malaysia is speaking as part of the Emerging Market Experience Exchange the day before the Broadband ip&TV Asia 2012 conference, 15th-16th May 2012, KL Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Telecoms.com catches up with him to see what the major concerns and issues are for this local operator.

Personal Telecom, Paraguay: “LTE is the road we have to take sooner or later”

Adolfo Avalos is Engineering Manager for Personal Telecom Paraguay

Adolfo Avalos is Engineering Manager for Personal Telecom Paraguay and is appearing on Day One of the LTE Latin America 2012 conference, taking place on the 17-18 April 2012 at the Windsor Barra Hotel, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Ahead of the conference Telecoms.com speaks to him on his views on the engineering challenges that have to be met as LTE is adopted.

Google: “Malaysia is on the cusp of something big”

Google's Sajith Sivanandan sees great potential in Malaysia's broadband market

We speak to Sajith Sivanandan, Country Head at Google Malaysia, about the growth he has witnessed in Malaysia’s broadband scene, and the opportunities he sees for Google as a result of this growth

Telefonica Ecuador: “Innovation in the telecommunications business is vital for users”

Rafael Amores is senior network development engineer for Telefonica Ecaudor

Rafael Amores is senior network development engineer for Telefonica Ecuador and is appearing at the LTE Latin America 2012 conference, taking place the 17-18 April 2012 at the Windsor Barra Hotel, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, where he will be speaking on the topic of how LTE can benefit from economies of scale. Ahead of the conference Telecoms.com speaks to him on the current state of play for LTE in Ecuador.

Invisible Children: “Cloud services will see a rapid decline in opex across the continent”

Josh Parolin

Josh Parolin is the Manager & Developer of awareness organisation Invisible Children, which made headlines recently with the Kony 2012 campaign. He will be a speaker on Day 1 at the Cloud Africa Com at the Sandton Sun Hotel in Johannesburg on 23-24 May. In this interview he shares his views on the future of cloud services in Africa.

Yahoo: “The next big area of growth in mobile Internet consumption is infotainment”

Tommaso del Re, Yahoo!

We speak to Tommaso del Re, Head of Mobile and Business Development at Yahoo! India & Southeast Asia, about the influence mobile devices are having on internet usage, the increasingly fragmented nature of audience interactions, and the distinctions he has noticed in mobile internet usage across different markets in Southeast Asia.