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The WBBA convenes operators, vendors, the investment community and more to bring you regular, industry-leading events, both online and in-person.

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24th October, 2023

WBBA Broadband Development Congress 2023: How We Can Accelerate Broadband Excellence Everywhere

This event will look at the rationale for investing in broadband across the globe.
July 18th, 2023
(webinar)

How can broadband networks meet the needs of tomorrow’s applications?

The demands of new highly-sophisticated devices plus more interactive, bandwidth hungry applications will stretch the capabilities of the broadband network far beyond what is possible today.
 
June 29th, 2023
shanghai

The Driver of Cloud Network Broadband on the Digital Economy

As part of our efforts to connect the world by bringing the benefit of broadband to all, the World Broadband Association hosted an industry leading summit to contribute to the future of global broadband development.

 
February 28TH, 2023
BARCELONA

WBBA Barcelona Summit | Maximizing Broadband's Global Protential

The World Broadband Association presented a 90-minute seminar to discuss how the growth of FWA is helping to bridge the digital divide and the potential of cloud-based broadband infrastructure to provide more flexible and scalable connection services.

 
December 13th, 2022
(webinar)

How advanced broadband networks are delivering sistainable social-economic growth

Omdia forecasts global fixed broadband service revenue to grow from $312bn in 2022 to $360bn in 2027, supporting an ICT industry that typically accounts for between 2% and 7% of a country’s GDP.

 
December 9th, 2022
beIJING

The World Broadband Association (WBBA) Official Launch Ceremony

Bridging the digidal divide, creating a shared future of digital economy
To celebrate the official launch of the Association, WBBA member China Telecom, hosted a launch event. The event seeked to bring together representatives from business partners, industry leaders, and international organizations as well as renowned experts to share their experiences and best practices.

 
October 19th, 2022 / October 28th, 2022
AMSTERDAM / BANGKOK

The World Broadband Association (WBBA) Annual Event 2022

Connecting the world by bringing the benefit of broadband to all
The World Broadband Association (WBBA) exists to unify broadband industry stakeholders, and provide them with a collective voice, to address and drive forward the shared goal of maximizing the social and economic benefits of equality of broadband for all globally.

 
November 18th, 2021
(webinar)

The World Broadband Association (WBBA) Annual Event 2021

The inaugural World Broadband Association Annual Event plays an active role in addressing key industry challenges and network live with speakers, attendees and member representatives.

 

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Martin Creaner
Director General of the World Broadband Association

Martin Creaner is one of the leading strategic thinkers in the global communications industry with a successful career as an executive with Motorola and British Telecom, as well as over a decade as President and CEO of the TM Forum.

Martin currently advises the boards of a number of companies in the communications and high tech industries, ranging from up-and-coming digital economy companies, to market leaders.

Martin has been named among the 25 Most Influential People in Telecom Software by Billing World and has twice been named as one of Global Telecoms Business’ Top 100. Martin holds a Master of Business Administration from Cranfield University, Cranfield School of Management; a Master of Science in Telecommunications from the University of East Anglia; and Bachelor’s degrees in Engineering and Physics from Dublin City University and the University College Dublin, respectively.

Martin is also a recognized thought-leader on digital transformation and the trends of the emerging digital economy. His most recent book “Transforming the Telco” explains the opportunities and challenges that digital transformation presents and outlines how the Telco might navigate this difficult process.

Previous books include “Delivering the Digital Economy”, which outlines the dynamics of the digital economy, and “Frameworx Distilled” & “NGOSS Distilled”, which provide a detailed guidebook to the standards that underpin the Telecom software industry.

Martin was appointed unanimously to the role of Director General by WBBA members.

Martin lives in Cork, Ireland.

Li Zhengmao
Doctor of Engineering, Professor, WBBA Board Chairman

Li Zhengmao, Doctor of Engineering, Professor. He was awarded the title of “Chinese Doctors with Outstanding Contribution” by the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council & the former State Education Commission, and granted the China Youth Science and Technology Award by the China Association for Science and Technology, and the 2017 Distinguished Industry Leader Award by IEEE; he was inducted into the 2020 IPv6 Internet Hall of Fame and enjoyed special government allowances.

Li served as Vice-Chairman of China Institute of Communications, Vice President of Internet Society of China, Vice-Chairman of the Association of Communications Across the Taiwan Straits, Vice-Chairman of All-China Environment Federation, Board member of GSM Association (GSMA), Board Director of Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance, Executive Director of Global TD-LTE Initiative (GTI), Vice President of China United Communications Corporation Limited, Vice President of China Mobile Communications Corporation Limited, and President of China Telecommunications Corporation Limited.