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November 17, 2022

WBBA Convenes Broadband Industry Stakeholders from Across the Globe for Annual Event 2022

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The World Broadband Association gathered an audience of over 300 stakeholders from across the broadband industry and beyond, for its flagship event, Connecting the world by bringing the benefit of broadband to all.

Successful flagship events in Amsterdam and Bangkok

The Association hosted successful flagship events in Amsterdam on 19th October and Bangkok on 28th October, convening broadband industry stakeholders throughout the world, both in person and virtually.

Representatives from some of the most renowned telecoms operators and vendors across the globe formed the impressive speaker line-up, including Nokia, China Telecom, Openreach, Chorus, Openserve, and China Unicom, to name only a few. In addition, keynote speakers joined the events from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) – the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies – and the FTTH Council Europe.

Highlights included:

  • Endorsement from Dr Li Jun, Vice President at China Telecom; Gary Nugent, CEO of Informa Tech; and David Wang, Executive of the Board, Chairman of ICT Infrastructure Managing Board at Huawei, among other leading industry figures.
  • An engaging and well-attended panel session addressing how the industry is working towards achieving its sustainability goals with.

Lively panel discussions, debating key topics, such as:

  • How to develop the network generational roadmap required to enable the future services and applications of 2030 and beyond
  • Defining success in broadband strategies
  • The importance of greater broadband investment.

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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.