SIMposium 2007: Mission accomplished!
Taking place in Berlin on the 24th and 25th April 2007, SIMposium 2007 brought together an international audience of 300 participants representative of the mobile eco-system together and beyond to debate latest trends in mobile services & technology and the impact of disruptive architectures and business models on the mobile services delivery value-chain.
Operator companies accounted for one third of participants representing 700 million subscribers in the World. Technology Enablers represented another third of participating companies while the other third was made of Services, Content & Software Solutions Providers, representative of many vertical sectors such as Media, Payment, Marketing, Telematics and the Internet.
-ÜSIMposium 2007 has surpassed our expectations. There has never been an event gathering so many participants in the SIM Industry. SIMposium 2007 is the living proof that the SIM Industry is well alive and dynamic and has been able to adapt itself to paragdim shifts by opening the discussion to the whole eco-system. -Ü said Hervé Pierre, SIMposium Project Director. -ÜThis is a very good basis to build upon for next year´s edition", he continued.
An International Event
With 20 exhibitors and 300 participants from 28 countries across the World, SIMposium 2007 confirmed its international scope. From CEOs to SIM Managers, the participation was wide and a majority came from European Countries.
-ÜWhile the scope of SIMposium 2007 was international, we have concentrated our marketing efforts on Europe and were happily surprised to welcome 17% of participants from outside Europe. This brings the question about increasing the international footprint of SIMposium or duplicating the event outside Europe" continued Hervé Pierre.
Global SIM Card Shipments
SIMposium 2007 was for the SIMalliance the chosen annual event to publish global SIM card shipments *: 1,9 billion SIM card shipped in 2006, an increase of 30% on 2005, of which 1,7 billion were shipped by SIMalliance members as follows:
*SIMalliance Market Figures are produced through a blind and robust process based on real deliveries. These figures are accurate thanks to SIMalliance's global footprint (> 90%).
Many Untapped Opportunities for the SIM!
The 7 keynotes, 12 panels and 60 presentations were well attended. Divided in 7 different tracks the following topics: MVNO & brand strategies plus services/content differentiation, Mobile NFC, Mobile TV, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and a Review of Technologies and Standards were put under the spotlight. Participants were able to discover many untapped opportunities for SIM technology today.
Commenting on the event, the following participants said:
« Great possibility to get overview of SIM & technology trends for Telecom Operators » Dr Julia Nagina, Vimpelcom
-ÜIf you want to hear from the real experts in the SIM industry, then SIMposium is the place to be - no question!" Gary Waite, Technology Manager, Devices & SIM, O2
«SIMposium is THE place to be once a year to get the main trends and issues of the market » Arnaud Cave, Head of SIM cards Marketing, SFR
«One of the best opportunities to learn about the trends and evolutions, meet the right suppliers in the Industry and develop new revenue channels for your business » Ismail Sharara, VP Business Development, Citex -" Saudi Arabia
«This event is good to get updated on SIM trends and obtain information from what the other operators have already done with the SIM » Kadarsih Pracaya, VP Card Management, PT Indosat