The moment of cable and broadband event
Fifty conferences of companies and organizations and numerous stands will star in the XXI Cable and Broadband Catalonia Congress-2016, organized by the Cable Studies Center (CECABLE), the Department of Communication and the Observatory of Scientific Communication of Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) and Acotec (Catalan Association of Cable Telecommunications Operators). The event will be held from 3 to 5 May 2016 in the 22 @ Barcelona (Poblenou Campus Auditorium, which brings together the Faculty of Communication and the Polytechnic School). The event has the support of the Mediterrani School of the University of Girona, the Faculty of Communication and International Relations at the Ramon Llull University, Barcelona University, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the Open University of Catalunya and Camilo University José Cela.
The event analyzes the strategic factors of telecommunications in Catalonia (technological developments, consumer behaviour, and need for constant and guaranteed connectivity or competition). “The Broadband Society prioritizes network expansion and content creation. The conference discussed these angular axes,” says Dr. Joan Francesc Fondevila Gascón, director of CECABLE and university professor.
In addition to universities and Acotec, in the event there will be the participation and collaboration the Generalitat of Catalonia, Cercle Fiber, Marketing Club Barcelona, College of Engineering Graduate and Industrial Engineers of Barcelona (CETIB), Catalan Association of Telecommunications Engineers (Telcos.cat), Official College of Telecommunications Engineers of Catalonia (COETTC), College of Technical Engineering and Degree in Computer Engineering of Catalonia (COETIC), National Commission Markets and Competition (CNMC), Catalan Federation of Entrepreneurs telecommunications installers (FECEMINTE) Telecommunications Coordinating Federation (FECOTEL), Federation of Telecommunications Installers (Fenitel), Barcelona Digital Technology Centre, TIC.CAT, Red.es, Localret, National Association of Telecommunications Operators and Internet Service Provider (AOTEC) Spanish Association of Digital Documentation (AEDOC), National Association of Internet (ISNA), Association for the Advancement of Management (APD), Multisectoral Association of Spanish Companies of Electronics and Communications (Asimelec), Catalan Technology Association (ACTec) Association of Technical Information (ATI), Association of Operator Companies and Telecommunication Services (Astel), CTecno, Vallès Technology Park (PTV), National Reference Center for the Application of Information Technology and Communication ICT (CENATIC), Ilimit, International Association of Technology, Education and Development (IATED), Foundation for Enterprise Development Society (Fundetec), Platform FOTÓNICA21 or Catalan Society of Technology.
The first session will review the May 3rd “Broadband in Catalonia and Spain” (with the participation of Wifidom, Hispasat, Adamo, Juniper Networks, Accenture, Telefonica, Voz Telecom, Telnet and Xarxa Oberta de Catalunya) and afternoon “Services and content on broadband networks” with the round table “The technological evolution of Catalan and Spanish historic cable” (CECABLE, Alpha Enginyeria of Telecomunicacions, Acotec, Aire Networks, Xtra Telecom-Másmovil, Xarxes d’Internet i Comunicacions Ebre, SL, City of Mequinenza) and exhibitions Anvimur, Guifi.net and Neutrans.
At the second meeting, on May 4, we will study “Evolution of type and installation of cable broadband” (BT Global Services, Promax, Corning, Elecnor, Datwyler, KeyFiberProject, Technetix, Optral, W-onesys and Cablerunner Iberian) and, in the afternoon, “New horizons for the IT sector” (Watchguard, Bitdefender, Microsoft, Sharing and Panda Security Academy).
The third meeting, on 5 May under the title “Various impacts of broadband networks”, will begin with the traditional institutional roundtable, this time on “How the expansion of broadband networks translates into social progress?”, which will include representatives of CECABLE, Catalan, CNMC, FECEMINTE, Telecos.cat, COETTC and Xarxa Oberta of Catalonia. After that, the proposals for Agile OTT, Sony, Anxanet, Televisa and Barkeno will be exhibited. The main social networks (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest) allow to follow the event.
