GVF Oil & Gas Communications Conference attracts high profile sponsorship

Notes and media contacts

The Sponsors

Schlumberger
Schlumberger (Conference Principal Sponsor) is the world's leading oilfield services company supplying technology, information solutions and integrated project management that optimises reservoir performance for customers working in the oil and gas industry. Founded in 1926, today the company employs more than 70,000 people of over 140 nationalities working in more than 80 countries. The company comprises two business segments: Schlumberger Oilfield Services supplies a wide range of products and services from formation evaluation through directional drilling, well cementing and stimulation, well completions and productivity to consulting, software, information management and IT infrastructure services that support core industry operational processes. WesternGeco is the world's largest seismic company and provides advanced acquisition and data processing services.

Ericsson
Ericsson is the world leader in telecommunications, driving the industry and shaping the future of telecommunications based on the belief that telecommunication is a basic human need. The company is the largest supplier of mobile systems in the world and a leader in Broadband connectivity and multimedia services. The world's 10 largest operators are among Ericsson's customers and 40% of all mobile calls are made through our systems.

Ericsson provides end-to-end solutions from systems and applications to services and core technology for mobile handsets. Working closely with Sony Ericsson means we are also a top supplier of complete mobile multimedia products.
Ericsson has been active worldwide since 1876 and is present in more than 140 countries today. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, Ericsson employs 63,460 people in 140 countries; 19,403 are employed in Sweden.

Alkan Telecom
Alkan Telecom, part of the US$100 million business conglomerate Alkan Holding, which has built up significant interests in the telecom sector ranging from wire and wireless services to software. Alkan Telecom was formed in Egypt in 1996 to pursue opportunities in the Egyptian VSAT market, with a particular focus on value added and E-learning solutions.

Since 1996, Alkan Telecom has grown steadily, building a customer base of more than 240 customers for its solutions. In 2001, encouraged by the potential of the deregulation of the Telecom market opportunities in the region, Alkan Telecom decided to pursue a more aggressive expansion strategy, appointing an experienced and credible executive management team to unleash the potential of Alkan Telecom business. Corresponding with the placement of the executive management team, Alkan Telecom had expand its operation by opening up an office in Iraq with another office in Libya will follow this year.

Hermes Datacomms
Hermes Datacomms provides communications to the upstream oil & gas industry worldwide, including the whole of North Africa and the Middle East. Hermes has recently started operations in Algeria and Libya which complement its existing activities in Iran and UAE, and is looking to expand in Oman, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia in the coming 18 months. Hermes offers a full range of solutions tailored to the oil & gas sector: Oilfield infrastructure, both onshore and offshore, including VSAT; wireless, fibre, LAN and PBX, turnkey solutions; International connections, by fibre and satellite, including traditional Leased lines and Global Ethernet; Global Managed voice and data networks including MPLS networks, managed routers, and managed voice solutions. Hermes service and support includes: 24/7 monitoring and management of all links from our UK NOC - end to end Secure web-based customer access to monitoring data in real time; Onsite attendance within a guaranteed time period; Performance monitored and reported against clear and comprehensive SLA; Complete licensing of all communications equipment.

Hughes Network Systems
Hughes Network Systems (Hughes) is the global leader in providing broadband satellite networks and services for large enterprises, governments, small businesses, and consumers. HughesNet™ encompasses all broadband solutions and managed services from Hughes, combining the best of satellite and terrestrial technologies. Hughes has shipped more than 1.2 million systems to customers in over 100 countries, maintaining a global market share of over 55 percent. Its broadband satellite products are based on the IPoS (IP over Satellite) global standard, approved by the TIA, ETSI, and ITU standards organisations.

The Organisers:

GVF
Founded in 1997, GVF is the single and unified voice of the global satellite industry. It brings together organisations engaged in the delivery of advanced broadband and narrowband satellite services to consumers, and commercial and government enterprises worldwide.

Headquartered in London, GVF is an independent, non-partisan and non-profit organisation with 200 members from more than 80 countries. The broad-based membership represents every major world region and every sector of the satellite industry, including fixed and mobile satellite operators, satellite network operators, teleports, satellite earth station manufacturers, system integrators, value added and enhanced service providers, telecom carriers, consultants, law firms, and users.

Contact:

Martin Jarrold
Chief, International Programme Development, GVF Chair, Oil & Gas Communications: North Africa & the Middle East Conference 2007
[T] + 44 1727 884 513

UK-EMP
UK Event Management Partners (UK-EMP) was founded in 2004 for the purpose of developing, organising, and managing a niche portfolio of highly specialised conferences and summits for the telecommunications industry. Our primary geographical focus is on such rapidly developing regional markets as: Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa & Middle East.

The UK-EMP focus on these geographic areas is founded on the extensive and direct experience of our personnel in these markets, and on an extensive 'Database of Expertise', comprising professional contacts obtained, and maintained, for countries throughout these, and other, regions.

The UK-EMP partnership works very closely with key industry and government bodies active in these regions to ensure that the events we develop are stakeholder driven, and that critical industry objectives related to the focused subject areas stipulated are fully explored, and analysed in depth.