 Nearly 70,000 attendees gathered in Singapore last week, for Asia’s largest infocomm and media trade exhibitions - CommunicAsia, EnterpriseIT, InteractiveDME and BroadcastAsia. Of the total number of visitors, 50 percent were overseas visitors from over 100 countries across the Asia-Pacific region, as well as Europe, US and the Middle-East.
New Products, new deals make CommunicAsia the place to do business
Attendees to the exhibitions gained first hand experience about the impact of convergence on how we work and play through the multitude of engaging technologies, solutions and devices being showcased. Spread over eight halls, nearly 2,500 exhibiting companies from 65 countries demonstrated solutions throughout the value chain of convergent technologies.
“We’ve seen a strong overall growth in this year’s events, both from the visitors’ attendance and the size of the exhibitions. It is also exciting to see that Digital Convergence has taken off in a big way at the combined halls of CommunicAsia and BroadcastAsia this year. Many innovative convergent solutions showcased will help to crystallize the digital vision for the near future,” said Rupert Owen, UK-based director of CommunicAsia organisers, Overseas Exhibition Services.
Other key show highlights at CommunicAsia and BroadcastAsia this year included, operator Broadcast Australia’s plans for a DVB-H trial in Sydney in conjunction with content security specialist and head-end systems vendor, Thomson. Likewise, US telecoms service provider, Qualcomm, announced a technical trial of its MediaFLO mobile TV service with Hong Kong’s PCCW.
Chinese telecom equipment vendor Huawei Technologies unveiled its current portfolio of 3G music phones targeting the music-savvy mobile users in Asia; while Korean handset maker, Samsung, showcased its latest device from the Ultra Edition II series.
Numerous partnerships sealed at CommunicAsia this year included, Irdeto, of the Netherlands, known for its content security solutions for digital TV, IPTV and mobile networks, who inked a partnership deal with China’s ZTE Corporation, to provide content security solutions for the latter’s end-to-end IPTV system which will be marketed and sold worldwide.
First time exhibitor Kabel-X Plc from Austria revealed that the company achieved good results at the show. “We saw a steady stream of potential buyers come to our stand, possibly representing many millions of dollars of revenue. We will certainly be back next year, bigger and stronger, thanks at least in part to the business that will result from this year's participation,” said Mr Simon MacDonald, Kabel-X’s Managing Director and Co-Founder.
CG Overdrive (CGO), held in conjunction with CommunicAsia and BroadcastAsia for the first time, saw 735 conference delegates and speakers.
CommunicAsia is a global event where the business of technology comes to life, showcasing the latest digital technologies across mobile networks and applications, network infrastructure and satellite communications. www.CommunicAsia.com |
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