Calendar 10 - 14 January 1998 Pacific Telecommunications Council Conference Honolulu, Hawaii 12 January 1998 7.30 a.m. GTWN Power Breakfast May 1998 Africas Telecom GTWN Event November 1998 Comdex GTWN Event ITU Telecom '99 GTWN Award for "Innovation and Impact in Global Telecommunications" Geneva Switzerland Contents Editorial An appraisal of the past and a view to the future In this year's last issue of the GTWN Newsletter we focus on two main topics: We review the efforts the GTWN and its members have made during the last 12 months to become a useful instrument of women's networking in the field of telecommunications all over the world and give a short forecast for 1998. The other dominant theme is deregulation. While in this issue we give a summary of Johanna Plante's Sydney speech on the history and future of deregulation (with a special focus on Australia), in the next issue, Janet Yale will write about telecom regulation in Canada. Finally, we have an interview with Susan Mirbach on the challenges she meets as President Belgacom North America. A happy holiday season and a successful 1998 to you all. Susanne Peach Editor-in-Chief Inaugural GTWN Event in Australia Inaugural GTWN Event in Australia The 1997 Annual Conference of the IIC in Sydney provided the opportunity for Australian members to get together with overseas colleagues and to promote the goals of the GTWN, at an inaugural event at the Sydney Regent Hotel on [...]

Editorial Welcome back! Welcome to the newly designed site of the Global Telecom Women's Network! This month, Ashurst Morris Crisp and Spectrum Strategy Consultants are hosting a GTWN Power Lunch on Wednesday, November 13th at 12:30 p.m. at the Ashurst Morris Crisp headquarters. The discussion topic for the luncheon will be "Is Content the Killer Application for Broadband?" We are also featuring one of our member's articles about this subject, "Europe Online - Building the Next Generation Network" by Candace Johnson. Member's Article Editorial Board Susanne Paech (Editor-in-Chief) Stephanie Hansen (Editor + Layout) produced and published by: star consult GmbH Bavariafilmplatz 3 D82031 Gruenwald Germany Tel: -49/89/693 58 100 Fax: -49/89/649 20 27 Vicki MacLeod Secretary General GTWN Secretariat Tavistock House South Tavistock Square London WCIH9LF, UK Tel: 44/171/388 06 71 Fax: 44/171/380 06 23 email: vicki@iicom.org Candace Johnson Europe Online -Building the Next Generation Network For Today’s Citizens Candace Johnson, President Europe Online Investments S.A., GTWN Founding Speaker Imagine beaming content from one place to another without transporting it. Imagine talking on the computer while you are downloading a virtual learning game for the kids while sharing the thrills of a classic Hollywood Movie with your loved one. Imagine creating a meaningful living / work area within the space you desire, be it at home or office, and being totally connected to the world and various communities you have chosen via one device when, where, [...]

         Dear Colleague On Tuesday, 14 October 2003 commencing at 7:30 a.m. in the Salon des Nations at the Hotel Intercontinental, Geneva, a unique event will take place during the ITU World Telecom 2003. We would like you to be part of it! Telecom women executives and government officials and the next generation of women leaders in ICT will arrive from around the world to network to inspire and be inspired, to learn, to exchange ideas and to celebrate ten years of the Global Telecom Women's Network and eleven years of the ITU conference Women's Breakfasts. Following a continental breakfast and opening remarks from our organisers and hosts, the Oxford Internet Institute, founded by Dame Stephanie Shirley, will facilitate a discussion on "The commoditisation of telecommunications in the 21st Century and the Digital Divide - does it or does it not really have to exist?"    Participants will then be invited to present their views on this topic, with the breakfast concluding by 9:00 a.m, to allow delegates to attend the ITU forums. The conclusions arising from this debate will be published by the Global Telecom Women's Network. Be part of this interaction among new and old friends and exchange of views and action plans on some of the most challenging issues facing our industry today. Bring your ideas, your own reflections and prepare for a fun and stimulating exchange with colleagues and friends from around the world We look forward to welcoming you at 7:30 am on [...]

Dear Colleague The Global Telecom Women's Network and t-info are pleased to invite you to a GTWN Power Breakfast to be held during the upcoming CeBIT on Friday, 19 March in Meeting Room 18 at the Messegelþnde (fairgrounds) in Hannover. The Power Breakfast will commence at 8:00 am and will be concluded by 9:30 am, to enable everyone to continue their day refreshed at CeBIT. Our special guest speaker will be Professor Gertrud Hšhler Ð publicist, top management consultant and the author of many influential books.  Dr Hšhler will share with us her thoughts on the role of women in top management, as well as her ideas about the challenges posed by the ever-increasing volume of information that confronts us in our day-to-day business lives. In addition, our host Dr. Susanne Paech, Managing Director of t-info, will provide us with insights on the newest trends and developments in online communications. We are also pleased to invite you to a reception hosted by t-info on Thursday 18 March (the evening before our GTWN Power Breakfast), commencing at 7:00 pm in the Hannover city centre (details to be advised). We hope you can join us for both the Power Breakfast and the t-info Reception. Looking forward to seeing you there! With kindest regards, The GTWN Steering Committee   CALENDAR 18 March 2004 GTWN Reception Hannover City venue  19 March 2004 GTWN Power Breakfast Meeting Room 18, Messegelaender, Hannover Editorial Board Susanne Paech (Editor-in-Chief) Stephanie Hansen (Editor + Layout) produced and published [...]

                The Global Telecom Women's Network is pleased to invite you to the 10th annual GTWN Power Breakfast at the GSM Congress sponsored by QUALCOMM, Inc. 7:30 a.m. Wednesday 15 February Hotel Casa Fuster, Barcelona Dear Colleague Dear Global Telecom Women's Networker and 3GSM Woman Executive, Every year at the GSM Congress, the Global Telecom Women's Network has their traditional GTWN Power Breakfast. Once a year, this event reunites the foremost senior women telecoms executives to take stock of the state of our industry and to discuss and create new trends. This year will be the tenth GTWN Power Breakfast at the GSM and we are particularly pleased to have as our keynote speaker, Peggy Johnson, president for QUALCOMM Internet Services. In a year when data services, mobile TV, games and information services are poised to take off not only into cyberspace but into the stratosphere, we believe we could have no better speaker to kick-off what is always a lively, spirited discussion among our peer group. As always, each senior women executive is asked to bring a special young women mentoree, someone they have been encouraging and helping either within or outside their organization. The venue this year is Barcelona's most beautiful hotel, the Casa Fuster, located in the center of the city. Transportation will leave at 9 a.m. to bring everyone to the Congress center. We thank you in advance for filling out the RSVP form below and sending it back [...]

        Dear Colleague On Monday 24 January 2005 the Global Telecom Womens Network (GTWN) and Taylor Wessing will be co-sponsoring a lunch in honor of GTWN Founding Members and Steering Committee Members, Janice Hughes and Dr. Jessie McLeman as they reach important milestones in their careers and for the telecommunications field in general. Following on his address last year to the GTWN, Lord David Currie, OFCOM Chairman has graciously accepted to speak at this event honoring these two telecom pioneers about the second phase of the OFCOM Strategic Telecommunications Review. We are also very pleased to welcome Anne Heal, Director Regulatory Affairs, BT Group who will moderate the discussion following Lord Currie's remarks. Ten years ago, Janice Hughes founded Spectrum Strategy Consultants and therewith an important policy maker and catalyst for telecommunications authorities and companies throughout the world. Spectrum Strategy's work has literally shaped the present and the future of global telecommunications and broadcasting. Dr. Jessie McLeman will be retiring from BT shortly to pursue new directions after a most successful career highlighted by executive positions at BT Wholesale, BT Regulatory Department, BT Germany, and representing BT as UK Signatory on the Board of Eutelsat. We would like to invite you to join us, Lord Currie and other telecommunications and policy leaders as we celebrate these important milestones of these two extraordinary Telecoms Leaders at lunch on Monday 24 January at 12:00 noon taking place at Taylor Wessing's London Office, Carmelite, 50 Victoria Embankment, Blackfriars, London EC4Y [...]