ADVERTORIAL
Welcome to Mobile News XPO 2020
Mobile News is excited again to bring the UK mobile channel together for a day of productive meetings,
networking, workshops, and presentations in the luxurious five -star surroundings of The London Hilton on
Park Lane
Entry is free to mobile
channel professionals.
Mobile News XPO
precedes the mobile
industry’s biggest awards event,
e Mobile News Awards,
which takes place in the Grand
Ballroom of the Hilton on Park
Lane that evening. e Mobile
News Awards attracts around
700 senior mobile channel
guests for a world-class awards
ceremony followed by all-night
after-show party.
Panellists and speakers
is year we have again secured
some exceptional speakers
for Mobile News XPO Our
Conference programme for
2020 comprises of three
essential workshops – 5G-
Chapter 2, Second-Life Devices,
and Trading on Marginal
VAT. ese workshops will be
interactive discussions based on
audience questions under expert
moderation
e 5G Symposium will
feature Fotis Karonis (CTO
BT Enterprise and BT/
EE 5G Executive Advisor)
Richard Woodward (Chief
Commercial Ocer, ree),
Andre Dona (Hard of Networks
at Vodafone) Karl Liriano
(Head of Mobile and Network
Evolution at O2), under the
moderation of Ben Wood, Head
of Research CCS Insight).
is session will by a
must-attend event for anyone
interested in what the year
holds for 5G for the channel.
How successful were the rst
5G launches? What sort of
customer prole is emerging?
What are the usage patterns we
are seeing?
e Second-Life workshop
is for organisations wanting
to exploit the sales wave of
refurbished devices.. It will
be led by Craig Smith (MD
of EcoRenew), Josh Harrison
(founder of Mobi Distribution),
Simon Dunn (Group MD of
Redeem), and John Fannon
(Sales director Bastion
Insurance. Tax expert Martin
O’Neil will be on hand to
advise traders, dealers, and IT
organisations on staying on the
right side of VAT on the sales of
second-life equipment.
As well as welcoming back
many of our 2019 Mobile
News XPO exhibitors we
are delighted to have some
major new exhibitors joining
us including US distributor
Global Geeks, Device Network,
Incell World, Drummond
Corporation Limited,
Techpoint Distribution, Tech
SI, Device Network WJD
Repairs, Digital Wholesale
Solutions NYSYS Group and
Swiss Voice. e Wellington
Ballroom and Harvest Suite
of the Hilton are the areas for
our exhibition encouraging
networking and meetings in
comfortable surroundings.
BlackBelt Smartphone
Defence
BlackBelt has developed
solutions aimed at the recycler
and value recovery community.
BlackBelt mobile device data
erasing solution ensures that
any handsets or tablets are
wiped clear as quickly and
eectively as possible.
Device Networking
Device Network Ltd is a B2B
consumer electronics trading
platform & marketplace that
incorporates a technology
recycling division. Working
with networks, retailers,
distributors, repair centres and
insurance companies across
Europe it recycles thousands of
devices and LCD screens each
month.
Digital Wholesale Solutions
With a product portfolio
covering Connectivity, Mobile,
Voice, IP Communications,
Cloud and Product Supply,
Digital Wholesale Solutions
is the one place for all of your
digital infrastructure needs.
Drummond Corporatione
company process around 5,000
units per month through our
on-site testing facility, which
combines the benets of manual
testing with the reliability of
computer software.
Eurostar Global Electronics
Eurostar Global is one of the
44 | Comms Business Magazine | February 2020 www.commsbusiness.co.uk
/www.commsbusiness.co.uk