It seems that every few months, we write that Israel continues to be a hotbed for telecom technology development, especially photonics and IP. We observed that Om Malik noticed Israel in June.
We believe that there is much that can be learned from such a small country that has been such fertile ground for technology development.
A little over a week ago, Lucent acquired another Israeli telecom technology company, Mobilitec, which offers a platform for managing streaming content services over 3G cellular networks.
Let me again encourage readers to think about attending the Israel Telecom conference and exhibition taking place November 6-9 in Tel Aviv. Over 200 of Israel’s leading ICT players, developers and service providers will be participating, along with a professional interdisciplinary conference with world leaders in the telecommunications community. There is an interesting executive level tour of Israel being organized to coincide with the timing of the trade show. Let me know if you’re interested in joining.
International Trade Canada will have a significant presence at Israel Telecom and it is offering to co-share space at the Canadian booth for Canadian companies (at reduced cost). In addition to booth space, companies will be able to meet the leading Israel ICT players at a number of value-added activities including one-on-one meetings, site visits, and hospitality events. For information on costs and registration, contact: Jessica Nachlas, Business Development Officer, Canadian Embassy, Tel Aviv.
By the way, I’m going to be taking this weekend off, in recognition of Rosh Hashana. I’ll be back on Monday.