Introduction: Telecom Council Carrier Connections (TC3) – the Telecom Council’s annual summit- was held Sept 18-19, 2013 at Juniper Networks in Sunnyvale, CA. The event provides an opportunity for start-ups, network equipment vendors, and application developers to interact with telecom carriers (telcos) and global network operators. In addition, several carrier-vendor success stories were were told in a panel session format, moderated by Telecom Council Chairman Derek Kerton. Investor Forum Meeting: During day one (September 18th) of the two day TC3 summit, several “investment ready” start-up companies presented their value propositions to an Investor Forum panel panel that consisted of the Venture Capital division of carrier, equipment and semiconductor companies. The Nokia Ventures representative stated that “the mobile industry is heavily disrupted and (as a result) there will be many new opportunities in the next few years.” Among the strategic areas of interest to Nikia: security, cloud, mobile, data centers, and video. Here’s a very brief summary of selected start-up company pitches: Whitenoise Labs: Very strong encryption scheme with key lengths > 1060 bytes, produced via random number generator. This secure text encryption and decryption software.was referred to as “Infinite One Time Pad.” Pie Digital: Connected home call center and end […]
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