FEATURE
5 QUESTIONS WITH KERRY MERRITT Talking Network Industry With Total Telecom’s Head of Content
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WHO IS TOTAL TELECOM AND WHAT IS THE COMPANY’S MISSION?
For over 20 years, Total Telecom (part of Terrapinn Group) has built its reputation as a trusted news source for the global telecommunications industry. Coupled with a constantly evolving events portfolio that offers unique networking opportunities for senior executives from across the communications sector, we pride ourselves on being a content and people-focussed business. Our events and online platform are all about bringing people together. It’s simply what we do and with a breadth of experience in the events, publishing, and telco markets, it’s something that we’ve gotten very good at!
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HOW DOES TOTAL TELECOM PARTICIPATE IN THE SUBMARINE CABLE MARKET?
In 2018 we launched Submarine Networks EMEA as a sister event to the Submarine Networks World conference, which has been held in Singa-
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pore for over 25 years. The decision to launch a more regionally focused conference came at a time of increasing activity in the EMEA submarine cable industry. Five years later, the event continues to go from strength to strength and in 2023 we expect over 800 executives from the global subsea market to join us in London. In addition to producing Submarine Networks EMEA we actively cover the subsea telecommunications sector as a media brand, reporting on new projects, developments, and news.
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HOW IS TOTAL TELECOM HELPING TO PROMOTE A MORE DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE TELECOM SECTOR?
As an events’ organiser, we are very conscious of the role that we play in creating and supporting a more diverse and inclusive industry. Across all our events we make a conscious effort to improve the gender-balance on our agendas, providing a platform for many of the incredible women that are already playing an important role in the telecoms sector.