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Track: Service Provider Summit
(SP)

Expanding Streaming Applications’ Reach
(SP-01)

Tuesday - 01/24/06, 12:00-12:45pm

Consumers are beginning to use and demand a variety of video applications – streaming, video telephony, video mail, video chat – and want the ability to move quickly from one to other and even integrate their functionality. From a technology perspective, all of these applications work on different protocols, but that does not change consumers’ desire to access and interact with all of them in the same way. However, the “silo” approach that is all too common in the deployment of mobile video applications could seriously hinder service uptake – and the ability to develop, market and deliver follow-on and related services. Using current approaches, it actually becomes more expensive to add successive features and services as it becomes necessary to add an integration layer that supports the current infrastructure. Portals need to be expanded to allow streaming applications to interact with other video services. For example, users may want to share streaming content or discuss streaming content via video chat. Given the technology challenges, a service-friendly and protocol-agnostic portal can unify video applications and drive uptake – and revenue – from all of them. Attendees to this session will walk away with a much clearer understanding of: ¾ The set of key near- and long-term emerging mobile video offerings and how they can interact with streaming applications ¾ Technology and business barriers to integrating streaming with other video applications – and how to avoid them ¾ How a portal strategy will benefit both operators and subscribers by removing silos ¾ The importance of marrying your video strategy to your overall service and application delivery plan

Presented by:

Stephen Keller
Support Development Project Manager
LumenVox

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Migrating To VoIP: A Service Provider Round Table
(SP-03)

Tuesday - 01/24/06, 2:00-3:45pm

This session will feature the industry’s leading experts in a round table discussion of where exactly we stand in regards to Service Provider IP Telephony. Attendees will come away with a true sense of what’s happening in the industry, with perspectives from the leading service providers exploring next-generation solutions, including the latest developments, a glimpse into the future, and some real-life implementation tales that you won’t want to miss. Attendees are encouraged to bring their questions, and we’ll bring the industry leaders who are best positioned to provide the answers.

Presented by:

Paul White
Chief Financial Officer
deltathree, Inc.
Vitaly Potapov
Chief of Sales Department – North America
MERA Systems
Simon McIver
Senior Director of Enterprise Products
Net2Phone
Matt Clark (Moderator)
Principal, Valuation Services
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
Alex Doyle
Senior Director of Solutions
Broadsoft
Tim Connelly
Managing Principal - Professional Consulting - Lucent Worldwide Services (LWS)
Lucent Technologies

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VoIP @ Retail
(SP-05)

Wednesday - 01/25/06, 10:15-11:00am

Much is being made of the impact of VoIP on enterprise users in corporate settings, using the technology to gain a measure of efficiency and run a smoother operation. However, massive adoption is predicted in the consumer VoIP space, and one of the best ways to deliver to the consumer is through a retail channel strategy. This panel will take a look at retail VoIP through the eyes of hardware companies and carriers, as well as the merchandising buyers from companies like Staples, Office Max, Office Depot, Frys, CompUsa, and Best Buy, and discuss the issues associated with not only selling in, but more importantly selling through. If you’re looking to move your solution and reach the huge consumer market, you simply have to attend this session.

Presented by:

Andy Abramson
CEO
Comunicano, Inc.
Tony Flick
Security Expert
FYRM Associates
Cynthia Carpenter
VP Marketing, Voice Services
Level 3
Brett Morrison
Manager VoIP and Business Communication Groups
Uniden
Tony Esfandiari

Global Matrix
David Hagen
CEO
Boingo Wirelwss

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The Current State of Triple Play
(SP-06)

Wednesday - 01/25/06, 11:15-Noon

This panel discussion will look at how broadband technologies and packet communications come together to form flexible architectures demanded by the triple play services. Attendees will have the opportunity to uncover how triple play services lead to a tighter integration between the “digital pipes,” service delivery, and service management layers. This session will also focus on some of the business issues facing providers such as how bundling services will change the way carriers, cable, and wireless providers will manage their expenditures and increase their revenues.

Presented by:

Andy Abramson
CEO
Comunicano, Inc.
Richard Gilbert
Vice President of Strategic Planning
Net2Phone Cable Telephony
Mark DiCamillo
Vice President Marketing and Product Management
Primal Solutions
Myrle McNeal
Sr VP of Local Voice Services
Level 3
Ken Lipsomb
Founder and Chairman
DaveTV

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A Look At The Hottest New Services
(SP-07)

Wednesday - 01/25/06, 1:00-1:45pm

VoIP is not cannibalizing the old without providing new revenue streams and increasing customer retention with differentiated services. Smart service providers will add Wi-Fi apps to quickly expand their VoIP offering into the cellular market. Conferencing small groups on VoIP is a must. New apps will work with all telephony network types, including VoIP, legacy PSTN, and Wi-Fi. Conferencing will be offered as an add-in to an existing plan, as a premium service, through prepaid channels or as an ad-hoc stand-alone service, providing a solid and long-term revenue stream. These are just two examples of some hot new VoIP applications that are hitting the marketplace right now. This session will explore new ways for carriers to increase profit, arbitrage VoIP and cell rates, increase service coverage, and expand service minutes — all with differentiated services.

Presented by:

Kent Hellebust
CMO
AccessLine Communications
Kevin McCracken
Director, Product Management
NewStep Networks
Richard D. Birckbichler
Vice President Sales
SolaCom Technologies Inc.
Dr. Howard H. Thaw
COO
Iotum Corp.
Matt Clark (Moderator)
Principal, Valuation Services
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP

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IP Solution Architectures for Deploying Video Services
(SP-08)

Wednesday - 01/25/06, 2:00-2:45pm

In traditional video infrastructures, one network element did both the service logic for an application (e.g., video conferencing) and the media processing for it (e.g., video mixing, video play and record, etc.). For audio, the softswitch architecture successfully broke that monolithic platform into an application server and a media server, with the former handling just the signaling and the latter just the media streams. The value of this decomposition is now slowly being felt in the video space, where the H.323 MCU, containing both service logic and media processing, is still king. This session will discuss the drivers for a separate, multi-service IP media server, how it supports all voice and video services, and how it can be controlled using SIP and associated protocols to deliver cost-effective, scalable IP-based video conferencing services.

Presented by:

Garland Sharratt
VP Partner Development and Chief Architect
Convedia Corporation

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SIP Trunking: Expand your Services, Reach more Businesses
(SP-09)

Wednesday - 01/25/06, 3:00-3:45pm

SIP Trunking will expand service offerings for service providers to capitalize on the buying desires of mid-market & large businesses. Businesses want more integrated communications, simplified voice and data services, and more control. Explore how structuring these services will change what you can offer and appeal to changing business needs.

Presented by:

Cliff LaCoursiere
SVP of Business Development & Co-Founder
CallMiner

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Open Systems & Network Equipment Design
(SP-10)

Thursday - 01/26/06, 8:30-9:15am

ILECs, CLECs, and cable providers are continually rolling out new IP-based voice services aimed at residential and business markets. In turn, the market for VoIP communications equipment is rapidly expanding to meet the needs of these new service deployments. Open standards solutions are driving innovation, cost reductions and technology advances in the VoIP communications equipment market. Solutions based on CompactPCI, PTMC, and emerging standards such as AdvancedTCA allow OEMs to outsource key subsystems or fully integrated platforms that deliver lower-cost access to the latest technologies and a faster time-to-market. Solutions based on open software standards such as Linux provide OEMs with access to a wide range of open source applications and a platform for developing innovative applications and software-based features. This panel will discuss the role of open standards solutions in driving market growth.

Presented by:

Robert Brakeman
General Manager
VegaStream
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Richard D. Birckbichler
Vice President Sales
SolaCom Technologies Inc.
Kelly Anderson (Moderator)
President
IPDR.org

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Security/Surveillance Over IP
(SP-11)

Thursday - 01/26/06, 12:30-1:15pm

Video security and surveillance systems are undergoing a transition, moving away from their analog roots to embrace fully digital, IP-based technology. The benefits of moving to IP are many, including advanced compression/decompression techniques that reduce the need for storage capacity, the ability to view the location under surveillance from any point on the network, and more. This session will serve as an introduction to the world of security/surveillance over IP. If you’re looking to deploy this type of solution, this is truly a can’t-miss session.

Presented by:

Arjun Roychowdhury
Director, IMS & Broadband Applications
Hughes Systique Corporation (HSC)

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Measure Twice, Cut Once: Predeployment Testing
(SP-12)

Thursday - 01/26/06, 1:30-2:15pm

In today’s new world of enhanced applications and services, costs savings, and productivity increases. All these are prompting network operators to converge voice, data, and video applications onto common IP-based networks. However, all these benefits could disappear without comprehensive predeployment testing of equipment, network configurations, and the impact of multiple services on the performance of one another. This caution may be applied especially to VoIP. Thanks to user expectations built up over decades, the ultimate test of voice services lies with delivering five-9’s availability and toll grade performance the first time and every time. This presentation will explore the benefits of converged network predeployment testing, including optimizing network performance, maintaining security, driving cost efficiency and increasing productivity and profits.

Presented by:

Joe Mangiocavallo
VoIP Line Manager
RADCOM
Jack Douglass
Director of Product Marketing
Spirent Communications

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Quality Of Service State of the Market
(SP-13)

Thursday - 01/26/06, 2:30-4:15pm

Once upon a time, VoIP subscribers did not expect PSTN-like QoS. Today, QoS has moved to the forefront due to changes in the legacy interconnect model-the dramatic growth in international VoIP, the transition of incumbents to IP, and the appearance of new players offering IP services. In addition, more Tier 1 carriers are using IP to transport voice traffic between destinations. This presentation will examine the factors that affect VoIP QoS, such as latency of VoIP, bandwidth, network reliability, and jitter. Thes session will also attempt to answer these questions: How will carriers ensure voice quality will meet or exceed customer expectations? How is voice quality measured? What are the equipment manufacturers doing to improve voice quality?

Presented by:

Frank Paterno
Vice President of Marketing
Intelliverse
Alex Henthorn-Iwane
Senior Director of Marketing
Packet Design, Inc.
Natan Tiefenbrun
Chief Operating Officer
Xconnect
Scott Snyder (Moderator)
Chief Executive Officer and President
Decision Strategies International
Steve McGeown
Senior Director, Product Management
Sandvine, Inc.
Rhonda Ascierto (Moderator)
Senior Analyst
Datamonitor plc

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Session Border Control Shootout
(SP-14)

Friday - 01/27/06, 8:30-9:15am

Increased adoption of VoIP technology by carriers, and its integration within different segments of the telco business, has seen the emergence of VoIP islands globally. Service providers must interconnect their networks with partner networks for exchange of voice traffic. Session/border controllers are designed to allow VoIP carriers to inter-connect carrier, enterprise, and residential networks at the IP layer. These network elements are key to NAT and firewall traversal, along with resolving interoperability, interworking and security requirements critical for large-scale deployments of VoIP. This panel discussion will feature the industry’s experts discussing the current state of session border control.

Presented by:

Greg Galitzine (Moderator)
Editorial Director of TMC's IP Communications Brand
TMC
Chalas Aras
VP of Marketing
Ditech Communications
Nathan Franzmeier
President
Stratus Technologies
Stephen Ross
JD, Telecommunications Consultant
Bremer Law
Mark Neider
Director of Product Marketing
Netrake
Ed Luff
Manager of Business Development in the Americas
Newport Networks
Sridhar Ramachandran
CTO & Founder
NexTone Communications

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VoIP Service Differentiators & Profit Makers (Don’t be a Me-too)
(SP-15)

Friday - 01/27/06, 12:15-1:00pm

What are the ideas, strategies and product offerings that will set your VoIP product offering apart from the hundreds of other VoIP providers all competing for the same customer? What can you do to set your company apart from others, so that you aren’t just another “me-too”? And, what can you do to make a profit at the same time? In this fast-paced session, Gregory Giagnocavo of Telefinity.com and Dash911.com draws on his 14 years of experience with ISP, website development, publishing and VoIP to share some ideas and motivate you to success.

Presented by:

Kevin Breault
VP Business Development
Dash Carrier Services

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Video Quality Monitoring
(SP-16)

Friday - 01/27/06, 1:15-2:00pm

As content providers and network operators continue to migrate more of their live programming to IP networks, they have expressed a need for more visibility into how their networks are performing. IP video monitoring applications are increasingly being called upon to detect problems with the video streams during transport over packet-based networks. Errors such as IP network jitter, packet loss, excessive latency, out-of-order packets and other visible disruptions can impair the performance of the video and adversely affect the user experience. The presentation will cover some of the strategies that network operators need to consider to isolate and correct those problems quickly.

Presented by:

Joe Mangiocavallo
VoIP Line Manager
RADCOM
Jack Douglass
Director of Product Marketing
Spirent Communications
Steve Rago (Moderator)
Principal Analyst
iSuppli
Tom Flanagan
Director, Technical Strategy Digital Signal Processing Systems
Texas Instruments

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Number Portability for a Growing VoIP World
(SP-17)

Friday - 01/27/06, 2:15-3:00pm

Effective number portability for VoIP is a critical precursor to more widespread VoIP adoption, and if done correctly, it will enable VoIP carriers to generate revenues more quickly. But, in order to bring about the promised benefits, the porting of numbers to VoIP carriers’ networks must be simplified. This presentation will explore the current challenges of number porting for VoIP, and discuss recent market developments that are promising to smooth out this process, thus collapsing the time needed to convert a customer’s status from “new” to “billable.” Attendees will learn the unique characteristics of VoIP number porting as well as new market advances that help to bridge the gap between the traditional landline and IP worlds.

Presented by:

Tom Moresco
Director, Telecom Global Services
Telcordia

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