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At the SDN Summit 2012, Li Sanqi, CTO of Huawei’s Carrier Network Business Group, and senior expert Dai Libin discuss what is driving the transformation toward SDN and present the company’s SDN ambitions and 'SoftCOM' corporate strategy for SDN
Ethernet Service Quality Visualization goes beyond SLA reports. It is an opportunity for communication service providers to make their services more valuable and provide a better customer experience by extending the transparency of their services
Ron Johnson, director of high-end routing and optical at Cisco, discusses some of the emerging trends in the marketplace. Ron addresses things that are driving the demand for Ethernet along with the challenges and advances to meet this demand
Mobile workers want access to cloud-based services and data, but supporting those workers creates potential new security breaches and a major challenge for enterprise, says BT Assure's Toby Weir-Jones
Sunrise describes the need for a robust and flexible IP RAN network to meet the ever growing demands of the telecoms consumer, highlighting its partnership with Huawei as a key strategy in the current and future development of the network
After 20 years of providing business services, Cox Business is still seeing double-digit growth rates, driven by SMB sales and sustained by a strong local presence, says SVP Phil Meeks
Kevin O'Toole of Comcast Business Services explains how the operator is beginning to use Ethernet-over-coax to complement a Metro Ethernet platform it's using to target mid-sized business customers
Heavy Reading's Alan Breznick says cable's haul of the business services market is set to eclipse $7B in 2012, but that still represents a small piece of the overall take
T-Marc 3312SC from Telco Systems brings Ethernet/MPLS mobile backhaul to
the cell site with best in class density size and price performance for
mobile operators and wholesale backhaul providers, learn more in this
interview at Ethernet Expo NYC
CoreSite COO Jarrett Appleby discusses CoreSite's focus in building data center campuses to support and scale cloud and private networking solutions as well as the company's work with the networking and cloud community to build a home for the cloud
Yacov Cazes, business development director at RAD, discusses how carriers can increase profitability using RAD's Carrier Ethernet ecosystem to lower TCO
Alcatel-Lucent is providing flexible, scalable, simplified solutions for the next generation of heterogeneous networks. From 100GB interfaces to 60GHz radios, Alcatel-Lucent is driving mobile backhaul innovation
David Wang, president of Huawei’s Wireless Network Business Unit, discusses the importance of providing operators with the best mobile broadband solutions for the best quality of service as the overall MBB market is projected to grow to $2 trillion
Weijun Lee, VP TV and cloud computing solutions at ZTE USA, shares what North American telcos can learn from overseas IPTV operators, how ZTE helps IPTV operators embrace new technologies and ZTE's trusted delivery model for cyber-security
Vitesse Semiconductor CTO Martin Nuss discusses the unique challenges for small cell deployments and the importance of nanosecond-accurate timing in 4G/LTE and LTE-Advanced networks
Adtran is working with customers to deliver new, innovative solutions for every ingress point in the network. These innovations are enabling service providers to accelerate change; quickly launching next-gen services. The only constant is change
IP Hong, head of Global Marketing, Samsung Telecommunication Systems Business, discusses the electronics powerhouse's advanced network solutions and business status
Ericsson North America CTO and Head of Strategy & Marketing Vish Nandlall discusses the cloud, its importance to operators moving forward and how it should be viewed as a new way to deliver services.
Chris Koopmans, VP and general manager of service provider platforms at Citrix, discusses the next-generation technologies and business models that are powering the mobile Internet industry
Comcast's Karen Schmidt explains how the company is targeting mid-sized businesses with Metro Ethernet and aiming even higher when the opportunity arises
As broadband service providers map out their cloud services strategies, there are several important decisions to be made along the way. CHR Solutions’ Marc Hayden offers his view on launching cloud services, and the opportunity cloud holds
Mike Schabel, VP of the Small Cells Division at Alcatel-Lucent, discusses how to deliver affordable mobile service to meet today's data service demands in public spaces with Metro Cells
Deluxe On Demand gives operators access to the largest studio-quality video catalog (+40,000-plus titles), pre-encoded in over 50 different formats for multiscreen delivery
8:15 AM All the effort service providers put into a simple, powerful network experience is wasted if the bills they send to consumers are confusing and full of unnecessary jargon and analytics
Cisco's Kelly Ahuja talks about a small cell future that enables multiple connectivity options and explains how the tiny radios could operate in situations such as Hurricane Sandy
At 4G World, Kris Rinne, senior VP of network technologies at AT&T Labs, explains how 3G and 4G small cells fit with a Wi-Fi enhanced HetNet architecture
7:30 AM Our salary report is making the rounds here at 4G World and carriers may need to fill very different types of jobs as more consumers start using LTE
Light Reading's Joe Braue talks with Rebecca Prudhomme, VP of marketing, Amdocs, about capitalizing on new business models in 4G. M2M, OTT and new vertical services – i.e. smart home and home health monitoring – are poised to play a key role in LTE
Operators are now thinking beyond the network to the business aspects of LTE. Light Reading's Joe Braue talks with Rebecca Prudhomme, VP of marketing at Amdocs, about how operators can monetize the 4G experience
As smartphone support calls rise, so do support cost and the need for highly trained agents. Light Reading's Joe Braue talks with Rebecca Prudhomme, Amdocs VP of marketing, about how operators can exceed customer care expectations in the 4G era
John Cioffi, CEO at ASSIA, talks about the deluge of interest in the vectoring capabilities that are enhancing VDSL broadband lines and puts himself in Luke Skywalker's shoes
Telstra's Mike Wright and Rami Rahim of Juniper Networks discuss the Australian carrier's decision to revamp its edge network using broadband network gateway (BNG) capabilities
Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin and Colt's Mirko Voltolini discuss opportunities and challenges for network operators in the cloud era as well as some of the key enabling technologies for adapting transport networks to cloud demands
BT Wholesale's Steve Best gives an update on the backhaul and HD voice services markets as mobile operators migrate to 4G, answers questions about dark fiber and wholesale IP voice and gives The Lord of the Rings a nod
At the Broadband World Forum, Telekom Austria CEO Hannes Ametsreiter discusses the European operator's multi-technology broadband strategy, the use of vectoring capabilities, startup investments, working with Carlos Slim and Scorsese's Taxi Driver
GSA sees a more connected life by utilizing mobile in industries and sectors. By 2020, GSA predicts operators will have an addressable market of $600B for connectivity services. Operators need industry models for the health-care industry
SoftMobile stands for 3 things: capabilities of networks, open platforms and smart care for customer networks. Huawei believes this is the enabler to achieve the new vision of MBB - more communications and content services.
MBB in Canada has helped telecom operators maintain competitiveness in the economy. MBB has allowed Canada’s energy industry to increase connectivity and productivity enabling Canada to continue to grow in the name of free trade
While voice over LTE (VoLTE) service launches are on target, according to Heavy Reading analyst Gabriel Brown, challenges remain for the next-generation mobile voice services
The Broadband World Forum show has opened with a welter of big-name announcements around SDN (software-defined networking), explains Heavy Reading Chief Analyst Graham Finnie
Will EE gain a commercial advantage in the U.K. market by launching 4G services ahead of its rivals? Not necessarily, reckons Heavy Reading Senior Analyst Gabriel Brown
11:00 AM Metaswitch CEO John Lazar and CTO Martin Taylor talk about the company's place in an evolving network and its future as a software-focused business
John Horn, president of M2M services firm Raco Wireless, says a merged T-Mobile and MetroPCS means increased 2G capacity, a broader customer reach and infinite connected device possibilities for M2M
A carrier payments vendor is helping take wireless operators from app stores to digital purchases to the physical world with mobile payments and analytics
10:45 AM Saar Gillai, the CTO of HP Networking, discusses the overall opportunity for software-defined networking and HP's perspective on this new way of thinking about networks
8:00 AM As Infonetics Research says small cell volumes won't be big enough to support the current crop of vendors, I've chosen some potential M&A candidates
With the first wave of policy server deployments almost complete, vendors and service providers need to rethink their strategies to take full advantage of policy capabilities, says Heavy Reading's Graham Finnie
Ahead of the Broadband World Forum show in Amsterdam, Heavy Reading Chief Analyst Graham Finnie talks about the potential of vectoring for DSL broadband service providers, the impact it may have on GPON and why his beer glass may be half empty in the Dutch capital
Embrane has built a company that creates virtual network services in the Layer 3 through Layer 7 part of the OSI stack. Why? Let Dante Malagrinň explain it all for you
7:00 AM With no iPhone 5 coming this week, MetroPCS relies on unlimited data plans and contract-free devices to promote its LTE network and to communicate its value to customers
Michael Shieh, CEO of vArmour Networks, discusses the importance of providing a unified view of software-defined networks and the emergence of software-defined security
TiVo's David Sandford outlines its whole-home DVR strategy and how a new IP video transcoding device will help cable operators stream their TV lineups to any IP-connected screen
Sanjeev Mervana, senior director, SP Marketing, Cisco, talks about mobile trends; the effects of LTE on the networks; strategies for small cells as they become crucial for addressing macro cell coverage challenges and capacity
NetScout VP of Marketing Steve Shalita discusses the challenges mobile operators face in maintaining quality of service as the use of broadband-enabled devices and network traffic increase across IP networks
A conversation with Motorola’s Bob Scheffler, Senior Director of Next Generation Video, on how media consumption habits are changing and its impact on future cable services
Alcatel-Lucent's Steve Dyck talks about the challenges and opportunities associated with small cell backhaul, and highlights strategies on how small cell backhaul costs can be minimized
AT&T is insisting on fiber for its cell towers, but for small cells, it's back to the drawing board and everything is under consideration including microwave, other radio technology and even bonded copper
Luc Ceuppens shares Juniper Networks Universal Access Solution Architecture highlighting automated provisioning for easy deployment to thousands of small cell sites, high precision timing and synchronization for real time media voice and video
Verizon's Brendan Gunn talks about the need for speed when deploying LTE backhaul and how small cells will be 'massive' for the 4G technology in the future
AT&T's Yiannis Argyropoulos says the carrier wants to deploy small cells but is looking for integrated solutions that address power, installation, security and cost issues
The industry is learning a lot about the evolved packet core (EPC) from initial LTE rollouts but there are still many challenges related to the delivery of advanced services across an all-IP network
thePlatform's CEO says pay-TV operators and programmers are scaling up their broadband-fed TV Everywhere services, but stresses that some challenges remain
Verizon thinks its smart CDN, device-specific transcoding, sticky apps and Flex View cloud offering are poised to do battle with whatever OTT players bring
Toledo Telephone COO Dale Merten explains why the company ditched its traditional cable TV service for an OTT video/broadband bundle, and how that decision has led to a much improved business model
Heavy Reading's Alan Breznick talks about the hurdles cable must cross to expand its TV Everywhere initiatives, and how multi-screen video intersects with the industry's broader IP video transformation
Time Warner Cable's James Manchester explains the challenges of taking video beyond the TV and to an array of connected devices, and how partners such as Alcatel-Lucent boost the quality and security of TWC’s TV Everywhere lineup
Regularly first to market, Hitron Technologies has delivered and demonstrated the industry’s first DOCSIS 24x8 CPE. The Puma6-MG based modem provides speeds up to 960Mbps downstream by 320Mbps upstream
Derrick Frost outlines the value proposition that Alcatel-Lucent brings to pay TV providers wanting to take video beyond the TV, touches on where the company is seeing traction in different markets around the world and what the future holds
