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Zhensheng Jia, assistant director at ZTE, introduces the technical advantages of 100G product especially on DSP and SD-FEC modules, a number of field deployments worldwide, and also the pioneered achievements on 400G and 1T research
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
Ralph Santitoro, director, Carrier Ethernet market development, Fujitsu, discusses the MEF Carrier Ethernet Study Guide and new announcements from Fujitsu, including the FLASHWAVE 9500 and NETSMART 1500 Software
Heavy Reading’s Sterling Perrin and Doug Junkins, CTO of NTT Communications, discuss the rapid rise of 100G transport and the drivers and requirements for a terabit transport future
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
Zeev Draer, VP of strategic marketing at MRV, discusses how convergence of layers and monetization of services drive networking for service providers and how real estate issues are creating the need for efficient optical and packet platforms
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
Toshal Dudhwala, product manager at Ixia, talks about the some of the initial OpenFlow/SDN applications in the networks, testing requirements and Ixia OpenFlow test solution
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
Overture CEO Mike Aquino discusses virtualization, cloud and SDN – and how it can accelerate service providers' ability to create, sell and activate services
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
tw telecom has one of the most secure, scalable and resilient business Ethernet networks in the country. Adam Saenger, senior director of portfolio management, shares how customers can flex their bandwidth with Dynamic Capacity
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
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
Glenn Calafati, vice president of product development at Sidera Networks, talks about the drivers for network investment, the move towards 1 Tbit/s, and the need for greater clarity on carrier-grade SDN
Donald MacNeil, CMO at XO Communications, discusses Carrier Ethernet 2.0, the timing of the operator's 100Gbit/s service launch and the potential for software-defined networking (SDN)
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
At Ethernet Expo, NTT America CTO Doug Junkins talks about his company's leap into software-defined networking (SDN) and explains why more standards are needed for SDN-based service management
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
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
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
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
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 Clearwire MVNO may be a plus-one data service now, but it'd like to replace more expensive mobile data plans at Tier 1s and eventually compete in the living room as well
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
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
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
François de Repentigny of Neuralitic Systems discusses the benefits of the SevenFlow solution and how it enables mobile data intelligence by structuring big data and making it available for different users within the mobile operator’s environment
Kelly Ahuja, SVP/GM Mobile Internet Technology Group at Cisco, discusses how both licensed and unlicensed small cell solutions are used to address capacity and coverage needs in carrier networks
Heavy Reading’s Berge Ayvazian on how small cells can get smart about connections and help carriers improve data speed and coverage in traffic-heavy networks
The emergence of Carrier Ethernet 2.0 and cloud computing has highlighted the importance of wholesale Ethernet, class of service and Ethernet service management to carriers around the world. Overture CEO Jeff Reedy shares his thoughts on these trends
The vendors have delivered packet-optical systems, and it's up to XO to do something good with them, CTO Randy Nicklas says. Meanwhile, he's also eyeing the potential of OpenFlow. From the Packet-Optical Transport Evolution conference
Given the disruptive potential of software-defined networking, what's going to happen to routers as we know them? Stuart Elby of Verizon gives us his theory
Less than one-fourth of cell towers in the US have fiber connections today, says Hunter Newby, CEO of Allied Fiber. Without fiber, 4G networks will be bandwidth starved
The mega trend of BYOD is putting individuals and employers at risk. According to Juniper’s new global survey, the answer lies with the experts: service providers and security vendors. Mobile users want a more secure mobile experience
Light Reading's Packet Optical Transport Evolution conference will see lots of discussion about the optical control plane as vendors prepare for far-off plans in cloud computing and software-defined networking
Genband executives Keith Landau and B.G. Kumar discuss new solutions to manage a range of communications, simplify networks and optimize end-user experience
2:15 PM Consumers' expectation of privacy may be misguided, but the wireless operators have a ways to go to convince us we can trust them with our data
9:30 AM We don't either, so we asked a selection of people on the CTIA show floor what they thought this obtuse acronym from Lemko Corp. might mean and how it should be pronounced. Deemoowinnee, anyone?
OpenFlow and software-defined networking were the talk of Interop. Light Reading sits down with Dan Pitt of the Open Networking Foundation to explore the reasons why
T-Metro 8000 provides industry’s first open architecture platform with best-in-class Carrier Ethernet/MPLS density, scalability and price performance for cloud, mobile backhaul and business services
FON chief operating officer Alex Puregger talks about the shared Wi-Fi network operator's progress, proposition, partnerships and business model and how the smartphone revolution gave it a lease of life and acceptance in the carrier community
What problem is software defined networking even trying to solve? David Ward, from Cisco's CTO office, tells the Open Networking Summit how service providers could approach that question
Lucas Skoczkowski, Redknee CEO; Nancee Ruzicka, Frost & Sullivan director, OSS/BSS Global Competitive Strategies; and Ko Chiba, iTSCOM’s IT director, discuss the development of new business models and back-office support system requirements
Amsterdam Internet Exchange CTO Henk Steenman says ISPs interconnecting in the Dutch capital are already signing up for 100 Gigabit Ethernet services but notes there are still limitations to the service outside the data center environment
RAD’s Ethernet Service Aggregation Platform works magic for Service Providers. New 3U device includes 1588 Grand Master and highest capacity-to-size ratio in the industry: supports 80 GbE, multiple 10 GbE and TDM pseudowire
Mike Tighe, the former Verizon executive who recently joined AboveNet as VP of marketing, says history suggests that a 100Gbit/s Ethernet connection will soon become the standard for business customers
Paolo Gambini, the VP of product management and development at Inteliquent (formerly Neutral Tandem and Tinet), explains the different ways in which Ethernet OA&M has changed for the better
At Ethernet Europe in Munich, Colt's head of Ethernet & IP Services, Henry Bohannon, talks about the 'new battleground' in Ethernet services and explains his company's 'Service Wrap' philosophy
At Ethernet Europe in Munich, Belgacom's director of WAN, Internet & Security Services explains the operator's approach to 'smart networking' and how that's helping it take cloud services to its full range of enterprise customers
At Ethernet Europe, Heavy Reading Senior Analyst Patrick Donegan talks about the challenges associated with small-cell backhaul, the evolution of wholesale mobile backhaul and the Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid Champions League semi-final soccer match
