• CarrierCarrier
  • PanelPanel
  • VOIP CarrierVOIP Carrier
  • Cable OperatorCable Operator
  • Chair: Ronald Gruia, Program Leader, Principal Analyst, Emerging Telecoms, Frost & Sullivan, Canada

  • 09.00

    • Conference Welcome and Speed Networking

  • Topic

    • ROLE AND PERSPECTIVES OF CABLE WORLD PLAYERS

  • 09.15

    • The Business Case for IMS in the Cable World: What is Their Vision?

  • Mark Kaish, PVice President of Voice Development and Support, Cox Communications, USA

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    • What is the cable player vision for IMS and to what extent is this compatible with the operator vision?
    • How important is IMS as part of the cable’s industry technology roadmap?
    • How can cable players manage the transition to new services such as presence, instant messaging, video and mobility?
    • What role will cable operators play in the future converged value chain?
  • 09.40

    • Embracing Third Party Application Partners as a Source of Innovative Services and New Revenue

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    • Communications service providers need to supplement their internal development of voice and data services by embracing third party application developers of different company sizes and backgrounds
    • Many Internet giants rely heavily on the growth of a vast ecosystem of third party application innovation
    • How can we pragmatically enbrace third party innovation while preserving my revenue relationship with end customers?
    • An overview of best practices from Tier 1 Communications Service Providers on embracing third party application partners
  • 10.05

    • Interactive Circuit

    Introduction: Alan Quayle, Founder, Alan Quayle Business & Service Development, USA

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    • A 60 minute discussion on the role of IMS and SDP to enable innovation in service creation and delivery. Contributors will also look at innovative ways to build a product strategy and at how IMS and SDP can help. All delegates and speakers are encouraged to speak up.

    SDP and IMS: What Type of Services Are Most Likely Benefit for Each Technology? Are SDP/IMS Alternative or Complimentary?

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    • What types of services are more likely to benefit from SDP and what services are more likely to benefit from IMS?
    • What can carriers do with IMS/SDP that they cannot do without?
    • What type of implementations have we seen in the US?
    • Should IMS and SDP simply co-exist or should they be integrated?

    What Technology Strategy Should Be Built Around our Product Strategy?

    Chris Joul, Principal Engineer, T-Mobile, USA
    Simon Persoff, Director Regulatory Affairs, Orange Home, UK
    Vikram Karmarkar, VP of Techhnology Strategy and Alliances, Ecrio, USA
    Sean O’Sullivan, CTO, Dial2Do, Ireland
    Sebastian Kramer, CEO, Quative-Kudelski Group, Germany
    Lucia Gradinariu, Senior Advisor, Industry Programs, TeleManagement Forum, USA

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    • How can we use the whole IMS architecture to develop a whole portfolio of services?
    • Do carriers use IMS to its full capabilities?
    • Some North American carriers are outsourcing services are outside their domain? Shall we let innovation happen outside?
  • 11.05

    • Networking & Refreshments

  • 11.50

    • Presenting WIMS 2.0: Seeking Convergence BetweenWeb 2.0 and the Telecom New Generation Services based on IMS

    Luis Angel Galindo, Senior Manager, Strategy & Innovation, Mobile Services, Telefonica, Spain

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    • Creating innovative, appealing services and applications: Interactivity, ubiquity, social-orientation, user participation and content-generation
    • How IMS will enhance WIMS 2.0 services features with a collection of capabilities: Multimedia telephony, media sharing, push-to-talk, presence and context, online address book, etc
    • Enabling service providers to offer telco capabilities to theWeb 2.0 environment
    • Enabling service providers to enrich their service portfolio using Web 2.0 services and technologies
  • Topic

    • ALIGNING STANDARDS ANDWORKING TOWARDS FULL IMS INTEROPERABILITY

  • 12.15

    • Service Delivery Frameworks and their Role in the Rapid Assembly and Commercialization of New Services

    Lucia Gradinariu, Senior Advisor, Industry Programs, TeleManagement Forum, USA

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    • The role of TMF’s Service Delivery Framework in managing IP based services, regardless the software or network technologies
    • The relationship between SDP, IMS and OSS/BSS explained through TMF’s SDF Reference Model
    • A practical example of using Service Delivery Frameworks to create and manage software services supply chains
  • 12.45

    • Networking Lunch

  • 14.00

    • ASSOCIATION FOCUS: IMS Forum - Addressing Operator and Inter Vnedor Interoperability from the Core to the Service Layer

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    • Interoperability challenges for IMS architectures and NGN services over wireless, wireline and cable broadband
    • Looking at the service provider view on end to end applications and services deployment
    • Assessing IMS application framworks targeted at IMS service delivery platforms
    • The importance of fostering open third-party application development for the creation of innovative applications regardless of underlying network technology
  • Topic

    • EXAMINING IMS AND SDP CARRIER SPECIFIC CHALLENGES

  • 14.45

    • Case study: Guiding the Transition from Legacy to IMS: Network and Business Challenges

    Bjorn Hjelm, Consultant,Brymas Hjelm & Associates, Former Senior Engineer, Advanced Technology, Network Planning,Alltel, USA

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    • What is the best way to migrate to the IMS network? Is there one best way?
    • The challenge of operating large networks and guaranteeing scale: how much of a problem is size for carriers when considering IMS?
    • Discussing bandwidth management and network capability at the access level:How does this impact IMS and SDP?
  • 15.10

    • Making COnvergence Worthwhile: The European Experience

    Christoper Dulya, International Business Manager, Atos Origin NGIN, Spain

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    • Understanding hybrid networks
    • BSS/OSS integration: Best Practices
    • Developing a powerful portfolio of services
    • Reviewing successful experiences
  • 15.35

    • Agility is the Key Factor of Success. Is IMS plus SDP the Right Combination?

    Chua Hui, Principal Research Professional, Chief Technology Officem, BT Group, Malaysia

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    • ‘All IP' is reshaping the industry: Looking at the new value chain
    • Is it possible to build a unified core control and unified service management: How can we achieve this?
    • Is an integrated SDP the way to fulfil agility and how should the SDP be Integrated?
  • 16.00

    • Networking and Refreshment Break

  • 16.30

    • Examining US-Carrier Specific IMS Deployment Challenges: Overcoming Lack of Ubiquitous 3G Coverage, Geography and Network Diversity

    Chris Joul, Principal Engineer, T-Mobile, USA

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    • What factors have encouraged European carriers to take a more aggressive approach to investment in IMS to date?
    • What challenges does network diversity present? What to do with IMS at the border of a 3G footprint?
    • To what extent does the number of regional US carriers make roaming with IMS impossible to accomplish?
  • Topic

    • REGULATION AND NET NEUTRALITY

  • 16.55

    • Net Neutrality: What does It Mean For IMS? How Big of a Concern is in the North American Market?

    Simon Persoff, Director Regulatory Affairs, Orange Home, UK

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    • Minimising the cost of compliance with net neutrality regulation
    • What concessions to net neutrality have already been made in early IMS deployments?
    • To what extent could net neutrality have an adverse effect on a carrier's competitive edge?
    • Does net neutrality regulation provide an unfair advantage to smaller service providers?
  • 17.20

    • Close of Day Two