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The Business of Telecommunications
The Panels’ Perspective: SUPERCOMM 2005
by Bob Wallace
The industry’s best and brightest minds convened for four panel sessions to discuss topics of revenue relevance such as Dry Matrini/Pseudowires, VOIP, IMS and Telco TV at the recent SUPERCOMM 2005 conference in Chicago.
The four energizing and compelling events as well as the 10 Coolest Companies of 2005 awards breakfast, were created and produced by Telecommunications magazine, and sponsored by a long list of major infrastructure vendors.
The business-focused panels comprised executives from service provider, equipment and software industry segments and were hosted by experts from Infonetics Research, J Arnold & Associates, Vesbridge Partners and Broadbandtrends.com.
The no-holds-barred interactive discussions, coupled with questions and observations from session attendees, made for informative and lively coverage of topics representing some of the largest current and future business opportunities for the telecom industry.
SESSIONS:
Dry Martini & Pseudowires: Every Access over Any Core
Moderator: Michael Howard, Principal Analyst, Infonetics Research
Panelists:
Michael Duckett, Senior Director, Packet Switching, BellSouth
Enrique Hernandez-Valencia, CTO, Multimedia Network Solutions, Lucent
Clayton Lockhart, Vice President, Global Network Planning and Development, AT&T
Doug Saylor, Senior Vice-President, Planning and Development, Fujitsu
Pete Savage, CEO, Hammerhead Systems.
Service over IP: VoIP and Beyond
Moderator: Jon Arnold, Principal, J Arnold & Associates
Panelists:
Eve Aretakis, President, Network Convergence, Siemens
Michael O’Hara, General Manager, Service Provider Business Unit, Microsoft
Stephen McClelland, Editorial Director, Telecommunications International
Eric Shepcaro, Vice President, Business Strategy and Development, AT&T
So Happy Together: Voice & Data Converge Via IMS
Moderator: Danny Klein, Analyst, Vesbridge Partners
Panelists:
Sandip Mukerjee, Vice President, Applications Solution Strategy and Business Development, Lucent
David Michaud, Senior Vice-President, Business Development and Marketing, NexTone
Bill Smith, CTO, BellSouth
Alan Stoddard, General Manager, Converged Multimedia Solutions, Nortel
Roger Ward, President, Multiservice Forum, Head of Future Switched Network Strategy, BT Exact
Telco TV: Can Carriers Really Fill the Video Vacuum?
Moderator: Teresa Mastrangelo, Principal Analyst, broadbandtrends.com
Panelists:
Jeff Weber, Vice President, Product & Strategy, SBC Communications
Paul Mitchell, Senior Director, Chief of Staff, Microsoft TV Division
Eddie Drake, President, Myrio, a Siemens Company
10 Coolest Companies of 2005 Award Breakfast
Rod Randall, Sr. Managing Director for venture capital giant Vesbridge Partners of Westboro, MA, delivered the keynote speech tat this annual Telecommunications event, the winners of which are showcased in the publication’s June issue an online at www.telecommagazine.com.
Randall, a veteran of such networking and communications industry powers as Bell Laboratories, Lucent, Madge Networks and Teleos, advised the winners and other attendees on how to harness the business of telecommunications for sustained, long-term success.
Having survived numerous telecom ups and downs since the mid-1980s, Randall stressed vendors shift their thinking when competing against large incumbent equipment vendors away from bigger, faster, better to “finding a secret sauce.”
The awards were presented at the close of Randall’s motivational and animated presentation.
Accepting for Arsenal Digital was CEO Frank Brick
Accepting for Mintera was CEO Terry Unter
Accepting for Pannaway Technologies was Marketing Director Dale Allaire
Accepting for Vanu was VP of Marketing & Sales, John Winn
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