Fast Internet is far from being enough for today's end users. Cable operators already offer advanced services such as HDTV and VoD, turning the residential market to a very competitive arena for the telecom service providers. Telcos intending to shift their revenues from broadband connectivity into advanced services should be able to deliver and manage new content into and throughout the home environment while meeting strict quality of service (QoS) and service level agreements (SLAs).

The ability to deliver and manage several types of advanced content to multiple endpoints within the home positions the home gateway (also known as residential gateway) as a key platform for service providers who wish to offer advanced services and home networking solutions to their customer base.

This session will review the market and technology trends in Home Gateways for managed services and will focus on the major challenges that need to be addressed in order to achieve an enjoyable user experience. Among the issues to be addressed:

• Is Home Networking part of the telcos service offering?
• How do Home Gateways address QoS requirements for the various services?
• The HG as a necessary platform for obtaining QoS at Home while enabling configuration and management of services.
• Application processing - Centralized versus distributed architectures

Barry Volinskey
Associate Vice President, Marketing, Broadband Home Products
Metalink

Mr. Volinskey joined Metalink in September 2004. From 1999 to 2004, Mr. Volinskey served as vice president of business development at RFWaves, a company focused on low cost radio ICs for consumer electronics. From 1993 to 1999, he served as an officer in the Israeli Defense Forces, where he managed a wide range of high-technology projects in computing and telecommunications.

Nobuo Fujii, Executive Manager, NTT Corporation, joined the company in 1979. From 1979 to 1995, he worked on network and service management technologies in NTT laboratories. In 1995, he joined the Multimedia Business Development department, where he planned a business offering of multipoint videoconferencing services. The plan led to the creation of a new service-providing company, and Mr. Fujii was put in charge of its operations. He rejoined NTT laboratories in 1998 and has been leading home network services and high-speed metropolitan-area network projects.

Tomohiro Ishihara, Research Fellow, Network Systems Laboratories, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., has been engaged in the research and development of high-speed optical transmission systems, broadband optical access systems, and Ethernet-based transport systems at Fujitsu Laboratories since 1985. He is currently leading technical research on IP-based broadband access systems, including home gateways.

Simon Tong, Director of Sales, Greater China, 2Wire, Inc., is helping telecom service providers to create new services and applications through the deployment of next-generation CPE and technologies such as VDSL, ADSL gateways, remotely managed CPE, and IPTV applications. Mr. Tong's broad experience in the Asian and global telecom markets gives him unique insight into the challenges faced by Asia's telecom businesses and opportunities for profitable partnerships with North American and European vendors. His experience ranges from core networks to CPE, professional services, and joint venture arrangement.