Internet-centric service providers such as iTunes, Google, and AOL depend on more bandwidth and functionality being generally available to justify investments in next-generation services. At the same time, network-centric service providers such as incumbent local-exchange carriers, competitive local-exchange carriers, and cable television operators, depend on revenues from additional services to justify investments in more bandwidth and functionality.

Will Internet-centric service providers continue to keep network owners at arm's length and out of their revenue streams? Will network-centric service providers seek to rein in subscriber access to Internet-centric services in favor of their own services? Can this conflict of interest leave either side a winner?

Taking a cue from mobile, a number of service providers have begun exploring business models where the role of network owner and service provider are kept separate, but incentives are aligned through revenue sharing.

The session will provide an overview of the panelists' views on the commercial and technical opportunities and challenges associated with executing on such a model.

Martin Thunman Chief Executive Officer PacketFront

Mr. Thunman has led PacketFront from the start to become one of the leading companies in fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and technologies for TV over broadband, with presence in Europe, North America, Japan, and South Korea. Before co-founding PacketFront, he spent five years with Cisco Systems. At Cisco, Mr. Thunman led the sales team to close a $425 million USD deal with the pioneering FTTH operator B2 in Europe, the largest single deal in Cisco Europe's history to date. Mr. Thunman was also a global account manager at Cisco, responsible for Ericsson worldwide. In this position, he led a sales team of twenty-five people that, within eighteen months, closed the largest enterprise campus network in the world. Before working at Cisco, he was the country product manager for EF education in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with the responsibility to build a new sales operation.

Ingvar Gardarsson Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Magnet/CVC

Prior to joining Magnet/CVC, Mr. Gardarsson was chief executive officer of Icelandic telecommunication operator Halló Frjáls Fjarskipti. He also served for five years as a member of the Control Committee of the Nordic Investment Bank, one of these as committee chairman. Mr. Gardarsson is a state authorized public accountant and holds an advanced business degree from the University of Iceland. Mr. Gardarsson also serves as the president of the Board of the National Archives of Iceland.

Richard Griffiths Director of Technology, Strategy & Development BT Retail/BT Vision

Mr. Griffiths has more than 15 years in the broadcasting and new media industries, helping launch four cable television channels and two Internet start-ups, including the pioneering streaming company that delivered Madonna's concert in London to a global audience before anyone else knew how to make money from IP-delivered video. More recently at BT, he has launched the BT Vision Download Store-the PC-based movie download and rental service-and the IPTV platform BT Vision that is due later this year.

Robert Kjellberg Managing Director Malarenergi Stadsnat

Mr. Kjellberg is managing director of Malarenergi Stadsnat AB, one of the pioneers in open urban networks in Sweden. He was appointed "Urban Network Entrepreneur of the Year 2003" by the Swedish Urban Network Association and "Marketeer of the year 2003" in the region. He has an M.Sc. in industrial engineering and an M.B.A. from Warwick Business School in England. He is the first managing director of Malarenergi Stadsnat AB and has been there since the start of the company in 2000. Before that, he held managerial positions within ABB. The most recent job was at ABB Management Consultants. He also is a lecturer and teacher in strategy, sales, and marketing and organizational behavior.

Daniel Sjöberg Business Strategy Director Telia International Carrier

In June 1996, Mr. Sjöberg joined Telia AB's Internet group, where he developed the strategies for International expansion, business development, new ventures, and strategic alliances. In September 1998, Mr. Sjöberg started working as director of IP product development for Telia North America. Moving back to Sweden 2002, he became head of the technology office responsible for TeliaSonera International Carriers' long-term network strategy. He has been in his current role since 2005.

Herman Weerman Senior Business Development Manager Essent

Mr. Weerman is responsible for the next-generation Ethernet to the Home project, providing 100 Mbps using existing cable-TV (coax) infrastructure. He has an M.Sc. in telecommunications and has worked in telecommunications since 1986 for the KEMA (protocol certification)-the telecom department of the Dutch Railways-UPC, and Essent Kabelcom. He started the first broadband-Internet-over-coax service in the Netherlands as early as in 1997 at UPC and received the Telecom Innovation Award for new services over cable-TV networks.