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Chris Bilton |
The Broadband World Forum in Hong Kong is one of the key industry events of the year. The panel discussion on "Carrier Progress Toward the Converged Network" is a particularly interesting session. It will discuss progress to date from a selection of leading network operators from around the world on the deployment of NGNs, how they are meeting the challenges of meeting customer requirements in an increasingly mobile and service oriented world, the architecture and key technologies that underpin some of todays leading NGNs, and some of the key challenges and issues around NGN deployment based on their experiences at the leading edge of NGN deployment.
Attendees at this session should gain a good understanding of the common and specific challenges that network operators face from different regions around the world, how these have driven their approaches to NGN deployment, updates on their progress in deploying NGNs, and how they are working with Regulators, partners and customers to maximise the benefits of NGN deployment.
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Thami Msimango |
Broadband technology is a key economic enabler for both developing and developed nations. It is particularly imperative for the developing world to sensitize their communities to the vistas that broadband technology opens for them and how it can enhance the lives of even ordinary people. It is within this framework that my address will focus on "a global view of how broadband is deployed in both the developing and developed worlds."
Antonio Schuh
Director, Planning and Development
Telefonica Internacional
Q: What do you feel attendees can gain from your session at BBWF Asia 2006?
A: The Broadband World Forum is the premier wireline operator-focused event. As in the previous event in Madrid last has once again demonstrated, quality of presentations, discussions and networking is well above typical industry conferences.
Q: Please share a brief overview of your presentation.
A: Telefónica will be sharing our insight on the benefits of an hybrid approach to TV. We feel that while IPTV is an amazing product that brings terrific benefits to customer's life, technical requirements and economics may hinder deployment in the near term. After analysing our markets and other operators' experiences, we developed an approach combining IPTV and DTH. This, together with geomarketing and customer segmentation, should enable us to access a broader base of customers and adapt to specific segment needs while keeping critical time-to-market and ROI constraints. In our presentation, we will discuss the main ideas behind this approach and present initial findings from our joint launch of audiovisual services.
Q: Any other general comments you would like to share with the industry and attendees?
A: This is a great moment for the broadband industry: a host of new technologies are becoming economically viable, and customers are increasingly more sophisticated and interested
Liang-Tai (Peter) Wu
Executive Vice President
PCCW
Q: What do you feel attendees can gain from your session at BBWF Asia 2006?
A: The session that I am participating is called "Mobile Broadband Services." The central theme of the session is to identify "killer apps" suitable for the emerging wireless broadband technologies such as WiMax, HSDPA, EV-DO or 4G.
Q: Please share a brief overview of your presentation.
A: Triple play has now become the growth engine for consumer broadband that allows consumers the flexibility of easy access to VoIP, Internet and IPTV services through the same fixed broadband line. In order to extend those broadband experiences to mobile broadband services, we need to re-shape triple play services to accommodate the limited keyboard and small display nature of a mobile device. We would like to show that push email, remote monitoring and mobile TV could become the basis for mobile triple play.
Q: Any other general comments you would like to share with the industry and attendees?
A: Fixed and mobile convergence (FMC) is becoming the main driving force behind many recent telecom M&As and business transformations. Although most of the FMC initiatives now are focusing on voice and Internet applications in terms of seamless roaming, the attempt to provide IPTV services across fixed and mobile broadband will unify the future of fixed, mobile and content businesses. Accordingly, emerging broadband wireless technologies such as WiMax must find ways to accommodate triple play and decide whether to expand its capability to allow IPTV or to co-exist with other mobile TV technologies such as DVB-H.
