Computers have long been the typical end-user device for broadband applications such as web browsing and email. But we are now witnessing a movement towards multimedia applications and services. But what about access, above and beyond computers, to content such as music, video, VoIP and podcasts?

This session will encompass the views of service providers and device manufacturers. It will provide an outlook on concepts for new and exciting communication and entertainment applications. It will also describe how new types of residential equipment may fuel demand for services and how service providers may benefit.

Topics to be addressed in this session include trends in service providers' video offerings and their impact on video receivers SoC design (System-on-Chip), High Definition VoIP Services enabled by upcoming DECT CAT-iq, lowered inhouse connectivity barriers with new wireless technologies (802.11n Draft), subsciption-based music streaming services' implications for DRM, personalized internet radio, easy access to local content (e.g. photos, music, videos), device form factors, the role of the Residential Gateway, and strategies to manage devices.

Gerd Thiedemann Director Product Management AVM

Dr. Gerd Thiedemann is Director Product Management at AVM. His work includes AVM's development of core technologies to support open, standards-based data, voice and media delivery over xDSL access networks. He is responsible for AVM's home gateway portfolio, VoIP and video end-user products. In his twelve years of professional work he has covered all consumer-centric digital telecommunication technologies, including VDSL2, ADSL2+ , Voice and Video over IP, Wireless LAN, Bluetooth, ISDN and GSM/GPRS. Dr. Thiedemann's scientific work encompasses laser physics and quantum optics.

Klaus Milczewsky Senior Manager, Product and Innovations Deutsche Telekom AG

Mr. Milczewsky is a real veteran in developing communication services. His first job at former Deutsche Bundespost was the certification of TV terminals for Bildschirmtext, the first interactive videotext system in Germany. Mr. Milczewsky joined Deutsche Telekom's Internet service provider spin-off T-Online International AG as one of the first 100 employees. As head of innovation management in the technology management section of the Product House, he is now in charge of a team assessing new and upcoming technologies and the development of new products and service concepts.

Michael Neuhäuser Chairman The DECT Forum

Dr. Neuhäuser is responsible for the Digital Cordless business segment of Infineon in the business group Communication Solutions. He started his career with Siemens Semiconductor in Austria as a development engineer for mixed-signal telecom devices. After this he built up the successful German design house MICRAM Microelectronic for RF semiconductors as head of development. In 1999 Dr. Neuhäuser joined Infineon Technologies. He has held positions as director of Development Management and director of the Voice over Packet Program of the Access business unit in Munich and as development manager of the Optical Transceiver and Transponder Communication of the Fiber Optic business unit in Berlin.

Adrian Pote General Manager, Consumer Products BT

Mr. Pote is responsible for home gateways and broadband devices in BT's Retail division. Prior to his current role leading the development and deployment of the BT's home and business hubs, he managed the data equipment portfolio in BT's consumer products business. Mr. Pote's early career was spent in BT's R&D organization, where he worked on a variety of radio technologies, including DECT and WLAN. He is a chartered engineer and member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology.

Jan Schöllhammer Product Manager AVM

After having studied electrical engineering at the Berlin Institute of Technology, Mr. Schöllhammer started his product management career at AVM in 2002. Being responsible for AVM's media devices, he has in-depth knowledge of media-related home networking technologies as well as detailed insight into the current home networking market.