In this session we will focus on how both the network and the home have evolved to make this multiservice offering work. How have the services on offer evolved? What role does the residential gateway play in enabling these new services? And which technologies enable the digital home?

The evolution of the digital home will be discussed both from an equipment-vendor perspective and that of operators. The panel will also include valuable insights into the service offering and digital home evolution from leading operators Telefonica and TeliaSonera.

Jo Goubert General Manager Program Management IP Premises Systems Thomson

Mr. Goubert is currently responsible for all product and customer programs. He has a large expertise in access and network technologies. He started his career with Alcatel in 1984. There, he first filled positions in ASIC design and system engineering of broadband access systems to become head of the Design Center. Mr. Goubert became general manager of Product Management for the Business Products of the DSL modem range. After the transition of the DSL business from Alcatel to Thomson, he kept on in the same track, extending his responsibilities to general manager of product strategy and business development. He graduated in the 1980s as a civil engineer and has a master's in economics.

Rubens Bastos Access Networks Manager Telefonica

Mr. Bastos started his career at Telefonica in 2000 and in 2001 became the manager of access technology. Mr. Bastos was responsible for the development of the Speedy Service and its variations, such as Condominium Speedy. In 2004, he moved to the regional division, becoming responsible for the issues related to Latin America's landline access. Currently he is the Telefonica Latin America representative in the company's world forums — TPDC (Telefonica Product Design Council) and TDDC (Telefonica Device Design Council). Mr. Bastos is also a member of Telefonica's Infrastructure Committee for Digital Home issues. He graduated in engineering at Escola Federal de Engenharia de Itajubá in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Nils Magnusson Chief Architect, Digital Home, Research and Development TeliaSonera

Mr. Magnuson is the head architect for TeliaSonera's new Smart Broadband initiative. Smart broadband can best be defined as broadband services and home networking working across all devices in the home, just plug it in and it works. He had earlier been a part of Telia Research, where he was responsible for developing concepts around the digital home and access networks. The Smart Broadband initiative involves bringing many of the concepts developed in this earlier work to the market.