FMC is one of the crucial strategic issues in the telecom industry. Giving users a choice of access to fixed and mobile voice, data, and multimedia services, depending on cost and convenience, can become a true market differentiator in a highly competitive and rapidly evolving market. FMC holds opportunities and threats for telecom and mobile carriers. By offering the convenience of cellular handsets with the advantages of fixed-line voice and high-speed data service, telecom carriers can reclaim migrated traffic and protect core revenue.

Mobile carriers, on the other hand, look for innovative ways to bring their vision of always-connected personal communications as a means to increase usage in a saturated market-in which adding new subscribers is no longer their main revenue growth engine. This panel will bring together industry experts from leading fixed-line and mobile carriers, communication systems, and chip-set manufacturers. The discussions will cover the issues of current and future trends in FMC, available technologies and business initiatives, and the following:

• Network transitions for going all-IP
• Increasing data-rates: HSxPA? DSL? Why not both?
• How to bring VoIP to every handset - and why
• The role of connectivity in FMC: Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and UWB
• New services: Going beyond voice
• The new carrier business model
• Standardization: On the way to seamless mobility

Matthias Sauer Head of System Engineering, Feature Phone Business Unit Infineon Technologies AG

Laurence Bryant Mobile Segment Manager, Europe ARM

Mr. Bryant is responsible for managing ARM's relationship in the mobile phone ecosystem and coordinating ARM's activities above and beyond the direct customer base of semiconductor partners. Prior to joining ARM, Mr. Bryant held sales and marketing positions in both the communication and consumer sectors at semiconductor vendors Infineon and Atmel.

Shani Shoham Director of Transport Solutions, Chief Strategy Office ECI Telecom

Mr. Shoham joined ECI in 2006, leading the company's strategy in areas such as metro Ethernet, mobile solutions, and NGN. Prior to joining ECI, he worked for Bezeq, the Israeli telecom, where he led the development of Bezeq's access network, including leading Bezeq's evolution toward NGN and IPTV. Mr. Shoham started his career at Cisco Systems, where he was responsible for the development of Cisco Israel 2-Tier channel. He has extensive technical knowledge in wireline and mobile access technologies (e.g., GSM, HSPA, DSL) as well as NGN, voice, metro Ethernet, and routing and switching protocols.

Corrado Derenale Software Engineer, GSG Italy Motorola

Mr. Derenale graduated from the Politecnico di Torino in computer engineering in 2000, where he likewise received a Ph.D. in computer and system engineering in 2004. He also obtained the professional engineer licensure in 2003. Mr. Derenale's main field of research is in computer network security with a focus on wireless technologies. He joined Motorola in April 2005.