Telecom Briefing Objective
The number of Worldwide Ethernet ports is expected to reach 756,000 in 2003 and will grow 337% to 3.3 million by 2006 according to a recent study by Infonetics Research. This briefing will explore the market dynamics for implementation of Metro Ethernet both in the U.S. and globally, and opportunities that this may provide for equipment manufacturers.
Shuang Deng, founder of Bering Technologies, and an industry expert will be the Briefing Chairman.
Questions to be explored include:
- What role are standards playing in the implementation of Metro Ethernet?
- Who are the major players worldwide?
- What countries are doing what?
- What are the U.S. carriers doing?
- What can be learned from foreign implementations?
- What are VCs saying about the market?
The market segments to be represented include:
- T1 Service Providers
- International
- System Companies
- Components
- Venture Capital
- Consultants
- Storage Networks
- Ethernet Start-ups
- Asia Pacific
- Ethernet over SONET
The technological areas to be addressed include:
- Latest developments (GFP)
- New services/Ethernet over Wi-Fi for public access
- Ethernet over fiber
- Etherent over copper
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Time
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Program
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8:00am - 9:00am
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Registration
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| 9:00am - 9:15am |
Opening Remarks: Making Ethernet Reality - Deployment Issues and Challenges
Briefing Chair: Dr. Shuang Deng, Founder and President
Bering Technologies, Inc. |
| 9:15am - 9:45am |
Ethernet Deployment Lessons at SBC
Paul Bedell, Director of Gig-MAN Product Management
SBC |
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9:45am - 10:15am
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Nortel's View of Metro Ethernet Market
Marc Bernstein, Director, Optical Ethernet Solutions Marketing
Nortel Networks |
| 10:15am - 10:45am |
Networking Break
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| 10:45am - 11:15pm |
Deployment Challenges of Ethernet over Copper
Dr. Dale Veeneman, Principal Technologist
Verizon |
| 11:15pm - 11:45pm |
Technologies for Delivering Ethernet over Multiple Loop Pairs
Donald B. Skipwith, VP Business Development
Symmetricom Broadband Network Division |
| 11:45pm - 12:15pm |
Back to Future: World’s First Deployment of Ethernet Over ADSL
Alan Bugos, Vice President of Engineering
iBasis |
| 12:15pm - 1:15pm |
Networking Lunch |
| 1:15pm - 1:45pm |
Business Drivers of Delivering Ethernet Over Fiber to Premise
Michael Gamsby, Director - IP Product Management
Telco Systems |
| 1:45pm - 2:15pm |
Volume Deployment of Optical Ethernet: Issues and New Solutions
Zouheir Mansourati, CTO
Movaz Networks |
| 2:15pm - 2:45pm |
QoS for Multi-Access Over Ethernet
Guy Chenard, VP Marketing and Business Development
Integral Access, Inc. |
| 2:45pm - 3:15pm |
Deployment Challenges for Video over Ethernet
Karthik Ranjan, Director, IP Products
Irdeto Access |
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3:15pm
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Wrap-Up & Final Questions |
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