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   December 2008

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   July 2008

Transitioning Mobile Backhaul Networks to
True Carrier Ethernet

Thu, Jul 24

Presented by

FierceWireless

11:00 am San Francisco / 2:00 pm Boston / 7:00 pm London

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Speakers:

  • Michael Howard, Principal Analyst and Co-Founder, Infonetics Research
  • Taylor Salman, Solutions Marketing Director, Ciena
 
                             

It's no secret that mobile backhaul bandwidth is under pressure thanks to increasing capacity demands from high-speed data services. Many operators are migrating to carrier Ethernet because it helps them address these constraints while protecting legacy radio and network infrastructure.
Managing a network that is ATM, TDM and Ethernet isn't difficult, if you have the right tools. This Webinar will help service providers learn how to:
  • Manage transitioning a network that's part TDM, part ATM and part Ethernet
  • Leverage carrier Ethernet to drive costs lower rather than just buying more equipment for more bandwidth
  • Transition to true carrier Ethernet with carrier-class predictability, reliability, and manageability

   June 2008

Choosing IMS Components for Your Wireline and
Wireless Networks

Thu, Jun 12

Presented by

    

8:30 am San Francisco / 11:30 am Boston / 4:30 pm London

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Moderator: Stéphane Téral, Principal Analyst, VoIP, IMS & Mobile Infrastructure Panelists:

  • Claude Florin, Multimedia Marketing Manager, HP
  • Adam Stein, Vice President Marketing, Mu Dynamics
  • Dan Bantukul, Director, Product Marketing, Tekelec
 
                

Which IMS components are right for your wireline and wireless networks? 2007 marked the start of long-term large scale deployments of IMS components in wireline networks, made up mainly of HSS and CSCF components from single vendors. These limited deployments led to ‘IMS islands’, raising questions ranging from commercial availability and potential interoperability issues to whether a full-blown IMS architecture is even necessary. Meanwhile, wireless networks have yet to see significant IMS deployments, so picking IMS component winners and losers is harder still.

As service providers plan their IMS strategy, they need to know which IMS components to invest in, and which not to invest in. This webinar helps service providers evaluate key IMS components, specifically covering:
  • Drivers for deploying IMS components
  • A look at some real-world IMS deployments to date
  • IMS components deployed for specific applications, such as fixed line VoIP and video sharing
  • The overall impact of existing PSTN and PLMN architectures on IMS deployments
  • Key indispensable IMS components, in current and future deployments

   May 2008

TBD

 

   April 2008

Optical Transport is Going to POT

Thu, Apr 17

Presented by

    

8:30 am San Francisco / 11:30 am Boston / 4:30 pm London

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Moderator: Michael Howard, Principal Analyst, Optical, Routing & Metro Ethernet
Panelists:

  • Nick Cadwgan, Director of PLM, GridPoint Systems
  • Pathmal Gunawardana, IP Transport Group NAM Head of Business Development, Nokia Siemens Networks
 

                                                                

Service providers are investing in new packet optical transport (POT) capabilities to simplify and modernize their transport networks as they transition from SONET/SDH based networks toward an all packet IP/Ethernet network over the next 10 years. In a single chassis, Packet Optical Transport Systems (POTS) comprise the capabilities of WDM, ROADM, SONET/SDH, and carrier Ethernet switching, with growing requirements for OTN and COE (PBT/PBB-TE, T-MPLS). Service providers spent almost $750 million on POTS worldwide in 2007 and are forecast to spend $1.7 billion in 2010.

This webinar includes a live audience Q&A session, and covers:
  • Features, functions and capacities of state-of-the-art POTS equipment
  • Real world carrier deployments and lessons learned
  • Trade-offs between single vs. multiple switch matrices
  • Considerations for moving to POTS without SONET/SDH
  • POTS vs. separate Ethernet, SONET/SDH, and WDM/ROADM products: pricing and deployment considerations

   March 2008

PON and Ethernet in FTTH Networks: Incompatible or Complementary?

Thu, Mar 6

Presented by

    

8:30 am San Francisco / 11:30 am Boston / 4:30 pm London

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Moderator: Jeff Heynen, Directing Analyst, IPTV and Next Gen OSS/BSS Panelists:

  • Juan J. Vela, Director Solutions Marketing and Strategy, Occam
  • Steven Glapa, VP of Marketing and Product Management, Zhone
 

Occam Systems                    

With FTTH deployments in full swing around the world, there are still plenty of questions as to the costs, benefits, and regulatory and technical hurdles associated with Ethernet FTTH (aka Active Ethernet) and PON FTTH networks. Which technology is better suited for line-sharing situations? What is the real cost to pass and connect a subscriber using each technology? What does the future hold for EPON, GPON, and Ethernet? Are there situations in which PON and Ethernet can efficiently coexist?

In this webinar, participants will learn about:
  • The similarities, differences, and opportunities that PON and Ethernet technologies offer for FTTH deployments
  • How PON and Ethernet can complement each other when migrating from legacy copper networks
  • Real-world deployments of FTTH using PON and Ethernet
  • The economics behind both technologies
  • The future for both technologies in terms of increased bandwidth, increased QoS, and component cost reduction

The Next Generation Feature Set for Carrier Ethernet

Thu, Mar 20

Presented by

    

8:30 am San Francisco / 11:30 am Boston / 4:30 pm London

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Moderator: Michael Howard, Principal Analyst, Optical, Routing & Metro Ethernet Panelists:

  • Mitch Auster, Sr. Director, Solutions Marketing, Ciena
  • Dror Baron, Carrier Switches PLM, Nokia Siemens Networks
  • Manu Kaycee, VP Product Technology & Strategy, Telco Systems
 

                                                       

Service providers are using carrier Ethernet (CE) to lower their costs to deliver a range of services across their customer constituencies, including residential/consumer, business, mobile backhaul, and packet transport. Although CE handles transport applications, CE products today come with extensive feature sets to support existing and next gen metro services. Many services requiring resiliency, high availability, QoS, and CIR/PIR SLAs that were previously only delivered on TDM networks pex and opex. Similarly, the (SONET/SDH) are now deployed on CE, at a lower cost structure for both cawidely deployed T1/E1 voice and other TDM services now are carried on CE. Further, new extended LAN (E-LAN) services using native capabilities of carrier Ethernet present a lower cost to service providers and customers alike as compared to PDH over SONET/SDH.

This webinar presents and explores the next gen carrier Ethernet feature sets and how they help deliver complex services at lower costs for residential, business, mobile backhaul, and transport customers over a single carrier Ethernet infrastructure, including:
  • Features that lower operational costs using carrier Ethernet
  • Features used to deliver IPTV and other residential services
  • Delivering business services with resiliency and CIR/PIR SLAs
  • Mobile backhaul packet problems solved by carrier Ethernet
  • State-of-the-art of carrier Ethernet OAM&P

Generating Revenue from Addressable IPTV Advertising

Thu, Mar 27

Presented by

    

8:30 am San Francisco / 11:30 am Boston / 4:30 pm London

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Moderator: Jeff Heynen, Directing Analyst, IPTV and Next Gen OSS/BSS Panelists:

  • Charles Bahr, Solutions Marketing, Carrier Business Group, Alcatel-Lucent
  • Hans-Georg Baumgarten , Solutions Architect, Nokia Siemens Networks
 

                                                       

With two-way connections, IPTV allows advertisers to more accurately target viewing audiences based on metrics such as viewing habits, subscriber profiles, and location. But how does it really work, both at the network layer and at the service delivery and subscriber management layers? What will these ads look like and how much revenue can service providers expect to generate off these ads?

This webinar will provide insight into how service providers can generate revenue from addressable IPTV ads by examining:
  • How targeted, addressable, and interactive advertising works in IPTV networks
  • How subscriber metadata is captured and made available to advertisers to measure the effectiveness of their campaigns
  • How much revenue IPTV operators expect to generate by offering highly-localized and interactive ads
  • What steps IPTV operators need to take to upgrade their OSS and BSS systems to successfully deliver targeted ads

   Feburary 2008

COE: Preparing PBT for Prime Time

Thu, Feb 7

Presented by

    

8:30 am San Francisco / 11:30 am Boston / 4:30 pm London

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Moderator: Michael Howard, Principal Analyst, Optical, Routing & Metro Ethernet Panelists:

  • Adam Dunsky, Co-Founder, Ethos Networks
  • Peter Lunk, Director, Service Provider Marketing, Extreme Networks
  • Esmeralda Swartz, SVP, Marketing and BD, Soapstone Networks
 
Ethos Networks          extreme networks           soapstone networks

With increased use of carrier Ethernet from access to metro to core, the focus has turned to the emergence of connection oriented Ethernet (COE) technologies to achieve a resilient, deterministic, reliable, and simpler packet transport. The development of Layer 2 PBT/PBB-TE brings comparisons to Layer 3 MPLS, highlighting the tension that exists in transport network design decisions between rich functionality and cost of operation.

The effort to simplify packet transport in the early PBT/PBB-TE protocols led to several limitations that curb service providers’ ability to deploy advanced applications and business models, including IPTV. In this webinar we will address missing functionalities such as point-to-multipoint support, traffic engineering, and quality of service mechanisms, and offer remedies that can greatly expand COE and PBT/PBB-TE functionality while keeping its appeal as a simple, deterministic, and low-OPEX technology. Sponsored by:

Specifically, this webinar covers:
  • Early COE implementation issues using PBT/PBT-TE technology
  • Whether PBT/PBB-TE can be used for multicast and point-to-multipoint, or only for low-end carrier applications
  • A COE case study
  • Combining PBT/PBT-TE with dynamic traffic engineering to expand applicability
  • Whether a dynamic PBT/PBT-TE can match up to IP/MPLS and T-MPLS

   January 2008

40GE and 100GE: Ready for Prime Time?

Thu, Jan 17

Presented by

    

8:30 am San Francisco / 11:30 am Boston / 4:30 pm London

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Moderator: Michael Howard, Principal Analyst, Optical, Routing & Metro Ethernet Panelists:

  • Fred Heismann, Optical Networks Research Lab, JDSU
  • Niall Robinson, VP Product Marketing, Minerta
  • Michel Chbat, Product Management, IP Transport, Nokia Siemens Networks
 
JDSU          MINTERA           Nokia Siemens Networks

Deployments of 40G WDM interfaces on routers and WDM equipment are ramping up, with efforts underway to standardize and develop 40G Ethernet as a natural partner for 40G WDM. While there are early efforts to solve technical issues surrounding 100G WDM and 100G Ethernet, the 40G market will grow into a sizeable segment before 100G arrives.

This webinar pinpoints the timelines for when you can expect the availability of test equipment and router, carrier Ethernet switch, and WDM products for lab trials and for real deployments. It presents standards efforts underway, timelines for key approvals, and issues and impediments challenging these efforts, answering these questions and more:
  • How quickly will 40G/40GE be deployed on a broad scale basis?
  • What problems are encountered in early 40G deployments?
  • When will the cost of 40G interfaces hit the magic 2.5x 10G prices?
  • When will it be cost efficient to use 40G/40GE in the metro?
  • What are the promising developments, standards efforts, status, and timeline for 100G/100GE?

   December 2007

Personal Mobile Broadband: 3G, WiMAX, WiFi

Thu, Dec 6

8:30 am San Francisco / 11:30 am Boston / 4:30 pm London

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Presented by Infonetics & Telecommunications
Moderator: Richard Webb, Directing Analyst, WiMAX, WiFi & Mobile Devices
Sponsors: Azaire Networks, Nokia Siemens Networks

 
Using Ethernet for Mobile Voice Backhaul with Clock Synchronization

Thu, Dec 13

8:30 am San Francisco / 11:30 am Boston / 4:30 pm London

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Presented by Infonetics & Telecommunications
Moderator: Michael Howard, Principal Analyst, Optical, Routing & Metro Ethernet
Sponsors: Alcatel-Lucent, RAD Data Communications

 
Collapsing SBC, GGSN, SGSN, and PDSN into the Multi-Access Convergence Gateway

Wed, Dec 19

8:30 am San Francisco / 11:30 am Boston / 4:30 pm London

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Presented by Infonetics & Telecommunications
Moderator: Stéphane Téral, Principal Analyst, VoIP, IMS & Mobile Infrastructure
Sponsors: Acme Packet, Nextone, Redback Networks, STOKE

 

   November 2007

The New Packet Transport for Optical Networks

Thu, Nov 1

8:30 am San Francisco / 11:30 am Boston / 4:30 pm London

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Presented by Infonetics & Telecommunications
Moderator: Michael Howard, Principal Analyst, Optical, Routing & Metro Ethernet
Sponsors: ECI Telecom, Matisse, Nokia Siemens Networks

 
Leveraging Femtocells as a Mobile Broadband Home Network Strategy

Thu, Nov 8

8:30 am San Francisco / 11:30 am Boston / 4:30 pm London

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Presented by Infonetics & Telecommunications
Moderator: Richard Webb, Directing Analyst, WiMAX, WiFi & Mobile Devices
Sponsors: Sonus Networks, Reef Point

 
The Role of Ethernet in Optical Control Planes

Thu, Nov 29

8:30 am San Francisco / 11:30 am Boston / 4:30 pm London

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Presented by Infonetics & Telecommunications
Moderator: Michael Howard, Principal Analyst, Optical, Routing & Metro Ethernet
Sponsors: Ciena, Sycamore Networks

 

   October 2007

Choosing the Right ROADM Equipment for Your Metro Network

Thu, Oct 4

8:30 am San Francisco / 11:30 am Boston / 4:30 pm London

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Presented by Infonetics & Telecommunications
Moderator: Michael Howard, Principal Analyst, Optical, Routing & Metro Ethernet
Sponsors: ECI Telecom, JDSU, Nokia Siemens Networks

 

   September 2007

Choosing the Right SBC for your Network

Thu, Sep 13

8:30 am San Francisco / 11:30 am Boston / 4:30 pm London

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Presented by Infonetics & Telecommunications
Moderator: Stéphane Téral, Principal Analyst, VoIP, IMS & Mobile Infrastructure
Sponsors: Acme Packet, NexTone, Stratus

 

   August 2007

PBT vs T-MPLS: Battle at the Edge, Can they Work in the Core?

Wed, Aug 29

8:30 am San Francisco / 11:30 am Boston / 4:30 pm London

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Presented by Infonetics & Telecommunications
Moderator: Michael Howard, Principal Analyst, Optical, Routing & Metro Ethernet
Sponsors: Soapstone Networks, Nokia Siemens Networks

 

   July 2007

TBD

 

   June 2007

Clean Pipes: Bundling Content Security and Access

Tue, Jun 5

8:30 am San Francisco / 11:30 am Boston / 4:30 pm London

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Presented by Infonetics & Telecommunications
Moderator: Jeff Wilson, Principal Analyst, Network Security
Sponsors: IBM Internet Security Systems

 

   May 2007

Using a Service Delivery Environment to Provide Flexible, Billable High-Margin Services

Thu, May 3

8:30 am San Francisco / 11:30 am Boston / 4:30 pm London

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Presented by Infonetics & Telecommunications
Moderator: Michael Howard, Principal Analyst, Optical, Routing & Metro Ethernet
Sponsors: Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia Siemens Networks

 

Leveraging Wireline Facilities for Backhauling HSDPA and EV-DO

Thu, May 23

8:30 am San Francisco / 11:30 am Boston / 4:30 pm London

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Presented by Infonetics & Telecommunications
Moderator: Jeff Heynen, Directing Analyst, IPTV and Next Gen OSS/BSS
Sponsors: Alcatel-Lucent

 
   April 2007

Delivering Triple Play Reliably

Thu, Apr 12

8:30 am San Francisco / 11:30 am Boston / 4:30 pm London

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Presented by Infonetics & Telecommunications
Moderator: Jeff Heynen, Directing Analyst, IPTV and Next Gen OSS/BSS
Sponsors: Alcatel-Lucent, Juniper

 

Ethernet and WDM Light the Way to the Future Metro

Thu, Apr 19

8:30 am San Francisco / 11:30 am Boston / 4:30 pm London

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Presented by Infonetics & Telecommunications
Moderator: Michael Howard, Principal Analyst, Optical, Routing & Metro Ethernet
Sponsors: Matisse Networks, Meriton Networks, Fujitsu Network Communications

 

   March 2007

Getting the Most Out of ROADMs with Mesh Networks

Thu, Mar 1

8:30 am San Francisco / 11:30 am Boston / 4:30 pm London

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Presented by Infonetics & Telecommunications
Moderator: Michael Howard, Principal Analyst, Optical, Routing & Metro Ethernet
Sponsors: ADVA Optical Networking, Meriton Networks, Siemens

 

The Path to Carrier Class Ethernet Transport: PBT vs MPLS TE

Thu, Mar 6

8:30 am San Francisco / 11:30 am Boston / 4:30 pm London

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Presented by Infonetics & Telecommunications
Moderator: Michael Howard, Principal Analyst, Optical, Routing & Metro Ethernet
Sponsors: Ciena, Extreme Networks, Tpack

 

Optimizing Mobile Backhaul for 2G/3G/4G Triple Play

Wed, Mar 14

8:30 am San Francisco / 11:30 am Boston / 4:30 pm London

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Presented by Infonetics & Telecommunications
Moderator: Michael Howard, Principal Analyst, Optical, Routing & Metro Ethernet
Sponsors: ADTRAN, Axerra Networks, RAD Data Communications

 

   February 2007

TBD

 

   January 2007

OAM Steps Up to Make Ethernet Carrier Class

Thu, Jan 25

8:30 am San Francisco / 11:30 am Boston / 4:30 pm London

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Presented by Infonetics & Telecommunications
Moderator: Michael Howard, Principal Analyst, Optical, Routing & Metro Ethernet
Sponsors: ADVA Optical Networking, Telco Systems

 

"The percent of service providers offering Ethernet over WDM for metro Ethernet services increases from 70% in 2007 to 85% after 2008."

Michael Howard
Principal Analyst, Infonetics Research
Service Provider Plans for Metro Optical and Ethernet