PANEL: SERVICE PROVIDER OPPORTUNITIES – DECEMBER 18, 5 P.M.

Theme

The theme of this panel is to discuss key technologies that will define service provider networks and upcoming services. It gives a futuristic view about the changes in the telecom services landscape in terms of next-gen services and technologies including, IP/MPLS core, Carrier/Metro Ethernet, WiMax, 3G, IMS, IPTV, Enterprise services, etc. and their roll-out issues

The panel consists of distinguished speakers from vendors, providers and academia whose goal will be to put forth critical technologies -- either standardized or being developed -- that will be fundamental to business over the next 2-3 years.


Moderator

Girish Saraph, IIT Bombay and Vegayan Ltd and Deepak Kataria, Director, LSI Inc.


Panelists

1. Vijay Jain, Director, Broadband Operations, Ericsson, India

2. Tushar Saxena, Director, Verizon Communications, USA

3. Mohammed Atiquzzman, Professor, Oklahoma University, USA

4. Arvind Mathur, Chief Architect, Satyam Infoway (SIFY), India

5. Neeraj Sonker, VP Engineering, Tata VSNL Ltd., India

6. T.V. Sriram, VP, Bharti-Airtel Ltd., India

7. Kamran Sistanazadeh, CTO, Yipes Communications, USA