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Monday 19 January 2009

15.30 - 17.00   
M.2: Changes and Opportunities in Wholesale Voice
Location: South Pacific 3

While it may lack the excitement of new businesses like cloud computing or video distribution, voice still generates the lions' share of most wholesale carriers' revenues. However, voice is a mature, slow growing business that faces an array of challenges.

Competition is fierce, prices continue to decline, and market complexity is growing. Technological changes and evolving consumer preferences are forcing wholesale carriers to adapt to new market realities.

Top executives of some of the world's leading international carriers will discuss how they are adapting to the changing nature of the market, and the opportunities these changes afford their companies.

Chair:

Stephan Beckert, Director, Research, TeleGeography Research, USA

Speaker:

Joseph Chan, VP, International Business, CITIC Telecom 1616, Hong Kong SAR, China

Steven Heap, CTO , Arbinet-thexchange, USA

Polina  Kudryashova, Head, International Voice Wholesale, Rostelecom, Russia

Christian Michaud, Senior VP, Marketing & Business Development, Global Voice Solutions, Tata Communications, Canada