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Thank you for helping us make PTC’10: Embracing the Cloud a great success. We hope you enjoyed your time both at the Conference and in Honolulu. We look forward to [...]

Voice 2.0: Beyond the Hype: Lots of ways people are using voice today, let’s look at changes. Gary Kim moderating discussions from Rodrigue, Mike, Frank, and Jonathan.
Jonathan: Voice 2.0 (see yesterday’s talk): it’s not voice anymore, it’s video. Voice is becoming integrated with other media, part of a broader communications experience. As voice and video [...]

Consumer Centric Communications: I was looking forward to this panel, and my expectations were met and exceeded. There’s a lot of great work being done in areas of e-health and remote communications that the title doesn’t accurately speak to. However, e-health is a good representative area illustrating ways and players addressing global human needs, and [...]

Point/Counterpoint…: Is migration to IP happening fast enough? Christian: we’re getting to a momentum. Paul: Telegeography report 16% growth, 27% of international wholesale traffic; technology started in late 1990s. Doesn’t include VoIP on computer-to-computer.
Key deliverables I3 Forum (created by carriers): mandate immigration to IP platform w QOS and security. Is very practical, deliverables in services, [...]

Scott Forbes: Cloud Computing Services: Why It’s Not Vaporware
Cloud computing isn’t new (picture: drawing of rabbit, then adding cotton balls on top of “architecture”). Key ingredients: processing, transmission, access (was mainframe, leased lines, CLI terminals, next server room, narrowband Internet, GUI client apps, now server farm, broadband Internet, browser). Significant activity and what cloud computing is [...]

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Exploiting Submarine Cables Over Their Lifetime
David  Lassner: Exploiting Submarine Fiber: Thoughts from the Research and Education Community. Hawaii’s Internet history: home of PACCOM (bridging US and many Asian countries). We work with many countries, NREN (National research & Educational network) organizations all over the world. Two purposes: to help universities do their jobs (research and [...]

A Conversation with … Cloud Computing: Implications for Carriers: What is cloud computing from carrier perspective? It is about leveraging economies of scale, consolidating, delivering on as needed basis. More cost effective, efficient. From end user perspective: don’t need software on your PC, you can access data from your browser. From carrier: enabler (drives demand [...]

Lighting in the Cloud: Low-latency Applications and the Role of Network Operators: Specific point-to-point and low latency services within the cloud: who’s buying? Banks and financial services. Banks have had latency requirements, now from International perspective we’re more concerned with latency. Friends with PhDs in engineering all being hired by large banks. Iceberg transactions, [...]

The Content Providers Speak: At high level, what does Yahoo’s network look like? Data centers around the world (owner-operator to managed), delivers end-services portfolio. High focus on performance to end users. Vijay: volume driven, most services are free; network is bifurcating into express network: optical costs for data center to data center connectivity, and shorter [...]

Internet Communications: A Look Ahead: This is a new era in IP communications. Not a new technology (15 yrs old), but new opportunities. Enterprise: VoIP: 49% of PBX line sales are IP. Enterprise is a controlled environments. Cable: triple play: 16.5M homes using VoIP phone service. Consumer desktop: PC-based communications: Skype has 521M registered users [...]

New Policy in Support of Business Development: “Embracing” a cloud? Matthias: lots of definitions, but substance: hardware, software, server; how much centralized or decentralized intelligence do we need? Storage facilities? Seems to be more efficient for industry to be decentralized. Tony: lot of hype, doesn’t exist absolutely, was an engineering term. Questions: who pays and [...]

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Investment and Finance: Brian Tellam moderating the conversation, introduces well-rounded panel. Finance & economic climate: everyone is involved, capital markets frozen, equity markets divided but provided an avenue to capital. Stimulus packages, signs of recovery are evident; mixed growth prospects around the globe, trade, commodities prices, volumes are recovering, public investment expenditure strong, private lagging. China [...]

Policies for “Network Fit for Purpose”: essential infrastructures: energy, transport, water, networks. Stages of broadband debate: availability/coverage (supply), adoption (demand), speed/price, quality. “How do I compare? How do I improve?” Governments are asking how to compare?
Cisco’s Visual Networking Index: developing a model to look at real network traffic. Findings: global IP traffic growth growing 6 [...]

Promoting the Further Utilization of ICTs and Cloud Services with Shigeo Tani. Status of development of ICT infrastructure: broadband moving to 99% coverage, ultra-high speed services also increasing. Trending mobile. Japan is #11 in e-government readiness. Growth of internet ad sales, content business increasing. Japan has best network environment for cloud services. Fields where cloud [...]

Applications in the Cloud with Ken Zita moderating, Mike Hill (IBM), Peter Coffee (SalesForce). Innovation not coming from network, it’s coming from somewhere else. End of economics of bandwidth, ubitquity of broadband and IP, decoupling to other places of network (cloud): shared and virtual platforms, data centers, etc. Service providers (new world) are better at [...]

Vab Goel (Virtela): Enterprise Networking: The Venture Capitalist and Global Operator’s Perspective. It’s all about “consumers” to analysts (same ones who wrote “consumers” off not very long ago).
Vab also works with Norwest Venture Partners ($3.7B in capital, funded >450 companies, including successes PeopleSoft, Tivoly, Verio, Rackspace, Polycom, Brocade). Smaller start-ups have difficulty trying to differentiate their [...]

A conversation with… Richard Martin (VON) and Edward Rogers (Rogers Communications). Big roll-outs: HSPDA3, DOCSIS3, enterprise ethernet.
Rogers’ roots are in wireless and radio, wireless is now biggest part of company. Trend to wireless is good, encompasses lots of opportunities. Trying to move to a world where we service all data products (working to sell more [...]

Opening Remarks: Sharon Nakama (PTC CEO) welcomes us to PTC ‘10, acknowledges hard work of leadership, program chairs. John Hibbard (Chair, Board of Governors) welcomes and thanks attendees, thanks sponsors, opens conference.
Program Co-Chairs Stephan, on behalf of himself, Gary, & Richard thanks attendees, others who contributed to program development and execution, encourages everyone to get [...]

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Emergency Communications & Disaster Management Workshop: I’m particularly interested in covering this session because it impacts several PTC member interests and is especially timely, given recent natural disasters (tsunamis, earthquakes, extreme temperatures and snowfall, etc.) around the globe. This is a big panel and there’s lots to learn.
Ken Zita: Catastrophes have driven opportunities to look [...]

SubOptic 2010 Preliminary Program Launched

Early Bird Registration is available until Jan 31st, 2010.
 
SubOptic 2010 has launched their Preliminary Program for their upcoming conference to be held in Yokohama, Japan from May 11-14th, 2010. A copy is available from our [...]

“Smart” Government and Reaching the Unserved/ Underserved: Certain un- and underserved areas of the world present challenges to business cases. Nations have different way of addressing critical needs (open market-based mechanisms, universal access, special government funds, etc.) One avenue of serving needs is municipal networks: offers quality of life, educational, health and safety needs (911), [...]

Reaching the Next Billion–How Green ICT Technology and Innovative Business Models Make Good Business Sense for Rural Connectivity: Telecom interests in this area are largely driven by regulations involving massive cooling and power use needs. Policy makers and cost of running business are aligned. Example case study in Stockholm: data center heat serves 60% of [...]

Submarine Cable Workshop: Central themes: project management, maintenance, procurement, due diligence. Consortium model (spread the responsibilities and costs) vs private club or private companies (decisions in their hands) – depends on market being served. Submarine cable is a cyclical industry that depends on market. A hostile downturn is related to demand-side (growth stagnates: # users [...]

Satellite Workshop: Integrating Satellite Services into the Cloud: We are undergoing a “reformation” of the satellite industry. Satellite generally serves the business areas of Government systems, broadband satellite services, and commercial networks. Problems for this industry: only a certain number of satellites, slots, transponders, and spectrum that each satellite/company is legally authorized to use. Historically, [...]

PTC’10 Emergency Communications & Disaster Management Workshop
Sunday, 17 January 2010: 1330-1645
Location: South Pacific 4

With post-earthquake relief efforts in Haiti unfolding before our eyes, now is the ideal time to learn how telecom and latest IT applications are being applied in support of disaster management and humanitarian operations worldwide.

Come join PTC’s fifth “Emergency Communications and Disaster [...]

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PTC’10 Highlights
Q&A with Vab Goel

Vab Goel is CEO of Virtela Communications and Partner at Norwest Venture Partners. Please read on to learn more about Vab and his participation in PTC’10.

Why are you attending PTC’10?
Our company, Virtela, represents some of the world’s largest global enterprises. We purchase networks around the world on the enterprises’ behalf [...]

Happy New Year!

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See You Soon at PTC’10!
We look forward to welcoming all conference participants and attendees to Honolulu in less than two weeks.
 

About PTC’10
PTC’10 Embracing the Cloud: Enabling Connectivity and Innovation will highlight the impact of [...]

PTC’10 Highlights
Cloud Computing: So What Role for Satellites?

PTC’10 will again focus on a hot topic for many in the telecommunication and IT industries, cloud computing. While seemingly esoteric to many, especially some in the sometimes insular satellite sector, cloud computing is coming to dominate the thinking of planners and implementers in many telecommunications and [...]

PTC’10 Highlights
Cloud Computing: What it Means for Carriers

Moderated by Richard Martin, Cloud Computing: What it Means for Carriers is one of the featured sessions at PTC’10. Read on to learn more about the session and its participants.
 

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PTC’10 Highlights
The Wholesale Business: Where is it Headed in 2010?

Moderated by Gary Kim, The Wholesale Business: Where is it Headed in 2010? is one of the featured sessions at PTC’10. Read on to learn more about the session and its participants.
 

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PTC’10 Highlights
Q&A with Edward Rogers

Edward Rogers is Deputy Chairman and EVP of Business & Corporate Development for Rogers Communications. Please read on to learn more about Edward and his participation in PTC’10.

Why are you attending PTC’10?
Companies and industry members spend a lot of time and money traveling around the world meeting with people to [...]

PTC’10 Highlights
The Content Providers Speak
 
Moderated by Stephan Beckert, The Content Providers Speak is one of the timely and illuminating plenary sessions at PTC’10. Read on to learn more about the session and its participants.
 

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PTC’10 Highlights
Voice 2.0: Beyond the Hype

Moderated by Gary Kim, Voice 2.0: Beyond the Hype is one of the leading-edge plenary sessions at PTC’10. Read on to learn more about the session and its participants.
 

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PTC’10 Highlights
Q&A with Mike Hill

Mike Hill is VP of Enterprise Initiatives, Sales, Services & Business Development at IBM. Please read on to learn more about Mike and his participation in PTC’10.

Why are you attending PTC’10?
The telecommunications industry is very important to IBM. Participating in PTC’10 gives us a chance to extend our cloud computing [...]

PTC’10 Highlights
View from Above the Cloud: The Satellite Industry Leaders Speak

Moderated by Susan Irwin, View from Above the Cloud: The Satellite Industry Leaders Speak is one of the featured sessions at PTC’10. Read on to learn more about the session and its participants.
 

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PTC’10 Highlights
Q&A with Frank Fawzi

Frank Fawzi is CEO and Chairman of the Board of IntelePeer. Please read on to learn more about Frank and his participation in PTC’10.

Why are you attending PTC’10?
IntelePeer is a leader in hosted on-demand voice and rich media communications that enables carriers, businesses and software vendors to easily deliver voice [...]

PTC’10 Highlights
Exploiting Submarine Cables Over Their Lifetime
 
Moderated by John Hibbard, Exploiting Submarine Cables Over Their Lifetime is one of the featured sessions at PTC’10. Read on to learn more about the session and its participants.
 

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PTC’10 Highlights
Applications in the Cloud
 
Moderated by Ken Zita, Applications in the Cloud is one of the not-to-be-missed plenary sessions at PTC’10. Read on to learn more about the session and its participants.
 

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PTC’10 Highlights
Q&A with Jeannie Diefenderfer

Jeannie Diefenderfer is Senior Vice President of Global Engineering and Planning for Verizon Business. Please read on to learn more about Jeannie and her participation in PTC’10.

Why are you attending PTC’10?
Verizon (and its predecessor company MCI) has supported and attended the PTC for well over 15 years. PTC provides [...]

PTC’10 Highlights

Q&A with Peter Coffee

Peter Coffee is the Director of Platform Research at salesforce.com. Read on and find out more on what he is excited to share with you at PTC’ 10.

Why are you attending PTC’10?
PTC’10 offers an opportunity to focus at least as much on the “why” as on the “how” of cloud computing. [...]

PTC’10 Highlights
Q&A with Christian Michaud

Christian Michaud is Tata Communications’ Senior Vice President of Product Marketing & Business Development. Please read on to learn more about Christian and his participation in PTC’10.

Why are you attending PTC’10?
As one of the premier events for the wholesale telecom industry, it seems as if everyone goes to [...]

PTC’10 Highlights
Q&A with Rod Ullens

Rod Ullens is CEO and co-founder of Voxbone. Please read on to learn more about Rod and his participation in PTC’10.

Why are you attending PTC’10?
Because PTC’10 draws a lot of high-level executives from the major telcos, it is a good event at which to discuss strategic partnerships and [...]