9:15 AM - Underlying Business & IT Trends Driving the Growth of Ethernet and MPLS.

Speaker:
Mike Tighe
Chairman
Metro Ethernet Forum
Executive Director of Business Product Strategy
Verizon

Telecommunication acronyms don’t exist in a vacuum: they’re used by service providers to enable services that help their customers to lead richer lives or do better business. The combined customer interests in user mobility, service simplicity, and overall cost effectiveness are driving the current deployment of technologies like IMS. And what makes those technologies interesting is how they end up being used by the end customer.

We will review the wireline and wireless components of a modern service provider’s network, explain how IMS helps enable new functionality within the overall network architecture, and look at mobile data and integrated, managed voice and data services that are being offered right now as a result of the integration of these technologies.

Speaker:

Ben Vos

Vice President, Core Technologies

Sprint/Nextel

This presentation examines the role of MPLS technology in the evolution to 4G mobile networks, considering mobile WiMAX as a case study. As mobile operators begin deploying a new generation of services based on mobile WiMAX, they will require the flexibility to support a range of access technologies, with an evolution path to all-IP transport. Issues addressed in this presentation include efficient support for the range of access types, synchronization and timing distribution, and meeting service demands including resiliency and QoS in what is often a multi-technology and multi-provider infrastructure. The presentation considers staged deployment scenarios leading from current-generation mobile network infrastructures to those supporting mobile WiMAX.

Speaker:

Doug Hunt

CTO, IP Division

Alcatel-Lucent 

Today enterprises are faced with a myriad of networking options, including Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPNs, whereby determining which is the best option can be confusing. How do you know which one is right for your organization? Alla Reznik, Group Manager for IP and Ethernet Services, will address what companies should know before they build or buy their next-generation network by highlighting two customers using both Layer 2 and 3 VPN services today from Verizon. The session will provide an opportunity for them to share their key business drivers which led to their ultimate networking solutions. They will also share details as to the upsides and potential pitfalls, and what specific applications may have influenced their decisions.

Speaker:

Alla Reznik

Group Manager, IP & Ethernet Services

Verizon Business