Opportunity and strategy for wholesale carriers and telcos

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last modified: 14 February '12

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8am

Registration

8.45am

Organiser’s welcome remarks

8.50am

Chairperson’s opening remarks

› Mr Sompol Chanprasert,

Senior Executive Vice President, Broadband Business, CAT Telecoms

KEYNOTE PLENARY SESSION: CAPITALISING ON KEY MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

9am

Key markets opening panel: Market expansion for increased revenue growth and long-term profitability

How can carriers optimise strategic partnerships to overcome challenges in a tightly regulated operating environment?
Overcoming licensing and operational challenges into key markets
How can 3G and 4G networks support the projected demand for data in these markets?
Areas of future growth – which platforms and what services are valued most?

› Mr Matthew Healy,
(Moderator)

National Executive, Macquarie Telecoms

› Mr Michael Cluzel,

Head of Indochina Cluster, Vimplecom

9.45am

IT as a business-enabler for increased competitiveness and market share

Key factors driving the CIO agenda for adoption of IT innovations
IT versus Business-driven transformation for enhanced efficiency, time-to-market and competitiveness
How can investments into IT improve scalability and reduce OPEX for internal business process optimisation
How to avoid pitfalls and get key elements right to maximise the IT transformation process

› Mr Sebastian Jammer,

Deputy Vice President, PT Telkomsel

› Mr Rezaul Kabir,

CIO, Novotel

10.30am

Morning Refreshments and Exhibitions Viewing

MOBILE/LTE

11.20am

Chairperson’s opening remarks

› Mr Viroj Tocharoenvanith,

Senior Executive Vice President, Wireless Business, CAT Telecoms

12pm

Keynote panel: The LTE business case

How have carriers been able to monetise LTE technologies to maximise returns on investment?
Optimising the benefits of 4G migration: Leveraging on the benefits of LTE capacity, flexibility and SONs
How will LTE affect the wholesale carrier business?
What are the key considerations in managing the costs of migration from legacy?
What sorts of new business models are operators using to become more competitive?

› Mr Amrish Kacker,
(Moderator)

Partner, Analysys Mason

› Ms Yali Z. Liu,

Executive Director of International Network Planning, Corporate Technology, Verizon

› Dato Rosman Ridzwan,

Deputy Chairman, U Mobile

12.45pm

Consolidating market leadership in a rapidly evolving telco ecosystem

How can carriers capitalize on the projected LTE data tsunami and what are its implications on spectrum?
Increasing “peak traffic management capacity” through policy, quality of service and congestion management
Seamless migration from legacy-product dependence to capitalising on first-mover advantage in a rapidly evolving marketplace

› Mr Andres Pineros,

CTO, Beeline

› Mr Tanveer Ehsanur Rahman,

CTO, Novotel

› Dr CW Cheung,

Research Fellow and Consulting Director, Ovum Asia Pacific

1.30pm

Networking Lunch and bilateral meetings

CATALYSING THE MOVEMENT TOWARDS A GLOBAL DIGITAL VILLAGE

2.30pm

Capitalising on the smartphone revolution

What are the collaborative partnership opportunities that exist between carriers and content providers to drive user engagement for increased bandwidth demand?
What are the platforms for future growth for content providers in Asia, and what does this mean for bandwidth providers?
How can the potential of LTE as a strategic technology of mobile broadband communications of the future be fully realized today?

› Mr Pradeep Rao,

Head, VAS, Aircel

› Mr Praveen Rajan Nadarajan,

Head of Mobile Internet & Advanced Data Services, Digi

3.15pm

Growing market share through customer retention and loyalty strategies

› Mr Chris Eappariello,

VP, Specialty Personal Lines, ACE Overseas General

› Mr Juan Luis Ortega,

Senior Vice President & Regional Head of Accident & Health, ACE Asia Pacific

3.35pm

International roaming agreements to drive data consumption

What is the best international roaming model that carriers should adopt in order to drive roaming costs down?
What are the obstacles that carriers are facing in adopting a direct packet routing approach for international data roaming?
How can international data roaming utilise optimized routing mechanisms to reduce latency and unnecessary network traffic?
Increasing profitability by implementing smart roaming solutions

› Mr Simon Perkins,
(Moderator)

Chief Executive Officer, Hello Axiata

› Mr Karim El Helaly,

General Counsel, MEA, Reliance Globalcom

› Mr Praveen Rajan Nadarajan,

Head of Mobile Internet & Advanced Data Services, Digi

TOWARDS A GLOBAL IP SYSTEM

4.20pm

Creating a smart network to enhance mobile IP services

How can increased IP interoperability enhance mobile roaming services?
Video calling on a mobile network as a VAS
How can exchange networks be used to affirm relationships between fixed-line carriers and OTT providers?
What are the next steps for VoIP over mobile?
Delivering high-speed video streaming and other data applications irrespective of network
Upgrading for resilience and high bandwidth LTE: Reducing 3G network bottlenecks on mobile backhauls for high-speed streaming

› Dr Nitipong Boon-Long,
(Moderator)

Vice President, Carrier and Roaming Solutions, TOTAL ACCESS COMMUNICATION PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED (DTAC)

› Mr Naoki Wakai,

Senior Director, Global IP Network, Network Services, NTT Communications

› Mr Ajay Joseph,

CTO, iBasis

› Mr Tanveer Ehsanur Rahman,

CTO, Novotel

5.05pm

Accelerating the IP adoption rate to redefine the telco ecosystem

What are the key challenges in transitioning to an international IP system?
How can carriers reduce risk and increase revenue during the transition to enable multiple services over a single IP interconnect?
How to find the optimal balance for carriers deciding to tap into IP networks or to develop their own?
What are the key benefits of moving to a global IP platform, and how can they be used to move to NGNs?
What are the top issues in IP deployment and service quality?

› Mr Rodrigo Donazzolo,

Head of Interoperability, BT Global Telecom Markets

› Mr Mohammed Masoud,

Technology Development Director, Orascom Telecoms, Vimplecom Asia and Africa

MAPPING THE FUTURE OF THE CARRIERS BUSINESS

5.50pm

New customers, revenue and the business model of the future

How can carriers reposition and incentivise demand for their offerings?
What are the leading technologies that will redefine the operating environment?
Strategies for carriers to capitalise on the opportunities for future growth
What future actions need to be taken for greater IP and content integration on top of traditional commodities?

› Mr Munir Hassan,

Director of Corporate Affairs and Strategy, Grameenphone

6.35pm