2006 Service Provider Summit
The Service Provider Simmit is a dynamic program with topics and speakers of interest to CTOs, network architects, network designers and technologists within the service provider and carrier sector. The program includes panel discussions, keynote presentations, exhibit time, and networking time.
Schedule
Keynote Presentation
AT&T's Network Revolution: Building for Tomorrow
Chris Rice, Executive Vice President, Network Planning & Engineering, AT&T, Inc., USA
New, advanced technologies are ushering in a new era of communications. In the years ahead, the network will look completely different than it does today. AT&T will share its vision for the network of the future, providing an all-encompassing view of where the network is heading and what the revolution means for the communications industry and customers.
As Executive Vice President, Chris Rice oversees the Network Planning and Engineering Group
for the new AT&T Inc. His responsibilities also include overseeing the development and deployment of advanced access, switching, and routing technologies for the company. Prior to being appointed to his current position in March 2004, he was responsible for SBC Communications' enterprise-wide technology direction, new technology introduction, platform development and network regulatory.
Previously, Mr. Rice served as Vice President-Network Engineering, where he was responsible for all current planning and engineering for SBC Southwest and SBC SNET. Prior to that, he was Vice President-Network Planning and engineering for SBC Internet Services, where he was responsible for all network planning, engineering, systems and operations. Since joining the company he has also held a variety of other management positions in network operations, network engineering, network planning, project management and outside plant operations.
Mr. Rice began his career in 1980 with Southwestern Bell Telephone in toll switching systems network operations. In 1986 he joined Bell Communications Research ("Bellcore"), where he had responsibility for the support and systems analysis of operational support systems. In 1994 he held the position of Vice President-Network Planning and Engineering for Southwestern Bell Messaging Inc., where he was responsible for network operations, network planning and engineering, and information systems.
In 1989 he received the Texas Synergy Award for the Interdepartmental Showcase. In 1990 he received the Texas Synergy Award for Addison 1 AESS to DMS-100 Conversion. Mr. Rice received a B.S. in Engineering Technology in 1980 from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.
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Panel Discussions
Panel I: The Future of Metro and Core Networks
Moderator: Brad Kummer, CTO, Cogent Technologies, USA
For decades telecom networks were designed to carry voice traffic, while data traffic was mostly limited to enterprise networks. Each network design had its respective set of requirements for quality of service, capacity, survivability and restoration.
However, in recent years the communications industry has gone through fundamental changes: revenue generated through conventional voice services is rapidly diminishing, and ever more complex data and video services are delivered over telecom networks. At the same time global competition is putting major pressure on carriers to reduce their network operating costs. This situation has led to a new set of requirements for different parts of the network. While the next session will focus on the edge of the network, this first session is aimed at Metro and Core network infrastructure with its unique set of requirements to accommodate a wide range of traffic formats with different quality of service guarantees at the lowest possible cost.
Join a panel of experts from carriers around the globe who will present trends and strategies for designing the next generation Metro and Core networks that will satisfy the communication needs of the future.
Speakers
Long-haul Network Evolution Trends
Chuck Norman, Chief Design Engineer, Sprint, USA
Chuck Norman became Chief Design Engineer of Network Solutions Development at Sprint in October 2001. In this position Norman is responsible for p roviding oversight of architectural development across all platforms to ensure overall network optimization with the most cost effective implementation. He is also responsible for developing promising new technologies into implementable systems to support new service opportunities while improving quality of service. In addition, Norman identifies areas of potential cost reduction, utilizing advancements in standards and technology for all customer services worldwide. Norman has been with Sprint for 25 years in various research, planning, operation and engineering roles, including Director-Network Engineering, Director-Consumer Technology Lab and Manager-Standards. Norman was awarded four patents and has several more pending for his work in SONET, DWDM and optical transport network development
Customer Controlled Optical Networking - An ASON Service
Scott Beckett, Group Product Manager - Advanced Optical Services, AT&T, USA
Scott Beckett is a highly accomplished Product Management professional responsible for delivering innovative new AT&T products and features from concept to general availability. He is responsible for optical services, accounting for multiple billions in annual revenues and supporting Fortune 100 customers for AT&T. He is also responsible for analyzing market trends and managing introduction of new services from concept to launch. He has also been responsible for creating MPLS-based enterprise VPN services and negotiating inter-carrier contracts for specific service offerings. Scott's expertise covers all areas tied to advanced telecommunications services, from new technologies that make them possible to the contractual arrangements with customers and realization of ongoing operations support. In his career with AT&T, Scott has received numerous awards in recognition for the contributions he has made in creating and developing telecommunications services based on emerging technologies. Scott has a B.S. in Marketing from Messiah College and a Masters Certification in Project Management from Stevens Institute of Technology.
Future Deployment of WDM Systems in the UK
Dave Johnson, 21st Century Transmission Network Designer, BT, UK
Dave Johnson has worked for BT since graduating in 1986. He initially worked on systems reliability, and then on research into self-organizing networks and novel network design and optimisation techniques. For the past six years, Dave has led a team developing solutions for BT's SDH and WDM transport networks. He currently leads a team of network designers responsible for the end to end transmission design of BT's 21st Century Network. Dave is a member of the IEE and a Chartered Engineer.
A Commercial View of Long Haul Optical Networking In the Next Five Years
Robert J. Feuerstein, Senior Architect, Level 3 Communications, USA
Robert Feuerstein joined Level 3 Communications in 1999 and evaluated the technical and financial implications of new WDM optical transport technology, amplifier hut spacing, and various mesh and ring protection architectures for the Level 3 international fiber optic network. For the past two years he has worked in the Customer Network Engineering organization to support complex customer network design requirements. Previously Dr. Feuerstein was at the University of Colorado, where he and his colleagues demonstrated the world's first stored program optical computer, synchronized with fiber optic delay lines, as well as multi-wavelength optical packet switching techniques. He also taught courses in fiber optic communications. Dr. Feuerstein served as President of the Denver Section of the IEEE LEOS from 1994-1995.
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Panel II: Update on FTTX around the Globe
Moderator: David Piehler, David Piehler Consulting, USA
Delivering broadband services is rapidly becoming a cornerstone in almost every carriers' business model. Bringing fiber closer to the customer is mandatory for any successful broadband strategy. There are several options to achieve this.
One option is to bring the fiber to the customer's premises or home (FTTP/FTTH). NTT of Japan has been following this model for a few years and in 2005 announced a new program, which will connect 30 million homes with fiber by 2010. In the US , Verizon started a major FTTP program in 2004. Several other carriers, municipalities and developers in Europe and North America are implementing their own initiatives. Another option is to bring the fiber to a cabinet or node (FTTC/FTTN) and use high-speed copper technologies to cover the final drop to the customer. Many carriers are using this approach, taking advantage of ever-increasing data rates in the latest DSL technologies. Key representatives in this group are SBC and BellSouth in the US, KT in Korea, and several major PTTs in Europe.
Attend this exciting session where executives from major service providers will present their views on the opportunities and challenges for FTTX around the world.
Speakers
Verizon's FTTP Deployment
Vincent O'Byrne, Director -Technology, Verizon, USA
Vincent O'Byrne has a PhD. from the University of Wales in the UK and an MBA from Babson College . He has over 18 years in the Telecommunications Industry in both Fiber-Optic Communications and Wireless Technologies. He is responsible within Verizon's Technology Organization for the definition of the requirements for Verizon's PON technologies as well as their introduction through Verizon's Integration Laboratories and First Office Application (FOA).
FTTH Market - Growth and Expansion in Japan
Hiromichi Shinohara, Director, NTT Access Network Service Systems Labs, Japan
Mr. Hiromichi Shinohara is Director of NTT Access Network Service Systems Labs. Since joining NTT's Laboratories in 1978, he has been engaged in the research and development of optical fiber cables, broadband networks and optical access systems. He also has been involved in the strategic planning of the broadband access networks.
Project Lightspeed: FTTN and FTTP - Perfect Together
Eugene L. Edmon, Executive Director, Broadband Access, AT&T Labs, USA
Gene Edmon is the Executive Director of Broadband Access for AT&T Laboratories Inc. Edmon leads a group responsible for all broadband access, except wireless. This includes all the flavors of DSL used for both consumer and business services, all access fiber technologies, and systems built on those physical layers.
Edmon joined SBC Communications in 1994. He worked in various capacities and was heavily involved in the early stages of DSL, the company s first consumer mass market broadband product. Edmon participated in making many of the key decisions for the direction of DSL service platforms and is well known in the industry. He has been a key management member of standards groups such as FSAN and FS-VDSL and has responsibility for SMEs at the DSL Forum, T1E1 and others. Prior to his current position, Edmon worked at Bell Labs for 10 years on data communications, operations systems, and telecommunication products. He has Ph.D. and MS degrees.
Being a Service Provider on an Open Wholesale FTTP Network
Paul Morris, Executive Director, Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA), USA
Paul T. Morris is Executive Director of UTOPIA, a governmental entity created by 14 Utah cities to build an open wholesale fiber optic network to all homes and businesses within the member cities. He was the City Attorney for West Valley City, Utah, from 1983-2005 and Chair of the ULCT Telecommunications Task Force since 1997. From BYU he received a B.S. degree in Business Management in 1979 and a law degree in 1982. He received a M.P.A degree from the University of Utah in 1991. In 2004, the FTTH Council presented Paul with its Star Award. Currently, Paul is the Chair of the Smart Community International Network.
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