• Given the increase in content downloads, what new pricing models and strategies have to be put in place by content providers and carriers
• What are the follow on requirements for capacity
• How will carriers and network operators monetise content and what role do and will they play

• How does the consumer use search capability, what is being uploaded/downloaded, what are the trends and what are the general customer usage issues?
• How do web search, blogging, lifestyle portals, and social networking impact the consumer, and what is the demand for these new media? 
• Are there specific tools that network operators might provide to help web based businesses expand and better serve consumer trends and growing demand?

• What are the developments in digital entertainment content and what are the trends in customer take-up of  new media capabilities? 
• What do network operators need to know in order to help them improve their service offerings to carriers wanting to enter the content delivery space
• What effect will digital content have on the global infrastructure?

• What do panelists see as the most impactful global networking requirements?  What are their capacity buying criteria and how have the criteria changed over time with the shift to new services
• What are the changing customer and carrier requirements for the global infrastructure, and are the additional applications or services that network developers can address that better respond to market conditions and carrier requirements?
• What are the pricing issues that have to be addressed?  Is the price of capacity reflective of the cost of network construction and to what extent do capacity purchasers consider supply/demand?

    
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• The importance of customer management and can one ensure customer “stickiness” and customer retention
• What are carriers looking at (specifically) while working with the capacity supplier
• What are the challenges in ensuring customer satisfaction; including visibility, ease of access to information and good web interface

• Where are the opportunities?
• What are the challenges?
• Improving price, performance and efficiency

• Can carriers gain revenue through emerging high demand businesses
• The future of bandwidth pricing - Will the balancing of supply and demand lead to an increase in prices
• Is it possible to expand the global network if prices do not increase

• What's driving the bandwidth demand and the need for more and different types of capacity
• How are carriers adjusting to new applications such as digital entertainment, music, movie and TV via telecoms infrastructure
• How does the global/regional infrastructure need to change, expand and adjust to meet carriers requirements and the requirements of their customers

• Can carriers rebuild their entire network and what are the risks to short term shareholder value
• How can carriers “future proof” their infrastructure
• Financially, has the return on investment for next generation networks been defined and what other strategies are needed to reduce investment obligations

• International demand and pricing considerations in wireless broadband
• Implications of backhaul and last mile connectivity
• What is the impact of last mile connectivity on network and infrastructure providers

• What is the demand? Where and when are the practical applications
• Commercial issues – What are the financial and contractual implications
• Technical issues – Are there R&D requirements to make this happen and can they be defined
• Does this fit into the carriers need for greater flexibility in service offerings? What other carrier-defined requirements does this application respond to

• Is private equity the answer to financing new cable systems
• What is the role of export agencies
• What is the new role of commercial banks and capital markets

• What is the impact on the undersea fiber optic market as the industry reaches maturity
• What is the follow-on potential from the replacement market
• Is there some form of market consistency for manufacturing of new cables

This segment will address subsea cable projects and infrastructure deployments that have taken place around the globe and will take into account the following:

• System design
• The market demand or other requirements that have led to the project
• What’s next for the project
• Financial issues
• Technology implications

• How can the manufacturing community adjust their business models and products to reflect changing carrier requirements
• Does network design need to change? What ideas have emerged from the discussion over the first 2 days of the conference?  What is the prognosis for the future
• Is the future looking up? What is the impact of the bandwidth busters and will it drive new system manufacture
  

The discussion and debate at the Submarine Networks World conference will have provided current and strategic information on global networking requirements and new and emerging uses of capacity. It will have given insights on the changing business models of the undersea fibre optic community as a result of continual growth in carrier and enterprise capacity requirements.

In the post conference masterclass, we invite you to participate and gain a more in-depth perspective as we offer the opportunity to explore the network requirements and planning issues from the view point of the professionals who purchase capacity, design/engineer and manage thenetworks.

This exciting “Buyers Roundtable” is an in-depth discussion to the capacity purchaser’s panel held on day one, participants in this roundtable discussionwill consider:

• How capacity purchasers make buying decisions
• How carriers manage their networks, network capacity and how theyplan for the future
• The impact of the “bandwidth busters” – high use enterprises -  oncapacity purchasing models and on carriers’ network planningrequirements and capabilities
• The importance of quality, flexibility and the potential for new/innovativeservice offerings

If you are a network owner, network developer or are a member of the manufacturing community, this masterclass is a great platform for open discussion about the importance of the global infrastructure and the impact of pricing and discounts on infrastructure developers and network manufacturers.