Mr Sanjiv Aiyar, CEO, Global Markets & Wholesale, SingTel, Singapore Sanjiv Aiyar joined SingTel in August 2007 as CEO, Global Markets & Wholesale. He leads SingTel’s growth in the global markets – delivering Telecom solutions to customers worldwide through the Global Offices. He also drives SingTel’s Wholesale business growth with international carriers and service providers. Prior to joining SingTel, Sanjiv was President of Emerio Corp., an IT Managed Services company headquartered in Singapore with operations in 11 countries. He co-led the company with the founder CEO. He spent 18 years with Hewlett Packard prior to this. He started with DIGITAL and stayed with the company through the Compaq-HP merger. He held several senior management positions in the Asia Pacific region. His last position was VP and Managing Director SE Asia region, overseeing the financial performance of the operations in ASEAN and some of South Asia countries. His prior assignments included VP, Strategy & Development, Asia Pacific & Japan, driving transformational growth in China, India and Japan; VP, Marketing (Enterprise Systems Group), Asia Pacific region, where he successfully led marketing transformation. He also managed the high-end server and Telecoms businesses, Finance industry practice, Industry marketing, Channels development, Services P&L and Singapore sales. Prior to HP, Sanjiv worked in SI/Services companies focused on DIGITAL, Wang and Prime/IBM. Sanjiv spent over 27 years in the IT industry of which 25 years have been in Singapore. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering from the Regional Engineering College, Bhopal, India and received his MBA from the Indian

Mr Helmut Angst, Senior Executive Vice President and Head of ICSS, Deutsche Telekom Helmut Angst heads up the international wholesale telecommunications division of Deutsche Telekom, International Carrier Sales & Solutions (ICSS). Since 2007, he has also been Chairman of the Board of Directors, Deutsche Telekom Asia , and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Deutsche Telekom North America, since 2008. Prior to joining ICSS, Helmut has worked within the Deutsche Telekom Group for over six years, in various senior positions. Most recently, he was part of the national wholesale organization, heading up national carriers sales at T-Com. Helmut Angst has a strong international experience having held international management positions in Europe, Asia-Pacific and in the US during his career. Before joining the Deutsche Telekom Group, Helmut Angst spent over ten years working at Digital Equipment in Germany, where he held several management positions. Notably, heading up the mobile services business group and leading public network management for Deutsche Telekom. Helmut Angst graduated in communications engineering from the University of Siegen, Germany.

Mr Sal Arora, Director, Product Management, Microsoft TV

Mr Nikhil B. Shah, Applications & Deployment WG Vice Chair, MFA Forum Mr. Nikhil B. Shah is a Director of Mobile/Convergence Segment at Juniper Networks, where he is responsible for developing wireless infrastructure and fixed-mobile-convergence strategies, solutions, portfolio planning, and partnership initiatives. He also serves as a board member of the leading telecom standard body, MFA Forum (MPLS, Frame Relay, and ATM Forum), where he is also a VP of International Development. He has fourteen years of telecom-industry experience including product management, technical sales/marketing, standards, alliance management, professional services, and software engineering. His current focus includes positioning Juniper and partners’ portfolios in QoS aware multi-service packet transport, mobile RAN backhaul, backbone, and IMS-FMC networks. Mr. Shah received his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Computer Science from Gujarat/Mumbai universities in India and he holds a diploma in Business Management from Mumbai. He has also completed the Greater Boston Executive Program through the MIT Sloan School of management in Cambridge, MA.

Mr Owen Best, President/Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific, FLAG Telecom Before joining FLAG Telecom in June 1998, Owen Best was Vice President of Telstra Japan (1995-1998) and Regional Director for Telstra Korea (1994-1996). He has over 22 years experience in the telecommunications industry, and has worked extensively in the Asia Pacific region in various senior engineering and operational positions with Telecom Australia, Telecom Australia International, OTC, and Telstra. Owen has a Bachelor of Engineering Degree (Electronics/Communications), a Master of Engineering Studies, and an MBA - all from the University of Queensland, Australia.

Mr Volker Burghardt, Senior Project Manager, Ancotel

Mr David Chalmers, Vice President Sales, Wholesale Voice, Asia Pacific, Teleglobe

Mr Ajay Chitkara, Chief Operating Officer – Global Data Business, Bharti Airtel Limited (Enterprise Services) As the Chief Operating Officer for Global Data Business at Airtel Enterprise Services, Ajay is responsible for developing & executing strategy to maximize business profitability and enhance customer satisfaction for all the Domestic & International Data Products in Airtel’s Portfolio . He is responsible for expanding Airtel’s data product roadmap , service capabilities and customer facing activities in wholesale Data Market both within India & Globally . Ajay also spearheads Airtel's strategy for the International Infrastructure including the Submarine assets and global footprints. Besides heading these strategic initiatives he is also responsible for Data products distribution strategy through Enterprise & SMB sales units within Airtel . Ajay began his career with Polaris Software nearly twelve years ago. During the course of his career, Ajay has held a variety of positions handling a broad spectrum of roles at leading technology organizations like Polaris, PCS and Comsat Max. Ajay has over 9 years of telecom experience and has been an integral part of Bharti Airtel for over 6 years now. Ajay holds a post-graduate degree in Electronics and a Masters in Business Management.

Mr Federick Chui, SVP, International Products & Solutions, PCCW Global Frederick K.F. Chui is Senior Vice President of International Products & Solutions, PCCW Global at PCCW Limited, responsible for managing the Company’s international products management and development and marketing around the globe. Mr Chui joined Hongkong Telecom in 1991. Since then, he had held a number of management positions in the Company responsible for solution design, product management, development and marketing for both local and international services. Mr Chui is a graduate of the University of Nottingham with BEng and Executive MBA from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Mr Dino Civitarese, Managing Director, Telecom Italia Sparkle Singapore Pte Ltd Dino Civitarese has 19 years experience in the Telecommunications Industry with international exposure in the last 12, of which 8 in Asia Pacific. Dino joined Telecom Italia Sparkle in May 2006 as Regional Vice President Asia Pacific with the mission of strengthening the presence of TI Sparkle in the Asian market. Prior to joining TI Sparkle, Dino has spent 18 months as Head of International Carrier Strategy & Business Development in Maxis Communications Berhad, the leading mobile operator in Malaysia, where he contributed to its international wholesale growth. Dino holds a Degree in Political Sciences and Economics from State of University of Rome “La Sapienza”.

Mr Rick Dodd, VP, Global Product Marketing, Infinera

Mr Ramon Fernandez, Head, SMART Mr. Ramoncito (Mon) S. Fernandez is currently the Head of International & Carrier Business Groups of PLDT and Smart Communications, Inc. He also holds directorship in SMART Communications, Inc., PILTEL, ICON, WOLFPAC, SMART BROADBAND, INC, BAYANTRADE, INC., PLDT CLARKTEL, PLDT SUBIC TELECOM & PLDT MARATEL, PLDT Global Corporation, Tahanan Mutual Building & Loan Association and Far East Insurance Limited. Until June 2000, he was the Executive Vice President in charge of marketing, sales and logistics of Starpack Philippines, Inc. He has over 15 years of experience in the packaging business. He also worked for Union Carbide Phils. in the manufacturing and industrial engineering. He obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Management Engineering from the De La Salle University and Master's Degree in Business Management from the Asian Institute of Management

Mr Paolo Gambini, Chief Marketing Officer, Tiscali International Network Paolo is Chief Marketing Office at Tiscali International Network. He joined TINet after being the Chief Technical Officer of Tiscali España (Madrid, Spain). Previously he was Chief Engineer with Nortel Networks (London, Frankfurt & Madrid), Research Fellow at University College London (UK), and second lieutenant of the Italian army. Mr Gambini received the Laurea (M.Sc.) degree in Engineering from the University of Parma, Italy, and the Masters of Research degree from University College London, UK.

Mr Patrick George, Director, Product Management & Marketing, Belgacom Patrick George is currently heading the Marketing & Product Management organisation within Belgacom ICS after being Director International Transmission Network in charge of Engineering, Operations and Worldwide filed Operations where he deployed the first Pan European Next Generation Optical Backbone. Prior to Belgacom ICS, Patrick has been Senior Sales & Account Director at Mach, the leading clearing house worldwide and head of the Mobile Market Development at GTS-Ebone responsible for establishing Ebone as a key market player in the mobile data arena. In the late 90s, Patrick held different management positions within the product and marketing departments at Belgacom and WIN. He began his career as a research engineer for the research and development team of Belgacom after graduating as a Civil Engineer in Computer Science from the University of Liège. He also studied marketing at Insead, Fontainebleau.

Mr Tucker Grinnan, Head, Asia Telecoms Equity Research, HSBC Tucker Grinnan is the head of regional telecoms equity research for HSBC and has 14 years of experience as an analyst in the telecommunications, media and technology industries. Tucker joined HSBC in Hong Kong in November 2005 and heads a five-person team focused on India, China, Indonesia, and Singapore. Prior to joining HSBC, he spent five years as a head of regional telecoms in Asia and Latin America with Deutsche Bank. Tucker also spent five years with the management consulting firm of Booz, Allen and Hamilton focused on emerging market telecoms business development and restructuring. In this capacity, his clients such as Ericsson, Nortel, AT&T, British Telecom, Korea Telecom, PCCW, Telmex, Intelsat and the governments of Brazil and Colombia. Tucker began his career in the telecoms space as head of Latin American telecoms market research for International Technology Consultants (ITC), a Washington-DC firm focused on the emerging markets of Latin America, Central, and Eastern Europe, and China. Tucker earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Virginia and his graduate degree at George Washington University.

Mr Matthew Healy, National Executive, Regulatory & Government, Macquarie Telecom Pty Ltd Matt Healy joined Macquarie Telecom as National Executive, Regulatory & Government. His responsibilities include government liaison and the management of regulatory issues in Australia and Asia-Pacific. Matt is a Director of the Competitive Carriers Coalition (CCC) and a Board Member of the Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF). Prior to joining Macquarie Telecom, Matt held the position of Director Enforcement with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. He has also held corporate roles in the Aviation and Energy sectors.

Mr Bernard Hoogkamp, Global Mobile Community, Teliasonera

Mr Owen Irving, Director, International Carriers Services, Asia Pacific, Sales Operations, Cable & Wireless Owen Irving is Director of International Carrier Services for Asia Pacific at Cable&Wireless Europe, Asia & US. Owen is a nine year veteran at Cable&Wireless, and has over 18 years of cumulative experience as a business and technology consultant. He has worked in Europe as well as in Asia Pacific in multiple customer-facing roles across industries. In his current role at Cable&Wireless, Owen is responsible for Bid Pricing, Commercial Management as well as International Carrier Sales across Asia Pacific. Owen works with Cable&Wireless’ International Carrier customers to provide commercial and technical solutions that address their real business issues. He leads the commercial team in Asia Pacific, focused on delivering value to customers. Owen started his career at Deloitte in New Zealand; working as a Business Advisor with the Corporate Advisory Services and Consulting division of the global consultancy. He also worked in Finance and IT project management roles within United Distillers in the United Kingdom. Owen is a qualified Chartered Accountant. He has a Bachelor of Commerce from Auckland University, New Zealand.

Mr Steve Johnson, Head, BT21C Global Venture, BT Steve Johnson was appointed to lead the 21C Global Venture at its inception in July 2006. Prior to this he was Vice President Network Architecture, covering the development and exploitation of Next Generation Networks (NGN) globally, with a particular focus on the business and technical issues around NGN interconnection. Previously he held the position of Chief Technology Officer for BT Global Services. He has also held a number of other senior roles within BT and its subsidiaries covering global IP and data networking design, architecture and performance engineering - having over 20 years experience in these fields. He has a degree in Mathematics from Clare College, Cambridge.

Mr Ajay Joseph, CTO, iBasis Inc As Vice President of Network Architecture & Engineering, Ajay Joseph is responsible for the technical strategy, innovation, and engineering of the iBasis Internet Telephony infrastructure. Since 1999, Mr. Joseph has lead the network architecture, systems development and migration of the global iBasis network to an all IP, switch-less architecture with iBasis' proprietary Assured Quality Routing (AQR) and Path Engine routing systems enabling iBasis to become one of the largest voice carriers on the world. Prior to joining iBasis, Mr. Joseph was manager and architect of the IP Telecom division at GTE Internetworking responsible for new VoIP-based services. He also held senior level engineering and design positions at DeskNet Systems and NYNEX Science & Technology. Mr. Joseph is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program of Harvard Business School. He holds Professional Engineering and Master of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University.

Ms Irina Komarova, Senior Account Manager, International Carriers Business, Rostelecom Headquarters Ms. Irina Komarova joined Rostelecom in April 2004 as Senior Account Manager in International Carriers Business Department establishing partnership with international carriers, negotiating on exchanging traffic, capacity issues, offering digital services, caring on analytical researches for international traffic optimization, exploring foreign markets for international business opportunities.

Mr Ola Korsmo, Market Director, Telenor Global Services Ola has been in the networking business for almost 30 years, after graduating from the Technical University at Trondheim, Norway in 1977. He first became a design engineer for Air Traffic Control systems with the Gustav A. Ring company, doing hardware and software design. In 1996 he joined Telenor Global Services, first as a systems engineer designing global frame relay solutions and later as product manager for Internet capacity and from june 1998 International ATM services. In june 1999, Ola was appointed director for the IP Broadband Services business unit, and joined the management group of the company. In january 2000, Ola was appointed director for International Networks and in October 2000 director for Capacity sales. At the time being Ola is Market director in Telenor Global services.

Mr Fedor Krupyansky, Vice President, Marketing Director, TransTeleCom Company Mr. Krupyansky joined TransTeleCom in 2005 as Vice-President, Marketing Director. Before joined TransTeleCom Mr. Krupyansky took several leading positions at Golden Telecom, Inc., including Head of Marketing and Business Development Department. Mr. Krupyansky graduated from Moscow Technical University of Telecommunication and Informatics. He has Ph.D. degree in economic science.

Mr Vinod Kumar, President, VSNL

Mr Jan Larsson, Special Advisor, Teliasonera

Mr Calvin Lee, Chief Executive Officer, Deutsche Telekom Asia Calvin Lee, Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Telekom Asia Pte Ltd, is responsible for Deutsche Telekom carriers’ carriers business, International Carriers Sales & Solutions (ICSS), for the Asia Pacific & Middle East region. Mr Lee joined the Deutsche Telekom group in Singapore 1997. Since then he has steered the growth of the business, and increased local presences in the region with set-up of sales offices in Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong. Prior to joining the Deutsche Telekom group, Mr. Lee was with Corporate Access, where he was involved in international VSAT service satellite communication for enterprise and carriers in the South and South East Asia regions. Mr Lee started his career in sales with IBM Singapore for IBM’s Global Services. Mr. Lee earned his MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and obtained an Honours Degree in Mechanical and Production Engineering from the National University of Singapore.

Mr David Loiterton , Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Omnifone

Mr Diarmid Massey, CEO, Asia Pacific, Vanco

Ms Kate McKenzie, Group Managing Director, Wholesale Business Division, Telstra

Mr Mike Ng, Senior Manager, Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited Mike Ng is the Senior Manager of Singapore NGNBN Department in Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited (HKBN). He is now an active member in bidding the Next Generation National Broadband Network (NGNBN) project in Singapore for the company. Prior to joining HKBN, Mike worked for PCCW HkT, New World Telecom and Asia Netcom. He has over 14 years of experience in telecom business, particularly relevant to project planning, product development and bid management on both local and international telecom markets. Mike holds a bachelor’s degree of Engineering in Electronics and a master’s degree in Technology Management from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Mr Takashi Ooi, VP, NTT Takashi Ooi has experienced a number of important positions in his more than 20 years’ career with NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com). As a Vice President, Network Integration and Solutions, Global Business Division, NTT Com, he is responsible for network & solutions proposals and installation for global Multi-National-Companies.

Ms Claire Paponneau, Exe VP, International Wholesale Solutions, France Telecom Claire Paponneau is Executive Vice-President of International Wholesale Solutions of the France Telecom Group in which the key brand is Orange. The France Telecom Group provides innovative services to more than 1000 mobile operators, international carriers, ISPs and content providers. Before taking up her current position in 2002, Claire was Executive Vice-President of International Networks. Claire joined the France Telecom Group in 1984 and has been involved in the management of networks, services and video planning as well as finance, planning and information systems. She was also responsible for setting up a unified organization of multicultural teams in 2000 following the France Telecom acquisition of Global One (later to become Orange Business Services, the world leader in the corporate services market). Claire is a graduate of the French National School of Telecommunications and the Ecole des Mines, Paris. She also holds a research degree in Mathematics from the Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris.

Mr Shivanandan Pare, , Reliance Entertainment

Ms Ampai Pornprasertsakul, Electronic Information System, True Internet Ampai Pornprasertsakul, Dr. of Computer Science from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT, BKK, Thailand). Deputy Director of Electronic Information System, True Internet Co., Ltd. More than 20 years of experience in Management and System Implementation in Telecommunication Business for True Corporation and True Internet. Specialize in the area of CRM & Billing Systems, Services Provisioning System, System Integration and Services Bundling. Key member of new IP-TV Implementation Team for True Corp in 2006.

Mr Sridhar Ramachandran, CTO, NextPoint Sridhar Ramachandran co-founded NexTone Communications in February of 1998 and serves as the company’s CTO. He brings to the company a wealth of technical and business background in the telecom and datacom industry. Prior to NexTone, Ramachandran has held executive and professional positions at large corporations and entrepreneurial startups. He worked at GE Spacenet, Bay Networks and Hughes Network Systems before he founded NexTone Communications. Ramachandran earned his Bachelors in Technology in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology in Chennai (Madras), India. He has a Master of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

UdayaBhaskar Rao Abburu, Vice President – Product Management, Ordyn Technologies Mr UdayaBhaskar Rao Abburu has 20 years of experience in Telecommunication systems Architecture, Development, testing and deployment. He has a widespread functional knowledge in the following areas: Sales, Pre-Sales, Product management, Design, Development, Testing & evaluation, and rich experience in the software development cycle and good exposure to ISO & CMM Quality systems. Currently working as a Vice President – Product Management in Ordyn Technologies Pvt Ltd, Bangalore- India.

Mr Jim Schweigert, General Manager, Matrix Networks Jim Schweigert has over 17 years of experience in many phases of the submarine telecommunications industry. He was Senior Vice President of General Offshore Corporation responsible for that company’s shallow water cable installation business, overseeing all phases of business for 5 companies in Europe, the Americas and South East Asia. He was a Senior Consultant to Tyco Telecommunications and responsible for sales of new submarine telecommunications systems in Asia for 3 years. He was COO of Nava Networks Singapore Pte. Ltd., a startup carriers’ carrier that was planning to construct a submarine cable connecting Singapore to Jakarta and Perth. He is currently General Manager of Matrix Networks Pte. Ltd. Matrix is constructing a submarine cable system connecting Singapore to Jakarta and Batam, Indonesia. At Matrix, he is responsible for managing the supply contract with Tyco, overseeing all marine matters and all permits and construction in Singapore.

Mr Mu Pio Shih, Mobile Business Group, Mobile Business Group, Chunghwa Telecom Mu-Piao Shih is Vice President and Spokesman of Mobile Business Group, Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. In 1979 he joined Telecommunication Laboratories, DGT, MOTC, and took the position of a Chief Research Engineer in 1993. He was appointed as Managing Director of Mobile Communications Department, Mobile Business Group, Chunghwa Telecom Co., in April 1997 and promoted as Deputy Chief Engineer, Chief Engineer and Vice President of the business group on October 2000, October 2001 and March 2005 respectively. Mr. Shih received his M. S. degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University in 1983 and was a Ph.D. candidate of National Central University in Electrical Engineering. He is registered professional engineer of electrical engineering, electronic engineering and telecommunication engineering. His major interests are in the areas of wireless communications, satellite communications and mobile communications. He was awarded The Ten Outstanding Employees of Chunghwa Telecom in 1999. He is currently the chairman of “Mobile Service SIG” in the 3G Club formed by the five 3G operators.

Mr VS Shridhar, Head, VSNL

Mr Suresh Sidhu, Carrier Services, Carrier Services, Maxis Communication Suresh joined Maxis in November 2004 as Head of Corporate Strategy. During his time in the role, Suresh led the corporate development efforts of Maxis in Indonesia and India. In January 2007, he assumed the role of Head of Carrier Services. The Carrier Services operations at Maxis comprise bilaterals, international wholesale, roaming and domestic access (incl. MVNOs). The division now manages over 2.0 bn minutes, nearly 370 roaming partners and nearly 75 interconnections. Suresh previously spent 7 years with the Boston Consulting Group in South East Asia and Toronto. Suresh has an undergraduate degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and an MBA from INSEAD

Mr Dieter Sieber, Chairman, Asia Pacific Carriers Coalition

Mr William So, Chief Operating Officer, China Netcom (HK Operations) Mr. William So is the Deputy Managing Director of International Division, China Netcom (Group) Co. Ltd., and Chief Operating Officer, China Netcom (Hong Kong) Operations Ltd. Mr. So joined China Netcom in 2000 as head of international business and has since developed the business from scratch to become the largest in China, working closely with international telecom operators as business and equity partners. Born in Hong Kong and educated in Hong Kong and the UK, Mr. So has a very unique background with exceptional experience in both International and China business. Prior to joining CNC, Mr. So served as General Manager to an European Telecom Equipment manufacturer and helped the company to establish Wholly Owned Foreign Enterprises (WOFE) as well as a Foreign-Foreign Joint Ventures in China. Before that, Mr. So served as General Manager for an International telecom operator and helped the company to establish and managed a Sino-US Joint Venture in 1996. Mr. So received his honor degree in Computing Science from Imperial College, London in 1981. He is a member of the Chinese Communist Party.

James Spenceley, CEO, Vocus Communication For more than a decade James Spenceley has been an integral part of the commercial Australian Internet and VoIP landscape. Since founding i-Net Internet (one of the first commercial business Internet Providers), Mr Spenceley has been responsible for building and enhancing some of the largest and most widely used Internet and Voice networks in Australia.

Mr Leigh Wade, Global Technical Director, Infinera

Mr Hou Ziqiang, CTO, China Netcom Mr Ziqiang Hou is a professor of the Institute of Acoustics, China Academy of Science (CAS). Mr. Hou was the Secretary General of the Chinese Academy of Sciences from 1988 to 1993, and Director of the Institute of Acoustics CAS from 1993 to 1997. Mr. Hou is also an Committeeman of the Telecommunication Science and Technology Committee of the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) and independent Non-executive Director of China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Ltd., He has won the 1st Class Chinese National Award of Science and Technology Progress.

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