Day 2, Wednesday 5th November 2008 Day 2, Wednesday 5th November 2008
8.50am Chairman’s opening remarks
Managing Partner, Hardiman Telecommunications Ltd.
THE OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTED BY PARTNERING WIRELESS OPERATORS 9am Keynote: Utilising IP-based technologies to create key opportunities for mobile in the wholesale sector
- Building a next generation mobile business in the region – developing profitable voice and data strategies
- The opportunities for mobile to offer wholesale voice and data services beyond traditional competencies
- Determined that the best way to migrate from PSTN to IP to support NGN wholesale services
Chief Corporate Strategy and Regulations Officer, Turkcell
9.30am Keynote: The future of interconnection within the Balkans through establishing a new settlement through IPX
- The role that IPX can play and the commercial opportunities it presents
- The key benefits of migration of a large volume of voice traffic from mobile networks to an IP format
- Developing standards for commercial functions including secure billing across multiple networks and platforms
- Reserving the basic framework of commercial relationships now common in the carrier world
Mr John Boden, Head of Interaoperability, Vodafone Group
10am Keynote: The Roaming Hub Revolution: a new age in Roaming Connectivity
- Overcoming the time consuming, resource heavy problems associated with standard bilateral agreements
- Maximising speed, simplicity and control to minimize cost and increase reliability
- Expanding all MNOs’ business into the wider roaming community with freedom and ease
- Profiting from roaming revenues with low operating cost
- Enhancing existing relationships with customers by offering new services
Head of Roaming, Mobilkom
BEYOND THE CEE MARKETPLACE11.20am Developing optimal partnerships between mobile and fixed line operators within the Russian region
- Exploring the role of the mobile operators in the Russian wholesale telecoms market
- Analysing the current rate of convergence within the region
- Forecasting the future relationship between mobile and fixed line operators.
Director Fixed Business Development, MTS Group
11.50am Growing opportunities for alternative providers in a diversifying region
- How is the landscape for the telecommunication industry being shaped?
- What regulatory issues need to be tackled in order to enhance the development of markets?
- Focusing on the opportunities available to alternative operators planning to invest in the CEE region.
- How are key drivers evolving: offering, pricing, network reach, infrastructure.
Managing Director, Borusan Telekom
12.20pm Panel: Analysing the key opportunities and challenges within the Balkans wholesale telecom market
- An analysis of the current market conditions and the key players in the Balkan region and what the future holdsPotential mergersAcquisitionsJoint ventures
- Key developments in the voice, data, IP and mobile markets
- Measuring current capacity demand, pricing strategy and investment in infrastructure
- Regulatory restrictions and carrier services
- Examining investment potential and developing an effective business model
- Focusing on and recognising new opportunities for international providers
Chairman of the Board & CEO, ISKON Internet Managing Director, BMP Telecomunications Mr Olgu Dincoglu, General Manager, Regulations, Legal and Interoperator Relations, Tellcom Iletism Wholesale Director, Novatel Bulgaria
ROADMAPS OF THE FUTURE: THE WHOLESALE BUSINESS MODEL BEYOND 20082.30pm Investigating the role of the emerging wholesale model within IPTV
- The opportunity presented to tier-one players within the emerging IPTV business model
- The opportunities presented by the European local loop unbundling (LLU) for ISP’s and altnets
- Creating a mutually beneficial model: sharing platform, content, CPE and operational costs
- Upgrading your network cost-effectively by lowering the CAPEX and OPEX to enter the IPTV market
- Making different IPTV wholesale/retail models pay through capturing the subscriber base
CEO, Telekom Austria Czech Republic
3pm Panel: Creating a roadmap to carry you beyond “dumb pipes” and support content rich services
- The emergence of affordable passive optical networking as an opportunity to create an evolved dumb-pipe alternative
- First-mover advantages and competitive cable threat
- ROI expectations for the pure smart-pipe approach and expanding service portfolios
- Estimating future demand for products and services
- Identifying the business designs that are required for the successful launch of these new services
- Deciphering which services to be developed in house and which to be outsourced
Commercial Director, Croatia Telecom Director of Carrier Business and Wholesale, lattelecom Mr Zdenko Rozic, Head of Wholesale Department, HT Mostar
5pm Close of the 6th Carriers World CEE conference |
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- Have you benefited from a product or service that could help others?
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Evgeny Moskalev
