>>Agenda >>Day 2
09 - 02 - 2006
>>09h00 | 09h30 Reception & Welcome coffee>>
   

>>09h30 | 10h00 Voice over IP at the portuguese NREN>>
   The RCTS is a computing network, run by FCCN, that makes use of the Internet protocols to guarantee a collaboration and communication platform among educational, scientific, technological and cultural institutions. This networks connencts almost all higher education institutions as well as public elementary and secondary schools. In this context, FCCN started in 2004 a VoIP project aiming to deploy advanced VoIP services to its constituency. With a very practical perspective, several Universities are starting to trial and gain confidence with VoIP technologies. This presentation will also cover progress and major constrains at this point.
Lino Santos, FCCN
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>>10h00 | 10h30 Keynote Address:
SIP: Where from here?>>
  Core SIP standards are now firmly defined for both fixed and mobile networks. So why does there appear to be a never-ending SIP standardization effort going on? What is done, what is not yet done, and how well can customers expect multiple vendors' products to interoperate now? This talk examines the impact of ongoing SIP technical work on the marketplace for SIP-based products and services.
Jay Batson, SIP-Forum
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>>10h30 | 11h00 IP Telephony for SOHO and Small Business: Drivers, Challenges and Solutions.>>
  Recent reports show that IP Telephony has almost no presence in the Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) and small business market segment. How is it possible to increase market share in these segment? This presentation addresses the existing challenges and drivers for VoIP technology and Service Providers in order to form competitive offering for SOHO customers. In addition it discuss the current solutions available from Linksys to cover this segment and help Service Providers increase market and revenue from SOHO and Small Businesses.
Alberto Montilla Bravo, Linksys, A Division of Cisco Systems Inc
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>>11h00 | 11h25 Coffee-Break>>
   

>>11h25 | 11h55 VoIP - Enhanced Business Value>>
   
Luís Martins, Siemens
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>>11h55 | 12h25 Managed Business Solutions for Service Providers. VoIP Case>>
  HP has developed an intelligent solution that helps the Service Providers to reduce OPEX dramatically in the deployment and support of business solutions (VoIP, WLAN, Security,...). At the same time, this solution reduces the Time-to-Market and risk for the Service Providers improving the Total Customer Experience
Juan Parra, Hewlett-Packard
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>>12h25 | 13h00 The competition for the Voice Market>>
  In most countries we now see an increased competition and falling revenues in the voice market. Operators within fixed line telephony, mobile telephony and IP telephony all compete for the customers’ traffic and spending. New technology and new systems change the market place rapidly – and on an overall basis, the incumbent operators are loosing market share. On the top of this the NRAs are imposing new regulation that affect all players in the market place.Mr. Aarønæs will analyze and discuss trends and prognosis for the voice market, with the highly advanced Nordic telecom market as a basis for his observation and thoughts
Tore Aarønæs, Norsk Telecom AS
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>>13h00 | 14h15 Lunch>>
   

>>14h15 | 14h45 Quality of Service for VoIP services>>
  The presentation will focus on the importance of QoS management of the voice in Access Gateways. Next generation networks are designed to deliver a broad range of services, sometimes with different requests in terms of packet loss or delay. The residential gateway is the first network element that must properly manage different types of services and give them the right priority. Residential Gateways can assist Operators assess Voice QoS, render installation procedures easier and facilitate maintenance activities and helping to locate faults.
Roberto Mestriner, Telsey
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>>14h45 | 15h15 VoIP 2.0 at the Portuguese market>>
   
Vitor Magalhães, Netcall
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>>15h15 | 15h45 VoIP Peering - Why Now?>>
  With millions of consumers using broadband telephony services today, it’s easy to envision a world where calls don’t touch the PSTN. Yet more than 90% of all calls from VoIP-connected phones still touch the PSTN. This session will discuss the state of VoIP Peering today, discuss the economics on-net calling, and how ENUM, SPIT, routing and security all play a critical role in bringing VoIP costs down even further, sparring more innovation and allowing for more enhanced features for all-on-net calling.
Eli Katz, XConnect
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>>15h45 | 16h10 Coffee-Break>>
   

>>16h10 | 16h40 Speaker to be confirmed>>
   

>>16h40 | 18h10 SIP Forum>>
  Round-table discussion