Asia's network traffic has been growing at over 50% annually since 2002. With current infrastructure, the region could run out of bandwidth as soon as 2011. But who is consuming this bandwidth? And what exactly are they using more bandwidth for? What kind of investments will Asia need to boost its telecommunications infrastructure to continue to fuel the region’s explosive growth?

Wilfred Kwan, CTO, Pacnet

What are the options for future broadband access networks given the need for carrier-class reliability in the delivery of video services? How can network operators migrate quickly and economically to these future networks, leveraging the existing copper infrastructure and ensuring acceptable return on investment?

Erwin T. Filmer, Solutions Director, Asia Pacific, ECI Telecom

A variety of technologies have been developed to meet the requirements for mobile broadband services. How do technologies such as WiMAX 16.e, HSPA+, LTE and UMB compare? What are the key factors that operators have to consider when selecting technologies for their deployment strategies?

Min Chung-Yen, Senior Director, Asia Pacific Marketing & Strategy Dept, Huawei Technologies

Optimizing for IPTV
IPTV is changing the requirements for broadband. With a strong need for speed, stability, and enhanced network and real time OS responsiveness, service providers need more advanced tools to ensure the optimal experience for the user. What are these tools and what transport, management and Quality of Experience specifications are required to support IPTV applications?

Robin Mersh, COO, DSL Forum

Net Neutrality in a Wireless World

Wireless technologies fill an important role in the broadband data mix but there are limitations on how a wire-line world can be translated to the wireless world. What is the impact of net neutrality in a wireless world where bandwidth is shared amongst many users in a common “pipe”? Can a completely open internet model be applied to wireless technologies?

Ray Owen, Head of Technology, Home & Networks Mobility, Asia, Motorola

The Future for Infrastructure Competition

There is a presumption today that infrastructure sharing represents Nirvana. Regulators are encouraging it through projects such as the Palapa Ring national backbone in Indonesia. But others believe infrastructure ownership is the key to competitive advantage. What are the pros and cons of infrastructure competition and how might these be reflected in appropriate regulatory regimes?

Abu Saeed Khan, Strategy Analyst, Ericsson, South East Asia

Roundtable: The Future for Infrastructure Competition – Debate

Regulation and public policy needs to be appropriate and proportionate if regulators are to avoid becoming barriers themselves. How can this be achieved in areas such as infrastructure competition where there can be no ‘one size fits all’ approach? How does this impact the prospects for broadband provision across Asia? What are the real characteristics of ‘good’ regulation and how should policies be formulated to enable and enhance the goals and aspirations of society?

Moderator:
Abu Saeed Khan, Strategy Analyst, Ericsson, South East Asia

Panellists:
Ray Owen, Head of Technology, Home & Networks Mobility, Asia, Motorola
Alan Hadden, President, GSA
Wilfred Kwan, Chief Technology Officer, Pacnet

CEO Perspectives – “Operating Model of the Future”

The Impact of HSPA

HSPA is part of the evolutionary roadmap for GSM network operators worldwide and is supported by a rapidly expanding mobile broadband ecosystem . Recently there has been a massive rise in the number of HSPA-capable devices and the HSPA market now seems to be developing much faster than other technologies. What is driving such dramatic growth?

Alan Hadden, President, GSA

The Business Case for a New Long-Term Evolution Network

The time is now right for service providers to develop strategies for addressing customers’ increased need for bandwidth speed and capacity by using LTE technology. Are there benefits of early LTE migration beyond mobile broadband? What new applications are enabled by LTE? What is the real business case for LTE?

Mike Ropicky, Senior Director, Motorola

A Mass Market of Niches

Identifying niches – from immigrant communities, to groups of common interest and those with specific service requirements – can release the potential of traditional mobile network operators and MVNOs. But ensuring that multiple niches can be managed without incurring excessive support costs requires a flexible service, customer management and billing environment.

Boudewijn Pesch, Managing Director, Acision

Wireless Broadband for Rural Areas

About 40% of the world’s population lives in rural and remote areas of developing countries where network operators and service providers are reluctant to provide service. What technologies are available to bridge this digital divide?

Idris Vasi, Senior Vice President, Ordyn Technologies

The New Mobile Broadband Challenge

In order to support widespread HSPA and eventually WiMAX and LTE, a major mobile backhaul revolution must take place. For the first time in the history of the cellular industry the bottleneck is no longer in the wireless portion of the network – it is in the backhaul. Mobile operators have to adopt a backhaul system based on IP as used in fixed-line broadband.

Efraim Wachtel, President & CEO, RAD Data Communications

Predicting Traffic Mix for Mobile Backhaul

The ability to dynamically control the mix of traffic on their networks is critical for service providers as they manage the transition to an all-IP network. What are the challenges of predicting TDM and data traffic mix for mobile wireless backhaul? What new technology innovations will enable mobile operators to dynamically dial-in the optimal traffic mix for network optimization?

Chris Cook, Sr. Vice President, Worldwide Sales, Hatteras Networks

Taking Mobile Backhaul Networks to All-IP

Most mobile operators today use E1/T1 leased-lines to realize RAN backhaul but such an approach cannot cope with a dramatic increase in bandwidth. More cost-effective, flexible and robust IP-based mobile transport technologies are required. What solutions are available to support mobile backhaul as existing mobile networks evolve to more advanced data services?

Sethumadhavan Srinivasan, Deputy Director, Asia Pacific Network Strategy & Marketing, Huawei Technologies

The Economics of Backhaul

IP/Ethernet technologies have the ability to change the economics of backhaul for mobile operators. How will the transition to IP RAN produce operational savings, improved utilization and simplification of existing backhaul networks? How might next-generation wireline technologies (such as MPLS-based pseudowires) impact backhaul networks?

Andy Miller, VP for Service Provider, Asia Pacific, Juniper Networks

Satellite-based Cellular Backhaul Services

Satellite-based backhaul solutions can be cost-effective for mobile operators in remote areas not served by terrestrial infrastructure. But lowering operational expenses associated with access and backhaul transmission requires up-to-date voice optimization technology combined with highly-efficient satellite space-segment modulation and coding schemes.

End of Day Two and Close of Access Networks & Technologies Stream