December 2008 Archives

Evolving Business Models and IPTV (SP-04)

Monday - 02/02/09,  3:00-3:45pm

Driven by competitive pressure and the promise of added average revenue per user, telcos are rolling out new IPTV services as quickly as possible. However, additional user revenue is only one piece of the potential returns from IPTV. The unique, ubiquitous nature of IP technology opens up an opportunity for IPTV providers to work more closely with web content providers, advertisers and technology vendors to develop new "mass customized" services that deliver more value from the network. This session discusses how IPTV providers are evolving their business models to work more closely with others within the IP ecosystem, how content providers are adding value by tapping into the networks, how an open network infrastructure is critical to enabling this change, and, most importantly, how this all leads to differentiation and improved user experience. Presented by:   Scott Heinlein Service Provider Senior Marketing Manager Juniper Networks   Lynda Starr Account Manager Vantage Communications

Other presentations I have recorded in the past on IPTV:

Karen Campagna of Cisco at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKBZ_FX0GR8 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81TxUz2vOiA

Zomma Mohiuddin, PTCL first in Pakistan with IPTV 

By guest editors, colleagues, and friends of Suzanne: Anne Tredway and Bryan Coburn

Todd (the open source community director for Digium®.) keeps a modest demeanor throughout his presentations and discussions at ISPCON 2009 in San Jose, California despite our industry's recognition that Digium®. is the innovative force behind Asterisk®.

Watch and listen to one of John Todd's presentations at ISPCON in four video recordings.

1. An Introduction to Asterisk® at http://www.viddler.com/explore/suzannebowen/videos/15/

2. ISPs Control = Happiness at http://www.viddler.com/explore/suzannebowen/videos/16/

3. Long Tail of Telephony networks at http://www.viddler.com/explore/suzannebowen/videos/17/

4. Asterisk® the Cost-Effective Ecosystem at http://www.viddler.com/explore/suzannebowen/videos/20/

Listen to interesting anecdotes of the Burning Man Festival and a GSM bay station, the Hawaiian provider with no competition, and more. 

ISPCON is one of many industry secrets among global conferences. Our DIDX team has a DID/DDI media channel on TMC website with one major objective to showcase IP communications conferences, expos, workshops and seminars that DIDX sponsors as a media partner or supporting organization sponsor. Events that wish to harness the power of this media outlet, please contact suzanne @ supertec.com

(ISPCON has an innovative team that works together to make the conference happen. We found several great practices to copy such as showing the "faces" of the speakers at the end of the main web page at http://www.ispcon.com/. In fact, we would recommend that they include the faces of the exhibitors, sponsors and some of the attendees next time.)

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While many emerging and developed countries are mired in over-zealous government telecommunications regulation on voIP, India is a trend-setter. Check out the news here on the *legalization of voIP at VoIP-Info.org.

As a result, the 17th Annual India Convergence conference is going to be the international business deal making hub in Asia for the gathering of global trend-setting IP communications related companies March 18-20, 2009 in New Delhi at the Pragati Maidan.

DIDX is a media partner for 17th Convergence India 2009 conference because of the future-thinking, entrepreneurial attitude of the India government telecom department and its many DIDX wholesale member clients' interest in Asia.

Copied directly from the conference schedule URL...

Telecom Tracks:

• Next Generation Network
• Telecom Services & Applications
• Enterprise Applications & Solutions
• WiMAX Evolution

Mobility Tracks

• Technology Strategies for 3G and Beyond
• Deveopling Mobile Communication in Rural Areas
• Wireless Broadband
• Mobile Convergence

Broadcast, Cable, Satellite, Entertainment Tracks

• Creating the Business of Infotainment
• DTH/IPTV/Mobile TV
• Digital Media & Mobile Entertainment
• Creation, Management, Delivery of content for the entertainment industry

Information Technology Tracks

• Information Technology in the SMB environment
• E - CRM / ERP / SCM
• Data Storage Management
• Managing IT Infrastructure

Information Security Tracks

• Information Theft- Security issues, Strategy & Challenges
• Database Management for the Enterprise
• Theft Management
• 360 Degree Data Security

This list is not exhaustive and if you believe you have a contribution of value to the Indian market, please don't hesitate to offer your proposal.

 Add the important dates March 18-20, 2009 to your calendar and sign up at http://www.convergenceindia.org/ to attend, present, sponsor, and/or exhibit. Check Facebook where there's a cool pre-networking area at India Convergence 2009 and you can also see other global events we sponsor at http://www.didx.net/events. Just participate! People from the globe want to meet you and do business with you.

*legalization of voIP in India - I referred to this exciting announcement on my other more personal blog at http://suzanne.supertec.com/2008/09/braintel-brothers-masters-from-viruses.html

Disaster preparedness, such a scary topic, but one we should not toss aside.

Listen to Chuck Manto of Instant Access Networks talk with me Suzanne at a luncheon during November 2008's ISPCON in San Jose, California on Viddler.

I'm quite familar with this and do recall the milkshake that hurricane Ivan made of our Strong St. office in Pensacola, but thanks to our future-thinking team, our services were not disrupted... all is hosted in Dallas with backup in Tokyo.