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The upcoming IT Expo West in LA, CA September 1-3 will undoubtedly be stacked with several valuable sessions as always. I will be covering a couple of known subjects around a timely phenomenon - The Broadband Stimulus. The focus will be on the Broadband Stimulus and how it will potentially impact broadband VoIP deployment and use as well as investment in fiber and wireless technologies and their inevitable union.

I hope to see you there!

9/1/2009, 12:45-1:30pm
Track: Service Provider
"Dark Fiber & U.S. Stimulus - How New Fiber Drives Broadband VoIP" (SP-04)
Over the next two to five years broadband speeds and penetration will increase giving VoIP service providers and equipment vendors more opportunities than ever before. This session will connect the dots between the Broadband Stimulus, fiber deployment and the VoIP applications that will grow from it. The moderator will give an overview of the current status of the ARRA BTOP. The panel will discuss the benefits of wide-scale broadband deployment and how that will positively impact the VoIP industry.

9/1/2009, 1:45-2:30pm
Track: Service Provider
"Fiber & Wireless Backhaul - Two Technologies That Actually Feed Each Other" (SP-05)
Since the invention and commercialization of both fiber and wireless transport there has been a perception of competition between the two. Vendors positioned their products and services as a "one, or the other" choice. Very recently it has become very apparent to the mainstream buyer that fiber and wireless actually complement each other. There is probably no better example of this than with 4G wireless deployment and backhaul needs of wireless data from cell towers. This session will provide an overview of the current state of wireless backhaul over fiber, the benefits, where it is and is not happening, and why.

The latest news from North Korea, but probably not something they want to get out on the wires, is a twist on information control. Apparently N.K. is instituting a "a clampdown on cellphone and long-distance telephone calls to prevent people from reporting on food shortages." VoIP peering, or peering at any level doesn't work so well when there are no devices to use. This would be interesting to verfiy. I wonder if a reporter could email in the story out of N.K.?

North Korea clamps down on mobile phone use to stop news of food crisis
http://www.telegeography.com/cu/article.php?article_id=25808&email=text

In recent VoIP Peering news the Dutch Cable SIP Exchange successfully tested interop
between its peering system (provided by XConnect) with Nokia Siemens Networks hiQ VoIP Platform. The test was done to demonstrate the ability to bridge between ENUM and C7.This marks continuing progress for VoIP Peering which is a good thing, but it also highlights two other important factors.

1. ENUM is the primary choice for routing with C7 being the fallback

2. The role of standards

In order to effect change technology must not only exist and operate correctly, but the thought process of how and when to use it must also change. A common language must have a common process and order. It is easy to see that the new way is ENUM first, C7 second. These are significant milestones in the psychology of networking as much as they are in the lifecycle of these entities.

To read the full announcement - http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS198119+06-Aug-2008+MW20080806