Telecom Executive Summit@CONNECTIONS™

Digital DNA for Service Providers
 

Service providers are entering the next phase of telecom, where they must meet the challenge and demand of their customer’s evolving digital lifestyle. Telecom executives must possess the right ‘digital DNA’ to manage this transition and maximize their company’s digital opportunities. The Telecom Executive Summit@CONNECTIONS will bring executives from leading telecom carriers to discuss and brainstorm the digital strategies that prepare them for today’s reality and tomorrow’s changing future.  More info...

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AGENDA
8:30 am

Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:45 am Keynote Address
9:30 am

All Things Digital Service Provider Panel
 

Service provider thought leaders share their own experiences in managing the transition of taking traditional telcos into the digital age. This panel will highlight service provider strategies for maximizing the digital opportunity in telecom today and tomorrow. Hear first hand from the carriers who are embracing their digital future and executing against it. Topics for discussion will include:

  • How to engage digital customers for higher ARPU

  • Implementing a ‘digital culture’

  • Successfully managing a digital product portfolio

  • Lessons learned from the new digital frontier
10:30 am Networking Break
11:00 am Online Video: What are My Options?
  While not crystal clear yet, online video is beginning to show some clarity. Numerous options now exist for both customers and service providers to access valuable content via broadband. This panel discussion will shed some light on the online video possibilities for service providers. Topics will include:
  • Examination of online video options
  • Implications of online video for traditional subscription video models
  • Deciphering the online video business model from a service provider’s point of view
  • Examination of existing service provider strategies and debate of winners and losers
12:00 pm Networking Lunch
1:00 pm Digital Home Panel
  Telecom’s new frontier involves embracing the customer premise and mining it for improved customer relations and positive contributions to ARPU. This panel discussion will highlight the challenges and opportunities of the digital home. Topics of discussion will include:
  • Detailed discussion of home networking business models
  • Examination of the home control and monitoring opportunity
  • Efficiency strategies for managing the home networking opportunity
  • Lessons learned from the digital home frontier
2:00 pm Networking Break
2:15 pm The Dumb Pipe: To Be or Not to Be
  As carriers continue to push the envelope of broadband connectivity, a recurring question remains – what’s next? As a service provider, should I focus my efforts on providing good connectivity, or should I be in the business of developing and sourcing content and applications. This panel will offer a lively debate over providing pure connectivity versus trying to make a buck on content and applications. Topics will include:
  • Pros and cons of both business approaches
  • Broadband QOS – can you make a business out of it?
  • The growing role of applications on the broadband network
  • Identifying and understanding risk factors
3:15 pm Closing Keynote Address
 

CONFERENCE BEGINS


All Attendees of this summit are welcomed to attend the CONNECTIONS™ opening sessions and reception. Questions? Contact Elizabeth Parks.

 
4:00 pm Opening Comments from Parks Associates
New Connectivity, New Services, New Opportunities
4:30 pm Opening Keynote
Embedding Wireless in Consumer Electronics


Glenn Lurie
President of Emerging Devices and Resale, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets

 

Lurie will discuss the role wireless will play in emerging devices and how consumers today and in the future will use these wirelessly enabled devices to stay connected.
5:15 pm Session:
The Marriage of Online Video to CE 
 

By 2013, the amount of premium Web video content coming to devices other than a computer or portable multimedia player will generate $5.9 billion in transactional revenues. This panel discusses how consumer electronics companies and content providers are working together to deliver new video experiences to end users, focusing on early deployments, current business models, and future services.

 

Speakers

TBA

 

Moderator

Kurt Scherf, VP & Principal Analyst, Parks Associates
6:00 pm Reception in the Showcase
8:00 pm Press and Speaker Reception
 
 

 
 

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