MEF Tutorial

Global Ethernet Connectivity - examining the growth of Carrier Ethernet as a global service - highlighting the importance of and explaining how operators are working towards standard ways of interconnection for Carrier Ethernet.

Customer Tutorials including Belgacom Ethernet Best Practice Seminar

Keynote Session

• Carrier Ethernet Global Adoption - Nan Chen, President, MEF
• Ethernet Evolution in the Global Marketplace - Margaret T. Chiosi, Executive Director, Ethernet & Optical Development, AT&T
• MEF Technology Update - William Bjorkman, Senior Technical Consultant, Verizon Communications 

STREAM A Ethernet Architecture

• Application aware CE infrastructure
• Operator deployment case studies
• Competing approaches to network design
• CE technology debate

STREAM B Global Services

• Practical interconnect ENNI
• Building a global services business
• Wholesale global access

STREAM C Enterprise Session

STREAM A Business Services

• Enterprise customer perspective
• Nationwide services
• SLA based service differentiation
• Driving profi tability
• Leased Line migration
• CE OAM
  

STREAM B Mobile Backhaul

• CE readiness for mobile backhaul
• Converged access
• IP microwave
• Synchronisation

Problem Solving

Next Gen Broadband

• Residential broadband network evolution
• Consumer market - wholesale access to NGN
  
• Advances in optical switching

Consolidation

New - round table format discussion groups led by experts to help clarify and cement yourlearning experience at CEWC