2018Roundtable agenda · and discuss challenges directly impacting global wholesale telecoms today ... time to market and risking the NSP ability to capture new market opportunities

6-9 May 2018 | Hyatt Regency & Swissôtel

Conference Sessions & Roundtable agenda2018

Capitalise on this unique opportunity to learn, debate and discuss challenges directly impacting global

wholesale telecoms today

This brochure is your guide to the conference sessions, roundtables and exclusive thought-leadership events that will take place during ITW

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CONTENTS

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SUNDAY 6 MAY

WEDNESDAY 9 MAY

TUESDAY 8 MAY

MONDAY 7 MAY

11.00AM A2P MESSAGING: UNLOCKING THE SECRETS OF ROI

1.00PM THE FUTURE OF MESSAGING

1.50PM ADOPTING SD-WAN FOR A GLOBAL CORPORATE NETWORK

2.15PM HYBRID TRANSFORMATIONS – EXPERIENCES WITH ADOPTING SD-WAN AND INTEGRATING INTERNET INTO THE WAN

3.25PM BENCHMARKING ENTERPRISE NETWORKS — MODELING HYBRID NETWORK COSTS

3.50PM CLOUD IN THE WAN – HOW TO ADAPT YOUR WAN TO ACCOMMODATE CLOUD-BASED APPLICATIONS

8.30AM ENABLING CONTENT ON THE CONTINENT

9.00AM DIGITAL AND THE GROWTH OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NETWORK SERVICE PROVIDER (NSP)

11.00AM TO BE CONFIRMED

2.00PM UNDERSTANDING THE CARRIER ROLE IN THE IOT BOOM

11.00AM UNDERSTANDING THE NETWORK DEMANDS BEHIND 5G

2.00PM BUILDING THE MOST RELIABLE CLOUD THROUGH NETWORK RESILIENCE

2.30PM HARDWARE TO SOFTWARE: THE AGE OF VIRTUALISATION

MESSAGING & SMS NETWORK

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BRAND NEW FOR ITW 2018

MESSAGING & SMS NETWORKSUNDAY 6 MAY 2018

Join us for Messaging & SMS Network, where the SMS Community will meet to discuss the latest market trends & innovations.

The day will include networking with carriers, aggregators & MNOs plus content focusing on the latest developments in the A2P space.

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A2P MESSAGING: UNLOCKING THE SECRETS OF ROI


LOCATION Swiss Tower, Gold Level, Alpine 1 & 2

TIME Sunday 6 May, 11.00am – 12.00pm

SUNDAY 6 MAY

Following a report from Ovum, the number of A2P messages is expected to reach a staggering 2.2 trillion this year. Are operators making the most of this trend and is there a way they can improve their current offerings?

• How can mobile operators promote mobile engagement to generate more revenue?• In what sectors are we seeing the most developments in A2P messaging? • What can network operators do to decrease the usage of grey routes? How can network operators promote

the importance of addressing grey routes internally?• Many operators have explored creating an SMS firewall, however what are the necessary features that will

be needed to function effectively?

James WilliamsFounder & CEOMRCONNECTIVITY

Peter LagerCEO & CTOARPTEL

Dimitris RokosCEOAMD TELECOM

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THE FUTURE OF MESSAGING



TIME Sunday 6 May, 1.00pm – 2.00pm

SUNDAY 6 MAY

Hosted by the Mobile Ecosystem Forum’s Future of Messaging Programme the session looks at how major consumer, technology and regulatory developments are impacting A2P messaging and enterprise communications.

AI, cryptocurrency, automation and new regulations are just some of the significant changes and innovations enabling technology and impacting consumers’ lives. The enterprise mobile messaging landscape is evolving rapidly with developments such as RCS and chatbots gaining traction alongside new use cases for A2P SMS. Telcos, messaging providers and enterprises are advancing the ways businesses handle personal data, communicate with their customers and provide better, more personalised and secure customer journeys. This workshop explores the opportunities and challenges these changes are creating for the messaging ecosystem and looks at the potential to disrupt established business models.

Anurag LalPresident & CEOINFINITE CONVERGENCE SOLUTIONS

Max PellegriniPresidentREALNETWORKS

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UNDERSTANDING THE NETWORK DEMANDS BEHIND 5G

LOCATION Swiss Tower, Gold Level, Lucerne 2 & 3

TIME Monday 7 May, 11.00am – 12.30pm

MONDAY 7 MAY

UK network Giffgaff have estimated that by 2025 average consumers will be consuming data at the rate of 100GB/pm. As mobile operators prepare to offer larger data bundles, is the carrier market ready to support this demand?

• Which countries are leading the way in 5G deployment?• What is the timeline for North America and 5G deployment? What are the implications of a government

owned 5G network vs one provided by wireless providers?• What lessons can be learnt from existing trials?• What impact will the 50 billion connected devices by 2020 running on 5G (as estimated by Cisco) have on

the network?

James PearceDeputy EditorCAPACITY MAGAZINE

Pierre-Louis de GuillebonCEOORANGE INTERNATIONAL CARRIERS

Andrew KwokPresidentHGC




BUILDING THE MOST RELIABLE CLOUD THROUGH NETWORK RESILIENCE


TIME Monday 7 May, 2.00pm – 2.30pm

MONDAY 7 MAY

Dr Muntazir MehdiPrincipal Dev Manager, Azure Simulator & Optimization PlatformMICROSOFT AZURE

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HARDWARE TO SOFTWARE: THE AGE OF VIRTUALISATION


TIME Monday 7 May, 2.30pm – 3.30pm

MONDAY 7 MAY

As NFV becomes a fast reality, carriers are navigating a shift in focus from network based services to virtualised ones. As such the implications for current business models and offerings are vast. This session will explore the most up to date announcements and developments in NFV, SDN and the next generation of tailored customer services. • An update on who is currently launching virtualised services• How is the industry promoting carrier interoperability? • What are the key elements carriers are looking for when exploring potential partnerships? • Where will the industry start to see the first wave of ROI?

Jason McGee-AbeEditorCAPACITY MAGAZINE

Wilfred KwanCOOGLOBAL CLOUD XCHANGE

Ellie SweeneyExecutive Director, Telstra Global Sales, Global Wholesale and EnterpriseTELSTRA




ENABLING CONTENT ON THE CONTINENT


TIME Tuesday 8 May, 8.30am – 11.30am

TUESDAY 8 MAY

The majority of the content in networks in Africa continue to be hosted outside the continent as a result of infrastructure deficiencies, lack of critical mass, high facility operations costs and perceived security challenges. The process of accessing content hosted outside the continent introduces extra internet transit costs and additional latency for content delivery which translate to higher delivery costs typically passed on to end users in addition to poor performance and end user experience in accessing such content. The continent over the past decade has deployed adequate submarine cables and data centre capacity, but the story in terms of local content delivery has not changed by much. Why is that? Does the continent now have the critical assets required to change the content delivery landscape? How are content providers getting their information out to users on the continent? How are network providers delivering such data? • Moving Content Inland: from the landing (and earth) stations to the end users• What infrastructure is currently needed in Africa for improved local content delivery and digital

transformation? Do we have adequate terrestrial fiber, 3G/LTE networks? If not, what is holding back the proliferation of such technologies when the rest of the world is testing 5G?

• What types of applications are being accessed in Africa and how has the infrastructure been deployed over the past 15 – 20 years of deregulation? And how has mobile growth enabled that?

• How is the African market evolving to address these key issues? What are the macro-economic considerations and how are they having an impact?

• What countries and sectors on the continent are we seeing the most development in infrastructural growth and content deployment? Are there any examples of significant progress and what business/technology models were adopted?

Guy ZibiManaging DirectorXALAM ANALYTICS

Funke OpekeCEOMAINONE


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8.30AM Breakfast

9.15AM Analyst Insight

9.45AM Panel Session and Q&A



DIGITAL AND THE GROWTH OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NETWORK SERVICE PROVIDER (NSP)


TIME Tuesday 8 May, 9.00am – 10.30am

TUESDAY 8 MAY

Digital business is forcing NSPs to evolve. New business models provide opportunity for growth, but place new demands on delivery models. Legacy models of business and delivery simply won’t scale for digital. Consumer and enterprise expectations of service providers are rising, as they demand a better digital network experience.

Traditional NSP architectures are built around the core. Business and network intelligence are placed in the core, which provides connectivity to the edge. This legacy architecture scales predictably, but slowly, extending time to market and risking the NSP ability to capture new market opportunities.

In addition, application needs are shifting, requiring more bandwidth, lower latency and ubiquitous availability to deliver on the modern experience referred to as “as-a-service”. This is pushing NSPs to evolve their network platforms to enable digital business at the metro edge. Analysts predict dramatic growth in SD-WAN and NFV services revenue to solve the above challenges.

• What new products and services are coming?• What are the technical challenges to realizing an SD-WAN and NFV future?• What’s the business case for a service provider to make large investments in a technology?• What options exists in the market, both in terms of the available technology and the services offered?• What potential ecosystems are developing to meet the needs of digital?

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TIME Tuesday 8 May, 11.00am – 12.30pm

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UNDERSTANDING THE CARRIER ROLE IN THE IOT BOOM


TIME Tuesday 8 May, 2.00pm – 3.30pm

TUESDAY 8 MAY

While the possibilities of IoT and all the connected devices seem endless, the back end demand is substantial. With data consumption estimates only increasing what will the impact be on the network?

• Currently IoT has major implications for the mobile industry however what will the impact be on the wholesale carrier network?

• How important is partnership and co-creation of services between carriers to ensuring a seamless experience?• How can carriers create a pricing structure so as to ensure ROI? • How intelligent will networks be? Can carriers leverage AI and machine learning services to improve

IoT experience?• Will carriers start to focus on more terrestrial connectivity as the edge becomes more important in

servicing the IoT? • The demand of IoT is becoming a catalyst for businesses to prioritise innovation, how are carriers creating

this cultural change?

Dawane YoungVP - Voice, Wireless & PlatformsVERIZON PARTNER SOLUTIONS

Iñaki IraetaBusiness Development Director New Services, TELEFÓNICA INTERNATIONAL WHOLESALE SERVICES


Alan Burkitt-GrayExecutive EditorCAPACITY MEDIA

Michael WheelerEVP of Global IP Network Business UnitNTT COMMUNICATIONS

Parvin MahajanDirector, IoT Sales OperationsSPRINT




WEDNESDAY 9 MAY

1.00PM LUNCH

1.45PM OPENING REMARK FROM THE CHAIR

1.50PM CASE STUDY: ADOPTING SD-WAN FOR A GLOBAL CORPORATE NETWORK

2.15PM PANEL: HYBRID TRANSFORMATIONS – EXPERIENCES WITH ADOPTING SD-WAN AND INTEGRATING INTERNET INTO THE WAN

2.55PM NETWORKING COFFEE

3.25PM TELEGEOGRAPHY PRESENTATION: BENCHMARKING ENTERPRISE NETWORKS — MODELING HYBRID NETWORK COSTS

3.50PM PANEL: CLOUD IN THE WAN – HOW TO ADAPT YOUR WAN TO ACCOMMODATE CLOUD-BASED APPLICATIONS

4.30PM CLOSING REMARKS


CASE STUDY: ADOPTING SD-WAN FOR A GLOBAL CORPORATE NETWORK


TIME Wednesday 9 May, 1.50pm – 2.15pm

WEDNESDAY 9 MAY

Ciaran RocheCo-Founder & CTOCOEVOLVE

Aaron FinnemoreDirector ITSMITHAMUNDSEN

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PANEL: HYBRID TRANSFORMATIONS – EXPERIENCES WITH ADOPTING SD-WAN AND INTEGRATING INTERNET INTO THE WAN



WEDNESDAY 9 MAY

While it has been on many enterprise WAN Manager’s horizons for the past few years, SD-WAN has begun to reach a stage where large multinationals have deployed SD-WAN on some or all of their global network. This session will review experiences with rolling out SD-WAN and discuss what changes it has lead to in network management.

• What are the impacts on overall WAN spend?• How has SD-WAN affected the in house knowledge of IT teams? Do branch office techs now need to take

crash courses in SD-WAN?• What specific metrics does SD-WAN offer and what new visibility into the network has it offered? • What are some specific applications of VNFs that WAN Managers have utilized after roll out? • What was the cost impact of deploying an SD-WAN solution? How much do enterprises save in the long

term after that initial investment?• Was there a requirement to rip and replace current infrastructure, if so, did this fall into EOL, KEC (keep

environment current)?





TELEGEOGRAPHY PRESENTATION: BENCHMARKING ENTERPRISE NETWORKS — MODELING HYBRID NETWORK COSTS



WEDNESDAY 9 MAY

This TeleGeography presentation will examine several hybrid network alternatives and see how adopting a hybrid solution might alter network and access spend for a hypothetical global enterprise network.





PANEL: CLOUD IN THE WAN – HOW TO ADAPT YOUR WAN TO ACCOMMODATE CLOUD-BASED APPLICATIONS



WEDNESDAY 9 MAY

As corporate computing is increasingly shifting to the cloud, WAN managers ensure that the network can accommodate the resulting shifts in traffic. The geography and technology of the network is intertwined with the location of corporate data centres, neutral colocation facilities, and cloud service provider presence. This panel will highlight issues and experiences with adapting network strategy to meet the new demands that cloud services present for the WAN.

• How are most enterprises connecting to cloud providers and should this change going forward? Are there different strategies for connecting to multiple cloud providers?

• What implications do cloud services pose for clear security standards and logical architectures? • What specific methods do you use to secure this new cloud environment?• How does adoption of cloud services impact the choice of branch office connectivity? What is the impact

on major hub sites?• How can enterprises design their network to ensure performance of applications that are being accessed

remotely? How do you delineate responsibility for performance assurance between the network provider and cloud service provider?

• What are the costs and network factors enterprises should consider when moving an application to the cloud?• How does cloud provider geography affect network design?




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