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Below is Light Reading's calendar of upcoming Webinars.


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NOVEMBER2008
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Getting to 200 HD Channels: Meeting (and Beating) the Cable Bandwidth Challenge*
11/24/08
Flat IP Architectures for Mobile Networks
11/24/08
With a four-fold increase in data traffic in 2007, this Webinar examines key technology paths to the flat, all-IP, mobile network architectures. Driving demand is the wireless operators' desire to establish a significantly lower cost base that does not compromise end-user application performance
Web 2.0 and Content Delivery
11/25/08
Supporting the unique requirements for Web 2.0 sites requires a content delivery network and distribution architecture that can handle an unpredictable sudden burst in user growth, flash crowds, huge libraries of content, and vast volumes of DNS lookups. How can a Web 2.0 site manage a high grade of user experience despite all of these factors?
DECEMBER2008
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Maximizing the Value of Convergent Charging: Realizing Blue Ocean Business Strategies*
12/02/08
End-to-End Ethernet Service Level Agreements
12/02/08
As competition heats up in next-generation Ethernet and IP/MPLS VPN services markets, operators are under greater pressure to differentiate their offerings. Many have identified the ability to offer end-to-end service level agreements as a high priority. This webinar explores the latest trends in carrier Ethernet services management and how OAM and other technology advances are enabling operators to deliver robust SLAs that can meet the needs of even the most demanding end users.
SIP Trunking: The Service Provider Angle
12/02/08
SIP trunking is emerging as a relatively simple and cost-effective way for business users to expand their use of voice and data communications without needing additional PSTN phone lines. VOIP and Internet telephony service providers (ITSPs) see SIP trunking as a potentially lucrative managed services opportunity, especially among small to medium-sized businesses. This Webinar explores technology options available for SIP trunking and identifies the hot market opportunities for carrier-provided, SIP-trunking, managed services.
Targeting & Personalization: The Importance of Subscriber Intelligence
12/03/08
Targeting and personalization is increasingly becoming a critical requirement for service providers. Whether it's services, advertising, or navigational interfaces, consumers and advertisers are increasingly demanding personalization. Service providers have an extraordinary amount of subscriber data in their back office but need to find ways to mine and manage it effectively. How can they do this effectively and how can it be best managed?
LTE/SAE: A Progress Report
12/04/08
With operators now evaluating the migration to next-generation mobile networks, this webinar examines the progress of LTE/SAE technology and the impact it could have on ubiquitous broadband provision at lowest possible cost-per-bit.
The Role of Ethernet in Converged Packet-Optical Transport
12/08/08
Optical systems that converge functions of WDM transport, Sonet/SDH, and Ethernet are coming to market, helping network operators solve their TDM-to-packet migration challenges. Ethernet will play a key role in these new systems. This Webinar will take a deep look at the Ethernet side of packet-optical transport, addressing questions including: How much Ethernet needs to be integrated into packet-optical transport? What role should connection-oriented Ethernet play? Which COE technology is best for these new converged systems?
Mobile Backhaul Opportunities for Wireline Wholesalers
12/09/08
Leasing or self-building backhaul networks is a key strategic decision that cellular operators have to take – even more so in the mobile broadband era when EV-DO, HSPA, Mobile WiMAX and LTE promise to drive backhaul bandwidth demand at some urban cell sites to up to 50 Mbit/s within five years. This webinar will lay out the opportunity for wireline wholesalers to position themselves for this market opportunity, placing particular stress on the coverage, price and performance criteria that cellular operators expect if they are to trust their backhaul network to a third party.
3G Femtocells: Strategies for Network Integration
12/10/08
Femtocell technology is emerging as an innovative, and potentially disruptive, way for operators to cost-effectively extend coverage and increase the capacity of their networks. This Webinar examines how operators can best integrate femtocells with their existing networks and effectively manage macro network inference.
Security Tools for Service Providers: Technology Update
12/10/08
Security requirements constantly evolve, not only for service providers, but also for their customers. As many Enterprises look to secure their networks with costly layered defenses, new opportunities arise for operators offering cost-effective managed security services ‘in the cloud’. Security also forms an essential part of next-generation service delivery, for example, ensuring privacy for SIP or IMS based multimedia services, and maintaining the necessary session integrity when connecting to other operators. This webinar discusses the latest developments in security technology for service providers and the benefits of their application.
The Optical Switching Revival: 2009 Forecast
12/11/08
In the early 2000s optical switching was the victim of its own hype, proving unable to live up to initially lofty expectations. However, optical switching remains a critical pillar of any optical transport network. This webinar will explore how optical switching has evolved since the bubble days and detail a roadmap for the future of optical switching in optical networks. Topics to be covered will include all-optical switching versus OEO switching, the value of stand-alone switching versus integrated switching, ROADMs versus optical switches, and recent optical control plane developments. The future of optical switching, in optical packet switching, will also be discussed.
Energy Efficiency in Telecom Networks: The Path to Opex Reduction
12/11/08
Like any other modern business, telecom operators are under pressure to reduce their impact on the environment and also seek out improvements in their operational efficiency. This Webinar looks at a range of developments and case studies showing the way to reduced opex and greener networks.
All-IP Architectures for Wireless Networks
12/15/08
With 3G data traffic growing at 400 percent annually, mobile operators require lower cost-per-bit and greater flexibility to create innovative end-user services. Vital to achieving this is the adoption of flat, all-IP networks in place of the hierarchical architectures that characterize classic 3G networks.
Active and P2P Ethernet in the FTTH Mix
12/15/08
Active and point-to-point (P2P) Ethernet deployments are more widespread than is often thought, and will likely to continue to play an important role in FTTH, including FTTH networks where PON is also being used. In this Webinar, we'll look at the case for active Ethernet and how it is evolving, identify the situations in which it makes most sense, and consider some of the technical issues in active Ethernet deployments, as well as their solutions.
VOIP Growth & the State of Network Transformation
12/16/08
The replacement and collapse of TDM switches with Softswitch-based architectures is well underway. This webinar weighs in on the progress to date and the anticipated rate of transformation going forward.
Carrier Ethernet Access Platforms: Revenue Opportunities
12/16/08
While operators traditionally have emphasized the attractiveness of Ethernet in controlling capital and operating costs, more than half of service provider professionals surveyed by Heavy Reading indicate that revenue generation is their employer’s primary motivation for shifting to Ethernet. Operators worldwide are investing in new carrier Ethernet access platforms (CEAPs) to expand on-network and off-network revenue opportunities with customers of all sizes. This webinar will focus on key CEAPs that operators are deploying to address their converged services and scalability requirements. Our discussion will center on new Ethernet over bonded copper pair, Ethernet over bonded TDM access circuit, and Ethernet over fiber platforms.
JANUARY2009
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Migration From Sonet/SDH to High-Performance Carrier Ethernet Transport
01/14/09
This Webinar explores carrier strategies and options for migrating their transport network infrastructures away from Sonet/SDH toward Ethernet and IP/MPLS. We will explore the characteristics of Ethernet-centric next-generation packet transport platforms and discuss pseudowire, circuit emulation, ROADM, other technologies. We will share case studies illustrating the business impact for operators that have made a strategic shift to carrier Ethernet transport and aggregation.
Partnering with OTT (Over The Top) Service Providers: Technologies For Success
01/15/09
Most telcos recognize that they need to deepen their relationships with 3rd party providers of web-based services and content like You Tube and others to achieve long-term success. But how? This Webinar will look at core technologies such as DPI, security, and services delivery platforms that enable telcos to expose assets and resources in order to increase the value of 3rd party applications.
Total Cost of Ownership for Ethernet Microwave
01/15/09
Microwave is a hugely successful access technology providing connectivity to over 50 percent of cell sites worldwide but with the build out of 3G/HSPA, mobile WiMax, and soon LTE, a new set of technology requirements are coming to the fore. This Webinar will investigate how to minimize the total cost of ownership of next-generation microwave Ethernet. Key requirements are to increase bandwidth, improve reliability, reduce lease costs on the tower, shorten installation times, automate network management, and enhance Layer-2 networking capability.
PON ONTs: Low Cost, High Functionality – Or Both?
01/21/09
In a PON network, no hardware item is more important than the optical network terminal. Its cost can make or break an FTTH business case, but unless it has the functionality needed to assure the delivery of key telco services in and around the home, it will not deliver on the increased ARPU that every telco seeks. This Webinar considers how telcos can make the right choices in this key area.
Newest Ethernet/IP Innovations for Scaling & Personalizing Consumer Video Services
01/22/09
Video services traffic is growing at an astounding rate on carrier networks and could account for more than half of all traffic within a few years. Operators have to rethink how they design their networks to control costs as they scale, and they are looking for new ways to profitably deliver customized video solutions. This Webinar will examine various types of Ethernet-based services, the pros and cons of different infrastructure choices, and the ways carriers can generate additional revenue from providing users with an enhanced video experience. Technologies covered include: MPLS, VPLS/HVPLS, PBB-TE, MPLS-TP, and Layer-3 multicast. Platform choices include: packet optical transport, Ethernet switch/routers, and Ethernet edge routers.
Developing & Deploying SIP-Based Applications
01/27/09
The momentum and market acceptance of SIP for next-gen services is at an all time high, with further growth anticipated. This webinar defines the services “sweet spot” that SIP currently addresses, as well as its role in emerging services. Topics covered in this webinar include service integration with legacy networks, as well as potential to deliver social networking based content.
Next-Gen Broadband Packages: The Role of Policy Control
01/27/09
Telcos want to add as much value as possible to basic broadband wireline and wireless service packages, ensure that the network can deal with new over-the-top Internet applications, and personalize options wherever they can. Policy control is an emerging area with great promise in meeting these objectives. This Webinar will offer an up-to-date overview of policy control technology, standards, and use cases in both wireline and wireless networks.
End-to-End Deployment Strategies for Mobile WiMax
01/28/09
Mobile WiMax radio interface technology is working well with proven performance in many markets round the world. Deploying commercially viable services, however, requires a full end-to-end network. This webinar will examine all the key network components needed to launch and scale WiMax services, including subscriber equipment, radio access, backhaul, core, and applications.
Improving Service Provider ARPU: Building Combinational Services
01/28/09
In these hard times, service providers are looking at sweating their investments in legacy service platforms and gaining additional ARPU from them, so they want to continue to have such services available to customers on new networks, and they want to be able to reuse services in new combinations. Service providers are looking at network service broker technology to achieve this, and this year there have been a number of Tier 1 operator RFPs for such technology. This Webinar reviews the developments and discusses likely service provider deployment scenarios.
Bringing the Back Office to the Fore
01/29/09
Billing and subscriber management is the least celebrated element of a service provider's offering. In a single-service world, its role was considerably simpler. However, billing for the multiservice bundle is now a substantial challenge, requiring significant innovation in back-office systems. What key features and capabilities define the back-office of tomorrow? What challenges can service providers expect to face with outdated billing systems? This Webinar outlines the primary components of an effective back-office solution for tomorrow’s services.
Taking Costs out of the Back Office
01/29/09
Operators urgently need to remove cost from their operations by moving to a single common set of back office systems and automating back office processes such as provisioning, configuration and inventory management and fault and performance management. This webinar looks at the business case and strategies for rationalising back office systems, streamlining key telecoms processes and ensuring the operational infrastructure is as cost-efficient as possible.
FEBRUARY2009
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The Rise of WDM PONs
02/04/09
A year ago, WDM-PONs were seen as interesting lab research with a future in commercial networks far on the horizon. But now, WDM PONs are gathering significant industry momentum, with some predicting wide deployments even before 2010. This Webinar will look at the technologies and standards behind WDM PON and delve into the applications that are driving these rollouts to happen sooner rather than later.
10GE Components & Technology
02/10/09
10 Gigabit Ethernet is set for significant growth with user demand and new solutions coming together to drive down system costs. 10Gbase-T PHY devices are available from three vendors for low-cost copper, and many vendors are introducing less expensive optical modules. At this critical time, this Webinar will take a look at the latest trends including 10GE over twisted pair and the move to SFP+ transceiver modules. The Webinar will also review leading technology and component developments including switching and routing, PHY devices, and optical transceivers.
Creating Business Models for Personalized TV
02/10/09
Television service providers are facing an imperative to move from a broadcast delivery paradigm to an increasingly personalized one. This webinar will discuss the keys to unlocking the considerable revenue potential of personalized television, and enable addressable advertising, personalized EPGs, multi-channel HDTV and other value-add interactive services.
Dynamic Optical Networking for the Enterprise
02/11/09
With the widespread availability of ROADM and wavelength-selective switching already spurring market growth, we have heard a great deal about how carriers are benefiting from dynamic optical networking in their internal networks. But enterprises too can benefit from dynamic optical networking – whether by building these networks on their own or by subscribing to managed services offered by a carrier. This Webinar will explore how ROADM, WSS, GMPLS/ASON, and a host of contributing technologies can allow enterprises to move beyond static optical networks to those with true point-and-click provisioning and dynamic reconfiguration.
Planning for Success in an FTTH Network: Devil in the Details
02/18/09
By effective planning of the network rollout and outside plant, telcos can ensure that both cost and revenue are optimized. This Webinar will consider key issues, including: designing for SMEs, consumers, MDUs, and SDUs; siting of core equipment; splitter ratios in PON networks; options for the final drop; and related issues.
SIP Hardening: Best Practices to Ensure Reliable & Robust NGN Services
02/19/09
Session Initiation Protocol continues to represent a preferred approach for real-time delivery of many next-generation applications. This Webinar will provide a deep dive on how SIP is "hardened" to provide the necessary safeguards to ensure service availability and reliability. Topics addressed will include SIP interaction with end-to-end network products (routers, IP PBXs, HSS, SBCs, billing, DNS servers, and proxies) while delivering the highest possible authentication, service assurance, and security management techniques.
MARCH2009
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Moving to Mainstream: Deploying Web 2.0 Services
03/04/09
The delivery of integrated Web 2.0 and Telco 2.0 services appears to be well positioned for mass scale implementation within the next two years. This Webinar will focus on technical and business considerations associated with the blending Web 2.0 and Telco 2.0 services.
Carrier Ethernet Network & Service Management Strategies
03/05/09
Operators are looking for more sophisticated management tools that can help them maintain their Ethernet-based networks and provide customers with increased visibility into performance. Standards bodies have been developing solutions for Ethernet service OAM, which includes performance management. These capabilities accelerate service turn-up, manage link and end-to-end continuity and performance, and determine how well operators are meeting their SLAs. This Webinar provides an overview of key OAM standards like IEEE 802.1ag, ITU Y.1731, and MEF 17; examines real-world deployment of end-to-end OAM solutions; and discusses how operators can efficiently tap into service resources while shielding their OSS systems from network complexity.
Optical Networking for Tier 2 & Tier 3 Operators
03/11/09
The RBOCs and PTTs get most of the attention, but smaller Tier 2 and Tier 3 operators are struggling with a lot of the same network migration issues as the big operators, including traffic migration from circuit to packet, rolling out FTTx architectures, IPTV and VOD, and expanding Ethernet services. This Webinar will look at how next-generation optical networks can serve these operators.
MicroTCA Systems & Applications
03/17/09
The MicroTCA format brings many of the benefits built into AdvancedTCA to applications in the wireless and wireline access networks, where smaller and lower-cost systems are required. With the first systems being deployed, this is a great time to evaluate the benefits and value delivered by this flexible platform. In this Webinar we review the latest developments for MicroTCA systems including MCH and AMC modules, and we take a look at leading applications including WiMax, LTE, media gateways, and access systems with specific implementation examples.
Understanding and Addressing Security Issues In Converged Carrier Ethernet/IP Networks
03/17/09
Security is an increasingly important issue for service providers as more sensitive information crosses carrier Ethernet/IP networks, and regulations and standards require stepped-up efforts to protect this information. Every deployed network technology has vulnerabilities that need to be addressed by careful planning and threat mitigation techniques. This Webinar will explore threats and vulnerabilities inherent to Ethernet services and discuss how they differ depending on the choice of traffic isolation and separation techniques. Threats include port/VLAN mirroring, MAC address DOS and eavesdropping attacks, and Spanning Tree Protocol DOS attacks. We will discuss a full range of options for addressing these and other security issues.
Making the Case for TDM Replacement
03/20/09
While there is little disagreement that TDM technology has run its course, there remains considerable trepidation over defining a timeline for its replacement. This Webinar examines the business and marketing strategies that network operators need to consider when formulating an evolution plan.
Carrier Ethernet Access Technology Options for the Fastest ROI
03/25/09
Service providers worldwide are investing in about a dozen different Ethernet access solutions to support business, residential, and mobile backhaul traffic. This Webinar highlights the latest developments in the carrier Ethernet access market and shares real-world examples of how service providers have achieved rapid returns on their investments in cutting-edge Ethernet technologies. Specifically, we will look at experiences within three categories of carrier Ethernet access platforms (CEAPs): Ethernet-over-bonded copper pair platforms; Ethernet-over-TDM access circuit platforms; and Ethernet-over-fiber intelligent demarcation/switch platforms.
Network Architectures for Packet Optical Transport
03/26/09
Operators and vendors all agree on the need to build packet optical transport networks. But on exactly how these networks should be built there are tremendous differences in opinion and a lot of confusion. This  Webinar will provide an overview of the various architectures in contention, including converged packet-optical transport systems, Layer 2/3 Ethernet switches, and IP-over-DWDM networks.
APRIL2009