2nd Annual

Telco Backhaul in the Evolution to NGN

Explore New Backhaul Strategies for Delivering Next Generation Data Services and
Examine Infrastructural Requirements for Migration to NGNs

15th–17th June 2009

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Including a Half-Day Pre-Conference

Workshop on 15th June 2009
Examining LTE Architecture, Its Requirements, and
Impact on Backhaul Transport Architecture

Workshop Leaders:
Today’s telecommunications customers demand advanced, bandwidth-intensive data services, and patience
Sampsa Laamanen wears thin if quality of service is less than perfect. To stay on top of the competition, mobile operators need to
Principal Consultant stay in sync with customer demand. Operators are adopting a long-term policy, investing now to deliver long-
Omnitele term gains. This conference will address technical challenges faced by operators in migrating to NGN and
strategies to overcome backhaul bottleneck.

Rauno Huoviala
Senior Consultant Your Expert Speaker Panel
Omnitele
Lipa Ogman Flemming Hynkemejer
CTO and Head of Technology CTO
Conference Highlights: Division TDC
• Telecom Italia addresses their plan towards Cellcom
migration to NGN and service infrastructure Roberto Saracco
• TDC presents their case study of utilising femtocell to Niall Murphy Director of Future Centre
overcome backhaul bottleneck Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Telecom Italia
• BT establishes key considerations for making strategic Officer
outsourcing decisions The Cloud David Stronge
• The Cloud highlights business case and architecture Senior Manager Business
of multi-bearer mobile broadband access strategies Sasa Depinovski Development
• Orange discusses their mobile broadband strategies Director Transmission Centre BT Wholesale
and architectural requirements Makedonski Telekom
• Motorola determines backhaul requirements for LTE Ibrahim Kisioglu
Lubos Brozman Transport Network Planning
Manager Network Technology Manager
Key Benefits of Attending:
Management Centre Turkcell
• Analyse impact of backhaul on the success of next Orange Slovensko
generation networks and services Philip Bridge
• Explore cost-effective IP / Ethernet based solutions Barry Reynolds Principal Enterprise Architect
• Examine migration to all IP networks Network Strategy Manager, Transport Networks
• Diagnose cost implications of upgrading backhaul Office of the CTO Orange
networks Eircom
• Overcome challenges of next generation mobile Paul Steinberg
broadband Data Sharan Mishra Chief Architect Wireless
• Establish synchronisation methods and requirements Network Architecture Expert Infrastructure
in 2G, 3G and LTE networks Qtel Networks Motorola
• Review LTE architecture and its requirements
Mike Pearson Sampsa Laamanen
Partner Principal Consultant
Analysys Mason Omnitele

Michael Howard
Principle Analyst
Infonetics Research

conferences telecoms series

 Day 1

Why This Conference 15th June 2009

The marcus evans 2nd Annual Telco Backhaul in the Evolution HALF-DAY INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP
to NGN conference will review operator strategies in addressing the
backhaul bottleneck. This conference will discuss the steps for Examining LTE Architecture, Its Requirements, and
mobile backhaul architecture evolution toward the mobile NGN Impact on Backhaul Transport Architecture
architecture and the associated requirements. We will examine the
effects of mobile broadband on the backhaul environment, the new
solutions and technologies entering the backhaul market and the Workshop leaders:
associated costs. Delegates will hear arguments for and against Sampsa Laamanen
building their own backhaul networks. Principal Consultant
Omnitele
The 2nd Annual Telco Backhaul in the Evolution to NGN
conference will explore how operators are struggling to reduce their
costs to maintain profitability as their margins are eroded and how a Rauno Huoviala
wholesale migration to all IP networks can achieve this. Participants Senior Consultant
will hear presentations by operators who are trying to find ways to Omnitele
consolidate voice and data traffic, platforms and services while
remaining conscious of the need to reduce operational and 13.30 Registration and Coffee
maintenance costs. The Forum will evaluate the full range of
backhaul transport media including fibre, microwave, femtocells, 14.00 Workshop Leader’s Opening Remarks
Ethernet over copper and xDSL. We will also address the technical
challenges faced by operators with the introduction of LTE and its
14.10 LTE Migration Strategies – Operator Check Points
co-existence with WiMAX, IP capabilities and potential new revenue
streams from the FMC market. Presentations will investigate the • Informed decision-making on deployment
next phase of evolution in the mobile network and the impact on • Timing rollout optimally
paving the way for LTE. • Ensuring investment will respond optimally to demand

14.50 LTE as a Challenge for CTO

Who will Attend this Conference? • Frequency utilisation
• Connections to legacy networks
Senior Representative From: • Challenges in LTE deployment
• Mobile Network Operators
• Wireless Service Providers 15.30 Afternoon Tea and Networking Break
• Fixed-Wireless Telecom Operators
• Cable Operators 15.50 Backhaul for LTE and WiMAX
• Other Telecom Service Providers • Establishing necessary developments in backhaul before LTE
• Telecommunication Solution Providers • Reviewing requirements for backhaul: high capacity, lower
latency, all-IP environment
CTOs, SVP, VP, Presidents, Directors, Heads, and Managers of: • Learning about different transport options: strengths and
• Backhaul weaknesses
• Network Transmission
• Technology Strandards
16.30 Workshop Leader’s Closing Remarks
• Technical Quality
• Network Strategy Planning
• Network Architecture / Infrastructure 16.40 End of Workshop
• Network Management
• Network Service Optimisation Omnitele Ltd. is an internationally well recognised
• Converged Network Solutions / Integration telecommunications consultancy company providing
• Network Transmission comprehensive advisory services for mobile operators in Europe,
• Data Transmission
Africa, Middle East and the Caribbean. The company was
• Capacity Planning
established in 1988 and is owned by Finnish national telecom
• Engineering Technology
• Engineering Research
operators and an external investor. We offer a wide range of
• Telecoms Management Network Solutions Network and Business Consulting services including mobile
• Network Solutions network planning and development, new technology
• Radio Planning and Optimisation implementation, procurement, and operator business
• Core Network Design development.
• Network Coverage They aim to be the leading global telecommunications partner
• Future Centre for their customers and achieve it through their most valuable
• R&D asset, the know-how within their company complemented by
• QoS the expertise from their shareholders, customers and other
• Fault and Testing strategic partners. Omnitele has 50 consultants with an
extensive experience of telecommunications technology, current
and future innovations and the required expertise to provide
customers with real added value.

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08.30 Registration and Morning Coffee 13.40 Operator Case Study

Establishing Selection of Right/Optimised
09.00 Chair’s Opening Address Technologies to Alleviate the Backhaul Bottleneck
Sampsa Laamanen • Reviewing the mixture of technologies and solutions to
Principal Consultant address this challenge
Omnitele • Addressing the potential to greatly reduce OPEX
• Establishing the cost of deploying packet based solutions
MOBILE BACKHAUL CHALLENGES: LTE AND ALL IP across the managed network
• Leveraging existing infrastructure with transport technologies
09.10 Operator Case Study Data Sharan Mishra
Evolution of the Telecom Italia Network towards Network Architecture Expert
the Next Generation Network and Services Qtel Networks
Infrastructure
• Addressing Telecom Italia’s plans and outlining their vision 14.20 Operator Case Study
• Establishing the future of services in the context of ecosystems Reviewing Orange Slovensko Network Evolution
• Taking into account technology roadmaps towards Mobile Backhaul
• Understanding the market evolution • How to reduce cost and solve capacity demand issue for
Roberto Saracco years 2009+?
Director of Future Centre • Introduction of mobile backhauling techniques (aggregation,
Telecom Italia statistical multiplexing, dynamic bandwidth allocation based
on priorities)
09.50 Operator Case Study • OSK mobile backhauling project description
Understanding Backhaul Requirements for LTE Lubos Brozman
• How soon will we migrate to LTE? Manager Network Technology Management Centre
• Describing LTE architecture Orange Slovensko
• Analysing and comparing the requirements of LTE deployment
• Strategies for decorrelating the price and cost of backhaul to 15.00 Afternoon and Networking Break
increasing bandwidth
Lipa Ogman MOBILE BROADBAND CHALLENGES
CTO and Head of Technology Division
Cellcom 15.30 Service Provider Perspective
Business Case and Architectures for Multi-Bearer
10.30 Morning Coffee and Networking Break Mobile Broadband Access Strategies
• Profiling mobile internet data access demand and its
11.00 Ascertaining Mobile Backhaul over Carrier Ethernet implications for network and service provisioning, and the
to Simplify Migration to NGN Technology operator business case
• Creating Next Generation Networks (NGN) based on cost- • Multi-bearer access architectures - integrating WiFi and
efficient, packet based infrastructures mobile data technologies - to deliver a viable user experience
• Discussing carrier ethernet value proposition for mobile backhaul and business case
• Reviewing carrier ethernet technologies and applications for • Case studies of smartphone and laptop service models
mobile backhaul Niall Murphy
Michael Howard Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer
Principle Analyst The Cloud
Infonetics Research
16.10 Sustainable Mobile Broadband Business: the Role of
BACKHAUL BOTTLENECK Radio and Backhaul Networks
• Next generation mobile broadband: traffic growth and LTE
11.40 Operator Case Study • Customer's service quality perception: focus on actual service
instead of theoretical maximums
Utilising Femtocells to Overcome the Backhaul
• Ensuring a sustainable business case for mobile broadband
Bottleneck
• Understanding how femtocells can be used to offload Sampsa Laamanen
backhaul traffic Principal Consultant
• Evaluating the cost savings from femtocells Omnitele
• Reviewing strategies for implementing femtocells into the
network 16.50 Interactive Panel Discussion
Flemming Hynkemejer Migration towards All IP Backhauling
CTO • Reviewing economic drivers for migrating to all IP networks
TDC • The cost of migration
• Evaluating the pros and cons
12.20 Lunch • Reviewing cost savings from a CAPEX and OPEX point of view
The panel with be joined by key speakers from both days
13.20 Coffee and Networking Break
17.30 Chair’s Closing Remarks and Wrap up of Day’s Presentations

17.40 End of Day 2

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08.30 Registration and Morning Coffee OUTSOURCING AND BACKHAUL SP’S PERSPECTIVE

09.00 Chair’s Opening Remarks 13.40 Operator Perspective

Mike Pearson Outsourcing: Establishing Key Considerations for
Partner Making Strategic Decisions
Analysys Mason • Determining the pros and cons of in-house and outsourcing
approaches
BACKHAUL FOR CONVERGED NETWORKS • How to monitor performance of an outsource partner
• Highlighting strategies for maintaining profitability
09.10 Operator Case Study David Stronge
Migrating to Effective Converged IP / MPLS – Senior Manager Business Development
Enabled Multi-Purpose Networks BT Wholesale
• Highlighting the rapidly expanding market for mobile data
and its impact on NGN 14.20 Establishing Opportunities for the Backhaul Service
• Providing guidelines on the architecture and technology Provider
choices for IP / MPLS RAN backhaul • Reviewing emergence of new type of backhaul service
• Reviewing the MMBI (MPLS Mobile Backhaul Initiative) provider
framework proposal • Understanding economical, technical, market and commercial
• Migrating to a cost-effective, converged, MPLS-enabled drivers for the emergence of new backhaul service provider
multi-purpose network • Highlighting potential opportunities for the backhaul services
Barry Reynolds provider
Network Strategy Manager, Office of the CTO Mike Pearson
Eircom Partner
Analysys Mason
09.50 Operator Case Study
Reviewing Backhaul Synchronisation and Its 15.00 Afternoon Tea and Networking Break
Requirements
• Examining synchronisation requirements in 2G, 3G networks SOLUTIONS FOR MEETING MOBILE BACKHAUL
• How to distribute synchronisation through a packet based REQUIREMENTS
network
• Describing synchronisation methods in a next generation 15.30 Operator Case Study
mobile (LTE) network Tranformation of Turkcell’s Network
Philip Bridge • Reviewing Turkcell’s plans on 3G network deployment
Principal Enterprise Architect Transport Networks • Implementation of microwave IP-over-Ethernet backhaul
Orange solution
• Pursuing backhaul business and cost savings
10.30 Morning Coffee and Networking Break Ibrahim Kisioglu
Transport Network Planning Manager
11.00 Solution Provider Perspective Turkcell
Determining Strategies for Converging 2G, 3G and
LTE on a Common Backhaul Infrastructure 16.10 Operator Perspective
• Examining requirements for aggregating and converging 2G Shifting to Flat IP Architectures in Mobile Networks
and 3G traffic • Examining network architecture evolution in response to
• Gauging the challenges of converging legacy networks with growing 3G data traffic
LTE • How can we migrate?
• Exploring the impact of convergence on OPEX • Reviewing flat architecture network elements and next
Paul Steinberg generation mobile packet core
Chief Architect Wireless Infrastructure • Understanding the need to prepare for 4G technologies
Motorola Sasa Depinovski
Director Transmission Centre
11.40 Interactive Panel Discussion Makedonski Telekom
Discussing Wimax and LTE Convergence and
Coexistance 16.50 Chair’s Closing Remarks
• When will real competition emerge between LTE and WiMAX
• Understanding the need for converging / harmonising 17.00 End of Conference
WiMAX and LTE
• Reviewing developments in converging Wimax and LTE
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