3rd Annual

IP and Telecoms Interconnection

Strategies 2009
Examine Commercial and Regulatory Developments and Establish Effective Migration Strategies to All-IP
Interconnection

With the boom in VoIP traffic and IP based

multimedia services, telecommunications
21st – 23rd September, 2009 operators and service providers are investing
significantly in upgrading their core networks to
IP based technologies. This enables enhanced
service delivery and helps them achieve cost
Berlin, Germany savings. To achieve all this however there is the
need for effective interconnection between
telecommunications networks – which are
increasingly becoming IP based. This conference
Including a Half-Day Pre-Conference Workshop on 21st will provide an update on the latest regulatory
efforts and examine evolving business models
September 2009 and technological investments that service
providers are making.
Reviewing Interconnection Costing, Charges and Cost Allocation
Methodologies
In the Chair:
Imme Bodammer
Workshop Leader: Senior Consultant
WIK
Peter Cartwright (former Principal Economics Advisor Batelco)
Head of Regulatory Consulting
BWCS
marcus evans Expert Speaker Panel:
Graham Wilde
CEO Alessandro Forcina
BWCS Director Network Architecture and
Technologies Olivier Ondet
Telecom Italia Sparkle Director Fixed and Mobile Interconnection
Conference Highlights: WS “Technical Aspects” Chairman Regulation
i3 Forum France Telecom
• Orange Austria establishes voice and data network costs
• Deutsche Telekom ensures QoS of IP interconnection
Ola Korsmo Alexander Gratzer
• Vodafone presents interconnection pricing models
Marketing Director Chief Coordinator Interconnection and
• Belgacom highlights IPX architecture to utilise interconnection in an
Telenor Global Services Wholesale
economically efficient way
Orange Austria
• Mobistar reviews business models within NGN and IP environments
Claus Nielsen
Director Strategy and Market Development Koen Van Mol
Tata Communications Head of Carrier Services
Key Benefits of Attending: Mobistar
• Review current developments of the EU termination rates proposal Jonathan Sandbach
• Explore future billing mechanisms Head of Regulatory Economics Uwe Fortwängler
• Examine the pros and cons of bill and keep Vodafone Group Interconnection Manager
• Understand the use of ENUM in IP interconnection Telefonica O2 Germany
• Hear about IP interconnection QoS Falk von Bornstaedt
• Establish interconnection architecture and security Head of IP Transit and Peering Bob Briscoe
• Review new contractual IP interconnection models Deutsche Telekom Chief Researcher
BT
Iskra Nikolova
Head of Voice Products and LAN Solutions Colin Pons
Cable and Wireless Senior Innovator
KPN
Dimitri Repinec
Product Manager Matt Stagg
Belgacom ICS Principal Designer
Orange UK
Doulas Ranalli
CSO and Founder Anreas Oppel
NetNumber Senior Manager, Interconnection and
Regulatory Affairs
Silver Sponsors: T-Mobile Austria
Jens Christian Gjesti
Associate Lawyer
Selmer Graham Trickey
Senior Director
Eli Katz GSMA
CEO and Founder
XConnect Imme Bodammer
Senior Consultant
Sridhar Ramachandran WIK
VP and Chief Technologist (former Principal Economics Advisor Batelco)
Telcordia
Media Partner: Dan Teichman
Director Technical Marketing, Service
Assurance Group
Empirix

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Half-Day Interactive Workshop

REVIEWING INTERCONNECTION COSTING, CHARGES AND COST

ALLOCATION METHODOLOGIES
NetNumber is a leading provider of converged, next-generation, ENUM, SIP, SS7/C7 and
SIGTRAN addressing and routing technology to the global communications industry. The
Workshop Leaders:
NetNumber Transactional IP Telephony Addressing and Numbering (TITAN) server is licensed and
deployed by many of the world’s largest mobile-operators, fixed-line carriers, and cable Peter Cartwright
companies as a centralized addressing and routing infrastructure for both TDM and IP-based Head of Regulatory Consulting
voice services, messaging services, number-portability services and least-cost routing services. The BWCS
highly-scalable TITAN Master/Edge architecture delivers on the next-generation technology Graham Wilde
promise of lower-cost, faster-performance, and greater configuration flexibility than legacy CEO
intelligent networking platforms. BWCS

13.30 Registration and Coffee

14.00 Workshop Leader’s Opening Remarks

14.10 Emerging the Challenges to NGN Interconnection

• Reviewing interconnect requirements to NGN
Empirix's is the leading provider of service quality assurance solutions for new IP • Establishing key drivers of migration to IP interconnection
communications. Since 1992, Empirix has led the market in innovation and expertise for IP • Understanding the changing cost structure of the network
communications management. Its widely acclaimed Hammer Test Engine(tm), with more than
30 patents, is the acknowledged global standard for validating the quality of IP networks, 14.50 Addressing Challenges of IP Interconnection Billing
systems and applications. The world's largest network operators, equipment manufacturers, • Underlying cost structure of next generation interconnection
and enterprise contact centers depend on Empirix's solutions to maintain the quality of the • Maximising revenue-generating opportunities
user experience for business-critical voice, data, video and mobile services. With Empirix, • Reviewing cost allocation methodologies
customers can increase revenues, reduce customer churn and cut support costs. • Pros and cons of different types of billing models
• Reviewing IP billing’s strength and weaknesses

15.30 Afternoon Tea and Networking Break

15.50 Choosing Efficient Pricing Structure

• Determining interconnection charges and gerenal principles
• Differentiating CPP, RPP and BAK models
With the explosive growth of IP networks and services, the world has now become much • Highlighting the pros and cons of these models
smaller – and the next hop routing typical of the circuit-switched network is no longer • Establishing best practice for termination rates and interconnection
adequate. There are thousands of service providers across the globe who can now potentially
exchange voice, video, messaging, location, presence and other services, requiring traditional 16.30 Workshop Leader’s Closing Remarks
telecom service providers such as fixed and mobile network operators, carriers and hub
providers to implement cost-efficient IP interoperability and accurate routing for such services. 16.40 End of Workshop
Additionally, this enables content and application providers from other business sectors such as
financial, advertising, and infotainment to share in revenue models as they deliver rich IP
services to end users. PathFinder, a GSMA Managed Service operated by NeuStar for the
industry, is a consistent and scalable mechanism that dynamically discovers where IP traffic
should be delivered, enabling a world of widely interconnected IP networks. For more
information, visit www.gsmworld.com/pathfinder

The global leader in network peering, XConnect is trusted by more than 100 IP-based service
providers to supply neutral, trusted and secure federation-based interconnection and ENUM-
registry services. XConnect’s comprehensive services enable service providers to reduce
interconnection costs, improve service quality and offer rich multimedia IP communications on
a cross-network basis. XConnect operates the largest worldwide ENUM-based IP-peering
federation, the Global Alliance, and the world’s first national VoIP/NGN interconnection
federations, in the Netherlands and Korea. XConnect has led industry consolidation via the
acquisition of the European carrier ENUM exchange e164.info and U.S.-based peering service
IPeerX Inc. For more information, www.xconnect.net.

Telcordia a global leader in the development of fixed, mobile and broadband communications
software and services, enables Communications Service Providers (CSPs), enterprises, suppliers
and government entities to successfully deploy innovative and advanced services that help our
clients realize operational efficiencies, drive revenue, and maintain a competitive edge in the
new era of services-dominated communications.
Telcordia’s Interconnection Solutions provides essential information, intelligence and
interconnection services that enable operators and content providers to accelerate deployment
of new services regardless of network, device type, and location. In February 2009, Telcordia
was selected by the Country Code 1 LLC to build and operate an IP interconnection service for
the Country Code 1 territories.
www.metelecoms.com
About BWCS:
BWCS is a leading consultancy offering regulatory advice to regulators and operators.
BWCS has extensive modelling experience with NGNs in the fixed network, having built
NGN-based cost models of the incumbents' networks for the regulators in Sweden and
Denmark. www.bwcs.com
About Your Workshop Leaders:
Graham Wilde is CEO and co-founder of BWCS. He has worked in the
telecommunications industry for 22 years, with Logica, CIT Research, Nortel Asia Pacific
and BWCS. Recently, he has advised NTT East on its rollout strategy for NGN and NGA,
and has been Project Director for BWCS's NGN cost modelling contracts in Sweden and
Denmark. He has also worked extensively in the area of telecoms marketing strategy,
where his clients include PCCW, CTM Macau, Nokia Siemens Networks and Nortel. He
holds a BA in Psychology and Neurophysiology from the University of Oxford.
Peter Cartwright is a leading consultant in cost allocation and modelling in the
telecommunications sector, with over 17 years' experience in the field.
Peter joined the UK telecoms practice of Deloitte and Touche in 1990 after an earlier
career as a manager in electronic engineering. Among his early clients was the Hungarian
operator Matav, for whom he developed a detailed cost allocation model in the early
1990s. Later he spent 17 months as the LRIC advisor to Swisscom, working on the
implementation of LRIC based interconnection prices, and eight months in a similar
capacity for Czech Telecom.
His experience spans developed markets such as Sweden and Denmark to developing
markets such as the Philippines and Palestine.
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08.30 Registration and Morning Coffee 14.20 Solution Provider Perspective

Overview of Carrier ENUM, Interconnection and Federation Services
09.00 Chair’s Opening Address for the Fixed, Mobile and Web 2.0 Worlds
Imme Bodammer • Real-world examples
Senior Consultant • Models for carrier ENUM implementations
WIK – Including policy, access control, security, query,
(former Principal Economics Advisor Batelco) synchronisation/cache commercials
Eli Katz
NEXT GENERATION INTERCONNECTION IN AN IP ENVIRONMENT CEO and Founder
XConnect
09.10 Opening Speech
Development of IP Interconnection in Europe 14.55 Operator Case Study
• Exploring drivers for IP interconnection Securing the Mobile Interconnect
• Reviewing European transition into IP • How has IP changed the security landscape for mobile interconnect?
• Analysing different architectures for IP interconnection • Looking at security within the entire NGN environment, not just at the border
Uwe Fortwängler • Explaining how just changing the signalling protocol can change the entire
Interconnection Manager approach to border security
Telefonica O2 Germany Matt Stagg
Principal Designer
09.45 Operator Case Study Orange UK
Migrating from TDM to IP interconnection
• Addressing practical implications of this transformation 15.30 Solution Provider Perspective
• Reviewing potential costs savings Service Agnostic mobile Interconnection for Service Providers
• Understanding the benefits of IP interconnection • Requirements of a flexible, service-agnostic methodology for migrating
Claus Nielsen services to IP
Director Strategy and Market Development • How to securely manage data in a two layered interconnection architecture
Tata Communications • Normalizing interconnection data for multiple parties – MNO, IPX, Content
providers, Application Service Providers
SIP INTERCONNECTION AND IMS • Case study of Country Code 1 ENUM implementation
Sridhar Ramachandran
10.20 Solution Provider Perspective VP and Chief Technologist
SIP Interconnect: How to Evolve towards an All- IP Vision Telcordia
• Reviewing SIP interconnect between Europe and USA
• Addressing cost savings of SIP interconnect 16.05 Afternoon Tea and Networking Break
• Managing the transition from legacy networks to all-IP
• How addressing and routing plays an integral part between 16.25 Operator Case Study
TDM and SIP Implementation of Interconnect Architecture for International Voice
Douglas Ranalli Services
CSO and Founder • Discussing efficient integrated interconnect architectures for voice
NetNumber and data services
• Discussing communication protocol, signalling technology and security issues
10.55 Morning Coffee and Networking Break • Enabling a cost-effective migration of an entire TDM system to a VOIP platform
• Alignment with i3 Forum deliverables and evolution towards IPX-based service
platforms
IPX DEVELOPMENTS
Alessandro Forcina
11.15 Operator Perspective Director Network Architecture and Technologies
Telecom Italia Sparkle
The IPX Model and its Adoption in the Market
WS “Technical Aspects” Chairman
• The IPX model
i3 Forum
• GSMA activities
• IPX deployments today
• Migration towards all IPX interconnects BUSINESS MODELS AND CONTRACTUAL ISSUES
Andreas Oppel 16.55 Transition to Future Contractual Models for Interconnect
Senior Manager, Interconnection and Regulatory Affairs • Reviewing contractual issues related to next generation interconnect
T-Mobile Austria • Establishing future contractual models for interconnect
• Exploring commercial models for dispute resolution
11.50 Operator Case Study Jens Christian Gjesti
IPX Architecture to Utilise Interconnection in an Economically Lawyer
Efficient Way Selmer
• Highlighting commercial benefits for mobile operators, fixed operators, carriers
and content providers
• IPX is the best way to satisfy security, QoS requirements
17.30 Operator Perspective
• What was learnt from the trial? Investigating How Business Models Developed in an IP Environment
• Revisiting current business models within an IP environment
Dimitri Repinec • Drivers for change of the business model
Product Manager • Impact on the current market players
Belgacom ICS • What are the emerging business models and what questions to be asked?
Koen Van Mol
IP INTERCONNECTION ARCHITECTURE AND USE OF ENUM
Head of Carrier Services
Mobistar
12.25 Association Perspective
Reviewing the Use of Carrier ENUM: Call Routing in an 18.05 Interactive Panel Discussion
All IP world
Next Generation Interconnection in Emerging Markets
• Implementing Carrier ENUM as an important step towards IP interconnection, IPX
• Importance of building NGNs and offering differentiated services in
and next generation services
cost-effective manner
• Business benefits for operators
• Benefiting from IP Interconnection and lower OPEX within fast-growing
• Improving network routing globally with a unified interoperable Carrier ENUM
telecommunications in emerging markets
solution
• Utilising interconnection in economically efficient ways while serving a growing
Graham Trickey customer base
Senior Director • Establishing interconnection agreements and wholesale arrangements that are
GSMA economically efficient
The panel will be joined by key speakers from both days
13.00 Lunch
18.40 Chair’s Closing Remarks
14.00 Coffee and Networking Break
18.50 End of Day 2
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08.30 Registration and Morning Coffee PRICING AND BILLING

09.00 Chair’s Opening Remarks 12.25 Operator Perspective
Future Billing Mechanisms in IP Interconnection Regime
IP INTERCONNECTION IN EUROPE • Reviewing possible wholesale billing options in future all-IP networks
• How to measure IP interconnection
09.10 Opening Speech • Bill and keep, CPNP, peering, other solutions?
Identifying the Benefits and Opportunities of IP Interconnection • Would the termination market cease to exist if bill and keep is introduced?
• Reviewing Telenor’s next generation platform and IP interconnection • What is the billing structure during the migration period towards all
• Developing smooth transition from PSTN to IP IP networks?
• Ensuring quality of service Olivier Ondet
• Enhancing value added service and RCS Director Fixed and Mobile Interconnection Regulation
Ola Korsmo France Telecom
Marketing Director
Telenor Global Services 13.00 Lunch

09.45 Reviewing the European Commission’s TR Recommendation and MTR 14.00 Coffee and Networking Break
Regulatory Decisions in the EU
• Examining the EU’s pure LRIC model 14.20 Operator Perspective
• Addressing the role of the NRA’s and the NRA’s latest decisions Exploring Interconnection Pricing
• Analysing the implications for the market players • Discussing charging principles for IP interconnection
• Understanding the impact on consumers • Which economic model: CPP, RPP or Bill and Keep (BAK)?
Dr Annegret Groebel • Does BAK represent a viable business model?
Managing Director and Head of International Coordination Jonathan Sandbach
BNetzA Head of Regulatory Economics
Vodafone Group
10.20 Operator Perspective
Global IP Interconnects-The Case for Growth IP INTERCONNECTION QOS
• Drivers and barriers to adoption
• The importance of value adding services 14.55 Solution Provider Perspective
• How might what's happening with VoIP interconnect in the wholesale market
Service Quality Assurance for VoIP Interconnection - Can It Be Done?
impact service delivery to retail customers?
• Getting comprehensive visibility to VoIP quality statistics for operational excellence
Iskra Nikolova • Measuring VoIP quality on a per interconnect basis
Head of Voice Products • Using VoIP quality metrics to eliminate the costly "blame game"
Cable and Wireless • Investing in VoIP Service Monitoring does produce positive ROI
Dan Teichman
10.55 Morning Coffee and Networking Break
Director Technical Marketing, Service Assurance Group
Empirix
INTERCONNECTION IN EMERGING MARKETS

11.15 Highlighting Migration to IP Interconnection of an Integrated SMP

15.30 Operator Case Study
Operator with a full Next Generation Core Network How to Ensure QoS of IP Interconnection
• Outlining the interconnection situation in emerging markets • What are the applications that need QoS?
• Exploring a fully migrated fixed next generation core network • How to guarantee interprovider QoS
• Transforming the legacy transit and international interconnection gateways of • Over-provisioning as the most simple path to QoS, is it a valid option?
SMP operators • Elastic vs inelastic applications
• Reviewing challenges of migration to IP interconnection Falk von Bornstaedt
• Analysing impact on costs and interconnection arrangements Head of IP Transit and Peering
Imme Bodammer Deutsche Telekom
Senior Consultant
WIK 16.05 Afternoon Tea and Networking Break
(former Principal Economics Advisor Batelco)
16.25 Operator Case Study
ALLOCATING NETWORK COSTS TO VOICE AND DATA Interconnection Traffic Management and QoS
• Per-session QoS vs cloud QoS across interconnect
11.50 Operator Perspective • Traffic management and "just do it" QoS at interconnect
• Information on session value at interconnect
How to Allocate Network Costs to Voice and Data Products - Lessons
• Information on traffic cost at interconnect
Learnt in Austria
• Emerging business models as surplus value squeezes
• About the Austrian mobile voice and data market
• Status of latest developments in standards
• How is the Austrian regulator approaching the problem?
Bob Briscoe
• Criticism of a pure technical approach
Chief Researcher
• Summary and recommendations
BT
Alexander Gratzer
Chief Coordinator Interconnection and Wholesale 17.00 Operator Case Study
Orange Austria
Addressing Quality of Experience Management
• Reviewing end-to-end performance and QoS
• Assessing business models and techno-economic validation
• Establishing wholesale relationships and settlements for video/content distribution
Colin Pons
Senior Innovator
KPN

Business Development Opportunities 17.35 Interactive Panel Discussion

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18.10
Interconnect Billing Challenges in Developing Countries
• Reviewing current billing and cost models
• Examining wholesale interconnection regulatory approaches
• Addressing wholesale fraud issues
The panel will be joined by key speakers from both days
Chair’s Closing Remarks

18.20 End of Conference

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