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Join industry experts as they discuss the changing landscape of VoIP technology, examining key factors shaping the industry. Explore how service providers, OEMs, and silicon vendors collaborate to enhance user experience and drive innovation in IP telephony.
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Panel Session:The Consumer VoIP‘Food Chain’ Date: Wednesday, August 4, 2004 Time: 4:15 – 5:00 PM Room: Donner Pass Moderator: Allan Armstrong, RHK, Inc.
A new day dawns VoIP small, but boundless opportunity • Legacy: TDM voice is booooring! • VoIP is a major change vector,challenges the carrier landscape • VoIP established in core transport • VoIP finally penetrating the local loop • VoIP industry is in a formative period
Jeff Bonforte,CEO & President,SIPphone.com Service Provider Marty Wachi,Director of Channel & Product Development,V-Tech/Advanced American Telephones CPE Pradyumna Sant,Sr. Business Development Manager,Renesas Technologies America ICs Jeff Dionne,CEO,Arcturus Networks, Inc. Software Allan Armstrong,Program Director, Comm. Semis.,RHK, Inc. Analyst Panelists
Service is useless without endpoints Distribution channels proliferate the Service Firmware and Processors enable customization, unique offerings Multiple vendors, but common user experience, protect the Service Provider Reliance on industry standards Simple user provisioning is key to adoption Security is our nightmare Why Partners Are Important to Service Providers
The Role Of The ODM/OEM • Convergence Technologies Like VoIP Creates Disruptive Opportunities • New Convergent Markets & Products Create New Challenges For ODMs/OEMs • The Relationship Of The ODM/OEM To Their Customers And Their Chip Partners Has Never Been More Important
IP Communication Paradigm Shift Voice & Mobile Data • Value Chain • TTM, • QoS & Security • Partnerships • Market Opportunity • Economics • Productivity • Advanced Services Focus:IP Telephony • Technology Collaboration • Security • Wireless • Market Challenges • Fragmentation • Crossing the Chasm Pradyumna Sant / Renesas
End Point SoftwareDefines the User Experience • Service Providers: • Clear Specifications, • Standards Compliance, • Accessible Certification, • Security • OEMs: • Partnering in Design, • Customers in Production, • Efficient Channels • Silicon Vendors: • Partners in Solution Development • Robust DSP Platform • Features and Roadmap
Cooperate as a community to grow the pie Is VoIP a “Big Bang?” • Enable and incent carriers • Identify and create key building blocks • Solve problems before they hamper acceptance • unified hardware platforms • software portability, legacy OSS integration • Multi-function CPE: VoD • Security • Infrastructure and CPE in lockstep