Transformation to IP is key for service providers to survive and expand in today's highly competitive environment. Alcatel is making this transformation to IP a reality with agile service creation, end-to-end service control, and comprehensive services integration.

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IP Backbone Transformation for Mobile Operators
Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Time: 2:00 p.m. New York / 7:00 p.m. London
John Davies, Mobile Solutions Marketing, Alcatel, and
Andrew Lange, Product Line Management, Alcatel, will be the featured speakers.

IP has already radically transformed the wireline networks of today, based on a number of evolutionary steps over the last decade. The vision – a converged, all-IP, multiservice infrastructure. But what of the mobile operators? Data services have played their part in their revenue streams and have driven the need for IP capabilities to be incorporated into their otherwise voice-centric networks. Will that approach suffice for the next 5 to 10 years? Many think not. Now could be the time to look at a quite radical transformation of the IP infrastructure for mobile operators, to enable them to share some of the same convergence benefits as their fixed-line colleagues. Will there be the same pitfalls and the same lessons learned? Will the bandwidth constraints of a cellular network remain the limiting factor to a brave new IP world? Register now!

The Role of Services Integrator in the IP Network Transformation
Date: Thursday, September 28, 2006
Time: 12:00 p.m. New York / 5:00 p.m. London
Murali Nemani, Triple Play Market Leadership, Alcatel, will be the featured speaker.

Many service providers now realize that their business will be completely different in five years, and that their networks must be transformed to drive a new business direction. But, the urgency and complexity require a services integration partner who translates user expectation into game-changing services and who can help shift service providers’ focus from managing networks to managing the user experience. In simple terms, services integration is an end-to-end customer engagement process that includes three critical pillars: services definition, reference solutions and integration services. The industry is undergoing a broadband-powered competitive transformation. IPTV and IMS are completely changing the competitive landscape for the broadband household. Users demand a better, more empowered experience and service providers must deliver it now or miss the opportunity to enter the market with a compelling service offering. But, the urgency and complexity require a services integration partner who translates user expectation into game-changing services that are the foundation for competitive transformation and who can help shift service providers’ focus from managing networks to managing the user experience and developing new business models. A services integrator is a partner who can manage and implement a service provider’s service-driven network transformation: consulting with the service provider about detailed service definitions and reference solution recommendations, and ensuring that the IP transformation is delivered on-time and within budget via integration services. Triple Play represents the first global telecom service transformation that supports a real services integrator approach where services definition, globally proven reference solutions and integration services can accelerate the transformation process. Register now!

Unable to make these events? No problem. A recording of the webinars will be available a few days after they are broadcasted.