INVITATION: ABC Conference 2007

For digital service providers (Telcos, ISPs, Cable Operators) TRIPLE PLAY (TP) represents the ultimate way to increase profits as well as customer loyalty. The same holds true for ENTERPRISES where new MULTI-MEDIA OFFERINGS can increase the customer experience and differentiate from competition. The experience customers get – from ordering services online, to calling customer service for help, to the retail outlet they visit, or videos they order on demand – effects whether they stay or leave, and how much they buy.

To enable Triple Play services you need to look at your INFRASTRUCTURE. Many companies lack the network and support system infrastructure to properly roll out and support these services. Having a TP infrastructure that is ready for multi-media applications however promises great rewards – for example improving the marketing and relevance of your company’s offer, decreasing the time to market, being able to provide more responsive and proactive support, and thus improving the overall customer experi-ence.

But how do you insure that Triple Play becomes a REVENUE OPPORTUNITY instead of a cost trap?

At the ABC Conference 2007 we will address this question as well as the following topics:

• Active end-to-end triple play ready infrastructure
• Managed Quality of Service
• IPTV vs. classical TV
• The Digital Home – fiber to the home
• Provider Backbone Technologies (PBT) vs. MPLS
• Active Fault Management including Automated Configuration
• Next Generation Networks
• Easy-to-follow billing rules and simple provisioning procedures

There are many arguments in favor of choosing a MULTI-VENDOR APPROACH when looking into these topics, including those for flexibility and increased price competition. Most importantly however this approach ensures that you can choose innovative solutions that fit you individual requirements, with the right BUSINESS MODEL and a CLEAR ROI - now and for the future services.

Meet five vendors that firmly believe in this approach:

CA - Fault & Performance management together with root cause & impact analysis minimizes impact of any infrastructure failure to Triple Play services
Comptel - Enabling OSS solutions to fully utilize Triple Play opportunities: Service Fulfillment and Charging
Extreme Networks - Multidimensional Core nets to meet your specific functional needs: MAC-in-MAC, Hierarchical QoS, Ethernet Cross-Connect, Service Resilience
Iskratel - Multi-service Access Technology, Broadband CPEs, soft-switch solutions (call management), Multi-media Middle Ware for the Enterprises
Wisi - Enabling Triple Play solutions for MSOs, Multimedia-Infrastructure inside the homes, Analog/Digital TV head ends, optical transport platforms, VOIP Softswitch, Edge QAMs, Multi-media telephone adapters, HFC equipment.

We are going to 7 cities in 6 countries! Pick the location closest to you and register via our website www.abc-conference.com.

Participation is FREE OF CHARGE. The conference starts each day at 9:30 am and ends at 15.30 pm – followed by a Happy Hour. At the end of each conference day we will have a raffle for two iPods and several other goodies.

We look forward to seeing you at the ABC Conference !

Dates and places:

May 8th 2007 – Krakow, Poland
Radisson SAS, Straszewskiego 17

May 9th 2007 – Warsaw, Poland
Holiday Inn, Złota 48/54

May 10th 2007 – Prague, Czech Republic
Novotel Praha Wenceslas Square, Katerinska 38

May 31st 2007 – Ljubljana, Slovenia
Domina Ljubljana Hotel, Dunajska cesta 154

June 5th 2007 – Bratislava, Slovakia
Holiday Inn, Bajkalska 25/A

June 6th 2007 – Budapest, Hungary
Mercure Budapest Metropol, Rakoczi ut 58

June 7th – Bucharest, Romania
Ramada Majestic Bucharest Hotel, Calea Victoriei 38-40

Agenda

9:00 Registration begins
9:30 Conference begins
12:30 Lunch
15:30 Conference ends – raffle of 2 x iPods & other Goodies
15:45 - 17:15h Happy Hour

Contacts

Rafal Lazarski, Veracomp, Conference Organizer, rafal.lazarski@veracomp.pl

Nadia Sadeghian, Extreme Networks, Conference Organizer, nsadeghian@extremenetworks.com , +49 175 4378-230 (Mobile)

REGISTER for this conference online at www.abc-conference.com