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Converged Backbone Transformation

A new Webcast from Communications Technology

Presented, Thursday, December 10, 2009
Cost: FREE

Registration Required

Attend this Webinar from your desktop or conference room. Invite your entire team attend. 

• Speakers  
• How Does It Work?
• What Equipment Do I Need?
• Questions? 

About the Webcast

As MSOs offer more and more bandwidth-intensive services such as IP video, high speed data, business and enterprise applications (including 3G/4G backhaul), they must make additional investments in core networks to satisfy rising demands. Yet new revenues do not directly compensate for these added investments. Moreover, many links and network elements remain underutilized. As a result, costs are rising faster than revenues, eroding profitability.

One solution to this dilemma is a converged backbone transformation (CBT), which changes the game for service providers by integrating the IP and optical layers equally into a single entity with common visibility, provisioning and protection. This session will highlight certain inefficiencies in current modes of operation show how a CBT approach can optimize network resources and achieves significant reductions in CapEx and OpEx.

Speakers:

	Benoît Mercier Assistant Vice President, Solutions Marketing Alcatel-Lucent
	Jonathan Tombes Editor (Moderator) Communications Technology

How does the Webinar work?

The live audio is delivered to your location over the telephone or your computer speakers. The Power-Point presentations are presented over the Internet and are available to print out before the program. This is like a talk-radio program with visuals on the Web. You and your team will be able to have a live Q&A with all the speakers.

You need Real Player or Windows Media Player installed on your computer. If you do not have either, please follow the instructions below to download and install them. Or if you prefer, a phone for the audio and an Internet connection to let you watch the slides and other information on the Web will suffice. No other downloads or special hardware - a dial-up connection will work fine.

• One (1) set of materials (you may make copies for all of the persons you invited to listen to the program);
• One (1) toll-free connection to the seminar (if you select the audio connection.), and
• One (1) Internet connection to the seminar.

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What equipment do I need?

For the audio connection:

• A computer with Real Player or Windows Media Player installed. When you log into the Virtual Seminar, your computer will be taken through a brief configuration check and will let you know if you're missing any software.
• If you do not have Real or Windows, a touch-tone telephone will work also. It works best to use a speakerphone so that others can listen too.

For the Internet connection:

• PC: 166Mhz Pentium-based PC or better
• Operating system: Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP
• Browser: For optimal viewing experience, we recommend using Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. However, any version of IE 4.0 or higher will work. For Netscape, only versions 4.x are supported at this time.
• Internet connection: 28.8 or faster connection
• Display set at 1024 x 768 or 800 x 600
• Mac users are encouraged to use Firefox 2.0 (or later) with Real Player to view the webcast. You can also test your system using the system test button in menu on the left hand side.

Player Downloads

If using Microsoft Windows Media Player, Version 6.4 or later is required.
Download a supported Microsoft Windows Media Player

If using RealPlayer, Version 7.0 or later is required.
Download a supported RealPlayer

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Questions?

If you are having any technical difficulties or need assistance meeting these requirements, please contact our Technical Support Center at 1-866-709-8255 or click here. For content questions regarding this Webinar, contact Jonathan Tombes at  jtombes@accessintel.com.