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Connect-World Asia-Pacific II 2008     Magazine introduction Access was once synonymous with copper. Wireless access now outpaces wired and mobile phones outnumber fixed. Fibre brings TV, broadband and inexpensive voice, and even power lines are used by utilities, offices, factory floors and homes for broadband access. Much of the change, the revolution in telecom is the result of better access technologies. Technologies already in the pipeline, and others on the way, promise to change the way we communicate, work and play to an even greater degree than anything we have seen.     Theme: Access evolution– from wired to wireless to where? Articles Contributors Feature articles     Article no.: 1 Topic: Singapore’s digital future Author: Dr Lee Boon Yang Title: Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Organisation: Republic of Singapore PDF size: 264KB   About author: Dr Lee Boon Yang is the Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts of the Republic of Singapore. Dr Lee’s political career in Singapore spans almost 25 years since he first stood in the General Elections. Dr Lee has held various political posts, including the post of Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Communications and Information, Ministry of Finance and Ministry for Home Affairs. Dr Lee served as Minister of State in the Ministry of Trade and Industry, followed by Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of National Development, and later as Senior Minister of State for National Development, Home Affairs and Defence. In 1991, Dr Lee was appointed Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office. He subsequently served as Minister for Defence and Minister for Manpower, before his current appointment. Dr Lee Boon Yang graduated as a veterinarian (B.V.Sc Hon 2A) from the University of Queensland, Australia.   Article abstract: Singapore’s broadband infrastructure is a powerful enabler for economic growth and social development. Singapore has more than 7,000 public hotspots - over 100 hotspots per square kilometre and about 80 per cent of Singaporean homes have broadband service. Singapore’s ten-year ICT master plan calls for a next-generation network providing seamless high-speed broadband throughout Singapore. This next-generation network will provide a national competitive advantage and enable people to harness the full potential of infocomm technologies for best-in-the-world living experiences.   buy     Article no.: 2 Topic: Access evolution in Turkey Author: Dr Tayfun Acarer Title: President of Telecommunications Authority and Chairman of the Telecommunications Board Organisation: the Republic of Turkey PDF size: 276KB   About author: Dr Tayfun Acarer is the President of Turkey’s Telecommunications Authority and Chairman of the Telecommunications Board. Prior to his current post, Dr Acarer served as a Member of the Board and Assistant General Manager of the Directorate General of Coastal Safety and Salvage Administration General Management under the Ministry of Transport. Dr Acarer also held the post of Director of Coastal Radio Communications at Türk Telekomünikasyon A.Ş. Dr Acarer graduated from the Electronics and Communications Department of Istanbul Technical University. He received his MSc and PhD degrees from the University of Istanbul.   Article abstract: Turkey’s communications market has much potential to grow given the size of its population and its growing economy. The telecoms market has been liberalised, competition introduced by licensing competitive operators and 55 per cent of the incumbent fixed-line operator privatised. The PSTN grew rapidly since the 1980s, but close to 100 per cent household penetration and competition from mobile telephony has virtually stopped its growth. Strong domestic and foreign investment, together with additional competitive licensing, has greatly stimulated continued mobile growth.   buy     Article no.: 3 Topic: Access evolution in Uzbekistan Author: Abdulla Aripov Title: Director-General, Communications and Information Agency and Chairman of the State Committee for Radio Frequencies Organisation: Republic of Uzbekistan PDF size: 216KB   About author: Abdulla Aripov is the Director-General of the Communications and Information Agency of Uzbekistan. Mr Aripov has held a number of posts in the Government of Uzbekistan: First Deputy Director-General of Post and Telecommunications Agency of Uzbekistan; Director of Fund of State Support for Development of Post and Telecommunications; Head of Market Transformations and Securities, Department of the Ministry of Communications; Head of Construction and Provision Department, Ministry of Communications; and, Senior specialist, Ministry of Communications. Before joining the government, Mr Aripov worked as the Deputy Director on technical issues at Uzimpexaloka, a foreign trade company and as an electronics engineer at Tashkent Telephone-Telegraph Exchange. Mr Aripov holds a PhD in Economics and graduated from the Tashkent Electro-technical Institute of Communications as a telecommunications engineer.   Article abstract: Shortly after its independence in 1991, Uzbekistan began to prepare itself for integration into the global economy. The government planned the re-development of the country’s telecommunications networks using digital technology to expand wired and wireless access and modernise its broadcast networks. Today, all the country’s exchanges are digitalised and its long-distance network integrated with the Trans-Asian-European Fibre System. Optical fibre networks and digital radio-relay circuits tie together the country’s 2.5 million data transmission and Internet users and 7.5 million mobile users.   buy     Article no.: 4 Topic: Pushing the economy with mobile Author: Vanessa Slowey Title: CEO Organisation: Digicel Pacific PDF size: 308KB   About author: Digicel Pacific CEO Vanessa Slowey is responsible for the launch and management of operations in the Pacific region. Ms Slowey managed the set up of operations for Digicel Samoa Ltd. and of Digicel in Papua New Guinea. Ms Slowey joined Digicel Caribbean and worked on the roll out of Digicel operations in the Caribbean islands of Anguilla, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Trinidad & Tobago and Haiti, where she held various positions such as General Manager, Digicel Anguilla, Commercial Director, Digicel Trinidad & Tobago and Marketing Director, Digicel Haiti. Ms Slowey previously worked for the Caudwell Group, at Eircell (now Vodafone), and Eircom, the national landline operator in Ireland. Vanessa Slowey was educated in Marketing and Project Management at the Irish Management Institution (IMI), the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) and University College Dublin (UCD).   Article abstract: The Pacific region’s islands are geographically dispersed and their population density is low. Until recently, lack of telecommunications infrastructure, high calling costs and poor quality service made telecommunications a luxury for the few. Without market liberalisation and competition, the prices for telecommunications services have remained high. Economic growth and help from the World Bank and Asia Development Bank have prompted telecommunications infrastructure and real mobile telephony competition. The growth of mobile telephony is rapidly changing the lives of Pacific islanders.   buy     Article no.: 5 Topic: The promise of telecommunications Author: Mr Chi Lin Title: President & CEO Organisation: Altai Technologies Limited PDF size: 188KB   About author: Mr Chi Lin is the President and CEO of Altai Technologies. Prior to his current role, Mr Lin was the Vice President of Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute ASTRI). He has also served as the President of Lucent Technologies (China) Optical Networking Group. Before Lucent was spun off from AT&T, Mr Lin had been a system engineer, software developer, and system architect for Bell Labs. He has been called, ‘The Father of DACS IV-512 Switch’. Mr Lin received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from McGill University and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University.   Article abstract: Telecommunications - from the first telephone line to today’s fibre-optic networks, wireless networks and the Internet - has changed the course of human history. Today, they hold the promise of connecting the world’s people not only to each other, but to the entire, vast storehouse of human knowledge. More than making information available, telecommunications will soon deliver first-class education to whoever wants it, wherever they may be, thereby opening a world of social and economic opportunity to previously disadvantaged people.   buy     Article no.: 6 Topic: Network evolution Author: Kim Perdikou Title: Executive Vice President, Infrastructure Products Group, and General Manager, Service Provider Business Team Organisation: Juniper Networks, Inc PDF size: 220KB   About author: Kim Perdikou is the Executive Vice President of the Infrastructure Products Group and General Manager, Service Provider Business Team at Juniper Networks. Prior to this role, Ms Perdikou served as Juniper’s CIO driving the company’s global information systems strategy. Prior to joining Juniper Networks, Ms Perdikou was CIO at Women.com, where she built the IT infrastructure and sales operations function. Ms Perdikou was also Vice President of Global Networks at Reader’s Digest and held leadership positions at both Knight Ridder and Dun & Bradstreet. Kim Perdikou holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computing Science and Operational Research from the University of Paisley in Scotland, and two Master’s degrees: one in Education from Jordanhill College in Glasgow, Scotland, and a second in Information Systems from Pace University in New York.   Article abstract: The increasingly widespread use of broadband Internet and the services this brings has forced operators and service providers in general to upgrade their networks both to answer the rising demand for bandwidth and to offer a full range of converged services. The demand for seamless, personalised access regardless of location, device or modality, has phone companies, wireless providers and cable operators rushing to expand and upgrade their networks to deliver a consolidated portfolio of services, increase customer loyalty and reduce churn.   buy     Article no.: 7 Topic: From wireless to where? Author: Chris Carr Title: VP Sales Organisation: Nokia South-East Asia-Pacific PDF size: 252KB   About author: Chris Carr is the Vice President, Sales at Nokia South-East Asia-Pacific. He is responsible for the business performance, customer engagement and sales in Australia, New Zealand, Emerging Asia (Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives), Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Indochina (Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia). In his previous role, Mr Carr was General Manager of Nokia Singapore. Since joining the company, Mr Carr has worked in a variety of roles in both Asia and Europe - as a Management Accountant, as a company controller, as the Finance Director for the Network business group for Asia-Pacific and as the Asia-Pacific Finance Director for the device business. Chris Carr holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, majoring in Finance.   Article abstract: Telecommunications - especially mobile - is rapidly surpassing anything we imagined, even the science fiction of a few years ago. The PC is no longer the only way to connect with the Internet. Indeed, for many people a mobile phone connection to the Net will be the only way they ever connected or will ever connect. The power of the Internet will be increasingly found in the pockets of people around the world in devices that add value to people’s lives.   buy     Article no.: 8 Topic: The case for femtocells Author: Nick Johnson Title: CTO Organisation: ip.access PDF size: 232KB   About author: Nick Johnson as the CTO of ip.access is responsible for technology strategy and implementation, leading technical innovation, specification and planning activities, and directing the development of the organisation’s products. Mr Johnson has been part of ip.access since its formation and was a major contributor to the GSM technology on which ip.access is founded. Prior to ip.access, Mr Johnson was a founding member of ip.access’ parent company TTP Communications. Before working at TTPCom, Mr Johnson spent several years with The Technology Partnership, the progenitor of TTPCom, and at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, building state-of-the-art receivers for radio astronomy. Nick Johnson has a PhD in Microwave Scanned Imaging Techniques from University College, London, and a MA in Physics from the University of Cambridge.   Article abstract: Femtocells are tiny, low power 3G radio systems that plug into a residential broadband connection to provide a mobile signal directly in the home. Since femtocell traffic is transmitted to the operator via broadband - not via the mobile network - costs are lower and mobile ‘macro-network’ traffic is greatly reduced. The reduced traffic results in substantial savings for operators and lower prices for subscribers. Femtocells offer a number of automatic ‘presence’ services and reduced rates for calls made from home.   buy     Article no.: 9 Topic: Smartphones, a smart answer Author: Olivier Rozay Title: Regional Director, Asia-Pacific Organisation: Palm Inc PDF size: 216KB   About author: Olivier Rozay is Palm’s Regional Director for Asia-Pacific, responsible for the company’s business operations, sales and strategy across the region. Prior to this assignment, Mr Rozay directed Palm’s wireless business development for Australia and New Zealand, and worked at the company’s head office in the US. Prior to Palm, Mr Rozay held various positions in international business development at Handspring. Mr Rozay has more than 15 years’ experience in the telecommunications industry, focusing on wireless networks and mobile products on both technical and marketing levels. He has also held positions at Alcatel in France and China, Globalstar in the US and Brazil, and served in the Microelectronics R&D Centre for Toshiba in Japan. Oliver Rozay holds a degree in electronic and computer science engineering studies from Institut Supérieur d’Electronique de Paris, France. He is fluent in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Mandarin.   Article abstract: The use of smartphones by field workers has revolutionised the way many companies do business. They have saved countless hours of work by giving their field workers access to the same sort of information that in the past could only be accessed at the office. Increasingly, consumers are looking for the same sort of full-time-anywhere access to information and social networks they currently get on their computers; and smartphones let them access their favourite applications and information sources on the go.   buy     Article no.: 10 Topic: WiMAX - the challenges of new technology Author: Ben Cardwell Title: Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Asia-Pacific Organisation: Andrew Wireless Solutions PDF size: 220KB   About author: Ben Cardwell is the Vice President of Asia-Pacific for Andrew Wireless Solutions, responsible for sales and marketing in the Asia-Pacific region. A 17-year veteran of the telecommunications industry, Mr Cardwell was previously Director, Systems Engineering, Asia-Pacific for Andrew. Prior to joining Andrew, he served in various leadership positions in research & development, product management, systems engineering, and field sales with UTStarcom, Ericsson, and 3Com. Mr Cardwell graduated from Davidson College, North Carolina with a BSc in physics. He also holds an MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University.   Article abstract: WiMAX, like any new technology will face a series of roll-out challenges. WiMAX has no existing infrastructure to take advantage of; it is a wholly new standard and, as such, new companies without existing infrastructure or customer base most often adopt it. There are still issues regarding handoffs between mobile carrier and fixed WiMAX networks, and inter-network billing to be resolved. In addition, given the transmission characteristics of the spectrum WiMAX uses, coverage inside of buildings will present a challenge.   buy     Article no.: 11 Topic: New generation broadband and satellite communications Author: Seah Moon Ming Title: President of International Business and Deputy CEO Organisation: Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited. PDF size: 272KB   About author: Mr Seah Moon Ming is, concurrently, the President of International Business and Deputy CEO Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd. Mr Seah Moon Ming has served as Managing Director, President, Deputy CEO and Chairman of several subsidiary companies. He sits on the Boards of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, International Enterprise Singapore and KTPH Pte Ltd. Mr Seah is the Honorary President of the Singapore Table Tennis Association, and is the Chairman of the Temasek Polytechnic, a Fellow and member of the Council of Advisory Panel of the Institution of Engineers Singapore. A Senior Member of IEEE and Member of Eta Kappa Nu, Mr Seah served as a Member of the International Advisory Panel of the National ICT Australia, and as an Adjunct Professor to the National University of Singapore’s Entrepreneurship Centre. Mr Seah is now Adjunct Professor and Member of the Advisory Panel for the School of Science & Technology at SIM University, Singapore. Mr Seah has won a great number of awards, including: Asia Brand Innovation - Ten Most Outstanding Personality Award, the 6th International Management Action Award, Honorary Citizen of Yichun and Guiyang, China and as a Top 10 International Chinese Achiever for Financial & Intelligent Persons. Mr Seah majored in electronics engineering at the National University of Singapore and earned a Master of Science (EE) with distinction at the Naval Postgraduate School, USA. Mr Seah also attended the Stanford-NUS Executive Programme and completed the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard University USA.   Article abstract: Satellite communications has grown in functionality and efficiency to become an integral component of next-generation Internet Protocol (IP) networking. Satellites now provide voice, data and video networking any place on the planet, backup in emergencies when all else fails and seamless integration with terrestrial networks. Satellites now meet stringent terrestrial security and service level requirements, encouraging broader adoption for critical business applications. Satellite is increasingly used for cellular backhaul, maritime and military communications, business networks and distance learning.   buy     Article no.: 12 Topic: Connected lifestyle, connected life Author: Sandi Thomas Title: General Manager, Communications Sector, Asia-Pacific Organisation: Microsoft PDF size: 312KB   About author: Sandi Thomas is the General Manager for Asia-Pacific, for Microsoft’s Communications Sector. Ms Thomas, based in Singapore, oversees the sales operations across ten countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Ms Thomas is a Microsoft veteran of over 14 years; she joined Microsoft as group product manager for Microsoft Works, where she was responsible for product planning and marketing. Sandi Thomas has dual BA degrees in Political Science and African/African-American studies from Stanford University.   Article abstract: The number and types of devices - PCs, laptops, smartphones, etc. - are growing and so is connectivity and usage. In the near future, all media and entertainment will be software driven and ‘service connected’. The focus will be upon being more user-centric. Telecom service providers, equipment manufacturers, software developers, systems integrators - among others - already form a complex ecosystem that provides support for telecom service providers and, more importantly, to users of the services that create connected lifestyles.   buy     Article no.: 13 Topic: Security support Author: K. P. Tang Title: President Organisation: Avnet Technology Solutions, Asia-Pacific PDF size: 308KB   About author: As President of Avnet Technology Solutions in the Asia-Pacific region, K. P. Tang is responsible for the strategic direction and growth of Avnet’s computing business in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India and the ASEAN countries. Mr Tang was previously a corporate vice president in Avnet. Prior to joining Avnet, Mr Tang served as Vice President of Asia Business Development and Sales for Celestica, Inc. His career also includes more than 30 years with IBM in the US, Hong Kong, China and Japan. During his tenure with IBM, Mr Tang was in Corporate Development with responsibility for forming business alliances and directing investment in a variety of opportunities. He also held several other positions and has experience in sales, marketing, operations and business planning. Mr Tang holds a Master of science degree in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.   Article abstract: Industry experts believe that consumer adoption of wireless technology in Asia is almost twice that in the USA. This rising adoption of wireless technologies in the Asian marketplace has increased the need for broad-based security solutions that fully meet both enterprise and consumer needs. To provide appropriate support for the diverse security needs this will generate, business solution partners need to align themselves with global solutions distributors with the needed expertise through global franchise agreements and localised support capabilities.   buy Confirmed authors (Order by article no.)   Dr Lee Boon Yang Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, Republic of Singapore   Dr Tayfun Acarer President of Telecommunications Authority and Chairman of the Telecommunications Board, the Republic of Turkey   Abdulla Aripov Director-General, Communications and Information Agency and Chairman of the State Committee for Radio Frequencies, Republic of Uzbekistan   Vanessa Slowey CEO, Digicel Pacific   Mr Chi Lin President & CEO, Altai Technologies Limited   Kim Perdikou Executive Vice President, Infrastructure Products Group, and General Manager, Service Provider Business Team, Juniper Networks, Inc   Chris Carr VP Sales, Nokia South-East Asia-Pacific   Nick Johnson CTO, ip.access   Olivier Rozay Regional Director, Asia-Pacific, Palm Inc   Ben Cardwell Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Asia-Pacific, Andrew Wireless Solutions   Seah Moon Ming President of International Business and Deputy CEO, Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited.   Sandi Thomas General Manager, Communications Sector, Asia-Pacific, Microsoft   K. P. Tang President, Avnet Technology Solutions, Asia-Pacific