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Telecom's Opportunity Explosion Or What Happens When Internet and Wireless Meet Broadband |
| Author: |
Arunas G. Slekys |
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Vice-President, Corporate Marketing |
| Organisation: |
Hughes Network Systems |
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| The Internet and ‘wireless’ have revolutionised the telecoms industry. Wireless reaches 500 million subscribers, but the 300 million user Internet is growing faster at 50 percent per year. Internet commerce might exceed a trillion dollars annually within five years. Content, though, not airtime, will drive profitability in telecom. Broadband will be needed to deliver content and reduce congestion. Satellite broadband transmission will provide the lowest cost mass distribution of content. |
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Voice Over Packet in Latin America: Present and Future |
| Author: |
Cresencio Arcos |
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Regional Vice-President, International Public Affairs, Latin America and Canada |
| Organisation: |
AT&T Corporation |
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| The telecommunications revolution gives developing countries unprecedented opportunities for economic growth. Internet telephony has the potential to transform the economies of developing countries. Incumbent operators lobby against new competitors with new technology to protect their investments. By favouring incumbents, regulators limit market access and competition. Pro-competitive regulations are vital to Latin America's prospects in a global economy. Updating telecommunications technology is essential to ensure the burgeoning of the information economy. |
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Article no.: |
3 |
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IP Telephony - The Potential for Building a Legal Framework in Brazil |
| Author: |
Esther Miriam Flesch and Luciano Costa |
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| Organisation: |
Baker & McKenzie, Brazil |
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| IP Telephony can facilitate the universalisation of telephony services in Brazil. Notwithstanding, only specific companies are authorized to provide public telephone service in Brazil. Many of Brazil's IP telephony providers are not authorized to do so. Anatel, has an obligation to preserve the quality of service and business potential of the sector it regulates. This may require protecting authorized players in the sector at the expense of new players with new technologies. |
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Article no.: |
4 |
| Topic: |
IP Protocol - Changing the Paradigm |
| Author: |
Fernando Machado Terni |
| Title: |
President-Director (CEO) |
| Organisation: |
Intelig, Brazil |
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| IP technology is the natural path for all telecommunications companies. In the future, voice traffic and data transmission will travel through the same backbone, all using the Internet Protocol. Calls will travel as data packets through shared communication lines, substantially reducing telephone rates. By 2003, IP telephony will represent approximately 23 percent of the total domestic long-distance telephony traffic and 29 percent of international telephony traffic and, consequently, carrier income will be reduced. |
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Article no.: |
5 |
| Topic: |
Electronic Commerce in Latin America: A Sketch of Its Current Status and Immediate Prospects |
| Author: |
Jean Gurunlian |
| Title: |
Director,Division for Services Infrastructure for Development and Trade Efficiency |
| Organisation: |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
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| Latin America is the world's fastest growing Internet market. For businesses in the region to capture the potential benefits countries need to equip their people with the skills that are relevant in a digital economy. Business practices and culture also need to be adapted. Governments should accompany these efforts with policies aimed at widening Internet access, completing the regulatory framework of e-commerce and enhancing the infrastructure needed to support transaction fulfilment. |
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Article no.: |
6 |
| Topic: |
Betting on the Transition to IP Telephony |
| Author: |
Luiz Augusto Castrillion de Aquino |
| Title: |
Director |
| Organisation: |
Business Development of Trópico Sistemas e Telecomunicações S.A., Brazil |
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| The 1998 privatisation of Brazil's telephone system left in doubt the future of Trópico whose switching system, developed in Brazil, accounted for 30 percent of the Brazilian market. Instead of quitting or continuing as in the past, Trópico found partners with technology and developed systems that bridged the worlds of legacy and IP telephony. Their gamble paid off. They proved that a small local company can compete effectively with global giants. |
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Article no.: |
7 |
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IP Telephony Quality-of-Service Aspects IP Protocol - Changing the Paradigm |
| Author: |
Oscar Avellaneda and Bruce Pettitt |
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| Organisation: |
Nortel Networks |
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| The first IP Telephony applications were inexpensive, low quality alternatives to traditional service. Convergence towards integrated multimedia, multi-service networks is driving the move to a packet-based telecommunications infrastructure. Integration of voice and data onto a single network infrastructure offers significantly improved efficiency for both private and public network operators. The future of IP Telephony depends, in good part, upon the quality of service that can be provided using this technology. |
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Article no.: |
8 |
| Topic: |
IP Telephony, the Internet, and Brazil |
| Author: |
H.E. Ambassador Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez |
| Title: |
Secretary for Industrial Technology |
| Organisation: |
Ministry of Development, Industry and Commerce, Brazil |
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| IP Telephony raises a series of important regulatory, economic and practical questions of concern to all involved. The handling of these questions will have enormous consequences for IP telephony and traditional telephone network operators. Competition from IP telephony threatens existing telephone companies. They feel that, despite their heavy infrastructure investments, they will be reduced to mere renters of capacity for IP telephony unless allowed to provide value added services. |
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Article no.: |
9 |
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Voice on the Internet - Off the Beaten Path: Extending the Benefits of VoIP to Remote Areas through Satellite Technology |
| Author: |
Peter Kendall |
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Sales Vice-President for the Americas |
| Organisation: |
ITXC Corporation |
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| Migrating to VoIP allows new carriers to integrate voice and data on one network at Internet prices. IP telephony (VoIP), or 'Voice on the Internet', is increasingly used for high-quality, low-cost, voice communications in Latin America. Satellites can deliver to places where even phone service is a problem. Working with satellite providers 'Voice on the Internet' providers, help emerging carriers overcome the barriers of high-priced, insufficient, terrestrial infrastructure. |
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Article no.: |
10 |
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Preparing the World for IP telephony: The 2001 World Telecommunications Policy Forum |
| Author: |
Roberto Blois |
| Title: |
Deputy Secretary-General |
| Organisation: |
International Telecommunication Union, Switzerland |
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| Internet Protocol (IP) Telephony is the transmission of voice, fax and other services over packet-switched IP-based networks. There are several "flavours" of IP telephony using various combinations of PCs, telephones and the Web. IP growth is of vital importance to governments, operating companies, manufacturers and users. The ITU's 3rd World Telecommunication Policy Forum on IP Telephony seeks to find ways to prepare the world for the arrival of IP Telephony. |
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Article no.: |
11 |
| Topic: |
A Vision for Wireless Internet Applications |
| Author: |
Renato Furtado |
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President |
| Organisation: |
Lucent Technologies |
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| The convergence between mobile telephony and the Internet is shifting the balance between spending for equipment and spending for applications and services. These services will change the way we do business and deal with our daily routine. A wide variety of companies - information management, Internet technologies, streaming multimedia technology, content providers, device manufactures, wireless service providers and Internet service providers - are joining forces to develop these new services. |
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Article no.: |
12 |
| Topic: |
Modernizing the Telecommunications Sector in Brazil |
| Author: |
Renato Navarro Guerreiro |
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President |
| Organisation: |
ANATEL - Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações – Brazil |
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| Brazil is profoundly restructuring its telecommunications sector based upon a new and dynamic model, clear and reliable rules and full transparency. The focus is on the needs of Brazilian society and not the interests of private companies. Universal service and competition are the fundamental principles of the new Brazilian telecommunications model. By 2005 all localities with over 100 inhabitants, including tribal lands, must have at least one public telephone installed. |
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Article no.: |
13 |
| Topic: |
Prospering in a Dynamic Telecom Environment |
| Author: |
Steve Cohen |
| Title: |
Vice-President for Solutions Design |
| Organisation: |
Telcordia Technologies, USA |
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| Demand for network capacity, broadband technology, the Internet and rising end-user expectations are dramatically transforming the telecom landscape. Within five years, most network traffic will be data. The shift from circuit-switched to broadband networks needs to be driven by business considerations. The cost of a poorly managed transition will be high. Carriers must modernise existing operations, retain valuable customers and grow revenues. Simply enhancing legacy systems will not bring success. |
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Article no.: |
14 |
| Topic: |
Delivering the BenefitsKey Policy Questions for Developing Countries |
| Author: |
Sarbuland Khan |
| Title: |
Director, Division for ECOSOC Support and Coordination |
| Organisation: |
United Nations Economic and Social Council, USA |
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| IP Telephony raises a broad series of policy questions. Economic and social development depends upon finding the answers and acting upon them. The IP question is embedded within the question of how to use information and communication technologies (ICT) to propel regional development. A multi-pronged approach, adapted to local conditions, providing widespread access, education to fruitfully use new technologies and significant local language content is needed. |
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Article no.: |
15 |
| Topic: |
The Challenges and Rewards of the Transition to IP Telephony for Developing Nations: Central America |
| Author: |
Dr. Stuart K. Tewksbury |
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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Organisation: |
Stevens Institute of Technology, USA |
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| Technologies for creating, accessing and displaying information, such as for Web-based applications, rapidly advance and proliferate in the developed nations. In many countries communications infrastructures cannot provide access for much of their population to such information resources. This situation promises to widen the already considerable gap between developed and under-developed nations. Significant issues confront Central American countries, where major barriers compromise their entry into the information-centric world now emerging. |
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Article no.: |
16 |
| Topic: |
Regulation of Telecommunication Services with the Advent of All-IP Networks |
| Author: |
Uldarico Posada |
| Title: |
Director of Government Relations for the Andean Region |
| Organisation: |
Motorola, Colombia |
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24KB |
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| Traditional circuit-based telephone systems and mobile systems are giving way to Internet Protocol (IP) networks. The greater capacity of IP networks makes many new applications possible. By facilitating the growth of these systems, important social and economic contributions to regional development can be made. Through convergence, wired, wireless and IP networks should reach one billion Internet users by 2001 however new standards, regulations and laws will be needed to make it happen. |
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