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September 27, 2004
Fall 2004 VON: Just Three Weeks to Go!
At just 3 weeks out, Fall 2004 VON is on track to be our largest VON to date, with a total community of 5,000 participants from across all segments of the communications and Internet industries.
What's on the agenda?
As always, we'll be looking at the 'present future' of IP Communications markets, technology and regulation. In other words, our speakers and panels are firmly focused on defining the 'what happens next', as opposed to simply repeating known fact, or truisms that have been known for some time.
Specifically though, one of the aspects of VON that we expect to be most exciting this year is the evolution of the competitive landscape - which is discussed in sessions, as well as mirrored in the attendees and speakers at the show itself.
There's everything to fight for right now. Skype, Vonage and other new entrants into the voice business are gaining market share, cable's been gaining traction with the triple play, and from the fixed corner, AT&T's CallVantage have been in the market for some months now.
Who's next to launch and what will their proposition look like? Find out at Fall VON - we expect some major announcements at the show, plus the insights from both speakers and the rest of the Conference community will give you the inside track.
Another major focus of Fall VON will be the regulatory and telecom policy developments. Right now, regulators and policy makers around the world are drawing up the distinctions that will have a dramatic impact on the future make-up of the communications industry.
At VON, both the Chairman of the FCC Michael Powell, and US Senator John Sununu will be sharing their views on IP Communications regulation and legislation. And in the pre-Conference Telecom Policy summit we've brought the Feds, the Hill and many renowned regulatory experts together to take a detailed look at what's on the horizon.
The other major theme is, of course, the technology. We've got over 200 exhibitors on the show floor, and many sessions exploring the future evolution of communications networks, be they enterprise or service provider. In particular, as VoIP moves from the labs into the marketplace, we'll be looking at the implementation and operational management issues with converged voice/data networks (OSS, Security, Network Management and so forth).
In sum, at VON the industry talks business - and technology - at a strategic level.
Don't miss out on the industry event for VoIP! Take the temperature of the industry, get up to speed with the latest developments, get a realistic, unbiased vision into the present future of communications markets, and network with peers in this vibrant dealspace.
Please note, the Conference is expected to sell out in the next couple of weeks, and the hotel availability on the ground in Boston is already very tight. In other words, if you're planning to register, please do so and make your travel plans as soon as possible.
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Comments
Hello,
I work for the University of New Hampshire’s InterOperability Laboratory (IOL)
See www.iol.unh.edu
I run several technology consortiums here at the IOL, namely Wireless, VoIP (VoX), and help out with several others as well, bridging, routing, ipv6, etc…
I am in the process of setting up our VoIP consortium to help test SIP and VoIP in general for NEMs, telcos and ISPs. We have industry leading test tools from all the major players, Spirent, Navtel, Agilent, etc. as well as freeware tools and even a Java based SIP stack we have developed for testing SIP implementations.
Right now I am setting up DOCSIS and DSL test networks as well as WAN emulators to provide some real deployment type tests in a controlled environment.
I would be very interested in working closely with FWD, SIP Forum and other organizations interested in testing voice applications.
We already have 3Com, Motorola and NAVtel as paying customers, and Spirent is fully supporting us with whatever we need. I have also had talks with Cisco, Avaya, AEON Intercom, France Telecom, Emprix, Infineon, Ixia, Netscreen, Checkpoint, Nortel, Polycom , RADcom, Sysmaster, Trinity convergence, and Vocera… and that is just for starters…
We already work with about 200+ industry leaders and you can see our membership list online.
We are also exploring options to work closely with the SIP Forum. I am also as of today trying to arrange a gathering here and hope to attract Mark Spencer, creator of Asterisk. We have several asterisk servers running for testing already, and the greater New Hampshire Linux Users Group is looking to help promote Asterisk and it’s use in our area, so I have offered to hold the meetings in our 38,000 square foot laboratory space.
We would like to lend our technical expertise, industry contacts and standards knowledge in testing communication technologies that we have developed over the past fifteen years, towards the VoIP industry testing needs.
I and several students would like to attend VON ’04 in Boston and $2000+ registration is not in our budget at this time. I was wondering if there is a way we could pay at least the conference fee to see the exhibits ($150/per person), but also potentially sit in on some of the other events/keynotes/workshops as observers.
I would like to bring myself and at least two of my student engineers. We probably will be spending some time with Spirent at their booth, since they support out lab with multiple millions of dollars worth of equipment at any given time.
Please feel free to call me at 84318@fwd.pulver.com or on my cell phone (603)-781-9498, or just drop me an email.
Thank you,
-g2
Gerard Goubert
Bridge Functions, Wireless, and VoX Manager
UNH InterOperability Laboratory
Office: 603.862.2060 gwg@iol.unh.edu
Bridging Lab: 603.862.3525
Wireless Lab: 603.862.2263
VoIP Lab: 603.862.0186
Posted by: Gerard Goubert at September 30, 2004 04:15 PM