Telecom operators are faced with intense competition and declining revenues from fixed voice. At the same time, they are trying to reduce operational costs and increase the ARPU from their broadband subscribers. These factors are pushing them toward the delivery of triple-play services.

As a result, service providers are rolling out new service delivery architectures that will be the foundation for their service rollouts over the next five to 10 years for both consumer and residential markets.

This session will present new technologies and mechanisms to service providers to increase the coverage of their broadband access network, using remote deployments, new DSL technologies (e.g., ADSL2plus, VDSL2), or deep fiber deployment (e.g., FTTN, PON). The access network will need to transform for them to deploy all their services to each customer regardless of their access technology.

Nicolas Van Den Abeele Vice President, APAC, Access Networks Division Alcatel

Mr. Van Den Abeele has a broad experience in the telecom industry and held various management positions in Alcatel in Europe and in Central and Latin America. Before being based in Alcatel Asia Pacific, he spent seven years working for Alcatel in Brazil and Mexico and held the position of vice president of the fixed networks division for Central and Latin America. Prior to joining Alcatel, Mr. Van Den Abeele worked at Andersen Consulting in several countries in Europe and in the deregulation of the European telecom industry in the early 1990s.