Over past years he has held a number of senior roles in Telenor most recently as Director and Chief Executive Officer, Total Access Communication PLC and Director and Chief Executive Officer, United Communication Industry PLC – both companies within the Telenor portfolio. His experience in Asia dates back some years when in 2000 he was Managing Director, Telenor Asia Pte. Ltd. His background prior to Telenor, he comes from a political environment where he was Deputy Minister (State Secretary) of Defence, at the Ministry of Defence, Norway. He was also Associate Research Fellow at Harvard University, Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, USA.

Antti is co-founder and inventor behind the idea of Blyk, the youth engagement media company. Antti has over 25 years experience as a senior manager in branded goods, retail and wholesale, TV& film and advertising industries. Antti is also founder of Contra Advertising Group, which since spring 2009 is part of Touch Worldwide. He continues as chairman of Contra China, an advertising agency specializing in social media marketing, based in Beijing. Antti is a Fellow at RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Art, Manufactures and Commerce, UK) and is a regular at lectures on innovative business strategies and brand issues for international audiences.

Over past years he has held a number of senior roles in Telenor most recently as Director and Chief Executive Officer, Total Access Communication PLC and Director and Chief Executive Officer, United Communication Industry PLC – both companies within the Telenor portfolio. His experience in Asia dates back some years when in 2000 he was Managing Director, Telenor Asia Pte. Ltd. His background prior to Telenor, he comes from a political environment where he was Deputy Minister (State Secretary) of Defence, at the Ministry of Defence, Norway. He was also Associate Research Fellow at Harvard University, Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, USA.

Antti is co-founder and inventor behind the idea of Blyk, the youth engagement media company. Antti has over 25 years experience as a senior manager in branded goods, retail and wholesale, TV& film and advertising industries. Antti is also founder of Contra Advertising Group, which since spring 2009 is part of Touch Worldwide. He continues as chairman of Contra China, an advertising agency specializing in social media marketing, based in Beijing. Antti is a Fellow at RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Art, Manufactures and Commerce, UK) and is a regular at lectures on innovative business strategies and brand issues for international audiences.

Over past years he has held a number of senior roles in Telenor most recently as Director and Chief Executive Officer, Total Access Communication PLC and Director and Chief Executive Officer, United Communication Industry PLC – both companies within the Telenor portfolio. His experience in Asia dates back some years when in 2000 he was Managing Director, Telenor Asia Pte. Ltd. His background prior to Telenor, he comes from a political environment where he was Deputy Minister (State Secretary) of Defence, at the Ministry of Defence, Norway. He was also Associate Research Fellow at Harvard University, Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, USA.

Antti is co-founder and inventor behind the idea of Blyk, the youth engagement media company. Antti has over 25 years experience as a senior manager in branded goods, retail and wholesale, TV& film and advertising industries. Antti is also founder of Contra Advertising Group, which since spring 2009 is part of Touch Worldwide. He continues as chairman of Contra China, an advertising agency specializing in social media marketing, based in Beijing. Antti is a Fellow at RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Art, Manufactures and Commerce, UK) and is a regular at lectures on innovative business strategies and brand issues for international audiences.

Antti is co-founder and inventor behind the idea of Blyk, the youth engagement media company. Antti has over 25 years experience as a senior manager in branded goods, retail and wholesale, TV& film and advertising industries. Antti is also founder of Contra Advertising Group, which since spring 2009 is part of Touch Worldwide. He continues as chairman of Contra China, an advertising agency specializing in social media marketing, based in Beijing. Antti is a Fellow at RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Art, Manufactures and Commerce, UK) and is a regular at lectures on innovative business strategies and brand issues for international audiences.

Over past years he has held a number of senior roles in Telenor most recently as Director and Chief Executive Officer, Total Access Communication PLC and Director and Chief Executive Officer, United Communication Industry PLC – both companies within the Telenor portfolio. His experience in Asia dates back some years when in 2000 he was Managing Director, Telenor Asia Pte. Ltd. His background prior to Telenor, he comes from a political environment where he was Deputy Minister (State Secretary) of Defence, at the Ministry of Defence, Norway. He was also Associate Research Fellow at Harvard University, Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, USA.

Antti is co-founder and inventor behind the idea of Blyk, the youth engagement media company. Antti has over 25 years experience as a senior manager in branded goods, retail and wholesale, TV& film and advertising industries. Antti is also founder of Contra Advertising Group, which since spring 2009 is part of Touch Worldwide. He continues as chairman of Contra China, an advertising agency specializing in social media marketing, based in Beijing. Antti is a Fellow at RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Art, Manufactures and Commerce, UK) and is a regular at lectures on innovative business strategies and brand issues for international audiences.

Over past years he has held a number of senior roles in Telenor most recently as Director and Chief Executive Officer, Total Access Communication PLC and Director and Chief Executive Officer, United Communication Industry PLC – both companies within the Telenor portfolio. His experience in Asia dates back some years when in 2000 he was Managing Director, Telenor Asia Pte. Ltd. His background prior to Telenor, he comes from a political environment where he was Deputy Minister (State Secretary) of Defence, at the Ministry of Defence, Norway. He was also Associate Research Fellow at Harvard University, Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, USA.

Antti is co-founder and inventor behind the idea of Blyk, the youth engagement media company. Antti has over 25 years experience as a senior manager in branded goods, retail and wholesale, TV& film and advertising industries. Antti is also founder of Contra Advertising Group, which since spring 2009 is part of Touch Worldwide. He continues as chairman of Contra China, an advertising agency specializing in social media marketing, based in Beijing. Antti is a Fellow at RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Art, Manufactures and Commerce, UK) and is a regular at lectures on innovative business strategies and brand issues for international audiences.

Over past years he has held a number of senior roles in Telenor most recently as Director and Chief Executive Officer, Total Access Communication PLC and Director and Chief Executive Officer, United Communication Industry PLC – both companies within the Telenor portfolio. His experience in Asia dates back some years when in 2000 he was Managing Director, Telenor Asia Pte. Ltd. His background prior to Telenor, he comes from a political environment where he was Deputy Minister (State Secretary) of Defence, at the Ministry of Defence, Norway. He was also Associate Research Fellow at Harvard University, Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, USA.

Antti is co-founder and inventor behind the idea of Blyk, the youth engagement media company. Antti has over 25 years experience as a senior manager in branded goods, retail and wholesale, TV& film and advertising industries. Antti is also founder of Contra Advertising Group, which since spring 2009 is part of Touch Worldwide. He continues as chairman of Contra China, an advertising agency specializing in social media marketing, based in Beijing. Antti is a Fellow at RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Art, Manufactures and Commerce, UK) and is a regular at lectures on innovative business strategies and brand issues for international audiences.

Over past years he has held a number of senior roles in Telenor most recently as Director and Chief Executive Officer, Total Access Communication PLC and Director and Chief Executive Officer, United Communication Industry PLC – both companies within the Telenor portfolio. His experience in Asia dates back some years when in 2000 he was Managing Director, Telenor Asia Pte. Ltd. His background prior to Telenor, he comes from a political environment where he was Deputy Minister (State Secretary) of Defence, at the Ministry of Defence, Norway. He was also Associate Research Fellow at Harvard University, Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, USA.

Antti is co-founder and inventor behind the idea of Blyk, the youth engagement media company. Antti has over 25 years experience as a senior manager in branded goods, retail and wholesale, TV& film and advertising industries. Antti is also founder of Contra Advertising Group, which since spring 2009 is part of Touch Worldwide. He continues as chairman of Contra China, an advertising agency specializing in social media marketing, based in Beijing. Antti is a Fellow at RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Art, Manufactures and Commerce, UK) and is a regular at lectures on innovative business strategies and brand issues for international audiences.

Over past years he has held a number of senior roles in Telenor most recently as Director and Chief Executive Officer, Total Access Communication PLC and Director and Chief Executive Officer, United Communication Industry PLC – both companies within the Telenor portfolio. His experience in Asia dates back some years when in 2000 he was Managing Director, Telenor Asia Pte. Ltd. His background prior to Telenor, he comes from a political environment where he was Deputy Minister (State Secretary) of Defence, at the Ministry of Defence, Norway. He was also Associate Research Fellow at Harvard University, Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, USA.

Antti is co-founder and inventor behind the idea of Blyk, the youth engagement media company. Antti has over 25 years experience as a senior manager in branded goods, retail and wholesale, TV& film and advertising industries. Antti is also founder of Contra Advertising Group, which since spring 2009 is part of Touch Worldwide. He continues as chairman of Contra China, an advertising agency specializing in social media marketing, based in Beijing. Antti is a Fellow at RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Art, Manufactures and Commerce, UK) and is a regular at lectures on innovative business strategies and brand issues for international audiences.

Over past years he has held a number of senior roles in Telenor most recently as Director and Chief Executive Officer, Total Access Communication PLC and Director and Chief Executive Officer, United Communication Industry PLC – both companies within the Telenor portfolio. His experience in Asia dates back some years when in 2000 he was Managing Director, Telenor Asia Pte. Ltd. His background prior to Telenor, he comes from a political environment where he was Deputy Minister (State Secretary) of Defence, at the Ministry of Defence, Norway. He was also Associate Research Fellow at Harvard University, Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, USA.

Randy Custeau begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting,OSI VP Marketing and Sales; TM Forum Advisory Council Member; and regular public speaker. Twenty years experience in the telecommunications market as both a service provider and as a telecom software supplier, primarily in operations support systems (OSS) and business support systems (BSS) .

Puneet Garg is VP, Technical of Bharti Airtel, IPTV initiative in India in the development of IPTV service, network planning, design and testing of technology and business models with fourteen years of experience in DTH, Network Operations, IP & Broadband services of Telecom Industry extensively in Asia Pacific region and India in providing consultancy to operators such as PT Telkom in Indonesia, StarHub and Singtel in Singapore, Astro in Malaysia and Telstra, VisionStream in Australia on Broadband and IP related services.

Juho has been working with customers and sales for almost 20 years. Prior to joining Aito, he held several senior OSS/BSS sales positions in North-America, Russia and Europe during his ten-year stay at Nokia. He has also gathered entrepreneurial experience in running his own company successfully. He holds MSc. in industrial economics and management.

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Puneet Garg is VP, Technical of Bharti Airtel, IPTV initiative in India in the development of IPTV service, network planning, design and testing of technology and business models with fourteen years of experience in DTH, Network Operations, IP & Broadband services of Telecom Industry extensively in Asia Pacific region and India in providing consultancy to operators such as PT Telkom in Indonesia, StarHub and Singtel in Singapore, Astro in Malaysia and Telstra, VisionStream in Australia on Broadband and IP related services.

Juho has been working with customers and sales for almost 20 years. Prior to joining Aito, he held several senior OSS/BSS sales positions in North-America, Russia and Europe during his ten-year stay at Nokia. He has also gathered entrepreneurial experience in running his own company successfully. He holds MSc. in industrial economics and management.

Randy Custeau begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting,OSI VP Marketing and Sales; TM Forum Advisory Council Member; and regular public speaker. Twenty years experience in the telecommunications market as both a service provider and as a telecom software supplier, primarily in operations support systems (OSS) and business support systems (BSS) .

Puneet Garg is VP, Technical of Bharti Airtel, IPTV initiative in India in the development of IPTV service, network planning, design and testing of technology and business models with fourteen years of experience in DTH, Network Operations, IP & Broadband services of Telecom Industry extensively in Asia Pacific region and India in providing consultancy to operators such as PT Telkom in Indonesia, StarHub and Singtel in Singapore, Astro in Malaysia and Telstra, VisionStream in Australia on Broadband and IP related services.

Juho has been working with customers and sales for almost 20 years. Prior to joining Aito, he held several senior OSS/BSS sales positions in North-America, Russia and Europe during his ten-year stay at Nokia. He has also gathered entrepreneurial experience in running his own company successfully. He holds MSc. in industrial economics and management.

Randy Custeau begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting,OSI VP Marketing and Sales; TM Forum Advisory Council Member; and regular public speaker. Twenty years experience in the telecommunications market as both a service provider and as a telecom software supplier, primarily in operations support systems (OSS) and business support systems (BSS) .

Puneet Garg is VP, Technical of Bharti Airtel, IPTV initiative in India in the development of IPTV service, network planning, design and testing of technology and business models with fourteen years of experience in DTH, Network Operations, IP & Broadband services of Telecom Industry extensively in Asia Pacific region and India in providing consultancy to operators such as PT Telkom in Indonesia, StarHub and Singtel in Singapore, Astro in Malaysia and Telstra, VisionStream in Australia on Broadband and IP related services.

Juho has been working with customers and sales for almost 20 years. Prior to joining Aito, he held several senior OSS/BSS sales positions in North-America, Russia and Europe during his ten-year stay at Nokia. He has also gathered entrepreneurial experience in running his own company successfully. He holds MSc. in industrial economics and management.

Michael has more than 39 years’ experience in telecommunications across a diverse range of areas including construction, planning, engineering, operations, enterprise customer unit and service. His telco expertise draws on an extensive background working mainly within Australia but also with vendors overseas and at two US service providers. He has particular strengths in operations, planning, architecture, design and the engineering capability for Telstra and as Head of Network & Technology, a role he commenced in May 2008, he has been instrumental in the wireline transformation of Telstra. Prior to his current role, Michael was the Executive Director Network Services for five years. His responsibilities covered the operations and maintenance of Telstra’s networks for mobiles, fixed networks, broadband, satellite, transmission network infrastructure and managed services. In November 2007 he won the CEO award for Executive of the year. Michael also holds two external positions including a Director role for the TM Forum and Director 3G Infrastructure Sharing entity that is 50% owned by Telstra. The TM Forum is a global industry body that that works with suppliers and service providers in setting the strategic direction and standards for the industry.

Anushka currently heads the mobile advertising initiative at Dialog Telekom PLC, Sri Lanka which is a subsidery of the Axiata group. He has over nine years of experience in the mobile telecom industry ranging from content services to mobile advertising with a specialization in the area of new product development. He has been working closely with the local media and advertising industry to develop mobile marketing streategies for brands and has been driving the growth of the local mobile advertising industry.

Michael has more than 39 years’ experience in telecommunications across a diverse range of areas including construction, planning, engineering, operations, enterprise customer unit and service. His telco expertise draws on an extensive background working mainly within Australia but also with vendors overseas and at two US service providers. He has particular strengths in operations, planning, architecture, design and the engineering capability for Telstra and as Head of Network & Technology, a role he commenced in May 2008, he has been instrumental in the wireline transformation of Telstra. Prior to his current role, Michael was the Executive Director Network Services for five years. His responsibilities covered the operations and maintenance of Telstra’s networks for mobiles, fixed networks, broadband, satellite, transmission network infrastructure and managed services. In November 2007 he won the CEO award for Executive of the year. Michael also holds two external positions including a Director role for the TM Forum and Director 3G Infrastructure Sharing entity that is 50% owned by Telstra. The TM Forum is a global industry body that that works with suppliers and service providers in setting the strategic direction and standards for the industry.

Anushka currently heads the mobile advertising initiative at Dialog Telekom PLC, Sri Lanka which is a subsidery of the Axiata group. He has over nine years of experience in the mobile telecom industry ranging from content services to mobile advertising with a specialization in the area of new product development. He has been working closely with the local media and advertising industry to develop mobile marketing streategies for brands and has been driving the growth of the local mobile advertising industry.

Michael has more than 39 years’ experience in telecommunications across a diverse range of areas including construction, planning, engineering, operations, enterprise customer unit and service. His telco expertise draws on an extensive background working mainly within Australia but also with vendors overseas and at two US service providers. He has particular strengths in operations, planning, architecture, design and the engineering capability for Telstra and as Head of Network & Technology, a role he commenced in May 2008, he has been instrumental in the wireline transformation of Telstra. Prior to his current role, Michael was the Executive Director Network Services for five years. His responsibilities covered the operations and maintenance of Telstra’s networks for mobiles, fixed networks, broadband, satellite, transmission network infrastructure and managed services. In November 2007 he won the CEO award for Executive of the year. Michael also holds two external positions including a Director role for the TM Forum and Director 3G Infrastructure Sharing entity that is 50% owned by Telstra. The TM Forum is a global industry body that that works with suppliers and service providers in setting the strategic direction and standards for the industry.

Anushka currently heads the mobile advertising initiative at Dialog Telekom PLC, Sri Lanka which is a subsidery of the Axiata group. He has over nine years of experience in the mobile telecom industry ranging from content services to mobile advertising with a specialization in the area of new product development. He has been working closely with the local media and advertising industry to develop mobile marketing streategies for brands and has been driving the growth of the local mobile advertising industry.

Michael has more than 39 years’ experience in telecommunications across a diverse range of areas including construction, planning, engineering, operations, enterprise customer unit and service. His telco expertise draws on an extensive background working mainly within Australia but also with vendors overseas and at two US service providers. He has particular strengths in operations, planning, architecture, design and the engineering capability for Telstra and as Head of Network & Technology, a role he commenced in May 2008, he has been instrumental in the wireline transformation of Telstra. Prior to his current role, Michael was the Executive Director Network Services for five years. His responsibilities covered the operations and maintenance of Telstra’s networks for mobiles, fixed networks, broadband, satellite, transmission network infrastructure and managed services. In November 2007 he won the CEO award for Executive of the year. Michael also holds two external positions including a Director role for the TM Forum and Director 3G Infrastructure Sharing entity that is 50% owned by Telstra. The TM Forum is a global industry body that that works with suppliers and service providers in setting the strategic direction and standards for the industry.

Anushka currently heads the mobile advertising initiative at Dialog Telekom PLC, Sri Lanka which is a subsidery of the Axiata group. He has over nine years of experience in the mobile telecom industry ranging from content services to mobile advertising with a specialization in the area of new product development. He has been working closely with the local media and advertising industry to develop mobile marketing streategies for brands and has been driving the growth of the local mobile advertising industry.

Randolph Nikutta started his career at Deutsche Telekom in 1996 at a R&D subsidiary. Between 2002 and 2008 Dr. Nikutta has been working for Detecon International GmbH (consultancy subsidiary of T-Systems International). Since April 2005 Dr. Nikutta has been assigned to Deutsche Telekom Laboratories which he joined in April 2008 on a permanent basis. He is responsible for the project field “New Media” dealing with IPTV, mobile TV, Web TV, Convergent TV and other moving images related topics.

Joe Hogan is the founder and CTO of Openet. The principal architect of Openet’s FusionWorks based solutions, he has more than 25 years of software engineering experience. Joe was a senior architect with Sun Microsystems's European kernel development center before leaving to found Openet.

Benoit is currently the CTO of Hutchison CP Telecommunications (HCPT). He is based in Jakarta – Indonesia where he joined HCPT in April 2007 when it launched its GSM and 3G/UMTS services there. He is responsible for all technology, including telecom, IT, billing, content, and call centre domains, reporting to the CEO. During the past year and a half the focus has been on expanding the network into all major markets in Java, Bali/Lombok, Sumatera and recently Sulawesi and Kalimantan. Prior to joining HCPT, Benoit worked almost 10 years for Ericsson in various roles in the Netherlands (his home country), India and Singapore. However, the main focus of his career with Ericsson has been Managed Services: He was deeply involved in setting up the landmark Telfort/O2 network operations outsourcing in 2001, taking the lead in both the sales and delivery projects. In early 2004 he moved to India where Ericsson had just entered into a comprehensive contract with Bharti for the deployment and operations of networks in 15 of India’s circles. Benoit only got to the telecom after spending several years in the oil industry where he worked for Schlumberger as a Drilling Services Engineer in various countries in Latin America and the Middle East. Benoit is an electrical engineering graduate from the University of Technology Eindhoven and has later obtained an MBA degree.

Randolph Nikutta started his career at Deutsche Telekom in 1996 at a R&D subsidiary. Between 2002 and 2008 Dr. Nikutta has been working for Detecon International GmbH (consultancy subsidiary of T-Systems International). Since April 2005 Dr. Nikutta has been assigned to Deutsche Telekom Laboratories which he joined in April 2008 on a permanent basis. He is responsible for the project field “New Media” dealing with IPTV, mobile TV, Web TV, Convergent TV and other moving images related topics.

Joe Hogan is the founder and CTO of Openet. The principal architect of Openet’s FusionWorks based solutions, he has more than 25 years of software engineering experience. Joe was a senior architect with Sun Microsystems's European kernel development center before leaving to found Openet.

Benoit is currently the CTO of Hutchison CP Telecommunications (HCPT). He is based in Jakarta – Indonesia where he joined HCPT in April 2007 when it launched its GSM and 3G/UMTS services there. He is responsible for all technology, including telecom, IT, billing, content, and call centre domains, reporting to the CEO. During the past year and a half the focus has been on expanding the network into all major markets in Java, Bali/Lombok, Sumatera and recently Sulawesi and Kalimantan. Prior to joining HCPT, Benoit worked almost 10 years for Ericsson in various roles in the Netherlands (his home country), India and Singapore. However, the main focus of his career with Ericsson has been Managed Services: He was deeply involved in setting up the landmark Telfort/O2 network operations outsourcing in 2001, taking the lead in both the sales and delivery projects. In early 2004 he moved to India where Ericsson had just entered into a comprehensive contract with Bharti for the deployment and operations of networks in 15 of India’s circles. Benoit only got to the telecom after spending several years in the oil industry where he worked for Schlumberger as a Drilling Services Engineer in various countries in Latin America and the Middle East. Benoit is an electrical engineering graduate from the University of Technology Eindhoven and has later obtained an MBA degree.

Randolph Nikutta started his career at Deutsche Telekom in 1996 at a R&D subsidiary. Between 2002 and 2008 Dr. Nikutta has been working for Detecon International GmbH (consultancy subsidiary of T-Systems International). Since April 2005 Dr. Nikutta has been assigned to Deutsche Telekom Laboratories which he joined in April 2008 on a permanent basis. He is responsible for the project field “New Media” dealing with IPTV, mobile TV, Web TV, Convergent TV and other moving images related topics.

Joe Hogan is the founder and CTO of Openet. The principal architect of Openet’s FusionWorks based solutions, he has more than 25 years of software engineering experience. Joe was a senior architect with Sun Microsystems's European kernel development center before leaving to found Openet.

Benoit is currently the CTO of Hutchison CP Telecommunications (HCPT). He is based in Jakarta – Indonesia where he joined HCPT in April 2007 when it launched its GSM and 3G/UMTS services there. He is responsible for all technology, including telecom, IT, billing, content, and call centre domains, reporting to the CEO. During the past year and a half the focus has been on expanding the network into all major markets in Java, Bali/Lombok, Sumatera and recently Sulawesi and Kalimantan. Prior to joining HCPT, Benoit worked almost 10 years for Ericsson in various roles in the Netherlands (his home country), India and Singapore. However, the main focus of his career with Ericsson has been Managed Services: He was deeply involved in setting up the landmark Telfort/O2 network operations outsourcing in 2001, taking the lead in both the sales and delivery projects. In early 2004 he moved to India where Ericsson had just entered into a comprehensive contract with Bharti for the deployment and operations of networks in 15 of India’s circles. Benoit only got to the telecom after spending several years in the oil industry where he worked for Schlumberger as a Drilling Services Engineer in various countries in Latin America and the Middle East. Benoit is an electrical engineering graduate from the University of Technology Eindhoven and has later obtained an MBA degree.

Randolph Nikutta started his career at Deutsche Telekom in 1996 at a R&D subsidiary. Between 2002 and 2008 Dr. Nikutta has been working for Detecon International GmbH (consultancy subsidiary of T-Systems International). Since April 2005 Dr. Nikutta has been assigned to Deutsche Telekom Laboratories which he joined in April 2008 on a permanent basis. He is responsible for the project field “New Media” dealing with IPTV, mobile TV, Web TV, Convergent TV and other moving images related topics.

Joe Hogan is the founder and CTO of Openet. The principal architect of Openet’s FusionWorks based solutions, he has more than 25 years of software engineering experience. Joe was a senior architect with Sun Microsystems's European kernel development center before leaving to found Openet.

Benoit is currently the CTO of Hutchison CP Telecommunications (HCPT). He is based in Jakarta – Indonesia where he joined HCPT in April 2007 when it launched its GSM and 3G/UMTS services there. He is responsible for all technology, including telecom, IT, billing, content, and call centre domains, reporting to the CEO. During the past year and a half the focus has been on expanding the network into all major markets in Java, Bali/Lombok, Sumatera and recently Sulawesi and Kalimantan. Prior to joining HCPT, Benoit worked almost 10 years for Ericsson in various roles in the Netherlands (his home country), India and Singapore. However, the main focus of his career with Ericsson has been Managed Services: He was deeply involved in setting up the landmark Telfort/O2 network operations outsourcing in 2001, taking the lead in both the sales and delivery projects. In early 2004 he moved to India where Ericsson had just entered into a comprehensive contract with Bharti for the deployment and operations of networks in 15 of India’s circles. Benoit only got to the telecom after spending several years in the oil industry where he worked for Schlumberger as a Drilling Services Engineer in various countries in Latin America and the Middle East. Benoit is an electrical engineering graduate from the University of Technology Eindhoven and has later obtained an MBA degree.

Ms. Gnanapriya C. has 16+ years of software industry and telecom experience. She is a Principal Architect heading the architecture group of Communications, Media and Entertainment (CME) Business Unit at Infosys Technologies Limited. She has been involved in multiple engagements for various OEMs and Service Providers. She consults transformation solution & technology architecture in the areas of E2E B/OSS, Social Networking, wireless & converged applications, VAS / SDP with multi channel delivery capability for Communications Service Providers leveraging industry standards and best practices. She holds a Masters degree specializing in Communications Engineering and Masters a degree in Business Administration.

Ms. Nishi Mathur is a Senior Architect in Infosys Technologies Ltd. She has around 12 years of experience, majority of it around Telecom OSS BSS. She is leading solution architecture design for end to end OSS BSS implementation based on NGOSS frameworks for wireless operators.

Mr. Nazar H Sahal is the Group Information Technology Director at Expresso Telecom Group (Dubai) focused on deploying next gen solutions. Prior to his he has played the role of Program Director at ITS (Kuwait) for BSS/OSS for telecom operators (Zain, Etisalat and MTN); Project Manager, Technical Manager, Sales Engineer at Larrycom(Sudan). He holds MSc. in Telecommunication and Management from University of Southampton (UK).

Nigel Upton, General Manager, BSS products, HP Communications Media Entertainment talks about the benefits of real-time charging for service providers. He is in charge of their real-time charging products.

Mr. Li is the Online Charging System (OCS) roll-out project manager of China Telecom IT department. He has over 10 years of telecommunication industry experience. His forte is in the implementation and project/program management of billing and settlement systems. Now Mr. Li is leading the roll-out management of the OCS in China Telecom, Through the roll-out of five batches, OCS has been successfully deployed in the 31 provinces branch of China Telecom, this is helpful to reduce the arrears risks of China Telecom and enhance the convergent business billing ability. Mr. Li graduated from GuiZhou University

Ms. Gnanapriya C. has 16+ years of software industry and telecom experience. She is a Principal Architect heading the architecture group of Communications, Media and Entertainment (CME) Business Unit at Infosys Technologies Limited. She has been involved in multiple engagements for various OEMs and Service Providers. She consults transformation solution & technology architecture in the areas of E2E B/OSS, Social Networking, wireless & converged applications, VAS / SDP with multi channel delivery capability for Communications Service Providers leveraging industry standards and best practices. She holds a Masters degree specializing in Communications Engineering and Masters a degree in Business Administration.

Ms. Nishi Mathur is a Senior Architect in Infosys Technologies Ltd. She has around 12 years of experience, majority of it around Telecom OSS BSS. She is leading solution architecture design for end to end OSS BSS implementation based on NGOSS frameworks for wireless operators.

Mr. Nazar H Sahal is the Group Information Technology Director at Expresso Telecom Group (Dubai) focused on deploying next gen solutions. Prior to his he has played the role of Program Director at ITS (Kuwait) for BSS/OSS for telecom operators (Zain, Etisalat and MTN); Project Manager, Technical Manager, Sales Engineer at Larrycom(Sudan). He holds MSc. in Telecommunication and Management from University of Southampton (UK).

Nigel Upton, General Manager, BSS products, HP Communications Media Entertainment talks about the benefits of real-time charging for service providers. He is in charge of their real-time charging products.

Mr. Li is the Online Charging System (OCS) roll-out project manager of China Telecom IT department. He has over 10 years of telecommunication industry experience. His forte is in the implementation and project/program management of billing and settlement systems. Now Mr. Li is leading the roll-out management of the OCS in China Telecom, Through the roll-out of five batches, OCS has been successfully deployed in the 31 provinces branch of China Telecom, this is helpful to reduce the arrears risks of China Telecom and enhance the convergent business billing ability. Mr. Li graduated from GuiZhou University

Ms. Gnanapriya C. has 16+ years of software industry and telecom experience. She is a Principal Architect heading the architecture group of Communications, Media and Entertainment (CME) Business Unit at Infosys Technologies Limited. She has been involved in multiple engagements for various OEMs and Service Providers. She consults transformation solution & technology architecture in the areas of E2E B/OSS, Social Networking, wireless & converged applications, VAS / SDP with multi channel delivery capability for Communications Service Providers leveraging industry standards and best practices. She holds a Masters degree specializing in Communications Engineering and Masters a degree in Business Administration.

Ms. Nishi Mathur is a Senior Architect in Infosys Technologies Ltd. She has around 12 years of experience, majority of it around Telecom OSS BSS. She is leading solution architecture design for end to end OSS BSS implementation based on NGOSS frameworks for wireless operators.

Mr. Nazar H Sahal is the Group Information Technology Director at Expresso Telecom Group (Dubai) focused on deploying next gen solutions. Prior to his he has played the role of Program Director at ITS (Kuwait) for BSS/OSS for telecom operators (Zain, Etisalat and MTN); Project Manager, Technical Manager, Sales Engineer at Larrycom(Sudan). He holds MSc. in Telecommunication and Management from University of Southampton (UK).

Nigel Upton, General Manager, BSS products, HP Communications Media Entertainment talks about the benefits of real-time charging for service providers. He is in charge of their real-time charging products.

Mr. Li is the Online Charging System (OCS) roll-out project manager of China Telecom IT department. He has over 10 years of telecommunication industry experience. His forte is in the implementation and project/program management of billing and settlement systems. Now Mr. Li is leading the roll-out management of the OCS in China Telecom, Through the roll-out of five batches, OCS has been successfully deployed in the 31 provinces branch of China Telecom, this is helpful to reduce the arrears risks of China Telecom and enhance the convergent business billing ability. Mr. Li graduated from GuiZhou University

Ms. Gnanapriya C. has 16+ years of software industry and telecom experience. She is a Principal Architect heading the architecture group of Communications, Media and Entertainment (CME) Business Unit at Infosys Technologies Limited. She has been involved in multiple engagements for various OEMs and Service Providers. She consults transformation solution & technology architecture in the areas of E2E B/OSS, Social Networking, wireless & converged applications, VAS / SDP with multi channel delivery capability for Communications Service Providers leveraging industry standards and best practices. She holds a Masters degree specializing in Communications Engineering and Masters a degree in Business Administration.

Ms. Nishi Mathur is a Senior Architect in Infosys Technologies Ltd. She has around 12 years of experience, majority of it around Telecom OSS BSS. She is leading solution architecture design for end to end OSS BSS implementation based on NGOSS frameworks for wireless operators.

Mr. Nazar H Sahal is the Group Information Technology Director at Expresso Telecom Group (Dubai) focused on deploying next gen solutions. Prior to his he has played the role of Program Director at ITS (Kuwait) for BSS/OSS for telecom operators (Zain, Etisalat and MTN); Project Manager, Technical Manager, Sales Engineer at Larrycom(Sudan). He holds MSc. in Telecommunication and Management from University of Southampton (UK).

Nigel Upton, General Manager, BSS products, HP Communications Media Entertainment talks about the benefits of real-time charging for service providers. He is in charge of their real-time charging products.

Mr. Li is the Online Charging System (OCS) roll-out project manager of China Telecom IT department. He has over 10 years of telecommunication industry experience. His forte is in the implementation and project/program management of billing and settlement systems. Now Mr. Li is leading the roll-out management of the OCS in China Telecom, Through the roll-out of five batches, OCS has been successfully deployed in the 31 provinces branch of China Telecom, this is helpful to reduce the arrears risks of China Telecom and enhance the convergent business billing ability. Mr. Li graduated from GuiZhou University

Ms. Gnanapriya C. has 16+ years of software industry and telecom experience. She is a Principal Architect heading the architecture group of Communications, Media and Entertainment (CME) Business Unit at Infosys Technologies Limited. She has been involved in multiple engagements for various OEMs and Service Providers. She consults transformation solution & technology architecture in the areas of E2E B/OSS, Social Networking, wireless & converged applications, VAS / SDP with multi channel delivery capability for Communications Service Providers leveraging industry standards and best practices. She holds a Masters degree specializing in Communications Engineering and Masters a degree in Business Administration.

Ms. Nishi Mathur is a Senior Architect in Infosys Technologies Ltd. She has around 12 years of experience, majority of it around Telecom OSS BSS. She is leading solution architecture design for end to end OSS BSS implementation based on NGOSS frameworks for wireless operators.

Mr. Nazar H Sahal is the Group Information Technology Director at Expresso Telecom Group (Dubai) focused on deploying next gen solutions. Prior to his he has played the role of Program Director at ITS (Kuwait) for BSS/OSS for telecom operators (Zain, Etisalat and MTN); Project Manager, Technical Manager, Sales Engineer at Larrycom(Sudan). He holds MSc. in Telecommunication and Management from University of Southampton (UK).

Nigel Upton, General Manager, BSS products, HP Communications Media Entertainment talks about the benefits of real-time charging for service providers. He is in charge of their real-time charging products.

Mr. Li is the Online Charging System (OCS) roll-out project manager of China Telecom IT department. He has over 10 years of telecommunication industry experience. His forte is in the implementation and project/program management of billing and settlement systems. Now Mr. Li is leading the roll-out management of the OCS in China Telecom, Through the roll-out of five batches, OCS has been successfully deployed in the 31 provinces branch of China Telecom, this is helpful to reduce the arrears risks of China Telecom and enhance the convergent business billing ability. Mr. Li graduated from GuiZhou University

Ms. Gnanapriya C. has 16+ years of software industry and telecom experience. She is a Principal Architect heading the architecture group of Communications, Media and Entertainment (CME) Business Unit at Infosys Technologies Limited. She has been involved in multiple engagements for various OEMs and Service Providers. She consults transformation solution & technology architecture in the areas of E2E B/OSS, Social Networking, wireless & converged applications, VAS / SDP with multi channel delivery capability for Communications Service Providers leveraging industry standards and best practices. She holds a Masters degree specializing in Communications Engineering and Masters a degree in Business Administration.

Ms. Nishi Mathur is a Senior Architect in Infosys Technologies Ltd. She has around 12 years of experience, majority of it around Telecom OSS BSS. She is leading solution architecture design for end to end OSS BSS implementation based on NGOSS frameworks for wireless operators.

Mr. Nazar H Sahal is the Group Information Technology Director at Expresso Telecom Group (Dubai) focused on deploying next gen solutions. Prior to his he has played the role of Program Director at ITS (Kuwait) for BSS/OSS for telecom operators (Zain, Etisalat and MTN); Project Manager, Technical Manager, Sales Engineer at Larrycom(Sudan). He holds MSc. in Telecommunication and Management from University of Southampton (UK).

Nigel Upton, General Manager, BSS products, HP Communications Media Entertainment talks about the benefits of real-time charging for service providers. He is in charge of their real-time charging products.

Mr. Li is the Online Charging System (OCS) roll-out project manager of China Telecom IT department. He has over 10 years of telecommunication industry experience. His forte is in the implementation and project/program management of billing and settlement systems. Now Mr. Li is leading the roll-out management of the OCS in China Telecom, Through the roll-out of five batches, OCS has been successfully deployed in the 31 provinces branch of China Telecom, this is helpful to reduce the arrears risks of China Telecom and enhance the convergent business billing ability. Mr. Li graduated from GuiZhou University

Mario is the head of Product Design and Creation, a division that looks specifically into the areas of: (1) ePMO, (2) Product Design, (3) Product Delivery, (4) Solutions Delivery, (5) Service Creation and (6) Demand Management and Capacity Planning. Prior to this, he used to be the Head of Service Creation and VAS Product Business Group of Globe Telecom, Philippines. Mario is, as well, a Consultant for the Project Management Talent Pool, trained most of the Project Managers of Globe and facilitates training for Earned Value. Before settling in the Philippines he was Managing Director, Drexel Sun Business Consulting, Dearborn, Michigan, USA, specializing in project management, process management, product development and management consulting. Mario has a Masters in Finance (MFS) and Masters in Applied Economics (MAE) – University of Southern California – with honors. He is married with three children and lives in the Philippines. IBM is providing Globe’s Service Delivery Platform for Globe, with integration done by Nokia Siemens Networks.

David Seng has been in the Telecom industry for the last 20 years, starting his career in AT&T and working in various business development roles in Motorola, Pacific Internet and strategic Alliances with Highdeal and finally SAP. David has in depth knowledge of deploying Telecom infrastructure in the Asia Pacific Region and how IT and billing solutions provide a competitive edge to service providers.

Mario is the head of Product Design and Creation, a division that looks specifically into the areas of: (1) ePMO, (2) Product Design, (3) Product Delivery, (4) Solutions Delivery, (5) Service Creation and (6) Demand Management and Capacity Planning. Prior to this, he used to be the Head of Service Creation and VAS Product Business Group of Globe Telecom, Philippines. Mario is, as well, a Consultant for the Project Management Talent Pool, trained most of the Project Managers of Globe and facilitates training for Earned Value. Before settling in the Philippines he was Managing Director, Drexel Sun Business Consulting, Dearborn, Michigan, USA, specializing in project management, process management, product development and management consulting. Mario has a Masters in Finance (MFS) and Masters in Applied Economics (MAE) – University of Southern California – with honors. He is married with three children and lives in the Philippines. IBM is providing Globe’s Service Delivery Platform for Globe, with integration done by Nokia Siemens Networks.

David Seng has been in the Telecom industry for the last 20 years, starting his career in AT&T and working in various business development roles in Motorola, Pacific Internet and strategic Alliances with Highdeal and finally SAP. David has in depth knowledge of deploying Telecom infrastructure in the Asia Pacific Region and how IT and billing solutions provide a competitive edge to service providers.

Mario is the head of Product Design and Creation, a division that looks specifically into the areas of: (1) ePMO, (2) Product Design, (3) Product Delivery, (4) Solutions Delivery, (5) Service Creation and (6) Demand Management and Capacity Planning. Prior to this, he used to be the Head of Service Creation and VAS Product Business Group of Globe Telecom, Philippines. Mario is, as well, a Consultant for the Project Management Talent Pool, trained most of the Project Managers of Globe and facilitates training for Earned Value. Before settling in the Philippines he was Managing Director, Drexel Sun Business Consulting, Dearborn, Michigan, USA, specializing in project management, process management, product development and management consulting. Mario has a Masters in Finance (MFS) and Masters in Applied Economics (MAE) – University of Southern California – with honors. He is married with three children and lives in the Philippines. IBM is providing Globe’s Service Delivery Platform for Globe, with integration done by Nokia Siemens Networks.

David Seng has been in the Telecom industry for the last 20 years, starting his career in AT&T and working in various business development roles in Motorola, Pacific Internet and strategic Alliances with Highdeal and finally SAP. David has in depth knowledge of deploying Telecom infrastructure in the Asia Pacific Region and how IT and billing solutions provide a competitive edge to service providers.

Xavier Chelladurai is a key leader in HCL Telecom Vertical having 25 years experience. He has extensive experience in Telecom OSS / BSS ASM. He is a Ph. D. in Computer Science / Parallel Algorithms and an author of several technical books published by international publishers such as Mc Graw Hill and John Wiley.

Ian Isherwood has worked at BT for 32 years. He has extensive experience in systems delivery and support and is currently the Head of Operational Service Delivery for Application Support and Maintenance. He is operationally responsible for all of BT's AS&M contracts and has a strong track record of delivering transformational programmes.

Cath Houghton is the Head of Application Support and Maintenance in BT Operate and works out of London BT Office. She is driving the transformation journey for BT Application Support and Maintenance focusing on centralizing the functions into one Service Assurance team in BT Operate and transforming them in order to reduce costs and improve service levels. Prior to BT Cath was responsible for technical service solutions at Telewest and Southwestern Bell both large players in the cable TV and telephony world

Yale Yu is an HP principal industry consultant/principal enterprise architecture consulting executive providing high-end industry and business consulting services and enterprise architecture solutions with more than 25 years’ experience in IT solution delivery/operation management. Yale also is an honorary professor of Xi’an Shiyou University and a guest lecturer of subject enterprise architecture of master degree in enterprise architecture of RMIT University.

Xavier Chelladurai is a key leader in HCL Telecom Vertical having 25 years experience. He has extensive experience in Telecom OSS / BSS ASM. He is a Ph. D. in Computer Science / Parallel Algorithms and an author of several technical books published by international publishers such as Mc Graw Hill and John Wiley.

Ian Isherwood has worked at BT for 32 years. He has extensive experience in systems delivery and support and is currently the Head of Operational Service Delivery for Application Support and Maintenance. He is operationally responsible for all of BT's AS&M contracts and has a strong track record of delivering transformational programmes.

Cath Houghton is the Head of Application Support and Maintenance in BT Operate and works out of London BT Office. She is driving the transformation journey for BT Application Support and Maintenance focusing on centralizing the functions into one Service Assurance team in BT Operate and transforming them in order to reduce costs and improve service levels. Prior to BT Cath was responsible for technical service solutions at Telewest and Southwestern Bell both large players in the cable TV and telephony world

Yale Yu is an HP principal industry consultant/principal enterprise architecture consulting executive providing high-end industry and business consulting services and enterprise architecture solutions with more than 25 years’ experience in IT solution delivery/operation management. Yale also is an honorary professor of Xi’an Shiyou University and a guest lecturer of subject enterprise architecture of master degree in enterprise architecture of RMIT University.

Xavier Chelladurai is a key leader in HCL Telecom Vertical having 25 years experience. He has extensive experience in Telecom OSS / BSS ASM. He is a Ph. D. in Computer Science / Parallel Algorithms and an author of several technical books published by international publishers such as Mc Graw Hill and John Wiley.

Ian Isherwood has worked at BT for 32 years. He has extensive experience in systems delivery and support and is currently the Head of Operational Service Delivery for Application Support and Maintenance. He is operationally responsible for all of BT's AS&M contracts and has a strong track record of delivering transformational programmes.

Cath Houghton is the Head of Application Support and Maintenance in BT Operate and works out of London BT Office. She is driving the transformation journey for BT Application Support and Maintenance focusing on centralizing the functions into one Service Assurance team in BT Operate and transforming them in order to reduce costs and improve service levels. Prior to BT Cath was responsible for technical service solutions at Telewest and Southwestern Bell both large players in the cable TV and telephony world

Yale Yu is an HP principal industry consultant/principal enterprise architecture consulting executive providing high-end industry and business consulting services and enterprise architecture solutions with more than 25 years’ experience in IT solution delivery/operation management. Yale also is an honorary professor of Xi’an Shiyou University and a guest lecturer of subject enterprise architecture of master degree in enterprise architecture of RMIT University.

Xavier Chelladurai is a key leader in HCL Telecom Vertical having 25 years experience. He has extensive experience in Telecom OSS / BSS ASM. He is a Ph. D. in Computer Science / Parallel Algorithms and an author of several technical books published by international publishers such as Mc Graw Hill and John Wiley.

Ian Isherwood has worked at BT for 32 years. He has extensive experience in systems delivery and support and is currently the Head of Operational Service Delivery for Application Support and Maintenance. He is operationally responsible for all of BT's AS&M contracts and has a strong track record of delivering transformational programmes.

Cath Houghton is the Head of Application Support and Maintenance in BT Operate and works out of London BT Office. She is driving the transformation journey for BT Application Support and Maintenance focusing on centralizing the functions into one Service Assurance team in BT Operate and transforming them in order to reduce costs and improve service levels. Prior to BT Cath was responsible for technical service solutions at Telewest and Southwestern Bell both large players in the cable TV and telephony world

Yale Yu is an HP principal industry consultant/principal enterprise architecture consulting executive providing high-end industry and business consulting services and enterprise architecture solutions with more than 25 years’ experience in IT solution delivery/operation management. Yale also is an honorary professor of Xi’an Shiyou University and a guest lecturer of subject enterprise architecture of master degree in enterprise architecture of RMIT University.

Xavier Chelladurai is a key leader in HCL Telecom Vertical having 25 years experience. He has extensive experience in Telecom OSS / BSS ASM. He is a Ph. D. in Computer Science / Parallel Algorithms and an author of several technical books published by international publishers such as Mc Graw Hill and John Wiley.

Ian Isherwood has worked at BT for 32 years. He has extensive experience in systems delivery and support and is currently the Head of Operational Service Delivery for Application Support and Maintenance. He is operationally responsible for all of BT's AS&M contracts and has a strong track record of delivering transformational programmes.

Cath Houghton is the Head of Application Support and Maintenance in BT Operate and works out of London BT Office. She is driving the transformation journey for BT Application Support and Maintenance focusing on centralizing the functions into one Service Assurance team in BT Operate and transforming them in order to reduce costs and improve service levels. Prior to BT Cath was responsible for technical service solutions at Telewest and Southwestern Bell both large players in the cable TV and telephony world

Yale Yu is an HP principal industry consultant/principal enterprise architecture consulting executive providing high-end industry and business consulting services and enterprise architecture solutions with more than 25 years’ experience in IT solution delivery/operation management. Yale also is an honorary professor of Xi’an Shiyou University and a guest lecturer of subject enterprise architecture of master degree in enterprise architecture of RMIT University.