CONFERENCE PROGRAM

8.30 am

8.45 am

Chairman Welcome Address

Manoj Menon, Partner & MD, Frost & Sullivan

9.00 am

Keynote Address: Defining the Smart Pipe Vision
What are the risks of dumb pipe? How does a telecom operator evolve towards smart pipe? What are the critical challenges and what are the key opportunities?

Nitin Bhat, Partner, Frost & Sullivan

9.30 am

Key Note Address: Dumb Pipe Risk and Risk Mitigation
What are the telcos doing to develop a dumb pipe risk mitigation strategy? What are the challenges? How to define a roadmap for the same?

10.00 am

Thought Leadership Piece on Smart Pipe and Telecom Transformation

10.00 am

C-Level Dialogue: Exploring Transformation Business Models & Strategies

• What are the some of the key themes of the transformation?
• What are the drivers and the roadmap?
• How does the business model evolve?
• Does the financial metrics change?

Participants: C-level executives of Regional Telecom Operators

Moderator: Nitin Bhat, Partner, Frost & Sullivan

11.10 am

Morning Refreshments and Networking Break

CONCURRENT TACKS: 11.30 am - 12.30 pm

12.30 pm

1.30 pm

2.00 pm

Leveraging high bandwidth services with advent of LTE and other technologies

• Importance of higher bandwidth for access
• How to manage backhaul and other costs
• What applications/services to drive

2.30 pm

Transformation Success Story: Hear from a telco who has transformed

3.00 pm

Newer Telco Business Models through transformation

• What will be new telco business models
• How can these business models mitigate dumb pipe risk
• What adjacencies will telcos be playing in  

Nitin Bhat, Partner, Frost & Sullivan

3.30 pm

Refreshments and Networking Break

4.00 pm

Panel Discussion: Deciding Investments for new technologies
How to justify investments in new technologies in an increasingly saturated market with declining EBIDTA margins.

Participants: Senior executives of Regional Telecom Operators

Moderator: Nitin Bhat, Partner, Frost & Sullivan

4.45 pm

Closing Address: Summary of Findings of Day 1

Jayesh Easwaramony, Director, Frost and Sullivan

5.45 pm

Closing Remarks

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