New Market Peering Conference
November 28 - 30, 2007
Omni Resort at ChampionsGate
Orlando, FL

What is the New Market Peering Conference?

Traditionally, peering required physical connectivity between carriers. Through the years the signalling technology and new protocols have enabled shared and virtual connectivity to exist. The New Market Peering Conference is where the carriers learn and partner for the next generation of network connectivity. IP Networks, Session Controllers, Virtual Tandems and Registries enable new “meet point” strategies that can mean new services and new markets for the existing carrier and the new entrant.

What is Happening in the Market?

The islands of the Internet are bridging with broadband into a a new era of full peering services. Estimates are that over half the PSTN traffic is being interconnected through a peering service. Peering solutions are utilizing the network to provide connectivity without direct connection. Peering has become inclusive of a number of management functions including security and QoS management. Peering is also expanding beyond voice to applications such as IPTV and other multimedia functions. Companies like Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft join the more traditional communities of interest like AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, the cable companies and other wire line and wireless carriers. Gone are the days when intercontinental communications was managed by a “214" carrier.

What Makes This Event Unique?

Many companies provide strategies for peering based on their specific architectures. The new market peering conference is the place where the entire market of inter networking is discussed. From bilateral to transit accounts, from aggregation points to virtual connections. This event looks at all the components of peering including security, Quality of Service and business models. This is not a place just for technology to be discussed, but a place where the value proposition of peering strategies are explored.

What will you Learn?

With the cost of voice transport continuing toward nil, the ability to define new market services is essential for all carriers. Come to the New Marketing Peering Conference where you will learn…

  • What retail services are now being provided via clearinghouses
  • How wireless is coping with the pressure to flatten the settlements rates
  • Why enterprises are finding peering an alternative access method
  • What Google, Microsoft and Skype are looking for from carriers

With the current revenue models plummeting no carrier can afford to ignore these opportunities for growth.

Who Should Attend?

Business Developers and Interconnection Managers from all sorts of Carriers including:

  • Wholesale Carriers
  • Retail Carriers
  • Cable Companies
  • Clearinghouses
  • ILECs
  • Wireless Carriers
  • ITSPs and WISPs
  • Application Service Providers

Product Managers and Solution Sellers from companies that provide solutions such as:

  • Registries
  • Meetpoint locations
  • LNP and ENUM services
  • NAP
  • Vendors and Systems Integrators