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Wireline Carriers

CompTel 2006

Join Cisco Systems at Comptel Spring 2006


Conference and Exhibits: March 19-21, 2006
Cisco Booth 1212
Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego
San Diego, CA


Learn how you can better meet your business and residential customers’ demands while growing your business with an IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN).

The Cisco IP NGN combines voice, video, and data services with integrated mobility through a single infrastructure that enables service providers to:

  • Deliver more services
  • Achieve greater efficiencies
  • Gain better control of services, networks, and business overall


Visit Us at CompTel (booth 1212)

We’ll show how Cisco’s IP NGN approach supports rich and personalized multimedia services and helps to transform your infrastructures and businesses for sustainable growth and profitability.

Linksys Travel Router

Enter for Chance to Carry a Wireless Network Wherever You Go

Stop by our booth 1212 at CompTel and enter a special drawing for a Linksys Travel Router*.


* Travel router raffled each day of the exhibition. You do not need to be present to win.



Cisco Panel Sessions


8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
The CTO Viewpoint: What Keeps them Awake at Night?
The dramatic evolution in communications technology has caused service providers to rethink their deployment strategies. Garner insight from industry-leading CTOs on these technology changes, and what they mean for the way service providers compete in the future.

Keith Coker, CTO, Nuvox
Tim Dunn, CTO, RCN
Sunita Krishna, CTO, PPL


9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Securing the IP Network: The Service Provider Imperative
Offering a secure network is vital in communications today and plays a strategic role in service provider technology and business plans. Bottom line—premise- and network-based security is no longer an option, it is the service providers’ imperative, particularly with the evolution to next-generation networks. Learn what service providers need to do to effectively secure their IP network.

Mitch Ferro, Senior Director - IP and Enhanced Services, Broadwing
Bob Moore, Senior Vice President, Paetec
Randy Nicklas, Vice President, Engineering, XO


11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
The Future of the Internet
It doesn’t end at VoIP. The next disruptive wave of internet services is coming, and it is being driven by radical changes in the lifestyle and commerce preferences of today's consumer and businessperson. Presence-based communications and mobility. Integrated and rationalized communications. And the explosion of download-driven peer-to-peer traffic that is both a blessing and a curse for service providers. Don’t miss this forward-looking session, to hear how the internet will continue to change the way your customers work, live, play, and learn.

Kirt Jorgenson, Director, Market Management, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Mike Koons, Senior Director, Systems Engineers, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Carl Drueckhammer, Technology Director, Syniverse


Cisco Live Technology Demonstrations

Visit our technology demonstrations that feature live Cisco IP NGN solutions:

  • Policy-driven, intelligent service control within Next-Generation Networks
  • Metro wireless mesh
  • Metro Ethernet and DWDM
  • Managed Metro Ethernet solutions
  • VoIP call processing for small business
  • Managed security / DDOS protection


CompTel Exhibit Hall Hours
Date
Time
Sunday, March 19: 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Monday, March 20: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 21: 12:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.


Cisco Booth

Visit Cisco booth 1212 to discover our latest solutions and service innovations.


Special Event for CPN Customers

Cisco’s CPN customers are invited to our Tuesday at 2 p.m. event on March 21 in our exhibit booth # 1212, where they can meet with our key executives: Vic Northrup, Michael Koons, and Kirt Jorgenson. Our CPN customers will also receive a free gift, and their invitation to the upcoming CPN Marketing Summit.


More Information

View more information about CompTel Spring 2006 and visit Cisco.com to learn more about Cisco’s Networking Solutions for Wireline Carriers. We look forward to seeing you at CompTel Spring 2006.