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Technology Webinar - How to Avoid Building an FTTx Bridge to Nowhere
Event Date:
Aug 5 2009 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Event Intro Text / Short Description:
Steven Glapa, Zhone Technology will present this technology webinar on Wednesday, August 5th at 2:00 pm EDT.
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Description
Situation
Competition and rapidly evolving subscriber preferences are forcing service providers to offer ever more for less. These forces place intense pressure on operator business models, as performance requirements continue to climb while richer revenue sources disappear into over-the-top delivery.
What You Will Learn
How operators can build sustainable, profitable strategies on the next generation of high-bandwidth FTTx networks.
Best practices in value creation of innovative service providers from interviews with leading access-market analysts such as DSL Prime, Infonetics, Light Reading and The Yankee Group.
How to build scalable, carrier-class multi-service FTTx networks to meet the rapidly evolving demands of access networks.
Case studies and lessons learned from real-world fiber to the home deployments
Presenter Bio
Steven Glapa has led Zhone's product management and marketing teams for the past two years, focusing closely on development and launch of the company's new intelligent terabit access concentration product line as well as support of US customers' broadband stimulus initiatives. Mr. Glapa's previous roles include VP of Marketing at ArrayComm, positioning the company for success in Multiple-Input/Multiple-Output (MIMO) software for WiMAX and 3.5/4G wireless systems; strategy development at Booz-Allen and Hamilton; leadership of IP-based messaging and voice applications commercialization at Lucent Technologies; and VP of Marketing at Banter, a customer service software startup later acquired by iPhrase. Glapa holds an MBA from Columbia University, a BS in mechanical engineering and computer science from George Washington University, and a BA in physics from Carleton College.
About Zhone:
Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZHNE) is a global leader in multi-service access solutions, supporting more than 700 of the world's most innovative network operators. The company offers the industry's only fully-integrated portfolio of MSAP, FTTx, EFM and Wi-Fi access technologies, improving network agility and reducing the costs of delivering the full spectrum of access services, including residential and business broadband, VoIP, and High-Definition IPTV - over copper, fiber, and wireless. Zhone is headquartered in California, and its MSAP products are all manufactured in the USA, in a facility that is emission, waste-water, and CFC free.
