10:00

Registration and Refreshments

10:30

Welcome Address from Workshop Moderator
Siva Ramamoorthy, Head of Marketing - Tejas Networks

10:40

MEF – Global Activities Update
- Global progress report on Carrier Ethernet deployments
- Key MEF programs to enable widespread adoption
Kevin Vachon, Chief Operating Officer, Metro Ethernet Forum

10:55

Carrier Ethernet in India: 2008

• Progress report on India Carrier Ethernet Services offerings and availability
• Plans and Projections for 2008

Ankur Agrawal, Product Manager, Global Enterprise Solutions – Tata Communications
TBD – Reliance Communications

11:15

Carrier Ethernet Attributes and Industry Specifications
- Overview of the five attributes
- Standards activities update (MEF, IEEE, ITU-T, IEEE)
- MEF Specifications Overview & Work in Progress

Moderator: Phil Tilley, EMEA VP Marketing, IP Division, Alcatel-Lucent, MEF EMEA Marketing Co-Chair

Panelists: ECI Telecom, Nokia Siemens

11:35

Break

11:50

Carrier Ethernet in the Core, Metro and Access
- Technology approaches available to operators
- Emergence of Long Haul service offerings
- How access technologies are enabling global coverage

Moderator: Somnath Oja, Director Technology, Tejas Networks

Panelists: ECI Telecom, Other

12:10

Carrier Ethernet Services Overview
- Overview of MEF-defined services
- E-LINE, E-LAN, E-TREE Service types and underlying service instances (e.g. EPL, EVPL)
- Use cases

Moderator: ECI Telecom

Panelists: Reliance Communications, Santosh Kesavan, Sr. Manager, Marketing, Tejas Networks

12.30 

Carrier Ethernet Certification Programs
- MEF 9, 14 Certification Program Overview for vendors and operators
- Certification advantages to enterprises

Moderator: Kevin Vachon, COO, MEF

Panelists: Ankur Agrawal, Product Manager, Global Enterprise Solutions – Tata Communications, TBD-Nokia Siemens

12:45

Carrier Ethernet in Mobile Backhaul
- The CE value proposition for mobile backhaul
- MEF Specification work to optimize CE for backhaul
- Mobile Operator case study

Moderator: Olle Gustafsson, Director, Standardisation, Broadband Systems, Ericsson

Panelists: Kanwarjit Singh, Principal Architect, Tejas Networks, Other

13.05  

MEF Case Studies – Carrier Ethernet for Business

Presenter: Phil Tilley, VP Marketing EMEA, IP Division, Alcatel-Lucent, MEF EMEA Marketing Co-Chair

13:25

Closing Remarks

Moderator: Siva Ramamoorthy, Head of Marketing - Tejas Networks