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ATUG/Macquarie Telecom Breakfast Series - Australia wide
The ATUG/Macquarie Telecom Breakfast series in October 2006 featured the topic "Decoding reality from rhetoric - what do T3, G9, ULL, FTTN mean for competition in telecommunications in 2006 and beyond?" which was presented by Maha Krishnapillai, Group Executive, Carrier & Strategy and Simon Brown, Product Manager, Data Networks with Macquarie Telecom. The presentation covered:

  • Telecommunications regulation and how it works
  • the views of the consortium of telecommunications carriers known as the G9
  • Competition in the sector driving the choice of broadband provider
  • ULL declaration and the debate around access
  • Fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) and the myths around fibre
  • New age customer access networks

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Speakers:
Maha Krishnapillai
Maha Krishnapillai, Group Executive, Carrier & Strategy started with Macquarie Telecom in 1997. In addition to heading Macquarie’s Southern Regional office, his responsibilities include industry strategy, carrier negotiation & partnerships, Government liaison, regulatory and other strategic commercial issues for Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.

Maha’s background includes seven years’ experience with AUSTEL [the Government’s telecommunications regulator till 1997, where he held a wide range of management positions. He holds a BSc (Mathematics) and Post-Graduate qualifications in Management.

Simon Brown
Simon is the Senior Product Manager at Macquarie Telecom with over 20 years in the Telecommunications Industry and a background in Engineering Manufacturing. A former Marketing Chair of the Frame Relay Forum, he has been instrumental in the development and launch of many network services including X.25, ISDN, Frame Relay, ATM, IP and MPLS. Simon is actively involved in the application of new age access technologies for corporate use.

Last updated 19-Nov-2008

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