WiMax Metropolitan Area Wireless Networking Technology Free eLearning Webinar

Thursday, August 12, 2004, 2:00 p.m. New York/ 7:00 p.m. London time

WiMax is the hot new technology that has got carriers, component vendors, and equipment suppliers interested in metropolitan-area wireless coverage all over again.

But to truly understand WiMax, one must wade through a mass of technical talk, market speak, and plain ol’ hype about what the specification can and cannot do.

Join Unstrung and Alvarion for this special free elearning webinar that will outline how the technology works, what it can do, and how it will evolve. During the presentation they will examine:

1. The evolution of the IEEE 802.16 standard that underpins WiMax
2. The role of the WiMax Forum
3. What WiMax will realistically deliver
4. A vendor overview of early WiMax products
5. Potential mass-market applications

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Targeting Small & Medium Enterprises With Ethernet Services Free eLearning Webinar

Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2004

Time: 2:00 p.m. New York/ 7:00 p.m. London time

There is a huge pent-up demand for Ethernet services, particularly in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Depending on your definition, SMEs outnumber large enterprises by at least an order of magnitude.

Virtually all of them have one or more voice telephone lines, most have one or more computers, and their needs to connect to the world are often more intensely felt than in large enterprises. However, the carrier data services available to SMEs are not scaled to fit their needs, and SMEs can’t afford their high costs.

The established telephone companies would seem to be the natural suppliers of Ethernet services to SMEs. The telcos’ biggest competitive weapon is the broad reach of their networks – their cables go everywhere. And, in part because of the conventional access lines lost to competitive carriers, the telcos have plenty of excess capacity in their access infrastructures. The trick is to find ways to redeploy these assets to enable Ethernet availability to become virtually universal throughout the telcos’ access networks.

Join Covaro Networks and Millenium Marketing in this free elearning Webinar that will take a look at the U.S. telcos and examine how they can leverage their existing access networks to achieve ubiquitous Ethernet connectivity.

Several major U.S. telcos already have “circuit-to-packet” programs underway to transform their network cores and end-offices to packet technology. We will look at how widespread Ethernet connectivity to SMEs could create an explosion in demand for advanced and enhanced services enabled by IP and delivered by Ethernet.

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Telco TV: The Opportunity for RBOCs Free Training Webinar

Date: Wednesday, August 04, 2004

Time: 2:00 p.m. New York/ 7:00 p.m. London time

Join Unstrung and Ciena and mPHASE in this free training webinar.  Broadband has finally taken off as a mass-market service and carriers are faced with the issue of how to develop and deliver revenue-generating services across DSL connections.  Flat monthly fees for high-speed access to the Internet will not do anything for an operator’s margins.

One potential service that is already being provided by a handful of operators is TV over DSL. One alternative service provider, Italy's FastWeb, has already shown that – in the right market conditions, the proper service, and the right technology – providing TV channels over broadband connections can provide a massive boost to customer uptake and ARPU figures.

But what are those market conditions, services, and technologies? Find out during our free, hour-long, web seminar on Aug 4, Telco TV:The Opporunities for RBOCs.

This free training webinar will be presented by Huw Price-Stephens, the former CTO of YesTV, a UK operator that pioneered the rollout of video-on-demand services over IP networks.

Topics will include:

1. The customer proposition – whether to offer broadcast-only TV or a bouquet of video-based services
2. Equipment requirements – PCs versus set-top boxes, encoders and servers, video format, middleware
3. Network requirements – QOS, multicast, ATM/IP/MHP
   Central office requirements – DSL, B-RAS, edge routers
4. Business case – revenues, costs

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Develop Tomorrow's Leaders Today: A New Way Toward an MBA Free eLearning Webinar

Thomson NETg offers extensive resources to help companies educate their employees and managers.

Join NETg and Mark Heffner, Manager of Executive Development for General Motors (GM) in this free elearning webinar on how to discover a new way toward an MBA using NETg's distance learning technology.

Mark has lead the effort to integrate the Ellis College MBA, a program of NYIT and offered exclusively by Thomson NETg, into GM’s executive educational offering. This presentation will help you understand why the program has been successful at GM and how Thomson NETg can form a similar partnership with your organization.

Date: 8/11/2004
Time: 11:00 am-12:00 pm CDT

In this session, you will learn:

1. The power and impact of a world-class online MBA program
2. Why GM chose the Ellis MBA as its only online MBA offering
3. How GM has promoted the Ellis MBA program within its organization and the lessons learned
4. The cost benefits that GM has received from implementing the Ellis MBA
5. Why (and how many) GM employees have enrolled in the Ellis MBA

Who Should Attend
Managers/Directors of Executive Development, Tuition Reimbursement Program Administrators, Learning Leaders, or anyone interested in implementing an executive training program within their organization.

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