Internet Telephony Talk - Wednesday

edc@ece.ubc.ca Tue, 20 Oct 1998 19:21:41 -0700 (PDT) 

From: edc@ece.ubc.ca
Subject: Internet Telephony Talk - Wednesday
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 19:21:41 -0700 (PDT)




	       IEEE Communications Society Seminar

		 Wednesday, October  21 at 7:30 PM

		       Internet Telephony

      Two years ago, Voice over IP or Internet Telephony was seen as a way 
      for hobbyist of having very low quality phone calls over the Internet 
      to avoid long-distance or international service charges. Not even a 
      year later the first service providers were offering international 
      Voice over IP (VoIP) services for a fraction of the traditional 
      service charges, threatening the business of the large 
      telecommunication providers. Today, every large telecommunication 
      provider is either conducting a VoIP trial or has already introduced 
      the first services using VoIP technology. 
      
      But VoIP is more than just cheap phone calls. VoIP is the enabling 
      factor for converging networks and allows building integrated 
      voice/data applications. It will change the current market place 
      substantially for service providers and network equipment 
      manufacturers. 
      
      This talk will discuss the recent VoIP history, the market drivers and 
      trends, and the enabling technology. It will present examples how this 
      technology will change the way we communicate and highlight the market 
      and technology challenges involved. 
      
      Speaker: 
      
      Stefan Pracht graduated 1990 as a Bachelor of Science in 
      Telecommunications from University Dieburg in Germany. As a project 
      manager for Deutsche Telekom, he was responsible for the definition of 
      the access, terminal equipment, and test equipment for the worldwide 
      first commercial ATM trial. In addition, he represented Deutsche 
      Telekom in various ITU-T and ETSI working groups.
      
      Stefan joint Hewlett Packard Company's Network Systems Test Division 
      (NSTD) located in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1994. He worked as 
      Technology Manager in the areas of ATM and MPEG2. Today he is Program 
      Manager responsible for the product marketing of NSTD's VoIP test 
      product line. In addition, he manages Hewlett Packard's VoIP test 
      strategy coordinating VoIP activities of several HP divisions. 
      

The talk will be held at the BCIT North-West 1 Boardroom, 3700
Willingdon St, Burnaby.  All are welcome.  You can also meet the
speaker at a no-host dinner before the talk at 6:00 PM at Earl's
on Kingsway, 4361 Kingsway.  For more information contact Ed
Casas, UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering, at 822-2592 or
e-mail e-mail edc@ece.ubc.ca.

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Ed Casas   edc@ece.ubc.ca   http://casas.ece.ubc.ca   +1 604 822-2592