ECI recently participated in the Light Reading webinar "Delivering Successful Utility Telecom Services in a Changing World". The webinar examined the economic and environmental pressures faced by utilities; the business drivers for the creation of "UTelcos"; and the available market opportunities.
The webinar was presented by Peter Moray, Director of European Services for the Utilities Telecom Council, and Marcelo Blatt, Director of Portfolio Management and Vertical Applications, ECI Telecom.
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Webinar synopsis: Utility companies today are under enormous pressure to change. New developments in distributed generation, sensor and monitoring technologies, automatic meter reading, high-speed communications, and data trend software are creating the need for greatly improved internal telecommunication networks. Deregulation of the telco market and the drive to create competition in fixed telecom networks has opened up new business opportunities for utility companies, allowing them to build out new networks to meet their own needs, while offering external telecom services as well. This webinar will discuss these new developments and the opportunities they create.
Specifically, attendees will learn about:
• Challenges faced by utilities
• UTelco business models
• Network technology choices supported by a real-word a case study
• Trends in optical networks
Moderated by:
Simon Hill, Events Editor, Light Reading