Title
The title of this workshop is “Promoting broadband in NMS countries and Greece – why Greece is lagging behind?”.
Date and venue
The workshop was held on Monday 4 September 2006 at Athens Information Technology (AIT), Athens, Greece. For information on how to reach AIT, see How to find AIT, in particular AIT, Athens and Attica, AIT and airport and the Athens metro map. See also the Athens International Airport.
Objectives
The objectives of the workshop in Greece were the following:- to bring the stakeholders of broadband together
- to share experiences
- to explore alternative strategies for going forward using Greece as a prime example.
Agenda
08:45 - 09:15 Welcome & registration
09:15 - 09:45 Opening Session – Introduction to the workshop scope and objectives and to the EU project BReATH
09:15 - 09:25 Introductory Remarks
– Dr Ioannis Tomkos, Workshop Chairman, AIT
09:25 - 09:45 BReATH: Overview of project activities and findings
– Mr G. Hill, BReATH Technical Manager, GTEL Ltd.
09:45 - 11:00 Session I – Accelerating broadband deployment in Greece
Session chairman: G. Hill
09:45 - 10:00 Broadband Penetration in Greece: Current Situation and Major Trends
– Mr I. Tsiamis, Representative of the Greek Observatory for the Information Society
10:00 - 10:15 Broadband Access Development in Underserved Greek Territories
– Dr Th. Mouroutis, Project Manager, Information Society S.A.
10:15 - 10:30 Stimulating Regional Collaboration for Broadband Development in South-East Europe: The bSEE Initiative
– Dr D. Anastasiadou, General Director, South-Eastern Europe Telecommunications and Informatics Research Institute
10:30 - 10:45 Broadband in Greece and the EU - The regulatory background
– Mr G. Papapavlou, Head of Unit Implementation of Regulatory Framework, European Commission
10:45 - 11:00 ”Implementing regulatory tools to promote broadband penetration in Greece”
– Mr Nikolaos Koulouris, Vice President of Telecommunications, Greek Telecom Regulator – EETT
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 - 13:15 Session II – Network and service providers shared views on the opportunities and obstacles of broadband
Session chairman: I. Tomkos
11:30 - 11:45 Business models for a broadband operator
– Mr Th. Papaioannou, Managing Director, Attica Telecom
11:45 - 12:00 Broadband investment perspectives
– Mr A. Tzortzakakis, Marketing Director, Tellas
12:00 - 12:15 Broadband services: Ways to increase penetration
– Mr D. Kekeris, Head of Business Development, HOL
12:15 - 12:30 Broadband triple play: Business opportunities and technology challenges
– Mr P. Lytras, Manager of Internet Services & Data Center, OTENET
12:30 - 12:45 Broadband challenges in the Greek market
– Mr Y. Kavaklis, Internet Access Unit Manager, FORTHnet
12:45 - 13:00 Confessions from a Triple-Play operator
– Mr A. Papaspyridis, General Manager of Commercial Affairs, Vivodi
13:00 - 14:15 Lunch break
14:15 - 15:30 Session III – Key technologies and services driving the broadband opportunity
Session chairman: R. Kramer
14:15 - 14:30 Revenue generating services over broadband infrastructure
– Mr S. Bithas, Section Manager of Content Delivery Networks, Intracom Telecom
14:30 - 14:45 WiMax: Bridging the broadband divide
– Dr Y. Tzavaras, General Manager, UniNortel
14:45 - 15:00 Business models for WiMax network deployment
– Dr A. Georgiou, Managing Director, Acta/Aperto
15:00 - 15:15 Fixed/mobile convergence: The best of both worlds
– Dr K. Eleftherianos, Network Technologies Project Manager, OTE
15:15 - 15:30 Broadband deployment from the point of view of a fixed operator
– Ms. K. Neceva, Director of Technical Development and Implementation Department, MakTel
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 - 17:45 Session IV – Lessons learned from broadband initiatives across the world
Session chairman: A. Kuchar
16:00 - 16:15 Broadband initiatives
– Prof. L. Gavrilovska, University of Skopje
16:15 - 16:30 The state of broadband in Hungary
– Mr M. Csoto, Research Fellow, Information Society Institute – ITTK
16:30 - 16:45 Best Practices Worldwide for Broadband Growth
– Prof. Ch. Bouras, University of Patras
16:45 - 17:00 Broadband development in Poland
– Dr J. Granat, National Institute of Telecommunications
17:00 - 17:15 Broadband in the Netherlands
– Mr R. Kramer, BReATH Project Manager, TU/e
17:15 - 17:30 Development of a general framework model for broadband deployment
– Dr N. Bogdanovic, IJS
17:30 - 17:45 Status of Broadband Development in the Czech Republic and open issues
– Dr A. Kuchar, IREE
17:45 - 18:30 Drinks reception
Presentations
The presentations are available by clicking on the links in the agenda above.
Results
The results as well as all other aspects of this workshop are described in deliverable D1.5.
Contact
If you have any questions about this workshop, you can contact Dr Ioannis Tomkos of AIT, organizer of the workshop and contractor within BReATH.