ECOC 2006 TV

Part 4. Transformation in Telecommunications

Alan Mottram, Chief Marketing Officer at Alcatel, argues that a disruption of the entire telecom value chain is now underway.

Practically all the changes in this disruption will rely on rapid deployment at the access and core levels of high quality broadband infrastructure by carriers and operators worldwide.

On the horizon . . . more efficient optical networks driving bandwidth costs relentlessly down.