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Connect-World Latin America 2006     Magazine introduction The theme of this issue of Connect-World Latin America is EoIP ‚Äì Everything over IP. The shift to IP for everything will be dramatic, it will change the telecommunications and broadcasting industry, certainly, but it will change the lives of the people and businesses that will come to depend upon a wide range of IP delivered services even more. This issue will take a deep look at just what these changes will be, what to expect and how to prepare. The Internet is growing far beyond anything its inventors imagined. What started as a military research project to link various kinds of packet networks now links the world. The Internet protocol, IP, the common language developed by this project, has become one of the most powerful communications tools ever devised. It started with text, but it now works with images, with voice and, as well, with anything else transmitted digitally. IP, voice over IP ‚Äì VoIP, is inexorably taking over from traditional switched telephone systems. IPTV will almost certainly change the face of traditional TV broadcasting and of broadcasting business models. Education, healthcare, social services, and businesses of every imaginable type will all see much of their content, many of their services and internal applications carried and executed via the Internet. EoIP is coming to the world and to Latin America. It is only a question of time ‚Äì probably less time than most imagine. The issue reviews what changes this technology will bring to the region and how it will affect its people, businesses and institutions, and what it means to the people, the businesses, and the ICT sector in the region, how it will lead to the growth of the economy, the availability of education, jobs and social services. Connect-World Latin America is an official media sponsor of Futurecom, 2-5 October 2006, Florianopolis, Brazil. In addition to our usual mailings, copies of Connect-World will be distributed at this show. In each of Connect-World‚Äôs editions - Global, Africa and the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, Europe, India, Latin America, and EMEA - global and regional leaders look at the issues that drive the development of their home regions or countries. Current discussions centre upon the changes wrought in industry and society by the latest generation of information and communications technology, especially Internet protocol digital communications, broadband and personalised services - and how both business and society are changing, need to change, as a result.     Theme: Everything over IP Articles Contributors Feature articles     Article no.: 1 Topic: The IP difference: regulating for Colombia’s future Author: Carlos Alberto Herrera Barros Title: Executive Director and Commissioner Organisation: Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Colombia PDF size: 192KB   About author: Mr Carlos Alberto Herrera Barros is the Executive Director and Commissioner of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Colombia (CRT, Comisión de Regulación de Telecomunicaciones de Colombia). In the past, he has served as the Head of the Commission’s Office of Competition and Regulation, as the Legal Advisor - within the commission - to the ITU, the International Telecommunications Union. Carlos Alberto Herrera Barros served also as the Legal Advisor of the Communications Ministry and as a lawyer of the Industrial property office at Colombia’s ‘Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio’. Mr Carlos Alberto Herrera Barros earned a Master’s Degree in International Relations, specialised in European studies from Spain’s Ortega and Gasset Institute, Cumplutense University of Madrid. He completed the Program of Executive Development, PDD, at Inalde, Bogotá, specialised in business law and legal studies at Externado University, Bogotá, and the Program on Conflict Management and Negotiation at the University of Toronto in Canada.   Article abstract: The rapid changes in telecommunications technology, especially those due to the convergence of all types of communications on next generation, IP-based networks, are challenging not only for service providers and consumers, but for regulators as well. Columbia’s regulators are seeking to facilitate access to markets, networks and interconnection between the networks of, often, competing service providers on an equitable basis. They have found that the best guide to equitable regulation is to base the rules upon the demands of the market.   Read the article     Article no.: 2 Topic: Everything over IP in the developing world Author: Jaime Chico Pardo Title: Vice Chairman and CEO Organisation: Telmex, Teléfonos de México, S.A. de C.V. PDF size: 296KB   About author: Jaime Chico Pardo is Vice Chairman & CEO of Teléfonos de México, S.A. de C.V., the largest private sector company in Mexico. Prior to joining TELMEX in 1995, he was President and CEO of Grupo Condumex. He was also President and CEO of Euzkadi/General Tire de México and Fimbursa, an investment bank. Mr. Chico is Chairman of Carso Global Telecom and serves on the boards of América Móvil, Grupo Carso, Honeywell International, Inc, Hemispheric Advisory Board (HAB) of the Institute for Connectivity in the Americas (ICA), Mexico City’s Children’s Museum, and Chairs the Americas’ Council of the University of Chicago GSB. Mr Pardo holds a BA in Industrial Engineering from Universidad Iberoamericana and an MBA from the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business.   Article abstract: In the 20th century, mass media was a driving force in society; this century, the driving force will be the Internet distributing information to people according to their needs. Last century, transportation was the cure; today, relations among people are no longer a matter of transportation, but of communications. Increasing urbanisation has had worrying consequences; people come to cities looking for services that overload the cities’ often marginal infrastructures. Cities now have an ally - communications technologies that can bring services wherever needed.   Read the article     Article no.: 3 Topic: e-Brasil - accelerating socioeconomic development in Brazil Author: Peter T. Knight and Roberto Aroso Title: Peter T. Knight, Coordinator, e-Brasil Project, and Roberto Aroso, President Organisation: TELECOM - Associação Brasileira de Telecomunicações PDF size: 268KB   About author: Peter T. Knight is the coordinator of the e-Brasil Project, President of Telemática e Desenvolvimento Ltda., and a partner of Telematics for Education and Development. Before joining the private sector, he led the World Bank’s Electronic Media Center, and was the Chief of the National Economic Management Division in the Bank’s Economic Development Institute (EDI), and Lead Economist for Brazil. He has published extensively in various languages, his latest book is Rumo ao e-Brasil (Rio de Janeiro: Garamond, 2006). He is a member of the Board of the Journal of E-Government. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University, and holds degrees in Government from Dartmouth College (US) and in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University (UK). Roberto Aroso is President of TELECOM - Associação Brasileira de Telecomunicações, the Brazilian Telecommunications Association. Mr Aroso is also the Coordinator of post-graduate courses in telecommunications at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), and President of Aroso & De Laurentis Consultores Associados Ltda. He is currently a member of the Council of FUCAPI - the Foundation and Centre for Analysis, Research and Technological Innovation - in Manaus, Amazonas. Mr Aroso served previously as a Director of Comcast, Nextel and of Promon. Prior to the privatisation of Brazil’s government-controlled Telebras System, he led the local operating companies in the states of Parana, Paraíba, Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, and led Embratel’s Digisat Project for international high speed data in Brazil. He received his BSc. in Electronics Engineering from the Universidade do Brasil, and earned degrees in Marketing from the Fundação Getúlio Vargas, and Nuclear engineering from CNEN in Rio de Janeiro.   Article abstract: Brazil, today, lacks a unifying vision of its development objectives and suffers from social problems rooted in a highly unequal distribution of income, education and wealth. Addressing these problems is crucial to the country’s economic growth and political stability. A national e-development strategy based upon everything over IP cannot solve all of Brazil’s problems. It can, however, improve governance, increase social inclusion, facilitate lifelong learning, improve public health and safety, streamline judicial processes, build knowledge industries, and cut transaction costs across the economy.   Read the article     Article no.: 4 Topic: EoIP and industrial policy in Brazil Author: Hélio Marcos Machado Gracioso Title: President, CPqD, and President, CPqD Technologies & Systems Inc., USA Organisation: CPqD/CPqD Technologies & Systems Inc., USA PDF size: 184KB   About author: Hélio Marcos Machado Gracioso is the President of CPqD and the President of CPqD Technologies & Systems Inc. in the USA. Prior to CPqD he served as the Director of Research and Development for Telebrás system in Brazil. Mr Gracioso has been with the centre since its conception, working in the digital transmission, optical communication, microelectronics, and technological planning areas. Mr Graciosa has chaired several boards of directors; he is currently the President of the Advisory Board of Telebrasil, and a member of the Council of Telecommunication and Information Technology of the Brazil-Angola Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member of the Boards of Trópico, Algar, Cleartech, Telebrasil, and Fundação Fórum Campinas. Mr Graciosa is a telecommunications engineer and holds a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica of Rio de Janeiro (PUC/RJ).   Article abstract: The convergence of networks to enable Everything over IP, EoIP, in Brazil involves a series of vital national issues. Changes to Brazil’s regulatory system and its industrial policy are required to support fully the EoIP paradigm. The participation of Brazilian industry in the EoIP Age, through the production of significant high value-added local technology, will help promote changes in Brazil, foster digital inclusion, improve social and economic indices, and generate value and wealth that will circulate throughout the Brazilian economy.   Read the article     Article no.: 5 Topic: IP - driving productivity in Latin America Author: Ruben A. Rótulo Title: Vice President, Latin American Region Organisation: Agilent Technologies, Inc. PDF size: 284KB   About author: Ruben A. Rótulo, is the Vice President of Agilent Technologies for the Latin American region. Prior to being named vice president, Ruben Rótulo served Agilent as General Manager of its Latin America Test & Measurement organization. Mr Rótulo began his career in Hewlett-Packard Argentina as a service engineer and rose through the organisation in a variety of positions, in customer support and engineering support, to become the Customer Support Manager for Latin America, and President and General Manager for Hewlett-Packard Venezuela. Mr Rótulo is an active member of the Fulcrum Group - CEO Community Leaders of Latin America. He is also a member of the Consejo Empresario para el Desarrolo y la Intregacion, CEDI, and also serves on the Advisory Board of IDEAS, an institute for corporate development at the Universidad Anahuac del Sur in Mexico City. In the past he participated on the Investment Committee and the Board of Directors for Venezuela - US Chamber of Commerce as well as on their Board of Directors of Junior Achievements. Ruben A. Rótulo earned a Degree in Electronic Engineering from the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His postgraduate studies include Tuck Business School, Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, and Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia.   Article abstract: Internet access in Latin America has grown rapidly in the past few years. Ten years ago, a 2Mbps broadband connection cost almost US$2,000 per month; today, the same connection costs about US$20. Studies show a direct relationship between investment in telecommunications and increased productivity. The competition driven by Internet Protocol, IP, based services, especially IPTV and VoIP, is boosting Latin American investment substantially. A five per cent increase in productivity can double the region’s standard of living in just 14 years.   Read the article     Article no.: 6 Topic: WiMAX - broadband wireless alternative Author: Oscar Vaz Clarke Title: President and General Manger Organisation: Intel do Brasil PDF size: 220KB   About author: Oscar Vaz Clarke is the President of Intel for Brazil and is responsible for Intel’s Marketing and Sales operations. Mr Clarke came to Intel from Hitachi Brazil, where he was a Country Manager. Beforehand, Mr Clarke worked for EMC as a Director of Sales, Channel, Alliances and Service Providers. He also worked at IBM, as Business and Marketing Strategy Manager. Mr Clarke graduated in Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and has a Master of Business Degree from FEA-USP.   Article abstract: Wireless broadband is the most cost-effective way to deliver broadband access, be it to businesses, to the inner-city ghetto or to remote rural areas. Three technologies are currently the leaders in broadband wireless. Mobile phone 3G technologies can offer broadband, but the price is high. WiFi, a local area networking technology, has a range of only about 100 feet. WiMax, however, was designed for broadband data; it can reach up to 50km and, with VoIP, provides high-quality voice.   Read the article     Article no.: 7 Topic: IP for quad-play Author: G. Bickley Remmey Title: Corporate Vice President and General Manager Organisation: Motorola, Inc, Connected Home Solutions business PDF size: 260KB   About author: G. Bickley Remmey is Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Motorola, Inc. Connected Home Solutions business. In this role, he leads sales and support for the company’s Latin American organization. Mr Remmey previously headed the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) sales and support team, and served as Corporate Vice President and General Manager, transmission network systems (TNS) for Motorola Broadband (formerly General Instrument Corporation). Prior to this position, Mr Remmey was Vice President of marketing for GI’s TNS business and Vice President of sales/national accounts. Mr Remmey also held a variety of increasingly responsible positions in sales and product management at Texscan. He began his career in telecommunications as a sales engineer at C-Cor Electronics. Mr Remmey is a graduate of Penn State University and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics.   Article abstract: Fixed-mobile convergence refers to seamless mobile communications between a cellular and a WiFi environment, using dual-mode mobile handsets that automatically switch between cellular networks and wireless Voice over IP, VoIP. With quad-play - mobile voice, data and video - it permits a common application experience from any device, anywhere, at any time. The benefits include greater cost control and convenience; without interrupting a call, users can switch from a per-minute cellular plan to a flat-rate broadband plan when in range of wireless access.   Read the article     Article no.: 8 Topic: Mobile broadband arrives Author: Fernando Terni Title: Executive President, Nokia Brasil and Vice President Organisation: Nokia Networks, Latin America PDF size: 284KB   About author: Fernando Terni is the Executive President of Nokia Brasil and Vice President for Nokia Networks in Latin America. Mr Terni served as the first President of Intelig-23, launching this long-distance telecommunications company in Brazil. Fernando Terni began his career at Asea Brown Boveri, ABB, and over time became its Vice President for the Energy Transmission and Distribution area. Fernando Terni is an electrical engineer. He has also studied business administration at the Kellogg School of Northwestern University, USA and at the Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo.   Article abstract: Mobile telephony is possibly the fastest growing technology in history. So far, voice calling has pushed its growth, but wireless broadband technologies - including WiFi, 3G cellular and WiMAX and Internet Protocol-based standards such as IMS - make many new voice, video and text services available. Users will be able to choose the access network that gives them the best price or availability for services such as push-to-talk, video sharing, content sharing, presence, messaging (SMS, MMS) and voice over IP, VoIP.   Read the article     Article no.: 9 Topic: IP re-inventing communications Author: Ping-an (Alex) Zhang Title: President Organisation: Huawei Technologies, Brazil PDF size: 180KB   About author: Ping-an Zhang is the President of Huawei Technologies in Brazil. Prior to his current role, he worked as Vice President of Corporate Marketing at Huawei Technologies. Mr Zhang, an expert in the area of optical networking, also served as the President of Huawei Technologies’ Optical Product Line. Mr Zhang joined Huawei’s Research and Development Department, responsible for the Optical Networking Division, right after his graduation from Zhe Jiang University, China, with a Master’s Degree in Communications and System.   Article abstract: With IP, Internet Protocol, any sort of device-be it a PC, telephone, mobile phone, TV, even refrigerators and air-conditioners - can be connected and communicate with each other through a single, unified network. When Everything over IP, EoIP, arrives, traditional broadcasting will be replaced over time with on-demand programming, e-commerce will simplify purchases, ‘distance learning’ programmes will enhance educational opportunities, low-cost video conferencing will reduce the need for business travel, and on-line health monitoring will prolong the lives of many.   Read the article     Article no.: 10 Topic: Migrating to IP Author: Eran Ziv Title: CEO and President Organisation: Teledata Networks PDF size: 348KB   About author: Eran Ziv is the CEO and President of Teledata Networks. Mr Ziv has over 20 years of high-tech and telecom industry sales, marketing and management experience. Prior to joining Teledata Networks, Mr Ziv held CEO positions and additional senior management roles in several high-tech companies in the fields of telecom and data communications. Mr Ziv holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering.   Article abstract: The traditional copper-based switched telephone networks are inefficient, costly to operate and maintain and do not provide the flexibility to offer a wide series of services that new competitors in the market are offering. Operators with substantial investments in legacy networks are beginning to migrate to IP-based networks, often using fibre for all except the final access. This reduces costs and permits broadband-based value-added services such as VoIP and IPTV to compete with the CLECs and cable companies.   Read the article     Article no.: 11 Topic: IP via satellite Author: Eduardo Aspesi Title: President Organisation: Hispamar Satélites PDF size: 196KB   About author: Eduardo Aspesi is the President of Hispamar Satélites. He came to Hispamar from the Telemar Group, where he implemented its retail unit. Previously, he directed the strategic and financial planning of the RBS Group (Radio, TV and Newspapers) and was the General Director of RBS Direct. He served as the Director of Marketing and other businesses at Net Sul, a cable TV operator, until the company was sold. Eduardo Aspesi is an Economist, Business Administrator; he completed his post-graduate studies in Finances, Marketing and Strategic Management at INSEAD.   Article abstract: IP via satellite - over VSAT - is quickly becoming a cost-effective option for broadband access for business, government and even personal use in remote areas. The open DVB-RCS standard, Digital Video Broadcast-Return Channel Satellite, has greatly reduced costs and simplified equipment interoperability issues. In Brazil, VSAT/IP is often used for corporate communications, in mobile environments, for distance learning and even video-surveillance. IP via satellite holds great promise for the 50 per cent of Brazil’s municipalities that do not yet have broadband access.   Read the article     Article no.: 12 Topic: The future of wireless connections Author: Juan Chico Title: President Organisation: Nortel Brazil PDF size: 196KB   About author: Juan Chico is the President of Nortel Brazil. Prior to assuming this position, he led Nortel’s enterprise business in the Caribbean and Latin America region. Previously, he served as the Director of the Partnership & Enterprise Group for Microsoft Corporation in the Caribbean. Before Microsoft, Juan Chico was Regional Sales Director for Nortel in the Caribbean, a position that he held for seven years, and worked for Abbott Labs administering the company’s data, voice and video networks. Juan Chico holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, and has more than 15 years’ experience in network computing environments.   Article abstract: WiMesh and WiMax are the next generation of wireless high-speed communications. WiMAX provides long-range (up to 50km) wireless broadband with velocities far superior to those of traditional wireless technologies. WiMesh inexpensively links together a great many WiFi hotspots into a single ‘hot zone’. The traffic hops from one WiFi node to another until it reaches its destination. Wireless mesh networks can be built from off-the-shelf hardware and, since they automatically route traffic around busy or faulty nodes, they are self-repairing.   Read the article     Article no.: 13 Topic: IMS in Latin America Author: Ricardo Diaz Title: Vice President and Managing Director Organisation: Tekelec CALA (Caribbean and Latin America) region PDF size: 188KB   About author: Ricardo Diaz is Tekelec’s Vice President and Managing Director for the CALA (Caribbean and Latin America) region. Prior to joining Tekelec, Mr Diaz held leadership positions in business development and sales in Harris Corporation’s government and commercial communications sectors. He was instrumental in developing and expanding the international markets for several high-tech communications product lines. Mr Diaz has lived in ten countries. Ricardo Diaz holds Bachelor’s Degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and a Master’s of Business Administration Degree from Florida Tech.   Article abstract: IMS, the IP Multimedia Subsystem, will drive everything over IP, EoIP. IMS, a standardised networking architecture, provides mobile and fixed voice, data and video multimedia services for current and future Internet Protocol-based services. IMS can be implemented in stages, and applications added in accordance with market demand, with more sophisticated IMS functions and applications added as required. IMS technology shifts power to the consumer, letting consumers decide what IP services they want and, with precise-bundling, how much they pay for them.   Read the article     Article no.: 14 Topic: IP convergence: is IMS just more hype? Author: René Méndez Title: Vice President Sales and Marketing, Caribbean and Latin America Organisation: UTStarcom PDF size: 224KB   About author: René Méndez is UTStarcom’s Vice President, Sales and Marketing for the Caribbean and Latin America. Prior to joining UTStarcom, Mr Mendez held management positions in operations and strategic sales in companies such as Zhone Technologies, Lucent and Racal Datacom. During his career he has developed start-up operations for Zhone, Ascend, Cascade and UTStarcom, and has managed sales for USA, Asia and Europe. Mr Mendez studied Electronics Engineering at the Florida International University and has an Associate Degree in Art and Sciences from the Miami-Dade Community College.   Article abstract: IP Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, and IP convergence let Latin America’s operators offer advanced services, including fixed-mobile convergence, FMC, and enhance customer loyalty. IP makes the convergence of services possible; IMS provides the framework for developing and delivering new services across any type of network to any type of device. IMS fosters competition through the speedy development and deployment of new services. IMS facilitates the seamless integration of the Mobile Virtual Network Operators' own services on the networks of existing operators.   Read the article     Article no.: 15 Topic: VoIP and the wholesale equilibrium Author: Daniel Kurgan Title: COO Organisation: Belgacom International Carrier Services PDF size: 192KB   About author: Daniel Kurgan is currently the COO of Belgacom International Carrier Services, the eighth largest carrier worldwide. At Belgacom, he worked his way up through the organization serving in such posts as VP Commercial of Belgacom International Carrier Services SA/NV, VP International Wholesale, Sales Director for domestic and international wholesale, Head of International Relations & Sales, and International Account Manager. Prior to Belgacom, he worked as the Contracts Manager at SABCA, a Belgian aerospace subsidiary of the French Dassault group. Mr Kurgan graduated from the Solvay Business School of The University of Brussels.   Article abstract: Regulators throughout Latin America have been trying to increase competition in voice since the privatization of the telecommunication sector in the region. They have not been notably successful. Voice over Internet Protocol, VoIP, provides a viable way for competitive service providers to compete with incumbent operators by substituting a broadband connection for traditional last mile access. The quality of VoIP over public Internet circuits is not yet consistently equal to traditional telephony but, given the lower cost, is quite acceptable.   Read the article     Article no.: 16 Topic: Voice telephony in an IP world Author: Per Martell and Carl-Henrik Olsson Title: Per Martell, Regional Operations Director, Caribbean and Latin America, and Carl-Henrik Olsson, Product Manager, Trading and Routing Solutions, Caribbean and Latin America Organisation: Intec PDF size: 220KB   About author: Per Martell is Intec’s Regional Operations Director for the Caribbean and Latin America, CALA. He has more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications and IT industry with a background in sales, business development, systems integration and alliance management. Prior to joining Intec, Mr Martell was the Systems Integration Director for Ericsson Telecommunications in Brazil. During his career he has held various management positions with companies such as EHPT, EssNet AB, ICL Business Systems AB, and Data Construction. Per Martell earned Degrees in IT and Business Management. Carl-Henrik Olsson is Intec’s Product Manager for Trading and Routing Solutions in the Caribbean and Latin America. Prior to joining Intec, he held a variety of management positions with several OSS/BSS companies in Europe and Latin America, including Ericsson. Mr Olsson has more than ten years of experience with Wholesale Business Management Solutions at numerous operators throughout Europe and Latin America. Mr Olsson holds both an MBA and Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden.   Article abstract: VoIP is doing more than simply lowering the cost of voice telephony. The ease of providing VoIP is convincing a growing number of service providers to compete with traditional operating companies. The traditional operators now must re-think their business models, their cost structures, the service they offer and the quality they provide. An innovative bundle of voice, data and video, together with carefully honed traffic trading, and network interconnect skill, are now essential for the survival of modern operating companies.   Read the article     Article no.: 17 Topic: Digital TV - closing in on the digital divide Author: Mateo Budinich Title: CEO Organisation: VTR, Chile PDF size: 180KB   About author: Mateo Budinich is the CEO of VTR in Chile. In the course of his extensive career in the information and communications technology industries, he has been General Manager of IBM Chile, Vice President of the Large Corporations Department with Telefónica CUTCH and General Director of Telefónica Empresas, with responsibility for establishing this firm in Latin America. Mr Budinich is also the Manager of the Information and Communications Technology Area of Fundación Chile, a non-profit organization dedicated to Chile’s technological development, with a mandate to develop innovative ventures and projects. He is currently the VP of the United States-Chile Chamber of Commerce, AMCHAM. Mateo Budinich holds a Civil Engineering Degree from the University of Chile.   Article abstract: Despite the increase in mobile phone usage, cable TV, PC ownership and Internet connections in the world’s developing countries, the digital divide between the developed and developing countries is growing. Digital TV, which increases the number of channels 20 times, can help bridge the gap. Digital TV, combined with mobile telephony, could provide two-way communication to every household in the country, so that the citizens could obtain government services, get specialized education at all levels or choose their own entertainment.   Read the article     Article no.: 18 Topic: From VoIP to EoIP Author: Anatoly Korsakov Title: Vice President Sales Organisation: Mera Systems PDF size: 208KB   About author: Anatoly Korsakov is MERA Systems’ Vice President for Sales. He oversees the company’s sales force and supervises the development of the global distribution network for MERA’s VoIP portfolio. Prior to joining MERA, Anatoly was an Account Manager and Sales Team Leader for Ericsson Russia. His previous experience also includes serving as CMO for a major regional GSM carrier in Russia. Anatoly Korsakov holds an MS in Radio Engineering.   Article abstract: The Voice over IP market, despite high legal and infrastructure cost entry barriers, is steadily growing in Latin America. Everything over IP, EoIP, is also growing due to increased broadband access. EoIP will carry everything from data and digitized speech to video services. Although extremely attractive, the Latin American VoIP market is difficult for small start-up operators to enter. Softswitches lets carriers attract start-up operators looking for low cost entry to become, in a sense, virtual VoIP operators.   Read the article Confirmed authors (Order by article no.)   Carlos Alberto Herrera Barros Executive Director and Commissioner, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Colombia   Jaime Chico Pardo Vice Chairman and CEO, Telmex, Teléfonos de México, S.A. de C.V.   Peter T. Knight and Roberto Aroso Peter T. Knight, Coordinator, e-Brasil Project, and Roberto Aroso, President, TELECOM - Associação Brasileira de Telecomunicações   Hélio Marcos Machado Gracioso President, CPqD, and President, CPqD Technologies & Systems Inc., USA, CPqD/CPqD Technologies & Systems Inc., USA   Ruben A. Rótulo Vice President, Latin American Region, Agilent Technologies, Inc.   Oscar Vaz Clarke President and General Manger, Intel do Brasil   G. Bickley Remmey Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Motorola, Inc, Connected Home Solutions business   Fernando Terni Executive President, Nokia Brasil and Vice President, Nokia Networks, Latin America   Ping-an (Alex) Zhang President, Huawei Technologies, Brazil   Eran Ziv CEO and President, Teledata Networks   Eduardo Aspesi President, Hispamar Satélites   Juan Chico President, Nortel Brazil   Ricardo Diaz Vice President and Managing Director, Tekelec CALA (Caribbean and Latin America) region   René Méndez Vice President Sales and Marketing, Caribbean and Latin America, UTStarcom   Daniel Kurgan COO, Belgacom International Carrier Services   Per Martell and Carl-Henrik Olsson Per Martell, Regional Operations Director, Caribbean and Latin America, and Carl-Henrik Olsson, Product Manager, Trading and Routing Solutions, Caribbean and Latin America, Intec   Mateo Budinich CEO, VTR, Chile   Anatoly Korsakov Vice President Sales, Mera Systems