What They’re Saying About NXTcomm08 and the Industry
What do you see as the biggest opportunities in the industry?
“With the Internet leveling everything and all sorts of service providers invading each other's space, we must recast the industry economics in order to create viable, sustainable business models that will carry us well into the 21st century.”
Karl May,
CEO, OpVista
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Conference NXTcomm Programming NXTcomm Programming June 19 NP3105S-Consumer Freedom
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Consumer Freedom: On-Demand Content – Customized, Bundled and Accessible Anywhere
Thursday, June 19 • 12:10 PM - 12:30 PM • Room S111
In the evolving multimedia content world, the service provider’s role is morphing to meet changing consumer patterns, including "content shifting." There is no "one size fits all" model for providing on-demand, ubiquitous access to customized content (including video). Mobility, user-generated content and direct access to content sources is resulting in a movement toward "pulled" content and highly-personalized consumption. Customers want a rich, customizable experience and service providers are challenged to provide bundles and new technology integration to meet that need. The "freedom of choice" movement — what content consumers access, how they access, when they access — continue to proliferate. How do we harness the opportunity?
Speaker
Frank Simanson, Vice President of Product Management, Qwest Communications
Frank Simanson is vice president of product management at Qwest with responsibility for Mass Markets products and pricing for all residential and small business services including broadband, video, local voice and wireless. In this role, Simanson develops and executes Qwest’s overall consumer product profitability strategy. He supports the development of primary marketing and sales tactics to increase Mass Markets revenue and supervises all Qwest consumer product management teams. Simanson is also responsible for identifying and maintaining key external business relationships with vendor partners.
Previously, Simanson acted as network vice president for Qwest in Colorado and Wyoming. Prior to joining Qwest, he spent nearly 29 years at Pacific Bell and SBC where he held a wide variety of positions leading network operations in California. Overall, Simanson has more than 37 years of telecommunications experience. He is actively involved in his local community and he and his wife have three children and three grandchildren.