REGISTER TODAY! Amdocs and Rethink Technology Research recently completed global research on the transition from "best-effort" to "carrier-grade" Wi-Fi networks among Multiple Service Operators (MSOs) and Mobile Network Operators (MNOs). This trend is in response to new end-user expectations for improved capacity and quality for "everywhere" content, and the need to support new revenue streams.
According to the research, operators realize that “carrier-grade’ Wi-Fi will become a requirement in order to generate new revenue streams dependent on a higher quality of experience (QoE). This higher QoE is necessary for services such as TV everywhere, online gaming, HD video and voice over Wi-Fi services. The survey also highlights the need for tools to enable carrier-grade Wi-Fi network planning and performance management.
Key findings include:
· Carrier-grade Wi-Fi hotspots will grow from 14 % today to 72 % of overall Wi-Fi hotspots by 2018
· 85 % of the operators surveyed plan to invest in carrier-grade Wi-Fi by 2016
· Two-thirds (65%) of respondents placed the lack of strong network planning and management tools in their top three risk factors for investing in carrier-grade Wi-Fi
Join Carolyn Gabriel, co-founder, Rethink Technology Research; and Ken Roulier, CTO, Amdocs Cable & Satellite, to learn more about the research and what it can mean for you.
Join Multichannel and Amdocs on February 24th at 2:00 PM EST for this FREE webinar. REGISTER TODAY! | FEATURED SPEAKERS  Moderator: K.C. Neel
K.C. Neel has been writing about the cable television industry since 1982 covering just about every aspect of the business including technology, finance, operations, programming and social media, among other topics. She began her career at Multichannel News as a staff reporter. She worked at Electronic Media between 1988-1989 covering the cable industry for the broadcast and syndication-centric magazine. Neel was hired by Cable World in 1999 and worked there as a finance editor until 2004 when she began her freelance business.
 Kenneth A. Roulier -- Chief Technology Officer, Broadband, Cable & Satellite Division
Kenneth Roulier is Chief Technology Officer for the Broadband, Cable & Satellite division of Amdocs. He is responsible for the product strategy and market analysis supporting the Pay Television market.
Roulier has more than 20 years of expertise in the cable and satellite industry where he has designed and led the development of cable and satellite customer care and billing systems.
Roulier holds a BS in Computer Science from Clemson University and a Masters of Business Administration from Wake Forest University. Roulier resides in the Charlotte, North Carolina area.
 Caroline Gabriel, co-founder Rethink Technology Research
Caroline co-founded Rethink Tech nology Research in 2002 to focus on emerging mobile technologies and their impact on operator business models. She has been analyzing and reporting in the hi-tech industries since 1986 and has a huge wealth of experience of technology trends and how they impact on business models. She started her career as a technology journalist and then took senior roles in online publishing and research before focusing full time on wireless industry research and consultancy.
At Rethink her role has been to head up the wireless side of the business, leading the creation of research, newsletters and consulting services focused on mobile platforms and operator models. In this role, she has become a highly recognized authority on 4G systems such as LTE, and carrier network strategies such as HetNet, and a prolific speaker at industry events. Consulting and research clients come from major mobile operators, the wireless supply chain and financial institutions.
Previously Caroline spent much of her journalistic and media career at VNU Business Publishing, the leading European publisher of technology news and magazines. While there she held the position of publishing director for the launch of VNU's pan-European online content services, and then of European editorial director. She then made the move from publishing into technology market analysis and consulting, and in 2002 co-founded Rethink Technology Research with Peter White.
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