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Title: The journey towards modernising legacy SDH/SONET networks

Time: On demand

Duration: 45min + 15 Q&A

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Summary

Nowadays most enterprises are involved in the modernization process of their legacy SDH/SONET networks and seeking solutions that helps them insure operational continuity and overcome challenges like insufficient capacity and slow capabilities. 

Similarly, end of life equipment can be the main driver of many operators towards such modernization.

This webinar discusses the key considerations for network transformation planning and provides different migration options toward future proof technologies.

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Speakers

Burhan Abu baja
Regional Solution Sales Manager
Nokia

Experienced as End-to-End Customer Solution Architect and senior interface of Infrastructure Modernization Transformation program with business owners, displaying a deep understanding of their needs, coaching them on how modernization can be used to resolve their problems, and to steering the technical teams to deliver impact.

George Verdes
MEA Head of Sales for transportation and logistics
Nokia

George Verdeş is the Head of Transportation for Middle East and Africa in Nokia, following the railway, aviation, maritime and logistics business in this vast region. He joined the company in July 2008 and held several positions like solution architect, technical sales and services sales manager. He is passionate about Transportation and was involved in most of the big infrastructure bids and projects in the region but also in Europe and Asia.

He is based in Doha and has 17 years of experience in the telecom field. Prior to Nokia he worked as lieutenant engineer in the government structures of Romania.

George is a proud owner of few electric trains sets on HO scale and he is looking to extend it to an intermodal yard connecting a maritime and logistic terminal.

Kamal Ballout
Head of Enterprise MEA
Nokia

Kamal Ballout leads all go-to-market (GTM) activities related to Enterprise Business in MEA. Prior to this role, Kamal was the Global Vice President, Energy Systems Integration Division for Alcatel-Lucent. Kamal has been working in the telecom and networking market for 20 years. He is an industry thought leader on Smart Grid communications solutions with numerous published articles in industry publications regarding Smart Grid challenges and solutions. Kamal holds a Computer Systems Engineering degree from Carleton University, Ottawa and an MBA from the University of Dallas.

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