[SatNews] At PTC'11, special session that will discuss content providers and network requirements will be moderated by Stephan Beckert, the Vice President of Strategy for TeleGeography. Session participants will include...

• Vijay Gill, Senior Manager, Architecture and Engineering, Google, Inc., USA
• Reza Hajebi, Head, Infrastructure Technologies and Strategies Group, Yahoo!, USA
• Dan Williams, Manager, Network Engineering, Facebook, USA

Content providers are now emerging as key buyers of wholesale telecommunications services, participants in the telecom market, and drivers of end-user demand for carriers’ services. The data centers and networks operated by top-tier content providers rival-or exceed-the scale and reach of many leading carriers’ networks. However, the business of content providers is distinctly different from that of traditional service providers, and this is reflected in their network deployment strategy. This panel discussion will feature the network strategists of some of the world’s largest content providers. The Content Providers/Network Requirements keynote session will take place on Tuesday, 18 January 2011.