Eric Tyson has worked in the telecommunications industry for over 21 years, initially with BT and more recently as a consultant with InterConnect Communications. He has carried out project work throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa working with telecommunications ministries, regulators, operating companies and development agencies. Eric has focused extensively on the development of interconnection and tariff regimes, cost-modelling and regulatory and operator performance matters but also has considerable experience in new services development, business planning and benchmarking. Eric leads the Interconnection Master Class and developed the course programme for the NGN Master Class.

Peter Walker worked with BT for 22 years, notably as Planning Director in BT International and Head of Planning for BT’s London Network before becoming Director (Technology) at Oftel in 1993 where he worked on the implementation of the EU regulatory frameworks of both 1998 and 2003 and personally contributed to the current UK Communications Act 2003. He set the frameworks for implementation of several regulatory change initiatives including Interconnect Standards, Calling Line ID, Number Portability, Carrier Preselection, Local Loop Unbundling and Wholesale Line Rental. He is now an independent consultant specialising in technology, regulation and related public policy issues.

John Holdsworth has been involved in the telecoms sector for 25 years and has extensive experience of NGN Voice systems based on both SIP and H.323 protocols. He has been a member of ETSI TISPAN and an active member of the UK NICC (who defined the first regulated voice interconnect for NGN networks) contributing both security and call prioritisation elements to this work. An expert on Session Border Controllers and associated security issues, John has both a detailed and systems level knowledge of NGN networking including IMS architectures. John is a lead presenter on the NGN Master Class and also presents on IP / NGN at the Interconnection Master Class.

Steve Morgan worked for BT for 32 years as a network field engineer and then in Access Network Planning, most recently as Tactical Planning Manager and Customer Network Design Manager. Steve has continued to advise clients on Network Planning and Local Access Networks since joining InterConnect and has carried out a wide variety of projects involving all aspects of the Local Loop including xDSL provision, network and customer infrastructure planning. At a regulatory level, he has also prepared Reference Unbundling Offers for a number of clients. Steve presents the Local Loop Unbundling session for the Regulatory Master Class, LLU and RIO sessions at the Interconnection Master Class and technical sessions on telecom networks and new NGNs at three of the Master Classes.

John Berry is a radiocommunications expert with 30 years’ experience in the mobile, fixed, radiodetermination and broadcasting services and in military radiocommunications. Prior to joining InterConnect, John spent some 13 years as Managing Director of ATDI Ltd, leading a series of major radio and spectrum management consultancy and software engineering projects which contributed hugely to Europe’s telecommunications infrastructure and spectrum management policies. His most recent projects have included the re-farming of radar bands, the specification of defence spectrum management systems, the development of policy in the IMT2000 bands and the development of bi-lateral and multi-lateral agreements for cross border coordination.

Les Oliver is a Senior Consultant with InterConnect Communications Ltd. He has worked in the telecommunications industry for over 35 years, initially with BT where he was Product Manager in the Wholesale Equal Access Team with individual responsibility for Carrier Pre-Selection, Non-Geographic Number Portability and Local Loop Unbundling. Since joining InterConnect, Les has advised a number of regulators and operators on numbering matters including number plans and number portability. Les’ recent work with InterConnect has included advising operators and regulators in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and the Isle of Man on matters relating to the development and administration of national numbering plans and policy, number portability and related products. Les is currently the Chairperson of the Number Portability Commercial Group in the UK.