ITU-T/ ATIS Workshop “Next Generation Technology and Standardization” ABSTRACT Speaker: Las Vegas, 19-20 March 2006 Andrew White Qwest Communications Director, Network Application Architecture Session: NGN Market Drivers: A Carrier’s perspective Title of Presentation: The Customer Centric NGN The NGN is all about the customer. Current Wireline, Wireless, Broadband, and Content offerings provide overlapping and access-dependent services that leave the customer to coordinate their digital world. The NGN puts the customer in control by centralizing user profile information and by providing device agnostic access to applications. The NGN provides what the customer wants at the time and place of his or her choosing