Mr. Balaji Kumar works as a Senior Manager at MCI, where he is responsible for Local Network Strategy and Architecture. His expertise is in telecommunications/data communications in the area of strategy and technology planning, as well as in multimedia communications at both national and international levels. Balaji’s experience includes methodologies of network planning and process reengineering, specifically related to the new broadband environment. He is the author of Broadband Communications published by McGraw Hill, and “Access Strategies for Communications Service Providers” published in New Telecom Quarterly (3Q96).