Council Member Biography
Peter Curnow-Ford is the Chairman at Eisar Ltd, a handset manufacturer. He is responsible for the development, sales, marketing and branding of mobile and cellular handset products from Chinese and Taiwanese handset manufacturers into EMEA. He is also the Chairman of Bluenowhere Ltd, a municipal wireless broadband ISP. He is the non-executive director at Instruvention Ltd, a developer of wireless sensors for fire and safety, petrochemical and nuclear markets. Previously, he was the Vice President- Sales EMEA at LCC International Inc, supplier of wireless engineering services to cellular operators; and General Manager of the EU subsidiary at Repeater Technologies, and was responsible for WCDMA 3G strategy and business plans. He is experienced in cellular device, infrastructure and wireless telecom markets, and WiMAX, WiFi, Zigbee, 3G, 2G, GSM, IPTV, and VoIP technologies. He is a member of the Institute of Directors, Chartered Institute of Marketing, and a Logica Alumni. (This is me - Update Profile)
Employment History
- 2007 - Unspecified
- Chairman, Eisar Ltd.
- 2006 - Unspecified
- Non-Executive Chairman, Instruvention Ltd
- 2004 - Unspecified
- Chairman, Bluenowhere Ltd
- 2003 - 2007
- CEO, Eisar Ltd.
- 2003 - 2005
- President and Chief Executive Officer, Proximity Group Ltd.
- 2002 - Unspecified
- Non-Executive Chairman, Viatec Associates Ltd
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As Orange launches iPhone in UK, Apple requests marketing assistance
November 3, 2009
Orange to sell iPhone in UK from 10 Nov | www.totaltele.com
As Apple expands beyond exclusivity in markets it is using additional means to ensure it delivers high levels of service to its end customers.France Telecom - Orange UK, along with Vodafone are now selling iPhone in competition with O2 and some of the Orange dealers are looking at the detail of the marketing costs that are emerging.Dealers will need to ensure they can both make the upfront investment in 'in-store' merchandising and also staff training, this means committing to some big sales targets.
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Samsung handset shipments up 15pc and aims to take 20pc market share
November 2, 2009
Samsung shipments up 16pc | www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk
Samsung continues to dominate in sales growth in the key low to mid-end markets and in developing markets where it shows how to build channel strength.Samsung is also a leader in fashion touch handsets, ie devices in the mid-sector that sell on looks and touch screens to a mainly younger audience.Growing qtr on qtr sales by 15pc, means it is bucking the annual trend which will see an 8pc drop in worldwide sales.
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Orange UK sees strength while revenues suffer interim slide
October 29, 2009
Orange UK revenues down 15pc | www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk
The competitive UK mobile (cellular) market shows signs that it can weather the current financial strains.Orange (part of France Telecom group) has seen its revenues shrink 15% yet underlying margins are holding and customers, especially contract customers have increased in Q3.Orange is also in the throws of merging with T-Mobile UK, to create the UK's largest mobile operator with reach from MVNO's, low revenue SIM only customers through contract to large enterprise customers.
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Deutsche Telecom T-Mobile & France Telecom Orange - UK Merger to happen
September 8, 2009
Financial Times FT.com | www.ft.com
By creating a joint venture Deustche Telecom's T-Mobile and France Telecom's Orange will aim to head off competition authority concerns over significant market power and yet reap the benefits of economy of scale. The two operators share similar spectrum and technology & have already discussed networking sharing to reduce costs and this takes it one step further. Initially both operators will continue to use their own brands but will have to consider whether to adopt an MVNO approach going forward/
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Apple to penetrate last market for iPhone
August 13, 2009
China Unicom Rumoured to Have Placed Order for 5 Million IPhones | www.cellular-news.com
At last Apple gets to make a sizable entry into the Chinese mobile market and launch Chinese versions of its iTunes and Applications for the iPhone with China Unicom. It will also be a good money earner, as the models launched have already recouped their R&D costs so margins will be higher, perhaps one reason it was prepared to forgo its normal revenue sharing approach. This should add at least $13bn to Apples revenues, of which $300m will be operating margin.
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