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Peter Curnow-Ford

Peter Curnow-Ford, Chairman, Eisar Ltd.Chairman
Eisar Ltd.
Member of the Telecommunications Council

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 - present Chairman
Eisar Ltd.
2006 - present Non-Executive Chairman
Instruvention Ltd
2004 - present Chairman
Bluenowhere Ltd
2003 - 2007 CEO
Eisar Ltd.
2003 - 2005 President and Chief Executive Officer
Proximity Group Ltd.
2002 - present Non-Executive Chairman
Viatec Associates Ltd

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New Clearwire - a positive step in the right direction | 12-03-2008
Analysis of: Sprint-Clearwire WiMAX deal clears final hurdle | www.bizjournals.com
Author: Peter Curnow-Ford, Chairman, Eisar Ltd.

With Clearwire targeting to provide coverage for over 140m people across continental US - and assuming it reaches a penetration rate of 10% over 3 years - thats 14m devices or nearly 5m per year. Clearwire will be supplying either directly or indirectly WiMAX modems, USB Dongles and laptops with...

Crunch may not impact wireless as many thought | 09-24-2008
Analysis of: What now for wireless? | www.rcrwireless.com
Author: Peter Curnow-Ford, Chairman, Eisar Ltd.

While there is a definite impact on the low-income sector, and cable/telcos are seeing the impact with users canceling subscriptions, wireless/cellular does carry easy access (good for consumers) and higher margins (less susceptible economic low down) and will weather the storm. So yes there will...

The true cost of R&D | 09-19-2008
Analysis of: Nortel 4G Plans Up in the Air | www.unstrung.com
Author: Peter Curnow-Ford, Chairman, Eisar Ltd.

As was the case years back when ISDN and other carrier technologies first started coming out of the factory, the vendors have always argued, - economy of scale will always bring real returns - there is always a minimum entry price - stay in or work a partnership It would seem that having exited...

Apple 3G iPhone - Power, ie battery performance dominates handheld performance | 09-01-2008
Author: Peter Curnow-Ford, Chairman, Eisar Ltd.

The question posed at the end of the article is key:- The unanswered question--assuming this account is accurate--is why the iPhone 3G shipped with balky power-control software, something that ostensibly could have been discovered in testing? It is true this could have been discovered, but...

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