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Samuel Greenholtz, Principal, Telecom Pragmatics

Samuel Greenholtz

Principal, Telecom Pragmatics

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Member of the Telecommunications Council

Council Member Biography

Sam Greenholtz is a retired manager from Verizon and the Co Founder and Principal of Telecom Pragmatics, a consulting and research firm specializing in the telecommunications market. He has expertise in FTTx, optical networking, VoIP, Ethernet and wireless technologies including LTE, Wi-MAX, 3G, CDMA, and EV-DO. Previously, Mr. Greenholtz was in the Planning and Engineering Group at Verizon for nearly 28 years. He is knowledgeable in OSS, signaling, billing, CAPEX budgets, standards, RFs, lab testing, as well as backbone, and long haul networks. He also currently serves on board of directors for companies and has been on several technical advisory boards. In addition, Mr. Greenholtz is a member of the IEEE, OSA, and other business related groups. He has published documents and articles related to the telecom industry and he is frequently quoted in newspapers, magazines and other publications. (This is me - Update Profile)


Employment History

2003 - present
Principal, Telecom Pragmatics
2001 - 2003
Senior Research Analyst, COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY RESEARCHERS
1974 - 2001
Manager, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

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Hardball 10/29/09: At Last, AT&T’s U-verse As We Know It Will Start Going Away

October 29, 2009

Samuel Greenholtz, Principal, Telecom Pragmatics

U-Verse Growth Is Slowing | www.lightreading.com

We expect dramatic cutbacks in U-verse CAPEX over the next two years. The service has pretty much been a bust.   For AT&T, 3Q09 will probably “be identified as the quarter in which the U-verse star started to fade.”

Hardball 10/28/09: Chattanooga’s EPB Municipal Building Expensive Optic Network

October 28, 2009

Samuel Greenholtz, Principal, Telecom Pragmatics

EPB expands its fiber-optics services area | www.timesfreepress.com

EPB Fiber Optics has been working on its project for four years. It has put up with the usual delays for munis in fighting off lawsuits. EPB is going the Cadillac route with its network.

Hardball 10/27/09: Meaning of Verizon Wireless’ “Nationwide” LTE Network Unclear

October 27, 2009

Samuel Greenholtz, Principal, Telecom Pragmatics

Verizon-led investment group commits $1.3B to LTE development | www.fiercewireless.com

Verizon Wireless has said that it will have an LTE network throughout the US in late 2013 or early 2014. However, it has not clarified what that exactly means. Verizon appears to be aiming for 90 to 95% coverage.

Hardball 10/26/09: Verizon’s Pittsburgh Assets Evidently Untouchable

October 26, 2009

Samuel Greenholtz, Principal, Telecom Pragmatics

FiOS TV Goes Live In Pittsburgh | www.multichannel.com

Verizon has been vacillating over the last few years as to whether to put its property in Pittsburgh up for sale. The RBOC is now adamant that it will keep the city. Its lines will not be included in the western areas of New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, which are currently on the blo...

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