Steve Fortuna
President, Fortuna Consultants
Member of the Telecommunications Council
Council Member Biography
Steve Fortuna is the President of Fortuna Consultants, providing consulting engineering and feasibility studies to the telecommunications industry. Previously, he was a Network Architect with Charter Communications since October 2007. He has more than 18 years of experience in designing and implementing network technologies for AT&T, Webex, Nortel, Verizon, Level3, Cox and Charter, among others. He is also experienced in market strategies, cost/benefit ratios, convergence efficiencies and technology drivers. He is knowledgeable in products and services from all major Telecoms, CLECs, Cable Companies, Wireline and Wireless Service Providers including Cox, Comcast, Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile, NTT and others. He is a member of the Society of Cable/Telephony Engineers, North American Network Operators Group, the Metro Ethernet Forum and other leading organizations. He evaluates new technology trends with an eye to cost savings, business process improvement and consumer demand/adaptation rate. Steve is also a Producer at Big Green Monster.TV, an internet portal. (This is me - Update Profile)
Employment History
- 2007 - 2009
- Network Designer, CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
- 2006 - present
- President, Fortuna Consultants
- 2001 - 2005
- Senior Systems Engineer, LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
GLG NewsSM Analyses by Steve Fortuna(?)
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Desparate times call for...............
May 4, 2009
Steve Fortuna, President, Fortuna Consultants
Sprint Is in Talks to Outsource Its Network | online.wsj.com
Sprint/Nextel needs to stop the subscriber loss which is generated by inadequate coverage and capacity/quality issues. Outsourcing Net Management operations to Nextel will probably net savings to Sprint of several billion dollars over the next 4 years, the cost of healthcare for 5,000 + employees.Major...
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March 5, 2008
Steve Fortuna, President, Fortuna Consultants
Time Warner Cable Takes Agent Program National | www.phoneplusmag.com
Not only are the MSO's competing well for fixed traditional POTS services, most are upgrading their edge QAMs and physical plant to support circuit emulation services (T1-PRI) over Ethernet and greater IP speeds (20 meg+ and symmetrical services) to address the profitable enterprise PBX and...
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September 17, 2007
Steve Fortuna, President, Fortuna Consultants
Blyk to launch in UK in September | www.telecompaper.com
If you are going to market to tech savvy teens and 20-somethings you need their help in designing the content, marketing and sales. I don't see a single young person listed on Blyk's rather lame and amateurish website. This generation is fickle and quick to move when products...
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Worst Customer Rated Network - Highest Churn
July 12, 2007
Steve Fortuna, President, Fortuna Consultants
Sprint Admits It Is "Unable Meet Your Current Wireless Needs" | telecom.seekingalpha.com
The iPhone is going to put a serious dent in Sprint's consumer base if AT&T doesn't drop the ball on network performance and meets their projection of 10 million units in the next 18 months. The one problem no one talks about is that 7-10% of every carrier's customers are "problems," either...
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GLG Study Groups with Steve Fortuna(?)
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| VOIP Experts (North America) | 259 |
| Wimax Experts (North America) | 123 |
| Network Management Software Evaluators and Purchasers | 155 |
| Telecom/Cable Service Purchasers, Evaluators, and Pricing Trend Experts | 237 |
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