Study Group: CLEC Market Experts(?)
Council Members in this Study Group: 51
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Leading Experts in this Study Group
President
Telecom Strategic Visions
Stephen Sutkowski is the President of Telecom Strategic Visions, a consultant firm. He has working knowledge of business processes (service activation, provisioning, service assurance, and customer care), network functional and performance requirements, evaluation and analysis of suppliers for routing,...
Samuel GreenholtzPrincipal
Telecom Pragmatics
Sam Greenholtz is the Co-Founder and Principal of Telecom Pragmatics, Inc., a consulting and market research company specializing in the telecom market. He has expertise inc FTTx, optical networking, VoIP, ethernet and wireless technologies including WiMAX, 3G, CDMA and EV-DO. Prior to joining the consulting...
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Telscape Communications
Joseph Holop is the Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Telscape Communications, a competitive local exchange carrier employing 600. He is responsible for engineering, network, switching, field operations, IT development and IT infrastructure. Mr. Holop is a member of the executive...
Ian WoodPartner
Wireless Foundry
Ian Wood is the Founding Partner of Wireless Foundry, a telecom and IT consultancy founded in 1998. His clients include France Telecom/Orange, SonyEricsson, Vodafone, Openwave and Qualcomm. He was among the first employees of Motorola Cellular Communications in Europe, where he joined in 1985, and rose...
William "Bill" LaPerchPresident & CEO
AboveNet, Inc.
Bill LaPerch is the President and Chief Executive Officer of AboveNet. He has successfully guided AboveNet through Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and has extensive experience with SOX compliance issues. He has initiated a major strategic overhaul of the company that has allowed it to assume a leadership position...
Principal Expert and Strategist
China Telecommunications Corporation
Rogers Zhao is a principal expert and strategist at China Telecom R&D Center, a company specializing in research in broad band terminals, software, switchers and radio application. He has more than 10 years of experience in telecom operation and management. He is experienced in telecom equipment trends,...
Principal
WLG Consulting
William Gewirtz, Ph.D., is the Lead Partner of Communications and Networking at the Market Strategy Group, a management consultancy. He is also the Principal of WLG Consulting, a company providing consulting services to operating and investment entities in the enterprise networking and the telecom sector.
Previously,...
Nick Hamilton-PiercyIndependent Consultant
Nick Hamilton-Piercy
Nick Hamilton-Piercy is a recently retired Senior Technology Advisor at Rogers Communications Inc., a cellular wireless and cable provider/ MSO. He is responsible for advising the corporation on broadband and video related technology directions and programs. Previously, he was the Chief Technology Officer...
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1. The ability to do firmware changes in the field and to do software adaptations of port speeds or protocols has been around for a while – and Ciena has been a leader with this type of capability. 2. There is no question that as feature sets...
1. Several years ago, the proposed merger between Tellabs and Ciena made a lot of sense. 2. Now from Tellabs’ perspective, a potential marriage would appear even more favorable. 3. Private equity firms taking over...
1. It is hard to ignore the irony of a recent statement in USA Today made by Ciena’s CEO, Gary Smith. 2. He said, “Experience is not about having more answers. It's about asking the right questions." 3. AT&T...
The stakes will be high in suppliers vying for the business of AT&T. 2. The technologies span the network – from last mile access to high-capacity long haul at the largest RBOC. 3. Although Verizon has completed its major RFPs for now, there appears to be at least a couple out there...
1. Ciena’s international position is definitely looking up. 2. Throughout Europe, the supplier is working really hard to get additional market penetration. 3. While Asia has never really been a hot spot for Ciena,...
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