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Study Group: Europe Cable Networks Experts (EU)

Council Members in this Study Group: 45

This study group may include experts knowledgeable on topics such as IT Services, consumer electronics, wireless devices, software, hardware, information technology, semiconductors, media, cable, satellite, internet, broadband, global positioning systems, advertising, online media, telecommunications, networking, wireless, and data storage, among others.

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Ian Wood, Partner, Wireless FoundryIan Wood

Partner
Wireless Foundry
What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

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...

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Kathrin Nothaft

Managing Director
TELEBiLD
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Kathrin Nothaft is the Owner and Managing Director of TELEBiLD, a German cable and pay TV consultancy and acting Managing Director of two family owned cable companies in Germany and Austria. She has over 15 years of experiencein the consultancy industry....

Mickey Kalifa, Chief Executive Officer, Arki Limited - TMT ConsultingMickey Kalifa

Chief Executive Officer
Arki Limited - TMT Consulting
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Mickey Kalifa is the CEO of Arki, a TMT Consulting firm. Previously, Mr. Kalifa was the Chief Executive Officer of Fanbanta, an online and interactive internet portal. Mr. Kalifa has over 18 years of experience in the media industry. He has founded new...

Mario Regorz, Principal and Consultant, MediamanagerMario Regorz

Principal and Consultant
Mediamanager
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Mario Regorz is an independent Principal Consultant in Media Management in Germany. He specializes in media profiling, branding, trend scouting, business development, and consulting for television, advertising and film brand management. He is experienced...

Denis Vergnaud

Co-Founder and Manager
Mediatvcom
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Denis Vergnaud co-founded and manages mediatvcom, a media technology consulting firm based in Paris. He is an experienced professional in media and telecom industry technologies. Starting at TPS, he led several interactive application projects, including...

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The rise of Microsoft's view on Mobile Web at Vodafone.T

September 27, 2009

Analysis by:Ian Wood, Partner,

Vodafone updates internet portal services with Vodafone 360 | www.telecompaper.com

The launch of Vodafone360 is the latest indicator of Peter Knook's influence on Vodafone since his joining from Microsoft 18 months ago.  Vodafone Internet Services are now trying to present a consumer face for Vodafone that sees it capable of utilising investment in 3G and 3.5G Mobile Broadband.The interesting element is that this will be the first two handsets in Europe that use the LiMo standard.  One from Samsung and one from Huawei.

Has anyone bid yet?

July 7, 2009

Analysis by:Ian Wood, Partner,

Orange and even O2 may bid against Vodafone for T-Mobile UK | www.rethink-wireless.com

Whilst the UK has two more mobile networks than it needs the big three all know that they would be helping it's closest rivals in removing the two small players. If T-Mobile were to be sold to a rival the actions of the Regulator are not know at this time but some action is expected.  The best case is that the new owner would be expected to return the 3G license and spectrum the worse is that both 2 & 3G spectrum is handed over. Has T-Mobile put the business up for sale?  The present book value for the business is some €3B following the write down at the start of the year.  Since that time T-Mobile has seen a decline in revenues in the UK and a loss of business caused by the fact that they have been working without a CEO or CMO and so have been following the German strategy.  This has further lowered the value of the business.

The Hard Part is Payments

July 15, 2008

Analysis by:Ian Wood, Partner,

Mobile Payment Transactions Will Grow, Research Shows | www.billingworld.com

Whilst the US has seen an explosion in Mobile Banking it is yet to see the users trust the service for Payments. Payments needs to address not just the Banked but the Unbanked, in Africa Vodafone and MTN have  established services that allow micropayments to be made to those that have no Bank Accounts.  The ability to make person-to-person payments is something that sees the service grow. Qualcomms Firethorn service whilst signing a number of contracts is yet to launch.  This service uses a Java Applet rather than SMS and Browser based technology to allow users to access multiple banks rather than a single bank.  This thus should enable a better uptake of Payments rather than Banking Services. The Stakeholders in the Mobile Banking world are moving towards a mobile wallet that uses NFC based technology to allow users to "wave and pay".

Still a long way to go

July 4, 2008

Analysis by:Ian Wood, Partner,

European 3G subscriptions seen topping 100 million | www.reuters.com

The market is still fragmented. In the big five we still see a wide spread of take up as consumers are yet to be won over. The mobile networks are still to discover a range of products that make the investment pay off. This talks about terminals rather than handsets and so a slowing of sales of phones is offset by a boom in USB Mobile Broadband Devices.

Too Little to Late

June 25, 2008

Analysis by:Ian Wood, Partner,

Motorola Impresses With 5-Megapixel Camera Phone | www.informationweek.com

This is something that they should have launched 12 months ago.  Failing that then we should have seen it in February at GSM World. The design is dated and the technology is out of date. This new handset is not going to have Networks placing orders outside of the US.  At best this gets a C for effort.

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