Study Group: Handset Evaluators(?)
Council Members in this Study Group: 99
Request a survey with this Study Group
Leading Experts in this Study Group
 |
What is a GLG Leader? |
Michael CotePresident
Independent Consultant (Michael Cote)
Michael Cote is an Independent Telecommunications Consultant. He specializes in enterprise mobility, sales and distribution strategy, online strategy, smart phones, and customer care and billing. Mr. Cote has over 15 years of sales, marketing, and operational experience in the telecommunications industry....
VP of ASIC and Design Solutions
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
Hussein Fawaz is VP of ASIC and Design Solutions (ADS) at Infineon Technologies A.G. in Munich, Germany. Since July of 2003, he has managed a team of 200 engineers, business development and operations staff...
Director - Subscriber Equipment & Channel Support
TELUS
Steve Ospalak is the Director of Subscriber Equipment and Channel Support in the Products and Services Division of Telus Mobility, a wireless CDMA (3G- 1X) and iDEN network service provider. He is experienced in subscriber equipment devices (voice and data), product acquisition and development, specifications,...
Director of Mobile Devices, Hardware Architecture
Motorola, Inc - CC
Tim Forrester is employed as Director of Mobile Devices, Hardware Architecture at Motorola Inc. He is responsible for the design of next generation mobile communication technologies and related components to support new features. He has technical relationships with many leading edge companies including...
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...
Strategic Sourcing Manager
Bristow Group, Inc.
Ron Solanki is the Chief Executive Officer and the President of Solanki Group Inc., a management consultancy to major US, Asian and European Electronics Corporations in the areas of business strategy, portfolio management, business development, manufacturing, and supply chain management. He also serves...
Christopher BurkeFormerChief Technology Officer
VODAFONE GROUP PLC
Chris Burke was the Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Officer at Vodafone Ltd UK, a wireless carrier. He was responsible for managing technology and telecom product architecture, design, development, deployment, support and operations in the UK. He has over 22 years experience in telecomm...
Principal
Wireless Tech
Mark Oskowsky has formed his own hi-tech development consulting firm exclusively focused on wireless technology after spending over 25 years in various engineering and management positions at cellular, satellite, semiconductor and wireless telecommunication companies...
Related Study Groups
| Study Group Name | Members |
|---|---|
| Handset Evaluators (North America) | 56 |
| TMT Council Members in Member Programs | 11147 |
| Mobile Phone Handset Experts | 269 |
| Wireless Services Experts | 428 |
| 3G Handsets Experts | 180 |
| Telecommunications Council Members in Member Programs | 2428 |
| Mobile Handset Retailers | 118 |
GLG NewsSMAnalyses by this Study Group's Experts(?)
AT&T first terminating DirecTV and now Dish might not be intended to drop satellite-television from bundled marketing, but instead to adopt mutual-selling roles in the relationship.
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...
Verizon Wireless’s announced agreement with Brightpoint to support handsets for indirect retail channels appears to be an attempt to separate company-owned direct distribution.
Virgin Mobile USA’s acquisition of Helio is favorable for platform efficiencies, handset inventories and cash infusion, but the saturated teen market trends are questionable for retention and growth.
The strong initial sales of the $130 Samsung Instinct indicate that Sprint Nextel can thwart churn with handset upgrades and that there could be a price war of smartphones and unlimited data.
GLG InstituteSM
Seminars with this Study Group's Leaders(?)
Most Common Company Types:
- Wireless Carrier
- Individual/Small Consultancy
- Handset Manufacturer
- Handset Distributor
- Mobile Application Software
- Networking Equipment Manufacturer
- Original Equipment Manufacturer
- Reseller
Most Common Job Types:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Director
- Principal
- Consultant
- Product Development Manager
- Product Development Director
- President
- Managing Director
- Owner
- Chief Operating Officer
- Business Development Manager
GLG's 750+ Clients Include:
global mutual funds
global banks
private equity firms