Study Group: Smartphones Experts(?)
Council Members in this Study Group: 38
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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....
Director - Subscriber Equipment & Channel Support
TELUS Corporation
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,...
Hong JiangPresident and Chief Executive Officer
Montina, Inc.
Hong Jiang, Ph.D., is the President and CEO at Montina, a technology consulting firm. Dr. Jiang is an expert in the Chinese mobile industry. She has been closely following the Chinese operators’ reorganization efforts, 3G wireless developments including the domestic standard TD-SCDMA and wireless value-add...
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...
Lee BrickmanAdjunct Professor, Marketing
Centenary College
Lee Brickman is an Adjunct Professor, Telecommunications Marketing at Centenary College in New Jersey. He has over 24 years of experience in the wireless and wireline sector. He is experienced in marketing and product strategy, wireless carriers, regional carriers, long distance providers, "Baby Bells,"...
Principal
Farpoint Group
Craig Mathias is a Principal with Farpoint Group, an advisory firm specializing in wireless networking and mobile computing. Farpoint Group works with both manufacturers and end-users in technology assessment, strategy development, product specification and design, product marketing, and the integration...
Chief Operating Officer
Complete Cellular
Ira Horowitz is the President at I-Wireless Inc., a company providing cellular wholesale distribution and liquidation he is also COO of a firm that specializes in importing the latest GSM phones (appx 2500/month) for distribution to tier 3 carriers. He has over seven years of experience in product distribution,...
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| 3G Handsets Experts | 176 |
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GLG NewsSMAnalyses by this Study Group's Experts(?)
Windows has become a parody of itself. It is not an operating system, but rather an attempt to lock in customers and lock out competition. New alternatives, mostly notably LINUX-based, will replace it over time. The issue today, though, isn't the OS; rather, it's support for MS Office and legacy applications,...
While mobile voice can be considered “King” as it represents the majority of mobile traffic and revenues, the mobile industry’s growth engine is data. Rather than worrying about what is King (or Queen), the industry needs to concern itself with solutions that optimize the overall mobile experience...
Net Neutrality and its implications on the Internet and media consumption is a hot topic, and will be highlighted as network utilization increases.
Microsoft would love to better control its retail presence to lift its profile among consumers. Microsoft’s lack of retail experience, history of indirect sales, and the daunting economics of retail make a full-blown retail expansion effort risky.
Sprint has never hit full stride since its Nextel acquisition in 2005, and its new CEO is making several changes in an attempt to put the company back on track. The first few steps are on target but the company has a risky bet in WiMax and little margin for error with its operations.
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