Council Members in this Study Group: 84
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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 a retired manager from Verizon and the Co Founder and Principal of Telecom Pragmatics, a consulting and research firm specializing in the telecommunications market. He has expertise in FTTx, optical networking, VoIP, Ethernet and wireless technologies including LTE, Wi-MAX, 3G, CDMA,...
Michael Horsch FizzSenior Advisor
FCI Inc. ![]()
Michael Horsch Fizz is a Senior Advisor at FCI, a company providing system integration and strategy consulting services. Mr. Fizz specializes in monitoring and predicting industry trends coupled with quantitative and qualitative reviews of technology vendors. Tech Sectors include unified computing,...
Hong JiangPresident and Chief Executive Officer
HJ Solutions, LLC ![]()
Hong Jiang, PhD, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of HJ Solutions, a technology consulting firm. Dr. Jiang is an expert on LTE, WiMax and China 3G. Dr. Jiang has over 10 years of experience in wireless technologies including LTE and WiMax. Previously, she was the Founder and Chief Technology...
William StueberSenior Partner
Telecom Partners Group LLP ![]()
William Stueber is Senior Partner at Telecom Partners Group LLP. He is a Consultant with over 26 years of experience in the telecom industry. Mr. Stueber is knowledgeable about the developments with AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Cingular, T-Mobile, Sprint, Metro PCS, Leap, Virgin Mobile, Motorola, Nokia,...
Andrew LipmanPartner & Chair, Telecom, Media & Technology
BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP ![]()
Andrew D. Lipman is Partner and Chair of the Telecommunications, Media and Technology Practice Group at Bingham McCutchen in Washington, DC. He specializes in communications law and related fields, including regulatory, transactional, litigation, legislative and land use. Mr. Lipman represents clients...
Tim FarrarPresident
Telecom, Media & Finance Assoc. ![]()
Tim Farrar is the President of Telecom, Media and Finance Associates Inc., a consulting company specializing in business planning and financial and technical analysis for satellite services. He has over 13 years of experience in global telecom consulting, specializing in analyzing the impact of technical...
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...
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NSN's HLR is not yet up to the task
November 5, 2009
T-Mobile US suffers another network outage | www.telecomseurope.net
T-Mobile US suffered a major network outage where a large number of subscribers could not send or receive voice or text messaging due to an outage in Nokia-Siemens' Home Location Register (HLR) as a result of an overload condition. This was the second incident that NSN has with their HLR that could...
IMS Backers Take Life Out of VoLGA
November 5, 2009
Operators Rally Round IMS for LTE Voice | www.unstrung.com
With the announced support of IMS-based voice and messaging over 4G/LTE by major mobile operators, T-Mobile International (now Deutsche Telekom) and other technology backers of VoLGA (a GSM-signaling over IP approach) are left with a key decision as whether to follow or remain isolated. Companies supporting...
Hardball 10/29/09: At Last, AT&T’s U-verse As We Know It Will Start Going Away
October 29, 2009
Samuel Greenholtz, Principal, Telecom Pragmatics
U-Verse Growth Is Slowing | www.lightreading.com
We expect dramatic cutbacks in U-verse CAPEX over the next two years. The service has pretty much been a bust. For AT&T, 3Q09 will probably “be identified as the quarter in which the U-verse star started to fade.”
Hardball 10/28/09: Chattanooga’s EPB Municipal Building Expensive Optic Network
October 28, 2009
Samuel Greenholtz, Principal, Telecom Pragmatics
EPB expands its fiber-optics services area | www.timesfreepress.com
EPB Fiber Optics has been working on its project for four years. It has put up with the usual delays for munis in fighting off lawsuits. EPB is going the Cadillac route with its network.
Hardball 10/27/09: Meaning of Verizon Wireless’ “Nationwide” LTE Network Unclear
October 27, 2009
Samuel Greenholtz, Principal, Telecom Pragmatics
Verizon-led investment group commits $1.3B to LTE development | www.fiercewireless.com
Verizon Wireless has said that it will have an LTE network throughout the US in late 2013 or early 2014. However, it has not clarified what that exactly means. Verizon appears to be aiming for 90 to 95% coverage.
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| TMT Council Members in Member Programs | 16313 |
| Wireless Services Experts | 493 |
| Telecommunications Council Members in Member Programs | 3443 |
| Wimax Experts (North America) | 123 |
| WiMAX Experts | 176 |
| Backhaul Experts | 181 |
| Council Members in North America who know Wireless Data Services Software | 125 |
Leading Experts in Spectrum Auction and Access Experts (North America) Study Group have not participated in any upcoming seminars.
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