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Study Group: Telecommunications Council Members in Member Programs(?)

Council Members in this Study Group: 2428

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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Michael Cote, President, Independent Consultant (Michael Cote)Michael Cote
President
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....

Stephen Sutkowski
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 Greenholtz, Principal, Telecom PragmaticsSamuel Greenholtz
Principal
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...

Steve Ospalak
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,...

Ian Wood, Partner, Wireless FoundryIan Wood
Partner
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...

Jacob Larsen, VP Merger Integration, Carrier Business Group, Alcatel - Lucent - CCJacob Larsen
VP Merger Integration, Carrier Business Group
Alcatel - Lucent - CC

Jacob Larsen is the Vice President Merger Integration for the Carrier Business Group at Alcatel-Lucent. He oversees the consolidation of Alcatel’s and Lucent’s activities in broadband access, optical networking, carrier routing, wireless networking (CDMA, GSM, 3G UMTS, WiMax, and LTE) and NG networking....

Tim Farrar, President, Telecom, Media & Finance Assoc.Tim Farrar
President
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...

William Stueber, Independent Consultant, Bill Stueber William Stueber
Independent Consultant
Bill Stueber

William Stueber is an Independent Consultant. He is a former Chief Executive Officer in the telecommunications industry with over 25 years of experience. He is knowledgeable in the wireless industry including wireless carrier distribution, marketing, prepaid, postpaid, wholesale, retail, MVNO, MVNE,...

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AT&T Revamping the Satellite TV Sales Relationship | 07-04-2008
Analysis of: DISH says AT&T to end partnership at year-end | news.moneycentral.msn.com
Author: Gregg Kail, MBA, Former Reseller Manager, AT&T Corp

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.

Still a long way to go | 07-04-2008
Author: Ian Wood, Partner, Wireless Foundry

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...

A very good question - Why Choose WiMax? | 07-03-2008
Analysis of: Will WiMax impact your business this year? | www.infoworld.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

The pool of potential customers likely to choose Clearwire’s WiMax network will likely be severely limited by the availability of alternative broadband wireless services that already offer wide coverage, as well as the characteristics of many of their demands and expectations which WiMax-based services...

Verizon and Brightpoint Transforming Handset Distribution | 07-03-2008
Author: Gregg Kail, MBA, Former Reseller Manager, AT&T Corp

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 and the Saturated Teen Market | 07-03-2008
Analysis of: Teen Market May Be Running Out of Gas | www.wirelessweek.com
Author: Gregg Kail, MBA, Former Reseller Manager, AT&T Corp

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.

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