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Study Group: Telephone Service Experts (Non-VoIP)(?)

Council Members in this Study Group: 20

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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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...

William "Bill" LaPerch, President & CEO, AboveNet, Inc.William "Bill" LaPerch
President & CEO
AboveNet, Inc.

Bill LaPerch is the President and Chief Executive Officer of AboveNet. He has successfully guided AboveNet through Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and has extensive experience with SOX compliance issues. He has initiated a major strategic overhaul of the company that has allowed it to assume a leadership position...

William Gewirtz
Principal
WLG Consulting

William Gewirtz, Ph.D., is the Lead Partner of Communications and Networking at the Market Strategy Group, a management consultancy. He is also the Principal of WLG Consulting, a company providing consulting services to operating and investment entities in the enterprise networking and the telecom sector.

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Jon Sullberg, Consultant, JON SULLBERGJon Sullberg
Consultant
JON SULLBERG

Jon Sullberg was the Vice President of Sales at Level 3 Communications, a company providing systems integration services. He was responsible for leading a team of senior sales executives and selling wholesale VoIP and IP transit services to emerging local exchange carriers, ISP's, prepaid calling card,...

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AT&T Desperately Needs to Keep its CAPEX Up | 07-17-2008
Analysis of: AT&T’s U-verse services hit Miami Valley | www.cedmagazine.com
Author: Samuel Greenholtz, Principal, Telecom Pragmatics

1.      AT&T understands that it cannot afford to let its CAPEX slide very much.   2.      It does not have the luxury of being able to delay a major project six months to a year.   3.      If it does cut back in...

Who Ever Said There was a Strong Consumer Market for Push-To-Talk? | 07-17-2008
Author: Samuel Greenholtz, Principal, Telecom Pragmatics

1.      Why is the leap made in the source article that moving push-to-talk to CDMA means that Sprint is going after the consumer space in a big way for this service? 2.      And even if that assumption was  correct, why is there no questioning...

Sweet Spot for Ethernet over Copper is Around 10 Megabits | 07-15-2008
Analysis of: ADVA Does Ethernet Over Copper | www.lightreading.com
Author: Samuel Greenholtz, Principal, Telecom Pragmatics

1.      Most Ethernet over Copper (EoC) customers appear to be deploying somewhere between 2 to 45 megabits. 2.      About 70 percent of Ethernet over fiber service is at 10 megabits. 3.      EoC suppliers are increasingly mentioning...

Ethernet over Copper Fits in Well with XO’s Financial Model | 07-15-2008
Analysis of: XO to Extend Ethernet From 9,000 to 12,000 Feet | www.xchangemag.com
Author: Samuel Greenholtz, Principal, Telecom Pragmatics

1.      XO Communications started with 10-meg Ethernet across its entire network.   2.      In the past, the carrier just leased UNE-Ls in order to provide the service over fiber. 3.      In shifting to EoC, XO’s up-sell...

How Hatteras Sees Itself as Differentiated from Adtran, Actelis, Zhone, Etc. | 07-15-2008
Author: Samuel Greenholtz, Principal, Telecom Pragmatics

1.      In addition to some advantages mentioned in earlier analyses, Hatteras claims that it has substantially differentiated itself from the competition in the Ethernet over Copper (EoC) market. 2.      Hatteras criticizes Adtran’s solution for just...

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