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Study Group: Wireless Data Services Experts(?)

Council Members in this Study Group: 87

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....

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,...

Hong Jiang, President and Chief Executive Officer, Montina, Inc.Hong Jiang
President 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...

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....

Sheldon Meredith, Senior Director National Radio Network Strategy, AT&T MobilitySheldon Meredith
Senior Director National Radio Network Strategy
AT&T Mobility

Sheldon Meredith is the Senior Director of National Radio Network Strategy and Development at AT&T Mobility, formerly Cingular Wireless, a company providing mobile voice and data communication services. He has over 23 years experience in mobile communications product R&D; telecom manufacturing, deployment...

Christopher Burke, Chief Technology Officer, VODAFONE GROUP PLCChristopher Burke
FormerChief 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...

Mark Oskowsky
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...

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GLG NewsSMAnalyses by this Study Group's Experts(?)

Opinions and analyses expressed in GLG News are solely those of the author. See the Terms of Use for details.
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...

Too Little to Late | 06-25-2008
Analysis of: Motorola Impresses With 5-Megapixel Camera Phone | www.informationweek.com
Author: Ian Wood, Partner, Wireless Foundry

This is something that they should have launched 12 months ago.  Failing that then we should have seen it in February at GSM World. The design is dated and the technology is out of date. This new handset is not going to have Networks placing orders outside of the US.  At best this gets a C...

Is Business a core segment to Nokia? | 06-19-2008
Analysis of: Nokia unveils new business phones | news.yahoo.com
Author: Ian Wood, Partner, Wireless Foundry

With ever more of the business done by Nokia in the Emerging Markets just how important is a handset with such a rich feature set? The Blackberry like E71 whilst attractive suffers from a limited number of Enterprise Applications. How does these handsets fit into the OVI service?

Vodafone under the command of Colao can only be good news | 06-18-2008
Analysis of: Sarin Legacy Isn't All Aces | online.wsj.com
Author: Ian Wood, Partner, Wireless Foundry

When Colao left McKinsey to help run Omnitel as the COO he showed that he was more that a "Strategy Man" working alongside Francesco Ciao he showed that he was someone vary capable at Operational matters.  With Cioa gone, he steppped up to the CEO role and integrated the Omnitel into Vodafone....

What Qualcomm is doing is building a Services Business | 06-16-2008
Author: Ian Wood, Partner, Wireless Foundry

Looking at the services businesses of Qualcomm and what you see is the development of a number of verticals.  One of which is BREW; the others are Location, Advertising, Payments, Video.  These services are aimed at helping to create Federations for particular services.  Having created...

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