Study Group: Wireless Data Services Experts

Council Members in this Study Group: 93

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
The Cote Collaborative

Michael Cote is an Independent Telecommunications Consultant and Principal of the Cote Collaborative. 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...

Jacob Larsen

VP, Global Operations and Business Transformation
Alcatel-Lucent - CC

Jacob Larsen is the Vice President, Global Operations and Business Transformation at Alcatel-Lucent. He oversees the company's global real estate portfolio across all practice areas including sales, R&D, manufacturing, and logistics. Post-merger, he coordinated the consolidation of Alcatel's and Lucent's...

Hong Jiang

President 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...

Steve Ospalak

Senior Executive Consultant
Breen Management Group

Steve Ospalak is the Senior Executive Consultant of Breen Management Group, specializes in mobile device technology. He helps operators, mobile device OEM/ODMs, and technology companies with technology and device aggregation. Prior, Steve was the Director-Subscriber Equipment and Channel Support at...

Ian 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, androse...

Peter Jarich

Research Director
CURRENT ANALYSIS, INC.

Peter Jarich is a Research Director at Current Analysis, a market research company. He is responsible for managing the wireless infrastructure practice, and research on mobile infrastructure and mobile networking trends, and IP Multimedia Subsystem and carrier application infrastructure deployed by...

William "Bill" LaPerch

President & CEO
ABOVENET, INC.

Bill LaPerch is the President and Chief Executive Officer of AboveNet, Inc., a provider of fiber optical connectivity solutions for business and carriers. He has successfully guided AboveNet through Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and has extensive experience with SOX compliance issues. He has initiated a major...

Ahmad Beyranvand

Partner
Beyran Inc.

Ahmad Beyranvand is a Partner and Senior Telecom Consultant at Beyran Corporation, a company providing engineering and consulting services to the wireless and wired sector. He has over 20 years of industry experience and specializes in the design, development and management of wired and wireless network...

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Increased competition, mobile internet boom lead to German contraction

October 13, 2009

Analysis by:Tarik Fawzi, Chief Executive Officer, Aeneas Strategy

Analysis of: German mobile services market contracts 3.3% in Q2 | www.telecompaper.com

Increased penetration in the German market is mostly caused by MVNOs on the E-Plus network. These are price-fighters which lead to lower average prices in the market and is hurting the big MNO margins.The growth in mobile internet traffic is not leading to big increases in data ARPUs for MNOs. Flat-fee...

Still early days for LTE

October 1, 2009

Analysis by:Tarik Fawzi, Chief Executive Officer, Aeneas Strategy

Analysis of: Telefonica picks 6 equipment providers for LTE trials | www.telecompaper.com

Telefonica and other operators are setting up trials with LTE. As 3G revenues for operators are still staying behind 9 years after 3G-license acquiring, operators will not speeden up LTE commercial roll out. Telefonica is smartly inviting the big-six infra suppliers to participate in the LTE trials...

The rise of Microsoft's view on Mobile Web at Vodafone.T

September 27, 2009

Analysis by:Ian Wood, Partner, Wireless Foundry

Analysis of: Vodafone updates internet portal services with Vodafone 360 | www.telecompaper.com

The launch of Vodafone360 is the latest indicator of Peter Knook's influence on Vodafone since his joining from Microsoft 18 months ago. Vodafone Internet Services are now trying to present a consumer face for Vodafone that sees it capable of utilising investment in 3G and 3.5G Mobile Broadband.The...

Netbooks Promise a Sea Change in the PC Industry

August 28, 2009

Analysis by:Jon Adams, Director, Business Development, FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.

Analysis of: Acer Q2 results show risks of cheap netbooks | www.reuters.com

The age of high-powered, application-generic desktop and notebook PCs is giving way to smaller, lighter, more targeted netbooks that satisfy most consumers' needs.

Nortel Optical Sweepstakes

August 14, 2009

Analysis by:Ronald Gruia, Program Leader-Emerging Communications Solutions &, FROST & SULLIVAN, INC

Analysis of: Is Ericsson the Hope for Nortel's MEN? | www.lightreading.com

As Nortel disposes of its business units, gaining market share via acquisition will be an way for vendors in the optical space to give the top two players (Huawei and Alcatel-Lucent) ar run for the money. This article examines the potential suitors for the Nortel MEN unit and their likelihood to bid...

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