Altman Vilandrie & Company To Moderate New Panel On Mobile Broadband Business Strategies at WiMAX World USA.Panel to Explore Business Model Issues Surrounding Establishment of WiMAX As Alternative To Traditional Wireless Broadband High-speed wireless transmission of data. What is "high" speed is always a changing number. Wireless systems are typically slower than land-based, wireline networks. In the past, wireless broadband started at 250 Kbps, whereas land-based broadband was generally considered to start at T1 Services BOSTON -- Altman Vilandrie & Company (AV&Co.), one of the only pure play strategy consulting firms Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a focused exclusively on the communications, media/entertainment and related technology and investor sectors, today announced that Ed Vilandrie, Director, will moderate a new panel titled "Mobile Broadband Description Mobile Broadband is a type of wireless internet access that differs from Wi-Fi. Mobile Broadband is the name used to describe the 3G services which are made possible by HSDPA and HSUPA, the latest technologies on the W-CDMA evolutionary path. Business Strategies" at the fourth annual WiMAX World USA Conference, to be held from Sept. 25-27 in Chicago. Panelists include Tom Flak, Senior Vice President, Operations, SOMA Networks; Brian Pawlus, Director, Product Marketing, Oracle Corporation; Kenneth Young, CMO CMO See: Collateralized mortgage obligation CMO See collateralized mortgage obligation (CMO). , LCC (Leadless Chip Carrier, Leaded Chip Carrier) See leadless chip carrier, CLCC and PLCC. 1. LCC - Language for Conversational Computing. Written at CMU in the 1960's. International; Daniel Cho, Chief Strategy Officer, POSDATA, and Dan Stroberg, Vice President Sales and Distribution, Xohm, a Sprint Nextel Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. With 55 million subscribers, Sprint Nextel operates the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States (based on total wireless customers), behind Business Unit. "While the market is primed for WiMAX-enabled consumer electronics devices, the business models surrounding WiMAX are complex and vary, based on whether the company is a start-up, incumbent carrier See ILEC. , or existing wireless operator," said Ed Vilandrie of AV&Co. "Telecom, media, and high tech executives are grappling with decisions about WiMAX technology, marketing, distribution and pricing. An open discussion and debate among our panelists, all of whom are engaged in WiMAX, should provide valuable insight for those considering this emerging technology." The Mobile Broadband Business Strategies panelists will discuss issues including how providers can establish WiMAX as an alternative the "traditional" wireless broadband services offered by 3G operators. They will also discuss ideas for how WiMAX can stimulate growth in the mobile broadband market and whether WiMAX should be viewed as a complementary or sole solution. WiMAX World USA is the largest event in the world on wireless and mobile broadband with a focus on WiMAX. More than 4,500 people are expected at the event. Additional information on the Mobile Business Broadband Strategies panel, scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 26, can be found at http://usa.wimaxworld.com/program/. About Altman Vilandrie & Company Altman Vilandrie & Company is one of the only pure play strategy consulting groups in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. that focuses exclusively on the communications, media and related technology and investor sectors. The company's consultants are experienced in strategy, marketing, finance, M&A, technology, regulatory and operations disciplines. Based in Boston, AV&Co. enables clients to seize new opportunities, improve business performance, and increase shareholder value within complex and converging industries. Ninety percent of the boutique firm's operator clients are large- to mid-cap companies including service providers, content creators See content provider. and aggregators, and equipment and software developers. AV&Co.'s financial clients include many of the largest and most prominent investors in the communications, media and related technology markets. Additional information about the firm can be found at www.altvil.com. |
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