There is a tradeoff between functionality and privacy - the more personal information is shared the better services companies can provide and the greater the risk of invading a consumer's privacy. In the Web2.0 era, there are business and personal benefits to sharing information with the right people, the right cloud services, and the right tools. This invitation-only, executive luncheon, we will discuss how more than "privacy," responsible management is the goal; and what exactly is the "right amount" of personal information for our service providers to have.
Our Investor Forum and Service Provider Forum review 5-8 startups, with each presenter allotted 30 minutes to address the audience. Dialogue before and after presentations, during breaks, and over lunch ensures that participants have the opportunity to connect.
The "Mobile commerce" category has historically lumped together disparate services, from mobile banking apps to remittances to NFC. While all of these are interesting, they are mostly services that have been ported to phones. Even NFC solutions that are embedded or stuck onto a phone don't really differentiate much from a classic credit card. NO, what really makes a mobile commerce solution interesting is the use of network that is available to add value to the transaction in some way. In this Mobile Forum meeting, we'll talk about M-commerce as it relates to connected commerce solutions - those that leverage the mobile network and combines where you are in the real world with your identity and services in the cloud.
Vancouver Convention Centre,
Vancouver,
British Columbia,
Canada
The Service Provider Forum returns to Vancouver in May for a half-day, rapid-fire look at 8-10 up-and-coming wireless, telecom and media startups from Canada along with our Investor Forum members and key Canadian investors. This meeting will be integrated into Vancouver Interactive Digital Week which is open to our members as well.
The consumer video conferencing market is up for grabs. Carriers, vendors, and software companies across the ecosystem have started to think and plan for how video conferencing plays out the consumer market. Join us as Council members discuss the questions around consumer-grade video conference in an interactive format with excellent networking opportunities which are the hallmark of the Telecom Council. Speaker, sponsor, and rapid fire demo opportunities still available - email council@telecomcouncil.com.
Venture capital investors who focus on the telecom industry and their strategic investment counterparts within telecom will give their insight and thoughts into the changes in venture investing, how these affect startups, and the investment outlook for a few segments within telecom - including mobile, fixed, infrastructure and services.
Most Executives across the Telecom industry have asked "So, what about Google?" in the past 5 years, and many more than once. For better or worse, Google is an extremely important player in our markets, and highly secretive. This meeting is not a presentation by Google, but a round-table, executive-level discussion across topics including the Nexus One, Android, Google Voice, mobile apps, LBS, advertising, the economics of "free", and maybe even search.
Telecom Council Debrief Meetings are intimate, interactive, roundtable discussions limited in size and packed with news, ideas, and opinions from the show by our analyst, Derek Kerton, and Telecom Council members who attended the show. This debrief covers CTIA's Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2010 conference in Las Vegas.
There are 3 25-person sessions for this debrief- including an experimental, interactive virtual session from 8:30-10 in the morning.
ABBYY USA Software House, Inc.,
Milpitas,
California,
USA
Our Investor Forum and Service Provider Forum review 5-7 startups, with each presenter allotted 30 minutes to address the audience. Dialogue before and after presentations, during breaks, and over lunch ensures that participants have the opportunity to connect.
With no fewer than 50 App stores launching in the past 12 months, app stores were a big story in 2009. But a closer look shows problems with the generic app store model - developer dissatisfaction, hyper-competition, shrinking margins, fragmentation, and the all-important issue of discovery. Join wireless operators, key software companies and developers, and app stores themselves as our Mobile Forum discusses the questions around app stores and app discovery in an interactive format with excellent networking opportunities which are the hallmark of the Telecom Council.
Speaker, sponsor, and rapid fire demo opportunities still available - email sarah@telecomcouncil.com.
Qualcomm Santa Clara,
Santa Clara,
California,
USA
Snapdragon is Qualcomm's high end mobile chipset platform, and in many ways is representative of the future of mobile computing. Tightly integrated processing, baseband, and communications functions provide a high level of functionality, multiple communications options, and minimal power consumption. Based on such modern processors, new types of mobile devices can emerge and new functionalities can added to existing smart devices. In this talk, we'll look at Qualcomm's vision for Snapdragon, the need for high-end mobile processors, and market for new computing form factors.
An award ceremony to recognize the best telecom startups who came through the Council last year. Award categories include innovation, creativity, emergent entrepreneurship and competitive excellence. Join us to connect with the service providers as they acknowledge the hard work and success of so many telecom entrepreneurs.
Telecom Council Debrief Meetings are intimate, interactive, roundtable discussions limited in size and packed with news, ideas, and opinions from the show by our analyst, Derek Kerton, and Telecom Council members who attended the show. This debrief covers the GSM's 2010 Mobile World Congress.
We have opened 3 sessions for this debrief- morning, lunch and afternoon, and each will include some show-and-tell of new and interesting products as well.
Telecom Council members who are going to Barcelona for MWC are invited to join their Telecom Council colleagues, their EU counterparts, and Openwave for an informal evening networking reception on Monday, February 15, from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Take a few minutes to discuss the show over cocktails and light snacks.
This registration is for Telecom Council members only.
Whether your telecom startup has a booth at one of the largest tradeshows, has a speaking slot, or whether you simply have a few people walking the tradeshow floor, there are things you and your company can do to maximize the return on your investment in tradeshow marketing. We will bring in a few experts who know the different parts of marketing to give you a refresher course on guerrilla marketing tactics that may fit your product and your budget.
Bring out your mobile Crystal Ball. Our annual Prediction event gathers some very well-informed people to forecast developments for the next year, to have fun, and to provide executive networking. But the most fun is taking a look at last year's Predictions Survey winners. We've got everyone's 2009 survey forms in hand, and will call out the most accurate and most humorous responses.
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (USA) Inc.,
Redwood City,
California,
USA
3 20-person sessions for this discussion of 2010 CES tradeshow. What did you see that was inspiring? What did you see that you enjoyed the most? What did you learn by attending? What were the overarching trends? Each of us has basically one perspective on the show, but it's too easy to miss one of the big trends. We think that more diverse perspectives add to our overall understanding, and less slips through the cracks. We'll lead a group discussion that teases out the key trends and take-aways for telecom.
At just over two years old, the Council is approaching 60 corporate members - a virtual who's who of Silicon Valley telecom players. This informal networking gathering welcomes all stakeholders (member or not) in our regional telecom sector. There are no speakers, and the only item on the agenda is connecting with each other and building stronger relationships across the industry. We'll bring the festive food - you bring the insight and opinions for which Telecom Council meetings are increasingly known, and don't forget plenty of business cards.
Mobile Health is an increasingly hot topic - driven by better devices, better networks, and a national imperative to curb healthcare costs. Improved short-range protocols, sensors, lower power consumption, and mobile gateways, affordable solutions are within reach of entrepreneurs at a time when health costs are getting national attention. Meanwhile, insurance companies are spending money to lower the costs of care, and the mobile industry is eager to stake its role in this emerging ecosystem.
Our Investor Forum and Service Provider Forum review 5-7 startups, with each presenter allotted 30 minutes to address the audience. Dialogue before and after presentations, during breaks, and over lunch ensures that participants have the opportunity to connect.
The booming consumer markets of India and China offer untold opportunity for the right investors. But it seems that in the West, we are blinded by short-sightedness, and only try to shoehorn Western solutions into the Indian market. This meeting is intended to help the local community gain perspective on the unique nature of these markets. We'll discuss the types of devices they use, the apps that make sense, how bills are paid and mobile commerce, and what opportunities and threats are introduced by the growth of these Asian tigers.
Executives from the Telecom Council member companies gather every few months over lunch to discuss the needs, technologies, and trends that are affecting their businesses. Our Executive Forum meetings gather up to 40 senior-level people from across the telecom ecosystem for highly interactive discussion.
Cloud computing is a very important trend, and there is no doubt about its increasing role in the future. In this meeting, Telecom Council members will explore building clouds and turning cloud computing into strategic businesses from the network operators' perspective. Make no mistake: we think that Cloud Apps are important, cool, and interesting, but the topic of 'Cloud' needs to be discussed across the board, and the Telecom Council is the perfect forum to focus on the companies that build the cloud, not just those apps that ride on it.
RCR Wireless News and Telecom Council present RCR Local, a series of networking events around the country with RCR Wireless which gathers large groups of telecom and technology people over cocktails for a look at a specific telecom or technology theme, to Silicon Valley for an evening of work and play on Nov 5 from 5:30 - 8:00. Sprint will give a few insights into the local WiMax test network and what 4G means for convergence. Join the excitement around this trial network for developers with food, drink, plenty of good conversation, and a chance to win one of the prize giveaways from Sprint.
The stimulus program is currently underway and rather underwhelming as it would apply to telecom companies. However, we see a real focus on "innovation at the edge." Our speaker, Mr. William B. Wilhelm, Jr from Bingham McCutchen LLP, will talk about how both edge and cloud based services will be impacted by the FCC's new policies -from the FCC's inquiry into the Google Voice application for the iPhone to the FCC's inquiry into wireless innovation and investment and mobile wireless competition.
Join the entrepreneurs from the Telecom Council's Entrepreneur Forum to discuss the needs, technologies, trends, and policies that are affecting their businesses.
Wireless industry progress is often judged by the latest handsets. Join The Telecom Council of Silicon Valley for its annual update on the handset market - from new terminals and form factors to new features and functions. Speakers hail from the innovation and new venture departments of major handset vendors and there is plenty of show-and-tell of new features from entrepreneurs in this segment.
20 people to participate in this interactive roundtable discussion, over lunch, to go over the new products, services, and ideas that popped up at CTIA.
Our Investor Forum and Service Provider Forum review 5-7 startups, with each presenter allotted 30 minutes to address the audience. Dialogue before and after presentations, during breaks, and over lunch ensures that participants have the opportunity to connect.
Qualcomm Santa Clara,
Santa Clara,
California,
USA
Get an inside look at Qualcomm's software strategy from many senior people on Qualcomm's software side - and get details on the software that will power the next generation of Smart handsets and Smartbooks. Inside this wireless chip-making powerhouse, Qualcomm is producing a wealth of software innovations to advance the always-connected mobile world. Come learn Qualcomm's take on the fast-paced OS platform wars, contextual user interfaces, and the evolution of the Internet to mobile. The event is free to Software Engineers, Product Managers, and all who are planning and developing the next generation of Internet & Wireless products and services.
Join us for TC3 2009: Telecom Council Carrier Connections- a summit designed to help you get up to speed on what the carriers are thinking, what they are looking for, and how they want to work with you. Whether you like it or not, operators - fixed and wireless - are at the center of the telecom ecosystem. If you are in telecom, then you need to be at TC3. Join your telecom colleagues from AT&T, BT, Clearwire, China Mobile, Docomo, NTT, Sprint, Swisscom, Telus, Verizon, Vodafone among many others, by registering at the link below.
The Telecom Council's Service Provider members gather to review 4 new telecom startups.
After the meeting, SPIFfers are invited to bring their families and spend a few hours socializing among friends, colleagues, and their families. There will be food, bocce ball, and non-alcoholic beverages for all.
One of the biggest ongoing challenges for telecom entrepreneurs is navigating the shifting, complex ecosystem. With no single model for success, our entrepreneurs have to make and remake strategic decisions to refine their business model and keep pace with change. Set your dial to Chris Shipley, co-founder of Guidewire Group and Executive Producer of the DEMO Conference, as she talks us through managing marketplaces and ecosystems in the telecom environment. Chris, who is known for guiding technology entrepreneurs, will lead this lunch discussion to discover whether you need to create your own platforms, APIs, and channels or whether you should be partnering to get scale and penetration.
Mobile Entertainment (ME), a "promising" market for years, has traditionally failed to deliver. Yet at this juncture, it seems to finally have the foundation needed to truly advance: Powerful handsets, better UI, faster networks with more capacity, and the related growth of online web media all create the perfect storm for mobile delivery of media. Certain devices and consumer segments have already demonstrated a nascent demand for entertainment devices, applications, and content.
In the Telecom Council's ME meeting, we will look at the future of ME, examine the likely business models, and discuss the ever-relevant issues of open, ownership, dumb pipes, and control.
Our Investor Forum and Service Provider Forum review 6-8 startups, with each presenter allotted 20 minutes to address the audience. Dialogue before and after presentations, during breaks, and over lunch ensures that participants have the opportunity to connect.
It's a known fact that the Korean market is advanced in ICT - Internet, Communications, and Technology. KOTRA, the Korea Trade office in Silicon Valley invites you to learn about the Korean market, the opportunities, and also to meet some of the most interesting companies out of Korea. We will have a briefing of the Korean market, a contrast to the US market, a look at major trends, and a discussion on how agents in the two countries can collaborate.
This meeting, managed by the Telecom Council, will include some 75 ICT managers from the US and Korea interested in global business opportunities.
The PC, the TV, the Internet and the home are converging in a very real way. Real products launched into the market don't just blur the lines between TV and PC, but in fact make it increasingly clear that any screen is just a screen, and the content will come from both broadcast, unicast, and from within the home. Everyone wants to take a piece of this pie - from carriers to consumer electronics companies to application providers. This meeting will dive into the products, the ideas, the complicated web of service providers, and the great things we'll see in the home of the future...a future which isn't that far away.
After almost 20 years of wireless networks, the same basic architecture still rules - towers erected at the center of (hopefully) overlapping cells. Following progress in Asia with picocells, repeaters, and "Do-it-Yourself cellular," the whole world is teetering on the edge of radical changes in the way our networks are designed. This interactive meeting will include participants from major infrastructure vendors, startups, and carriers alike - with plenty of dialogue on core network changes, backhaul, femto, pico and microcells, 4G, and hybrid networks.
Discussion of the 2009 CTIA WIRELESS Tradeshow in Las Vegas. What did you see that was inspiring? What did you see that you enjoyed the most? What did you learn by attending? What were the overarching trends? Each of us has basically one perspective on the show, but it's too easy to miss one of the big trends. We think that more diverse perspectives add to our overall understanding, and less slips through the cracks. We'll lead a group discussion that teases out the key trends and take-aways from the show.
Samsung Campus - Palace Conference Room,
San Jose,
CA,
USA
Our Investor Forum gathers our Investor, Carrier, and Vendor members to review innovations and startups on a quarterly basis. 6-8 startups present throughout the morning and we have the TIA (Telecom Industry Association) presenting over lunch with a review of the new telecom policy environment in DC and their recent Economic Market Review and Forecast. Dialogue before and after presentations, during breaks, and over lunch ensures that participants have the opportunity to connect.
Members of the Telecom Council's Executive Forum are invited to a private meeting with Qualcomm executives, including COO Len Lauer, VP Global Marketing Dan Novak, Omar Javaid VP Global Development, Qualcomm Ventures VP Nagraj Kashyap, GM MediaFlo Neville Meijers, and VP Engineering Nayeem Islam. Qualcomm will be sharing information that you won't see in the press releases using an interactive interview format followed by product demos and plenty of networking. As always, we keep our Executive Forum meetings intimate, interactive, and free to our members. If you aren't a member of the Executive Forum, and would like to request an invitation, please drop us an email.
The Obama team set improved broadband access and Net Neutrality as priorities on the campaign trail. Since taking office, roughly $6 billion in funds have been set aside for broadband in the stimulus package now under debate in Congress, with wireline, unlicensed wireless broadband (WISPs), and high speed data service by the carriers all eligible. Our Executive Forum members and their guests are invited to listen to interact with our subject experts over lunch.
An award ceremony to recognize the best telecom startups from 2008. Award categories include innovation, creativity, emergent entrepreneurship and competitive excellence. Join us to acknowledge the success of these great entrepreneurs, and of course to network with one another.
Member-generated discussion of 2009 GSM Mobile World Congress convention in Barcelona. Members share their observations, opinions, and insights, from what they saw - and what they didn't see.
Mobile advertising now finds itself over the peak of the hype cycle and increasingly relevant as it works its way into many different types of content, from banners, text trailers, mobile video, LBS, and recently even into voice. With the downgrading of banners, the future advertising successes will increasingly depend on context, and a mobile phone is a great device for surmising the "presence" state of users. Mobile Advertising isn't a pot of gold, but it will be a revenue stream that subsidizes content and mobile telecom services. Join your colleagues from across the mobile advertising value chain to discuss how to do mobile advertising right and to see if you can make money in this segment yet.
Bring out your mobile Crystal Ball. Our annual Prediction event gathers some very well-informed people to forecast developments for the next year, to have fun, and to provide exclusive executive networking. But the most fun is taking a look at last year's Predictions Survey winners. We've got everyone's 2008 survey forms in hand, and will call out the most accurate and most humorous responses.
Hyatt Regency Vancouver,
Vancouver,
British Columbia,
Canada
The Service Provider Forum and the Investor Forum return to Vancouver in January for a 1/2 day, rapid-fire look at 10 up-and-coming wireless startups from the Pacific Northwest. This meeting is sponsored by WINBC, who invite you free of charge, and who traditionally do a good job of screening and preparing the startups.
Discussion of 2009 CES tradeshow. What did you see that was inspiring? What did you see that you enjoyed the most? What did you learn by attending? What were the overarching trends? Each of us has basically one perspective on the show, but it's too easy to miss one of the big trends. We think that more diverse perspectives add to our overall understanding, and less slips through the cracks. We'll lead a group discussion that teases out the key trends and take-aways for telecom.
At just over a year old, the Council is approaching 50 corporate members - a virtual who's who of Silicon Valley telecom players. This informal networking gathering welcomes all stakeholders (member or not) in our regional telecom sector. There are no speakers, and the only item on the agenda is connecting with each other and building stronger relationships across the industry. We'll bring the festive food - you bring the insight and opinions for which Telecom Council meetings are increasingly known, and don't forget plenty of business cards.
Our Investor Forum and Service Provider Forum review 6-8 startups, with each presenter allotted 20 minutes to address the audience. Dialogue before and after presentations, during breaks, and over lunch ensures that participants have the opportunity to connect.
Members of the Council's Executive Forum gather several times each year to discuss topics and trends that will affect the telecom industry as a whole. At this meeting, our discussion will center on Open Mobile and let our participants give their insights on the topic in advance of the Open Mobile Summit running in San Francisco for the following 2 days. Over this 2 hour discussion, our Executive Forum members will be led by experts in the various forms of "open". Our goal is to inform and distinguish among the various "open" categories, and discuss the impact of each on business opportunities, destructive market evolution, and innovative applications and services.
The age of pervasive Internet is upon us. With Sprint's launch of Xohm, not to mention the progress of 3G HSPA, EV-DO, and LTE, there are increasing options for mobile connectivity. Price per megabyte is dropping fast as the result of better technology and increased competition. But what are the opportunities that this pervasive broadband opens up? Laptops, MIDs, and other CE will be constantly connected, most likely with location-aware data plans, and although they share an OS, mobile connected laptops are NOT the same as PCs. Join us at AT&T Labs for a concrete discussion of wireless broadband technologies and followup with services and applications for a new breed of "terminal".
The Mobile Forum of the Telecom Council of Silicon Valley presents its annual update on handset innovation, new handsets and new features. Our speakers include major handset OEMs, corporate VCs from handset manufacturers, 10 Korean companies from the handset ecosystem, and plenty of show-and-tell for new handsets, and rapid fire demos from entrepreneurs in this segment.
Our Investor Forum and Service Provider Forum will gather together to review 9 startups, with each presenter allotted 20 minutes to address the audience. Dialogue before and after presentations, during breaks, and over lunch ensures that participants have the opportunity to connect.
Discussion of the 2008 CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment Tradeshow in San Francisco. What did you see that was inspiring? What did you see that you enjoyed the most? What did you learn by attending? What were the overarching trends? Each of us has basically one perspective on the show, but it's too easy to miss one of the big trends. We think that more diverse perspectives add to our overall understanding, and less slips through the cracks. We'll lead a group discussion that teases out the key trends and take-aways from the show.
CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment is the largest wireless data event in the internet, wireless and telecommunications industries. As an attendee, you'll explore over 300 exhibits plus international and special technology pavilions showcasing ground-breaking innovations and creative solutions. Your pass will gain you access to partner seminars including "M2M: Walled Garden or Open Range?," "How Mobility Can Transform Your Enterprise," and "Mobile Jam Session." You're also invited to our keynote sessions featuring industry icons and entrepreneurs that are shaping and leading the technology space.
In order to help Telecom Council members Connect, Communicate, and Collaborate we invite you to use our on-floor meeting space which will accommodate up to four people at a time. To reserve a 30-minute or 60-minute time slot at booth #1231, email your request to adam[at]telecomcouncil.com.
Register now for the conference at www.ctia.org/wirelessIT!
See you at the show!
Executive Forum members and Service Provider members are invited to join INmobile members at the INmobile.org / MMA executive reception - an invitation-only reception for senior executives in the wireless industry at the CTIA conference in San Francisco.
The INmobile.org events are consistently the most relevant and well attended executive networking events at CTIA. And sponsorships are still available.
It's that time again. Buy your new shoes, pencils, and binders and join us for our annual Back2School event where we learn what the telcos are doing in their home markets, what they are up to in Silicon Valley, and what they are looking for in potential partners. At this event, the Telecom Council's telco members will present their latest to the general body of the association. The telcos remain powerful gatekeepers and potential allies in the industry, come hear what they have to say to Silicon Valley.
On this field trip, our Service Provider and Investment Forums review San Diego based startups for products, solutions and investment opportunities. We pack as many 20-minute presentations as we can into a 1-day field trip.
This special SPIF meeting takes a field trip to see the best telecom start-ups of San Diego, and to network with the people down South. As a special case, VCs and corporate investment delegates may request to join our delegation.
With the 700 MHz auction, the "white space" debate, and new legislation proposing free wireless broadband nationwide, it has been a landmark period at the intersection of wireless and policy. The decisions being made will set the foundation for markets that will impact Silicon Valley companies for years or even decades to come. Silicon Valley companies have played a profound role in influencing or even setting the debate. When Valley companies used to competing on service merit or time-to-market go to Washington, they may find themselves going toe-to-toe with incumbents with more experience and deeper lobbying budgets.
After years and years of technical talk, platform talk, business model speculation, and ecosystem building, it looks like Location-Based Services are finally here. So let's push back the talk of control planes, tri-lateration, TDOA, platforms, and bring forward the discussion of what applications and services will soon be provided to consumers. How will location-awareness be integrated into the mobile lives of end users? How will they interact with position-aware apps? Will your mom ever use this stuff?
Where usually our seminars scratch below the paint to understand how things really work, this time we're flipping that model upside down, and worrying more about the veneer - what is LBS going to look like to the mobile consumer?
For this event, we'll hear from companies leading this sector and from the innovators that will revolutionize the way people use location-awareness. Expect some demos
KT and NTT, their CTOs, key executives and business unit leaders are visiting to inaugurate their Silicon Valley investment partnership. The CTO of KT and the CTO of NTT will each share their vision and roadmap in private to a select audience. This is a private, invitation-only event; distinguished members of the Silicon Valley telecom community including venture capitalists and entrepreneurs are invited by KT and NTT.
This quarter our focus is post-launch startups, with products and services that are ready for the lab trials. Both our Investor Forum and Service Provider Forum will gather together to review 9 startups, with each presenter allotted 20 minutes to address the audience. Dialogue before and after presentations, during breaks, and over lunch ensures that participants have the opportunity to connect.
Discussion of 2008 the Communicasia tradeshow in Singapore. What did you see that was inspiring? What did you see that you enjoyed the most? What did you learn by attending? What were the overarching trends? We'll lead a group discussion that teases out the key trends and take-aways from the show. If you went, you can catch what you might have missed. If you didn't go, you have some catching up to do!
Discussion of 2008 NXTcomm trades show in Las Vegas, Nevada. What did you see that was inspiring? What did you see that you enjoyed the most? What did you learn by attending? What were the overarching trends?
At this event, a group of senior executives from Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) will provide an overview of recent activities, and upcoming milestones for the company, and the fast-growing telecom services market of Vietnam.
Mobile payments are at a critical juncture these days. Few people would argue that using the mobile phone to make payments, transfer money, do P2P and P2B over RF and over networks is in our future. The big questions are: When and how? Our Mobile Payments event seeks to bring together experts and the mobile commerce community to answer those two critical questions.
This seminar is a soup-to-nuts discussion for inventors, creators of IP, start-ups, and medium sized companies without a dedicated legal team. We'll cover the arguments for whether to seek patents and trademarks, how patents can help your company, where to look for them, and how to get them submitted and approved. Equally importantly, we'll look at what is not worth patenting and trade marking, and the right way to submit the ideas that are worth patenting.
25 people to participate in this interactive roundtable discussion, over lunch, to go over the new products, services, and ideas that popped up at CTIA.
Orange Labs,
South San Francisco,
California,
United States
Investor Forum and Service Provider Forum members gather to review 10 early-stage telecom startups who are actively fundraising. Non-members who are telecom investors may request an invitation to this private event. Our luncheon keynote will be from Nikko Citigroup's Telecom Analyst with a focus on Japan's mobile market.
An award ceremony to recognize the best telecom startups from 2007. Award categories include innovation, creativity, emergent entrepreneurship and competitive excellence. Join us to acknowledge the success of these great entrepreneurs, and of course to network with one another.
By invitation only,
Silicon Valley,
California,
USA
Member-generated discussion of 2008 GSM Mobile World Congress convention in Barcelona. Members will share their take-aways, their observations and insights, and any gems they discovered.
Members of the Council's Executive Forum get some professional insight into 2008, a look back at the predictions about 2007, and will make their own predictions for 2008. There will be fun, voting, and accounatbility mixed in with a serious look at what's ahead.
Whether to work with the carriers or around the carriers is an important question for every entrepreneur in telecom. This panel of 2 VCs, 2 Startups, and a carrier, will give you some insight into the pros, the cons, and some tangible how-to advice.
For emerging companies, building and nurturing strong partnerships is critical to success. Mobile Entrepreneur Day is a half-day symposium dedicated to de-mystifying the partner process for startup companies across the mobile value-chain.
Our Service Provider Investment Forum extends an invitation to outside telecom investors - from telecom vendors to VCs - to join them for their monthly Forum. In this forum, we will review 8-10 startups and have plenty of time to discuss them amongst ourselves.
Four Telecom Council members will share their views on the LBS market with LBS entrepreneurs. Carriers, investors, and vendors are each looking at his market from a different perspective and this panel will give insight into each of them.
