Executives from Telecom Council member companies gather quarterly over lunch for intimate, interactive discussions of the needs, technologies, and trends that are affecting their businesses. Executive Forum meetings gather up to 40 senior-executives from across the telecom ecosystem and are open to C-level management in venture-funded startups and their large company colleagues. If you meet the requirements of our Executive Forum and would like to be invited to these meetings, please send credentials to council@telecomcouncil.com.

Forum Chair: Liz Kerton, The Telecom Council

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Our Mobile Forum is focused on stimulating communication and collaboration among businesses and people in the wireless and mobility sector by bringing together decision makers from the entire wireless value chain - from chipsets to content and from infrastructure to applications.

The Mobile Forum gathers 80+ decision-level mobile professionals every few months in an executive-format, 1/2 day agenda, heavy on interaction and networking to facilitate business relationships. These agendas often include rapid-fire presentations to introduce the ecosystem to relevant startups in the segment.

Forum Chair: Position Open. To get involved click here.

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The SPIF supports the dozens of fixed and wireless carriers who have offices and/or regular attendance in the Silicon Valley to pursue investment, technology, and partnership opportunities. SPIF member carriers have telecom operations across the globe, At each monthly meeting, we review 3 or 4 interesting young companies who are seeking funding, strategic investment and/or have a product or service that would be useful to the carriers in attendance. The SPIF Steering Committee encourages carriers of any size or service to join this Forum. Carriers who are interested in joining and companies interested in presenting can get more information here.

Brought to you by the SPiF... The SPIFFY Awards is an annual ceremony that recognizes the best telecom startups from the year prior. In 2008, the Service Provider Forum and the Telecom Council reviewed approximately 96 young telecom companies. By simply being invited to SPiF, startups are already filtered as a young company that have the ideas, relevance, and traction that most appeal to communication service providers from around the globe. And at the SPIFFYs, we honor the best of the best. View photos and attendees at SPIFFYs 2009 here.

Forum Chair: Derek Kerton, The Kerton Group

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Our Entrepreneur Forum supports young fixed and wireless telecom companies as they grow their businesses and build their relationships with the rest of the ecosystem. Entrepreneurs are also often welcome at other forum meetings as participants or highlighted speakers.

Entrepreneur Forum meetings gather 25-45 entrepreneurs over lunch and are open to non-members for a small fee.

Forum Chair: Randall Fahey, Global Affinity Partners

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Our Investor Forum promotes investment opportunities to all telecom investors - from angels and venture capitalists who make financial investments to strategic corporate investors and carriers who may invest time, money, and/or resources in a company or its products and services.

The Investor Forum generally gathers 25-40 telecom investors on the last Friday of each quarter to review 7-10 startups over a 5-hour meeting.

Forum Chair: Liz Kerton, The Telecom Council

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