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The Telecom Council is a corporate membership-based organization with two levels of benefits - from the passive level benefits of meeting the right people at member-only meetings, speaking opportunities, our LinkedIn Group, to active level benefits of influencing agendas, community research, personal introductions, and Council leadership eligibility.


Consider the cost of membership versus an alternative: You could join the Telecom Council and make rapid, local progress getting your product installed with a few global carriers. You will travel to Head Offices as your SECOND meeting, having been presented by an inside champion. OR, instead of The Council, you could work hard to get a meeting opportunity from a single carrier like NTT DoCoMo, travel to Tokyo for your first meeting, have a meeting lacking the right people, stay in a hotel for two days, get jet lag, miss three days at the office. Total cost of the trip is about the same as a one-year membership. But with the Council, you do it all locally, and you do it with multiple carriers or other partners, and you can leverage the system all year long. Membership saves your company time and money.





Description of our different levels and the annual dues for each level are as follows:


Member
$4,000/year* Discount info below

Unlimited Meetings
Free or, on rare occasion, nominal meeting registration fees for all of our 2-5 meets per month including: Qualified forum meetings, tradeshow debriefs, general membership meetings, invite-only sponsor meetings, and awards ceremonies.

Presentation Slides - past, and current
Member's only library with over 200 presenter decks from companies large (Intel, Google, and AT&T) and small (AdMob, JAJAH, and Bling).

Priority to Speak
Receive priority consideration for opportunities to speak to up to 150 telecom executives at any Council meeting.

LinkedIn Group
This member-only group not only allows for continued contact, but also provides a forum for your voice to be heard regarding comments on news, trends, products, and services.

Tradeshow Debriefs
The industry's largest tradeshows are debriefed during a meeting open for member attendance and participation, and the debrief notes are then posted with analyst perspectives and meeting participant contributions in the library for member access.

Multi-user Membership
Involve as many of your qualified company employees as you like- membership is company-wide, but does not include subsidiaries.

You Tell Us
We try to give our members what they need.



Executive Member
$12,500/year* Discount info below
Includes all benefits of Passive Membership listed above plus:

Input into Agendas, Topics & Speakers
Prioritized evaluation of your recommendations and requests with regards to Council meetings.

Leadership Eligibility
Sit on forum steering committees to help direct Council meetings.

Branding, Promotion, and Visibility Rewards
Company logo placement on many meeting agendas, on Telecom Council's website, and in industry advertising.

Personal Introductions On Demand
Whether in person or via email, the Council can help provide the connections you need to fulfill particular objectives.

1-to-1 Matchmaking at Meetings
The Council maintains close tabs on our executive members.  This allows us to provide introductions that you may not even know to help gain advantage.

Subsidiary Access
In addition to access for multiple users in the member's primary company getting full membership benefit access, any majority-owned subsidiary companies are also granted access.

Telecom Community Research Services
You provide the objective, and we will provide the survey and the community by which to probe.

Ability to bring a non-member guest
If in attendance, members are welcome to bring one qualified, non-repeat guest to each meeting.

Newsletter Announcements
You will be able to make any company announcement in our MEMBERS section of our monthly newsletter - distribution to over 7k regional telecom professionals (70+% director level and above).



Your Telecom Council membership lasts one year and starts the earlier of: when payment is approved in writing by your accounting department or payment is received.

The Telecom Council of Silicon Valley recognizes that this community is largely driven by the "two guys and a dog in the garage" startup, and we want these companies to be part of the community, too. So we have special discounts that might apply to your startup:


*2010 Discounts for Startups
These discounts apply to early-stage telecom entrepreneurs, and not companies in related service industries
25% discount for startup companies with fewer than 25 active people.
50% discount for entrepreneurs with fewer than 5 active people.

These discounts are available to memberships purchased in 2010. To qualify for these discounts, you will need a signed letter on company letterhead declaring the number of people that work for your company along with your membership application.


To get started now, you have 2 options:


Online: Complete the registration process here. Your annual dues can be paid by credit card or by invoice.
Offline: Complete PDF registration form here and fax it to 1-408-716-8826.

We look forward to sharing the benefits of Council membership with you and your company.