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CHINESE MARKET FOR MOBILE HANDSETS

Key questions

  • What is the competitive landscape of the Chinese mobile handset market like?
  • What 3G strategies do Chinese mobile operators use?
  • What partnership strategies have handset providers developed with operators that leverage their core competencies?

Ideal specialist profiles

  • Current or former executives at global handset manufacturers
  • Current or former general managers at telecom equipment providers
  • Current or former market development executives at mobile operators

Seven specialists selected for consultation, including the current Head of Product Marketing and Management for Greater China at one of the leading global mobile companies and the current Director Engineer at a significant Chinese telecoms company.

FIBRE INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET

Key questions

  • How does the Nordic fibre optic network leasing market operate? (Including details of leasing to telecommunications operators, public sector and large end users through sale, planning, building and operating fibre networks.)
  • What is the competitive landscape in Norway for dark fibre building and leasing?

Ideal specialist profiles

  • Current and former senior executives at TV broadcasters
  • Current and former senior executives at wireless and satellite business units

Four specialists selected for consultation, including the former Sales Manager at a significant Nordic association of fibre networks and the former Senior Consultant at a major Nordic supplier of telecommunications services.

POLISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET

Key questions

  • Who are the key players in the market and what is their competitive position?
  • Overview of network operations – network quality, CAPEX and network upgrades
  • What is the role of the regulator in the market?

Ideal specialist profiles

  • Current and former senior executives within the Polish telecommunications market
  • Current and former regulatory experts within the Polish telecommunications market

Three specialists selected for consultation, including the former Investment Department Director and the former COO at two Polish telecoms companies.

SEMICONDUCTOR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT MARKET IN THE US

Key questions

  • What are the relative strengths of the major players in the semiconductor capital equipment market for the LED industry?
  • What are the underlying fundamental growth trends for the LED market and how will this impact the semiconductor capital equipment market?

Ideal specialist profiles

  • Former senior specialists from the target company
  • Current and recently former senior employees of competitor companies with North American focus

Three specialists selected for consultation, including the current Director of Marketing at a global leader in process equipment and the former President at the target company.

TREASURY SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Key questions

  • What role do software solutions play?
  • What are the benefits of third party solutions versus in-house solutions?
  • Relative importance of different functionalities of FX trade processing solutions

Ideal specialist profiles

  • Current and former senior executives in the currency exchange and treasury departments of financial institutions who can discuss vendor selection

Eight specialists selected for consultation, including the current Technology Sourcing Consultant at a leading asset management and securities services company and the former Chief Information Officer at an international specialist banking and asset management group.

UK BROADCAST TRANSMISSION SERVICES INDUSTRY

Key questions

  • What is the business model and how does it work?
  • What prices are regulated on the TV business side?
  • What are contracts like and what drives total revenues?
  • What will be the impact of the digital switchover?

Ideal specialist profiles

  • Current and former senior executives at TV broadcasters
  • Current and former senior executives at wireless and satellite business units

Nine specialists selected for consultation, including the former Director of Site Operations at a leading communications infrastructure and media services company and the former Strategy and Distribution Manager at a significant UK broadcaster.

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