Other Consultants

Kalba International benefits from a worldwide network of more than 40 affiliated consultants with which the firm has work agreements. These consultants generally have over 10 years of related work experience—in many cases over 20 years. Also, a majority has been affiliated with the firm for over ten years.

Here are mini profiles of a cross-section of these consultants:

• Best practices and benchmarking expert, with extensive fixed and mobile operations experience.
• Regulatory policy expert, specializing in universal service programs in developing countries as well as the U.S.
• Cable TV technology expert, specializing in cable modems, telephony, digital migration and related system upgrades.
• Cellular distribution strategy and retailing implementation specialists, with experience in multiple U.S. markets, Asia Pacific and South America.
• Senior mobile marketing executive with experience in Asia Pacific and Latin America.
• Senior wireless technology expert, including standards development experience in Latin America.
• Senior consultant with business, regulatory and applications development experience in wireless and fixed telecommunications in Asia, Europe and North America.
• Senior UMTS technology and standards expert, with experience at ETSI and Nokia; also experience in integration of mobile handsets with Bluetooth and other technologies.
• Senior regulatory expert, specializing in VoIP, international settlements, telecommunications development issues, and satellite communications.
• Expert on spectrum auction dynamics, including player bidding strategies, procedural aspects, scenario development, and software-based simulations.
• Senior technologist with extensive experience in broadband video distribution technology in both DSL, fiber and cable broadband contexts.
• Specialist in telecom demographics, market segmentation and survey research; formerly at SBC and Opinion Research Corp.
• Privatization expert, previously managed $2 billion portfolio of telecom investments at World Bank.
• Regulatory expert; author of books on telecom regimes in China and Hong Kong.