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Pyramid Research to Lead NGT20 Session at NGT Latin America Summit
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom research arm of the Light Reading
Communications Network, has been chosen to participate in the Next Generation Telecom
Summit for Latin America, to be held on November 10-12 in Panama
Cristiano Laux, Manager of the Global Telecom Consulting Practice for Pyramid
Research will lead discussions around the direction of technology investments and
business strategy in Latin America's telecoms market, including the NGT20 Session on
November 10 and a workshop entitled "From 3G to LTE: Latin America's Path to Mobile
Broadband."
"The Pyramid Research group has a fantastic reputation in emerging markets
worldwide and especially among operators in Latin America which is why they have
chosen to support the NGT Latin America event this year in Panama," comments Paul
Southwell, NGT LA Summit Director. "Cristiano Laux will be attending his second NGT
event and will lead discussions on what technology strategies have worked in the
region, where they have worked, and why."
Pyramid's custom research and consulting practice offers expert market
intelligence and strategic advice to help clients quantify market opportunities,
mitigate risk, and develop insightful growth strategies. As the Manager of the Global
Telecom Consulting Practice, Laux helps to provide strategic advice across technology
verticals and functional areas for more than 120 markets worldwide. Some of Laux's
latest projects include:
- Mobile Broadband for the Masses: The Case for Bundled Netbooks
- Market sizing and segmentation of handset devices, smartphones, and
netbooks in Latin America
- Multi-market prototype testing, research, and analysis for introduction
of new mobile Apps platform solution for feature phones in emerging
markets
- M&A valuation of a wholesale network service provider in Latin America
- Strategy repositioning of late entrant mobile operator
- Due diligence for a leading Latin American telecom operator applying for
debt financing from the Inter-American Development Bank
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About Pyramid Research
Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com) offers practical solutions to the complex demands
our clients face in the telecommunications, media and technology industries. Our
analysis is uniquely positioned at the intersection of emerging markets, emerging
technologies and emerging business models, powered by the bottom-up methodology of
our market forecasts for over 100 countries -- a distinction that has remained
unmatched for more than 25 years. As the telecom research arm of the Light Reading
Communications Network, Pyramid Research works with Heavy Reading, providing the
communications industry's most comprehensive market data, trusted research and
insightful technology analysis.
About Light Reading
media, research, and focused event company serving the $3 trillion worldwide
communications market. Lightreading.com is the ultimate source for technology and
financial analysis of the communications industry, leading the media sector in terms
of traffic, content, and reputation. Light Reading's research arms, Heavy Reading and
Pyramid Research, provide the most comprehensive communications research, market
data, and technology analysis in close to 100 markets around the world. Light Reading
produces nearly 20 targeted communications events including TelcoTV, Ethernet Expo
New York and Ethernet Expo London, The Tower Summit @ CTIA, and Optical Expo, as well
as focused one-day events tailored for cable, mobile, and wireline executives. Light
Reading was acquired by United Business Media in August 2005 and operates as a unit
of TechWeb.
About TechWeb
media, is an innovative business focused on serving the needs of technology decision-
makers and marketers worldwide. TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed
media brands in the business technology market. Today, more than 13.3 million*
business technology professionals actively engage in our communities created around
our global face-to-face events, Interop, Web 2.0, Black Hat, and VoiceCon; online
resources such as the TechWeb Network, Light Reading, Intelligent Enterprise,
InformationWeek.com, bMighty.com, and The Financial Technology Network; and the
market leading, award-winning InformationWeek, TechNet Magazine, MSDN Magazine, and
Wall Street & Technology magazines. TechWeb also provides end-to-end services
including next-generation performance marketing, integrated media, research, and
analyst services. TechWeb is a division of United Business Media, a global provider
of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization
of more than $2.5 billion.
*13.3 million business decision-makers: based on number of monthly connections
About United Business Media Limited
UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information
distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and monetization of B2B
communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve professional
commercial communities -- from doctors to game developers, from journalists to
jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists -- with integrated events, online, print
and business information products. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are
organized into specialist teams that serve these communities, bringing buyers and
sellers together, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively
Press contact:
Jennifer Baker
+1 617 871-1910
jbaker@pyr.com
SOURCE: Pyramid Research
CONTACT: Jennifer Baker,
+1-617-871-1910,
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