Beyond membership, many of our members choose to boost their
involvement with the Telecom Council community by sponsoring meetings,
research, road shows, etc. Below are testimonials from some of our past
sponsors.
JT Global sponsored Executive Forum Predictions
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“As an active member of the Telecom Council, we regularly attend events such as this which enable us to network with the world’s leading experts in telecommunications. This event was particularly important as it was an opportunity to join in on some key industry discussions on upcoming trends which will effect communications globally and the entire event was labeled a success by all involved. We were pleased to be able to support the Telecom Council in making this event happen alongside our co-sponsor Avaya.”
Tim Ringsdore, Managing Director Global Enterprise, JT Global - Tier 1 telco |
AT&T sponsored multiple Executive Forums
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“AT&T has been a long standing member of both the Telecom Council and Service Provider Investment Forum. We believe they provide a valuable service in bringing together the telecom community in Silicon Valley, including startups, equipment makers and service providers and providing a forum to engage in thoughtful dialogue on issues relevant to the industry.”
Chris Boyer, Assistant VP, Policy, AT&T |
Qualcomm has sponsored TC3, Handset Innovation, Mobile Health, Locations & Beyond and two Tier 1 custom meetings
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"To put some people in the room and hold an event is easy, but to have the right topics, the right people, and the right atmosphere is different - that is what the Telecom Council provides."
Nayeem Islam, VP Engineering, Qualcomm |
Marvell has sponsored Handset Innovation, Connected Car and Service Provider Forums
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"Sponsoring the Telecom Council is a high ROI tool to communicate Marvell’s roadmap to the carriers. Nowhere else can we influence this high volume of carriers and other important telecom decision makers in an intimate environment."
Vivek Chhabra, Head, Mobile Cellular Business Unit, Marvell |
Huawei has sponsored Handset Innovation, TC3, and Executive Forums
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"The TC3 event was very helpful to make connections with leading service providers."
Steven Gray, as CTO & VP of Corporate Reaseach, Huawei |
Immersion Sponsored Community Research
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“Sponsoring market research with the Telecom Council
provided our organization with invaluable insight into operators’,
vendors’ and carriers’ minds. Conducting the same research
from our side would have taken much more time, and much more
money.”
Craig Vachon, SVP & GM of Touch for Immersion
Summary of survey results
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KOTRA Sponsored our Annual Handset Innovation Review
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“The management, guidance, and input provided by the Telecom Council during
the process of building a Council meeting with a custom agenda for our
delegates has proven to be invaluable for our organization.
I’ve had success with in the past sponsoring Council meetings, and
I look forward to the same exceedingly positive results.”
Yangil Lee, as Deputy Director, KOTRA Silicon Valley
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KT and NTT co-sponsored the KT & NTT Venture Forum
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“The Council’s experience and expertise were the keys to our successful
event. Mr. Uji, CTO & CIO for NTT, Dr. Choi, Sr. Executive VP
for KT, and attending executives and participants expressed their
appreciation for this forum and I am glad we were able to put together
such a great Forum.”
Choongil Kim, Sr. Consultant Strategic Investments, KT
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WinBC has sponsored annual SPIF meetings
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“The
events we have sponsored in the past have been invaluable introductions
and opportunities for our entrepreneurs, our wireless community, and
WINBC. We look forward to our next event…”
Michael Bidu, as Executive Director for WinBC
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Norwest Venture Partners sponsored an Investor Forum
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“...NVP is extremely impressed with the quality of the members and
the events that the Council has organized. We’re delighted
to be involved with such a high caliber group that provides valuable
benefits to both our firm and our portfolio companies.”
Tim Chang, as Principal, Norwest Venture
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