Mr. Payam Maveddat
Chief Strategist & EVP - Product Management, Taqua
Member of the Telecommunications Council
Council Member Biography
Payam Maveddat is the Chief Strategist and Executive Vice President of Product Management & Business Development at Taqua LLC, a leading provider of next generation IP-IP switching and non-line of sight backhaul products. He is responsible for product management, profit & loss, market strategy, business development, product marketing, systems engineering and partnership programs. Mr. Maveddat has over 27 years of experience in product management, engineering and marketing with equipment vendors and start-ups. He specializes in 2G, 3G, 4G Wireless FMC and IMS, broadband, VoIP, soft switching, and fixed and mobile convergence including Femtocell and wireless backhaul. Previously, Mr. Maveddat held executive positions in product management, engineering and marketing positions at Mavenir Systems, Tekelec, Xybridge (now Zhone), Nortel, AT&T Bell Labs and DSC (now Alcatel). He has authored over eight US patents and has multiple articles and publications in wireless networking. (This is me - Update Profile)
Employment History
- 2010 - Unspecified
- Chief Strategist & EVP - Product Management, Taqua
- 2007 - 2010
- Vice President - Product Management & Marketing, Mavenir Systems
- 2001 - 2007
- Vice President - Switching Solutions PLM, TEKELEC
GLG NewsSM Analyses by Payam Maveddat
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NSN's HLR is not yet up to the task
November 5, 2009
T-Mobile US suffers another network outage | www.telecomseurope.net
T-Mobile US suffered a major network outage where a large number of subscribers could not send or receive voice or text messaging due to an outage in Nokia-Siemens' Home Location Register (HLR) as a result of an overload condition. This was the second incident that NSN has with their HLR that could prove to be costly.
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IMS Backers Take Life Out of VoLGA
November 5, 2009
Operators Rally Round IMS for LTE Voice | www.unstrung.com
With the announced support of IMS-based voice and messaging over 4G/LTE by major mobile operators, T-Mobile International (now Deutsche Telekom) and other technology backers of VoLGA (a GSM-signaling over IP approach) are left with a key decision as whether to follow or remain isolated. Companies supporting VoLGA will be highly exposed, unless change course quickly.
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Wireless Backhaul plus EPC equal to Three?
October 22, 2009
Tellabs buys WiChorus for $165M | sanjose.bizjournals.com
The market for mobile internet infrastructure is heating up with the acquisition of WiChorus by Tellabs. Tellabs' main play in wireless so far has been in the backhaul, voice quality products, and transmission. Moving in the packet core is not going to change Tellabs' position within the mobile operators significantly.
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Another Nortel in the Making - NSN
October 20, 2009
Nokia, Siemens search for exit out of NSN venture | www.reuters.com
The merger of Nokia and Siemens' telecom infrastructure units may have looked good on paper two years ago. But, the merger has been anything but a success and continued loss of market share is making NSN look like another Nortel in the making, followed closely by ALU.
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The Analysis is Directionally Correct, with Femtocell Bias
October 20, 2009
Airvana Identifies 8X Network Load Multiplier Effect for Smartphones | www.reuters.com
PDAs are indeed adding tremendous traffic on the mobile packet core, backhaul, and radio access. Airvana's footprint outside Verizon and Sprint is not large enough to be able to make a statement globally!It is a biased analysis to convince the analysts that their femtocell strategy is coherent!
GLG Study Groups with Payam Maveddat(?)
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
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| TMT Council Members in Member Programs | 18330 |
| Telecom Infrastructure & Equipment Experts | 4070 |
| Telecommunications Council Members in Member Programs | 3785 |
| Hardware Sellers | 581 |
| Wireless Services Experts | 517 |
GLG Live Meetings with Payam Maveddat(?)
Payam Maveddat has not participated in any GLG Live Meetings.
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