Mr. Ronald Gruia

Program Leader-Emerging Communications Solutions, FROST & SULLIVAN, INC

Member of the Telecommunications Council

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Council Member Biography

Ronald Gruia is Principal Analyst and Program Leader for Emerging Telecoms at Frost & Sullivan, Inc. He covers topics such as NGN transitional technologies, 4G, IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystems), FMC, VoIP, Carrier Messaging/Value Added Services Platforms, IPTV, IP Centrex, Broadband Access, Triple Play Services, IP telephony, Enterprise Communications Systems and Unified Communications, among others. He has spoken at conferences such as Supercomm, VON, 3GSM, CTIA, Futurecom, VMA, TMIA, VMA, IMS Expo, IPComm, Fierce IPTV, Intel Communications Summit, VON Canada, IP World Canada and Comdex Canada. Ronald also writes articles for various publications (such as IMS and NGN Magazine, VoIP Magazine, Telecommunications Magazine and Telemanagement), has appeared on Report on Business Television (Canada), TV Decision (Brazil) and Telecom TV (Spain), and is often quoted in publications including Business Week, Forbes, Wired, API, DJ Newswire, Reuters, Network World, IT Business, IT World, Washington Post Newsbytes, National Post, San Francisco Chronicle and CIO Magazine. He is an MIT graduate in Electrical Engineering, and has accumulated years of experience in the telecom industry (held several roles at Nortel Networks' Enterprise Division, where he earned a U.S. patent). (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

2001 - Unspecified: Program Leader-Emerging Communications Solutions, FROST & SULLIVAN, INC
1997 - 2001: PLM, NORTEL NETWORKS

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Nortel Optical Sweepstakes

August 14, 2009

Analysis of:Is Ericsson the Hope for Nortel's MEN? | www.lightreading.com

As Nortel disposes of its business units, gaining market share via acquisition will be an way for vendors in the optical space to give the top two players (Huawei and Alcatel-Lucent) ar run for the money. This article examines the potential suitors for the Nortel MEN unit and their likelihood to bid on these assets, in addition to key considerations for each vendor. The list includes Ciena, Cisco, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Huawei, Infinera, Juniper, Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) and Tellabs.

Nortel Fire Sale Begins

June 22, 2009

Analysis of:Nortel selling wireless unit to Nokia Siemens | finance.yahoo.com

Wireless assets acquired by NSN from Nortel include the CDMA business and LTE IP (Intellectual Property). NSN gets relationships with operators such as Bell Mobility, VerizonWireless, Sprint Nextel, KDDI, China Telecom. CDMA is still profitable and will have a long tail. NSN also expands its footprint in North America, which represents only ~ 5% of its revenues and this acquisiton will certainly better position the company to tackle one of its Achilles heels. NSN gets Nortel's IP on LTE including SON (Self-Organizing Networks) and ongoing LTE relationships (NT had won KDDI tender and was carrying out a trial at T-Mobile AG); 400/2,500 employees that NSN is getting from Nortel were working on LTE, other 2,100 on CDMA. Who will fill in the void in terms of R&D spend in Canada? NSN will open up a lab and there are rumors that Huawei will expand its presence, but look for more from other entrepreneurs such as Sir Terry Matthews. It will be tough to match Nortel's R&D budget.

AT&T LTE Trial and Its Implications

May 7, 2009

Analysis of:Rumor Mill: Did AT&T pick Ericsson, Alca-Lu, Huawei for LTE trial? | www.fiercewireless.com

1- Details of the AT&T LTE buildout begin to emerge
2- Chinese NEVs such as Huawei and ZTE will become forces to be reckoned with in North America.
3- Ramifications to the other NEVs and LTE

NETC Q1 2009 Results & A Forward Look

May 4, 2009

Analysis of:Net Serviços: Resilient in a Tough Lat Am Macro Environment | finance.yahoo.com

Earlier this past week, NETC reported solid Q1 2009 results, which while expected by some, were met despite the worsening of macro conditions in Brazil. In fact, from all Carlos Slim companies reporting this past week (i.e. AMX, TMX, NETC), NETC arguably had the strongest performance. Issues going forward: Deteriorating macro environment and mitigating an unfavorable decision by the local regulator.

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GLG Study Groups with Ronald Gruia(?)

Study Group Name	No. Members
TMT Council Members in Member Programs	18316
Telecom Infrastructure & Equipment Experts	4064
Telecommunications Council Members in Member Programs	3779
Wireless Services Experts	517
Broadband Experts in Member Programs	488