Mr. Tarik Fawzi
Chief Executive Officer, Aeneas Strategy
Member of the Telecommunications Council
Council Member Biography
Tarik Fawzi is the CEO at Aeneas Strategy, a consultancy for operators, vendors, digital publishers and application parties. Aeneas specializes in strategy and business development for the mobile industry. He has been working in the telecom sector since 1997 and has worked as Strategy Manager at T-Mobile. For amongst others KPN, Vodafone, Orange, Ziggo, E-Plus, Sanoma, Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, NEC and investors he launched services, closed technical and sales deals, due diligences, organized strategy workshops, coordinated research, provided interim-management services, organized training and led ARPU stimulating projects. Mr. Fawzi has expertise in CAPEX developments, mobile broadband, smartphones, 3G/LTE, operator strategies, cable, multi play developments, digital tv, data services and mobile advertising. Research by his company has been endorsed by MMA and IAB in some countries. He is a frequent speaker at international events. Tarik founded the largest European network for telecommunications professionals. He has been associated with GLG since 2003. He has been doing consulting projects in Germany, the UK, US, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Scandinavia and Thailand. (This is me - Update Profile)
Employment History
- 2004 - Unspecified
- Chief Executive Officer, Aeneas Strategy
- 2001 - 2004
- Senior Business Development Manager, T Mobile
- 1998 - 2001
- Director , Galileo Management Consultants
- 1996 - 1998
- Product Development Manager, EnerTel (Energis)
- 1995 - 1996
- Brand Manager, THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
- 1994 - 1996
- Policy Analyst, Dutch Parliament
- 1993 - 1994
- Policy Analyst, Praaning Meines Consultancy Group
GLG NewsSM Analyses by Tarik Fawzi
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Is this the end of a business model for wireless operators?
October 27, 2011
KPN reports weaker Q3, but keeps FY guidance | www.telecompaper.com
The success of mobile internet is hurting wireless operators. Core revenues are being cannibalized and the costs for increased required data capacity are exploding.
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New CEO for KPN: background, expectations and impact
October 18, 2010
Eelco Blok to become new KPN CEO | www.broadbandtvnews.com
Today, KPN announced that it will propose to its shareholders that Eelco Blok would be named its new CEO. Blok is to succeed the successful Ad Scheepbouwer by April 2011. Mr Eelco Blok has a long track-record within KPN and is expected to follow continue KPN's existing strategy with is focused as maintaining it's strong multiplay position in the Dutch market, stimulate it's challenger position in neigbouring countries and a strong-focus on cash-flow.
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Options for Telefonica and KPN following German mobile broadband auction
May 25, 2010
The German mobile broadband auction has left E-Plus (owned by Dutch KPN) without 800 MHz spectrum, which is required to roll out mobile broadband in rural areas. If the market study, executed by the German government, on redistributing lower 900 spectrum will not lead to a more favorable position for E-Plus, the German daughter of KPN will be forced to look at serious strategic alternatives: merging with Telefonica/O2 or an intense partnership with their Spanish competitor.
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Limited additional revenues for European operators in Mobile Broadband
December 8, 2009
Ericsson: Central Europeans get mobile broadband boost | money.cnn.com
Ericsson has announced a deal with Telekom Austria Group to upgrade it's wireless networks in 8 Central European markets to allow higher speed and provide improved services. With improved handsets, more mobile websites and lower data pricing, demand is increasing big-time. However, whilst mobile data traffic is booming, operators have hardly found ways to increase overall revenues. Competitive positions are still mainly driven by availability of handsets and voice pricing.
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Next European operator going for mobile advertising: opportunities and obstacles
December 4, 2009
O2 embarks on targeted UK mobile advertising push | www.totaltele.com
O2 has announced stepping into mobile advertising through permission based, targeted messaging channels. In several ways,O2's proposition resembles Blyk in the past, with as key advantage their sizeable existing customer base. Most European carriers have been looking into mobile advertising or already started. Not that successful so far, as obstacles need to be removed at operator, advertiser and consumer levels. However, mobile advertising remains a huge promise and learning by doing is key.
GLG Study Groups with Tarik Fawzi(?)
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
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| TMT Council Members in Member Programs | 18316 |
| Telecommunications Council Members in Member Programs | 3779 |
| Wireless Services Experts | 517 |
| Broadband Experts in Member Programs | 488 |
| Telecommunications Services Experts | 440 |
GLG Live Meetings with Tarik Fawzi(?)
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