Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:51:37 GMT

MAURO CALVI - THE DISAPPEARING LAST MILE monitors and highlights trends in the fixed and mobile communications marketplace that represent potential opportunities - or threats - for network operators and content providers large and small. We regularly review news and opinions from executives, analysts, policymakers around the world to extract useful insights, important lessons and actionable data.

We cull and present information free from preconceived notions and the typical ideological bias of either incumbents (with their tendency to dismiss any form of innovation that they cannot control), or new entrants (with their penchant for spotting "disruptive technologies" at every step of the way). Our view is that the combined effects of FIXED/MOBILE CONVERGENCE and OPEN NETWORKS (private or public as they may be) have in fact the potential to forever change the communications landscape in the course of the next 5 years, and these are the two areas that command most of our attention.

Since a great deal of innovation in either technology or business models occurs outside of the US, we pay a lot of attention to what happens around the globe, in the hope that there will be lessons to be learned everywhere.

We hope you will enjoy the reading and find it valuable. We welcome your contribution in the form of thougths and suggestions

Best regards

Mauro Calvi

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Mauro Calvi is an executive consultant with the Global Vision Group, a Silicon Valley based boutique consulting firm specializing in electronic payment systems. Mauro brings to the Global Vision Group fifteen years of experience in marketing IT products and services to global markets. In the last few years, Mauro focused on developing and implementing go-to-market strategies for US and global Network Service Providers, particularly in the area of converging fixed and mobile wireless communications and, more recently, in the Municipal Wireless Networks market. In this capacity, Mauro has always held revenue and budget responsibilities helping companies prosper through the intelligent use of innovation, something that has shaped his well-known realistic, no-nonsense approach to consulting.

Throughout the '90's, Mauro worked on several major product launches, including the Microsoft Network, where Mauro supervised the release of the first version in over 20 countries and 11 languages. In addition to a number of successful global product rollouts, Mauro's track record includes setting up operations for software and Internet companies in Europe and Asia and managing the US business development office for a large European telecommunications company. Mauro has held board positions in a number of media and technology companies in the US and Europe. He holds a BS/Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Polytechnic of Milan.

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