Deep Dive: Analytics

Mark Evans, Research Scientist, Sprint Advanced Analytics Lab

From a research project three years ago to large scale rollouts, Sprint is taking Big Data Analytics head-on. Using open source technologies, Sprint now has large scale analytics projects and proofs of concept being run across many parts of the enterprise (Network, care, finance, marketing, fraud, research etc) on a common infrastructure.

Telcos and service providers can be valuable channels for datacenters, big data, and analytics, but they are also massively complex operations in their own right, and a big target for the value proposition of Analytics. In this panel, we'll learn about some of the solutions that can help network operators leverage analytics to improve network performance, customer service, service delivery, and operations. What are the advantages when telcos gain additional insights? What changes when knowledge flips from overnight runs to real-time? How can businesses take that knowledge to the top line, and the bottom line?

• Moderator: Liz Kerton, President at The Telecom Council
• Ben Parker, Principal Technologist at Guavus
• Marc Bensadoun, CEO at Newfield Wireless, a Tektronix Communications Company
• Sameer Merchant, Vice President Commerce Services, Audience Network & Payment at Opera Mediaworks
• Scott Sobers, Director, Marketing and Strategy, Communications Service Providers at Teradata
• Alexander Russakovsky, VP of Technology in the Digital Telco Architecture Group at Huawei

Young companies interested in presenting their innovations, services and solutions are welcome to register to be a rapid-fire presenter. These demo slots are 5-minutes and used to introduce new companies and their products, in the hopes of creating interest and follow-up from the Silicon Valley telecom community including the carriers, the vendors, the service providers, and the investors who follow innovation in this segment.

• Karan Chaudhry, CEO at DropThought
• Jian Zhen, VP Products at Jolata
• Dave Brown, VP, Products at Skyfire
• Chris Leishman, Worldwide Services Manager at Neo Technology
• Dr. Ian Howells, Chief Marketing Officer at Argyle Data
• Mark Rabkin, Director of Business Development at Zementis
• Laura Schewel, CEO at StreetLight Data
• Damian Black, CEO at SQLstream, Inc.
• Glen Livingston, VP at Parstream

• Meredith Attwell Baker, President & CEO, CTIA
• Liz Kerton, President at The Telecom Council
• Jon Metzler, President at Blue Field Strategies
  

CTIA-The Wireless Association is engaging with the innovators in both Silicon Valley and around the world to discuss how to ensure all companies may continue to create the best products and services to benefit consumers without unnecessary government regulation. The association represents the wireless ecosystem - from the network operators to device manufacturers to the content and app developers - before all levels of government to maintain a “light regulatory touch” so innovation and competition throughout the industry continues. Mrs. Baker joined CTIA on June 2, and joins us to discuss her priorities for the association, what’s happening in D.C. at the FCC and in Congress, and the association’s positions on topics including:

• What Mobile Broadband Growth Means for Spectrum Demand
  
• Why it’s licensed AND Unlicensed Spectrum Where and When New Bands, Re-Farming and Sharing Occur
  
• What to Expect from the Spectrum Auctions
  
• Why Wireless is Different and Needs Different Considerations with Net Neutrality