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About Michael Sone
Michael Sone is President and Owner of NBI/Michael Sone Associates Inc,
a Canadian telecommunications research and consulting firm.
Before assuming his current role in 1993, Mr. Sone held the
positions of analyst, director of research and general manager
beginning in 1988.
Since 1977 the company has published comprehensive reports that
provide quantitative and qualitative analysis of the Canadian
telecommunications industry including Data Communications, Local
& VoIP Services, Long Distance, Mobile & Wireless Telephony,
Customer Premises Voice & Data Equipment, Contact Centres,
Hosting and Internet Services.
Michael has been quoted many times in the business media including
the Financial Post, Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Toronto Sun,
Vancouver Sun, Ottawa Citizen, CBC Television and CBC Radio.
Michael is the co-founder, along with Mark Goldberg, of the
Canadian Telcom Summit www.telecomsummit.com,
Canada’s leading annual telecommunications conference.
Mr. Sone has a B.A. in psychology and an M.B.A., both from York
University.
About Brian Platts P.Eng.,
C.Eng., M.I.E.E.
Brian is a Chartered and Professional Engineer with career
experience in the telecommunications industry in the U.K. and
Canada. He worked for Nortel Europe and British Telecom, before
re-joining Nortel in Toronto where he was responsible for the
engineering and marketing of Nortel's repair and special services
to Bell Canada and other major Canadian telephone companies
and distributors.
In February 1995 having left Nortel to pursue a consulting
career, Brian contracted with NBI/Michael Sone Associates to
provide research services and has authored many reports covering
most sectors of the Canadian telecommunications market. Most
recently, Brian has specialized in the latest technologies and
has authored:
The Canadian Internet Service Providers Market Report,
2003,
2004, 2005
and 2006
Editions; the Canadian Wi-Fi/WiMax Market Report,
2005 and
2006
Editions; the Canadian Mobile Wireless Device and Network
Equipment Market Report, 2003,
2004,
2005 and 2006
Editions; the Canadian Mobile Wireless Communications
Services Market Report, 2003,
2004,
2005
and 2006
Editions; and the Canadian Digital and IPTV Services
Market Report, 2007
Edition.
An independent telecommunications consultant since 1999, Arthur
Gottlieb has assisted NBI/Michael Sone Associates on a number
of projects in the capacity of Senior Analyst. He has written
numerous major research reports for NBI/MSA, including:
Canadian Local Telecom Services Market Report
2002, 2003,
2004, 2005
and 2006
Editions, Canadian Telecom Equipment Report,
2004 Edition, Canadian Data
Communications Services Market Report, 2003,
2004, 2005
and 2006
Editions and Canadian Toll-Free Market Review
2004 Edition.
Before becoming an independent consultant, Arthur worked at
AT&T Canada as VP Government Affairs and at Rogers Wireless
Inc., where in the course of nine years he worked as a network
design engineer, Manager of Intercarrier Relations and finally
as Director of Intercarrier Relations responsible for managing
and directing all intercarrier issues as well as regulatory
and government affairs. He started his career at Nortel's digital
switching division in 1988, after having graduated from McGill
University with a degree in Electrical Engineering.
Greg Graham is the principal of Market Metrics, a boutique
consultancy that provides strategic marketing services to the
Canadian Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector.
He has authored the last four editions of NBI/Michael Sone Associates'
“Canadian PBX Market Report”
as well as the 2005 edition of the “Canadian
ACD/Contact Centre Market Report”.
Greg’s planned contributions to the NBI/Michael Sone
Associates’ market research program in 2007 include new
editions of both the “Canadian PBX Market Report”
and “Canadian ACD/Contact Centre Market Report”.
He will also be developing a new study on Ethernet switches
to complement the existing series of CPE market reports.
With over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications
and computer industries, Greg's background includes roles in
marketing and strategic planning at Hewlett-Packard, TELUS,
Nortel Networks and Ubiquity Software. He was a key member of
the management team that grew TELUS into western Canada's largest
ISP and introduced North America's first residential DSL high-speed
Internet access service.
Greg holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Concordia
University in Montreal, an MBA from the University of Alberta,
has completed additional training at Statistics Canada, and
is a Certified Management Consultant.
Based in Ottawa, Greg can reached at (613) 270-9676 or greg.graham@nbicanada.com.
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