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Here are recent articles about our company, our industry, and events that we will be attending:

Current AV&Co. News

Altman Vilandrie & Company Promotes Bewley to Director

Director Jonathan Hurd quoted in Connected Planet: “State of the Union shows power of a-la-carte mobile TV”

Director Michael Grossi quoted in The Globe and Mail: “The iPod gives way”

Director Michael Grossi quoted in CNNMoney.com: “Apple doubles iPhone sales in record quarter”

Director Michael Grossi quoted in Associated Press: “Google puts China cell phones on hold amid dispute”

Director Rory Altman quoted in Connected Planet Online : “Triple-play offers need to chase movers”

Director Michael Grossi quoted in Fierce Wireless: “Will cable's wireless gamble pay off?”

Principal Soumen Ganguly quoted in New York Times: “Hey Google, Anybody Home?”

Director Jonathan Hurd quoted in Investor's Business Daily: “France May Tax Google, Rival Web Sites To Pay Artists, Subsidize Gov't Programs ”

Principal Soumen Ganguly quoted in Wall Street Journal: “Google Takes Mobile Push Directly To Consumers With Nexus One”

Principal Soumen Ganguly quoted in Investor's Business Daily: “Let 'Super Phones' Competition Begin: Google Enters Game ”

Principal Soumen Ganguly quoted in Advertising Age: “Google Might Have to Go to Market Alone With New Smartphone”

Principal Soumen Ganguly quoted in CNNMoney: “Google's bold mobile move: Nexus One”

Director Michael Grossi quoted in CNNMoney: “IPhone clone wars heat up.”

Director Jonathan Hurd quoted in Investor's Business Daily: “Google Tweaks Help Users, Irk Small Sites"

Director Ed Vilandrie quoted in St. Louis Business Journal: “St. John invests $10 million, puts HiBeam in spotlight"

Altman Vilandrie & Company to Participate in Upcoming Webinars

Director Stefan Bewley quoted in Austin Business Journal: “How Dell will dial for dollars"

Altman Vilandrie & Company Assists Clients with Applications For $650 Million in ARRA Broadband Stimulus Funds

Director Rory Altman quoted in The Wall Street Journal: “RadioShack Hopes Phones Drive Traffic"

“Churn Reduction: The Hidden Danger" by Principal Dan Chu appears in Telephony

Director Michael Grossi quoted in Patriot Ledger: “Prepaid Cellphone Companies Heading for Showdown"

PRESS RELEASE: Altman Vilandrie & Company Moves Offices to 53 State Street in Boston

“Will Over-The-Top Kill the Video Star?" by Director Rory Altman appears in Telephony

Director Rory Altman quoted in Bloomberg News: “AT&T Said to Be Likely Winner in Verizon Assets Sale"

PRESS RELEASE: Altman Vilandrie & Company Directors Invited To Moderate Two Panels at Digital Hollywood Spring

AV&Co. Digital Hollywood moderating news picked up by MarketWatch, The Wall Street Journal: “Altman Vilandrie & Company Directors Invited to Moderate Two Panels at Digital Hollywood Spring"

Director Rory Altman quoted in Chicago Daily Herald: “Prepaid Plans Shake Up Wireless Industry"

Director Rory Altman quoted in Associated Press: “Falling Prices for Prepaid Cellphone Service Dominates Wireless Market"

Director Rory Altman quoted in Dow Jones: “TMobile USA's Push for Subscriber Growth May Lead to Turnover"

Director Rory Altman quoted in Wall Street Journal/Blog: “MetroPCS' Growth Exceeds Expectations"

Appointment of Soumen Ganguly picked up by The Boston Globe: “Who's What Where"

Appointment of Soumen Ganguly picked up by MSN Money: “Human Capital: People on the Move"

PRESS RELEASE: Altman Vilandrie & Company Names Soumen Ganguly as Principal

PRESS RELEASE: Jonathan Hurd of Altman Vilandrie & Company To Chair CMO Summit at IPTV World Forum in London

Director Jonathan Hurd quoted in Investor's Business Daily: “Batter Up, Price Down At MLB.TV"

Director Michael Grossi quoted in Dow Jones: “Palm "Pre" Launch Costs May Prove A Financial Burden"

Director Michael Grossi quoted in The Wall Street Journal: “No-Frills TracFone Dominates Prepaid Cell Market"

"The Business Case for LTE" by Director David Waite appears in Telephony

Directors Rory Altman and Jonathan Hurd quoted in Telephony: “Making More of IPTV"

Director Jonathan Hurd quoted in Telephony: “Reinventing the IPTV Remote"

Director Michael Grossi quoted in Dow Jones: “America Movil's TracFone In Good Spot As Pre-Paid Mkt Grows"

Director Ed Vilandrie quoted in VON Magazine: “$7.2B in Broadband Funds: Who Gets What?"

Press Release: Penton Media’s Telephony and Altman Vilandrie & Company Formally Launch Telephony Executive Insider Report Series

Director Jonathan Hurd quoted in Telephony: “Making More of IPTV"

Director Rory Altman quoted in The Wall Street Journal: “Sprint Dials Up Discounts To Keep Customers"

Director Jonathan Hurd quoted in Investor's Business Daily: "Stock Newsletters Online, For Fee"

Press Release: Telephony Magazine and AV&Co. Announce Partnership to Develop 2009 Telephony Executive Insider Series

Director Michael Grossi quoted in Mass High Tech: “Starent, Wireless Gear Sector Buck Downward Stock Trend"

Director Rory Altman quoted in The Wall Street Journal: “Virgin Mobile Aims Low - Carrier's Prepaid Plans Make Inroads Among Budget-Minded"

Director Rory Altman quoted in Dow Jones: “Tales of the Tape: Virgin Mobile Looks To Tap Penny Pinchers"

Director Rory Altman quoted in Telephony: “Are Wireless 'Flanker Brands' Ahead?"

Director Rory Altman Q&A appears in Telephony: “Triple-Play Offers Need to Chase Movers"

“CES and the Complex Consumer Video Experience" by Director Jonathan Hurd appears in Telephony

Director Jonathan Hurd quoted in Telephony: “CES: LG Connects TVs To The Web, Starting With Netflix"

Director David Waite quoted in VON Magazine: “Report: Internet Traffic Flows Beyond U.S. Shores"

Director Michael Grossi quoted in Forbes: “Korea's Pantech Rings Up U.S. Sales"

Principal Stefan Bewley Q&A appears in The Wall Street Journal: “Technology (A Special Report): Front & Forward--The Latest Buzz on...Automobile Wireless"

Director Rory Altman quoted in Telephony: “Surviving the Recession: The Residential Market"

Director Rory Altman quoted in Mass High Tech: “Expert’s View: Rory Altman on Telecom"

Director Jonathan Hurd quoted in Investor's Business Daily: “Yahoo Revamps: Call It Version 3.0"

"Mobile Retail Sales - The Coming Changes in Channels" by Director Rory Altman and Principal Stefan Bewley appears in Telephony

Director Ed Vilandrie quoted in Xchange Magazine: "Recession Expected to Hit Telecom in Second Half Communications Equipment, Software to Absorb Biggest Impact"

Addition of Director Michael Grossi to AV&Co. picked up by Wireless Week

Principal Stefan Bewley quoted in Mass High Tech: “Tangoe Dances the Acquisition Waltz Following Funding"

Director Jonathan Hurd quoted in The Wall Street Journal: “Rise of Smart Phones Challenges Some Firms"

Director Jonathan Hurd quoted in Dow Jones: “Top-Tier Handset Makers Vulnerable In US Smartphone Market Service to Cable "

Director Jonathan Hurd quoted in Investor's Business Daily: “Mix Of Online, TV Proving To Be Gold For NBC's Olympics"

Principal Dan Chu quoted in Telephony: “TV Ads-Do They Measure Up?"

Director Jonathan Hurd quoted in Telephony: “Bandwidth: How Much is Enough?"

Director Jonathan Hurd quoted in Investor's Business Daily: “NBC To Offer Complete Olympics Online — But Only To Windows Vista"

Director Jonathan Hurd quoted in Warren's Washington Internet Daily: “Telco Officials Call TV Networks 'Pretty Successful' in Internet World"

Director Jonathan Hurd quoted in Communications Daily: “IPTV Called Still 'Me-Too' Service to Cable"

Director Rory Altman quoted in Dow Jones: “Apple's IPhone Must Avoid The Razr Trap"

Director Jonathan Hurd quoted in Investor's Business Daily: “Stocking Up Their Financial Web Sites"

Principal Stefan Bewley quoted in Telephony: “Going green: From Fringe to Mainstream"

Director Jonathan Hurd quoted in Telephony: “By the Numbers"

Director Rory Altman quoted in Dow Jones: “Red Flags Raised for Motorola's Public Networks Ops"

Director Rory Altman quoted in The Wall Street Journal: “Dish's Spectrum Choice Stokes Strategy Concerns"

Director Rory Altman quoted in CNN Money: “DISH Network's Wireless Plans Unclear After Spectrum Auction"

Director David Waite discusses economics for SMBs/go-to-market with Telephony

Director Jonathan Hurd discusses IPTV with Telephony

Principal Stefan Bewley discusses the future of in-car infotainment with The Wall Street Journal

Director Jonathan Hurd quoted in Investor's Business Daily: “Yahoo, MSN Brands Could Both Survive A Microsoft Buyout"

Director Rory Altman quoted in Forbes: “Google Eyes Free Spectrum"

Principal Stefan Bewley quoted in Mass High Tech: “New England Bidders Aim for Part in 700MHz Auction"

Director Rory Altman's authors article for RCR Wireless News: “Rich Mobile Vision to Drive Investment"

Director Rory Altman quoted in Forbes: “Phoning in Wireless Dreams"

Director Jonathan Hurd quoted in CNN Money: “Google, Microsoft Look To Connect In 411 Phone Business"

Director Rory Altman quoted in Forbes: “David Vs. Goliath"

Director Jonathan Hurd quoted in Telephony: “Five Out-Of-The-Box Telecom Competitors"

Director Rory Altman quoted in Telephony: “Television Collision"

Director Rory Altman quoted in Dow Jones: “New WiMax Players Could Emerge As Sprint, Clearwire Split"

Director Rory Altman quoted in Telephony: “VON: Defining Differentiation, Redefining Video"

Director Jonathan Hurd quoted in Investor's Business Daily: “Mobile Murky for Search Leader Google”

Press Release: Altman Vilandrie & Company To Moderate Three Panels at Fall VON; Panels Encompass Triple Play, IPTV, 4G and Government Services

Director Jonathan Hurd quoted in Telephony: “Live From Dallas, It's Telephony LIVE!"

Director Rory Altman quoted in Dow Jones: “EchoStar Mulls Splitting Itself In Two”

Director Rory Altman interviewed for Telephony TV at NXTcomm

Director Rory Altman quoted in Dow Jones: “Verizon Wireless Resurrects Mobile ESPN with New Service”

Director Rory Altman quoted in The Wall Street Journal: “On-Demand May Be Path for Qwest”

Director Jonathan Hurd quoted in Investor’s Business Daily: “CBS Looks to Score with Free Webcasts of March Madness"

Director Rory Altman quoted in The Boston Globe: “Information Superhighway Hits the Road”

Director Jonathan Hurd quoted in Investor’s Business Daily: “VideoEgg Hatches Clickable Ad Plan”

Analyst Joshua Lake profiled in Mass High Tech

Director Jonathan Hurd quoted in Investor’s Business Daily: “Dating Web Sites Get Cold Shoulder from More Users”

Principal Dan Chu quoted in The Boston Globe: “Content Companies Come to Terms with Digital Age”

Director Rory Altman quoted in Mass High Tech: "Will Verizon Deal Pinch Small Business Up North?"

Director Jonathan Hurd quoted in The Boston Globe: "Intel, MySpace Woo Leaders of Cable as TV and Net Collide"

Press Release: Altman Vilandrie & Company Expands Senior Management Team To Address Firm's Rapid Growth & Expansion


Events

March 23, 2010

CTIA Wireless, Las Vegas, NV

Director Michael Grossi moderating "What’s a Mobile Ad Network Worth?" panel.

May 5, 2010

Digital Hollywood

Director Jonathan Hurd moderating "Models for Change: Experimenting with Subscriptions, Pay Walls, Display and Search Advertising, Syndication, Live Events and the Brand Extension Opportunities" panel.

June 7, 2010

2010 Canadian Telecom Summit, Toronto

Director Rory Altman moderating the "Broadband Bundle: Quadruple/Quintuple Play" panel.


June 7, 2010

2010 Canadian Telecom Summit, Toronto

Director Rory Altman moderating the "Broadband Bundle: Quadruple/Quintuple Play" panel.

May 5, 2010

Digital Hollywood

Director Jonathan Hurd moderating "Models for Change: Experimenting with Subscriptions, Pay Walls, Display and Search Advertising, Syndication, Live Events and the Brand Extension Opportunities" panel.

March 23, 2010

CTIA Wireless, Las Vegas, NV

Director Michael Grossi moderating "What’s a Mobile Ad Network Worth?" panel.

January 9, 2010

Digital Hollywood at CES 2010, Las Vegas

Director Jonathan Hurd moderating “Inventing TV 2.0 - Broadband Enriches Channelized Content - Defining the Set Top Box, Streaming Media Adapter, Downloadable Consumer Experience" panel.

November 11, 2009

TelcoTV Conference & Expo, Orlando

Director Jonathan Hurd moderating "Understanding Consumer Viewing Habits" panel.

October 21-22, 2009

Digital Hollywood Fall, Santa Monica

Principal Dan Chu moderating "The Advertising Platform" panel.

October 20-23, 2009

SUPERCOMM, Chicago

Director Rory Altman moderating "The Business of Broadband: The Application of Innovation in the Enterprise" panel.

October 11-14, 2009

COMPTEL PLUS FALL, 2009, Orlando

Ed Vilandrie moderating "How M&A's Impact the Telecom Industry" panel.

October 8, 2009

CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2009, San Diego CA

Director Michael Grossi moderating the "Internet: Reaching Critical Mass With Next Generation Consumer Electronics" panel.

September 21-23, 2009

VON, South Beach Florida

Principal Stefan Bewley moderating "After the Deluge: White Space, 700 MGHz, & The Future of Wireless Spectrum" and "Beyond the Triple Play: Home Servers, Femtocells & The Networked Home" panels.

September 21-23, 2009

VON, South Beach Florida

Director Rory Altman moderating "HD Voice: The Future of VoIP?" panel.

September 17, 2009

Mobile Internet World @ 4G World 2009, Chicago

Director Rory Altman moderating "Open Applications Development for Mobile Internet" panel.

July 20-21, 2009

IPTV World Forum North America, New York

Director Jonathan Hurd Chairing at IPTV World Forum's North American event.

June 15, 2009

Canadian Telecom Summit, Toronto

Director Rory Altman moderating the "New Media/Convergence" panel.

June 4, 2009

Broadband Billing and Charging Strategies, Webinar

Principal Sujit Jha moderating "Broadband Billing and Charging" webinar for Telephony.

May 6-7, 2009

Digital Hollywood Spring, Santa Monica

Director Jonathan Hurd moderating "The Broadband Platform-PC, Mobile, TV and Advertising" panel; Director David Waite moderating the "Personalized Media - Mobile" panel.

April 20, 2009

National Association of Broadcasters, Las Vegas

Director Jonathan Hurd moderating "The First 1000 Days" panel.

April 2, 2009

International CTIA Wireless 2009, Las Vegas

Director Michael Grossi moderating "21st Century Mobile Content" panel.

March 31, 2009

Emerging Mobile Markets Conference

Director David Waite moderating "Supersession: Operators and Experts" panel.

March 25, 2009

IPTV World Forum, London

Director Jonathan Hurd Chairing the "CMO Summit".

March 4, 2009

COMPTEL PLUS 2009 Convention & Expo, Dallas

Director Ed Vilandrie moderating "The Growing Value of Managed Value-Added Services" panel.

February 18, 2009

Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH

Director Jonathan Hurd moderating "Video: Value Chain" as part of Tuck's "Britt Technology Impact Series".

February 2-4, 2009

4G Wireless Evolution Conference, Miami

Director David Waite and Principal Stefan Bewley moderating "The LTE Business Case" panel.

February 2, 2009

Internet Telephony Conference & Expo EAST 2009, Las Vegas

Director David Waite moderating "Unified Communications" panel.

January 26-27, 2009

ATIS and 3GPP LTE: Towards Mobile Broadband Conference, Dallas

Director David Waite moderating "The Business Case for LTE" panel.

January 10, 2009

Digital Hollywood at CES, Las Vegas

Director Jonathan Hurd moderating "Personalized TV: Exploring the True Power of IPTV" panel.

January 9, 2009

Digital Hollywood at CES, Las Vegas

Director Rory Altman moderating "Advertising Innovation! Broadband, OnDemand, In-Game, Social Networks, RSS, Blogs, PODs & Mobile" panel.

January 6-8, 2009

Citigroup's 19th Annual Entertainment, Media & Telecommunications Conference, Phoenix

Director Rory Altman hosting Fireside Chat for investors and communications executives.

November 12, 2008

Telco TV Conference 2008, Orange County

Director Jonathan Hurd moderating "Beyond Caller ID on the TV: Next-Generation Communications" panel.

November 5, 2008

FierceMarkets, Webinar

Principal Stefan Bewley participating in FierceMarkets' “Getting Past VoIP: The Next Generation of Converged Communications” Webinar.

October 30, 2008

Digital Hollywood Fall, Santa Monica

Director Jonathan Hurd moderating "Personalized TV: Exploring the True Power of IPTV" panel.

October 21, 2008

New England Mobile Summit @ Mobile Internet World, Boston

Director Michael Grossi participating as panelist in an industry discussion about creating a vibrant mobile economy in New England.

October 14, 2008

FierceMarkets: The Future of 4G, Virtual Panel

Director Rory Altman moderating a FierceMarkets' "Bachaul Bottlenecks: The 4G Dilemma" virtual discussion.

August 7, 2008

Building Blocks: Digital Hollywood, San Jose

Principal Stefan Bewley moderating "The Television Platforms & Content" panel.

July 22, 2008

IPTV World Forum, Chicago

Director Jonathan Hurd moderating "Investigating Media Transformation in North America" panel.

June 16-18, 2008

Canadian Telecom Summit 2008, Toronto

Director Rory Altman moderating "Entertainment and Content Over Broadband" panel.

June 16-19, 2008

NXTcomm, Las Vegas

Director Jonathan Hurd participating on “Reality of IPTV Deployments” panel; Director David Waite moderating “Capitalizing on Existing Networks” panel, and participating on "The Unified Communications Summit" panel for FierceMarkets.

May 7, 2008

Virtual VON, Virtual Conference

Principal Stefan Bewley leading "Emergency Services" virtual discussion.

May 5-8, 2008

Digital Hollywood Spring, Los Angeles

Director Jonathan Hurd moderating "The TV, the PC, Online Video & the Digital Consumer Experience" panel; Principal Dan Chu moderating "Personalized TV: Exploring the True Power of IPTV" panel.

April 21, 2008

WCA - Captializing on the 4G/WiMAX Ecosystem, Washington, DC

Principal Stefan Bewley moderating "Cost Effective Backhaul as Key to Profitability" panel.

April 15, 2008

National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), Las Vegas

Director Jonathan Hurd moderating "Winning the Couch Potato: Differentiating IPTV" panel.

April 2, 2008

CTIA, Las Vegas

Director Rory Altman participating on "Wireless Applications Large/Medium Businesses" panel.

March 17-20, 2008

Spring VON, San Jose

Principal Dan Chu moderating "Business Models for Web TV" panel; Director David Waite moderating "Mobile Unified Communication" panel.

March 14, 2008

IPTV Satellite Conference, Olympia, London

Director Jonathan Hurd moderating "What Are the Differentiators and New Market Opportunities for Satellite?" panel.

March 12, 2008

IPTV World Forum, Olympia, London

Director Jonathan Hurd moderating "Strategies for Continued Growth" panel.

Feb. 12-13

CableLabs Conference, Colorado Springs

Director Ed Vilandrie presenting introductory remarks on behalf of CTAM.

January 8 -9, 2008

Digital Hollywood at CES, Las Vegas

Director Rory Altman moderating "All Video-All the Time: Next Generation in Media Technologies - Broadband and Mobile - Content & Advertising" panel.