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COMPTEL PLUS Fall 2015 Business Expo
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Tuesday, October 20, 2015
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DAY 2
Q Advisors Unveils the IoT Heat Map
T
he Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the biggest
buzzwords in the telecom, media and tech-
nology (TMT) industry, but it’s an expansive
and loosely-defined category that encompasses
a number of different types of connected devices,
“smart” industries, broadband networks and a host
of innovative new services. To help clarify where the
best growth areas are in this heady mix, Q Advisors,
a global boutique investment bank, has launched its
proprietary IoT Transaction Heat Map.
Q Advisors was formed in 2001 to serve public
and private companies, private equity firms, entre-
preneurs and large multinationals in the TMT
sectors. The firm has an extensive, global reach,
while also providing the personalized service of
a boutique advisory firm. Its partners and senior
staff, who come from leading investment banks
and operating companies, have extensive industry
knowledge that translates into a raft of analytical
insights to help clients achieve successful M&A and
capital markets transactions.
This background has now been brought to bear
on the IoT Transaction Heat Map. It’s essentially a
framework intended to help companies and investors
clearly identify the various IoT segments and view
aggregate transaction activity on both the M&A and
financing side. It serves as a tool to assist IoT compa-
nies in considering where they currently sit in the
value chain, and where they may want to expand in
the future. For investors, this tool may be helpful in
thinking through which of the functional IoT areas
best fits their investment strategy. Key strategic obser-
vations are also provided.
Michael Crawford, Q Advisors partner, will be
unveiling the IoT Heat Map at COMPTEL PLUS on
Tuesday, October 20 at a presentation that will
take place from 11:00 – 11:30 at the Over-the-Top
Platform Zone in Yerba Buena Ballroom (Expo Hall).
Attendees can pick up a free copy.
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Onvoy Announces New COO
O
nvoy LLC (Booth 307), a wholesale telecom-
munication service provider, has announced
that telecomgrowth expert and industry
insider Surendra Saboo has joined the company as
executive vice president and COO. He is tasked with
leading Onvoy through its next stage of growth.
Onvoy offers an extensive array of wholesale
services to wireless, wireline, cable and broadband
companies, including tandem and transit, whole-
sale VoIP, hosted PBX, long distance, SS7 and data-
base services, call management solutions, directory
assistance and operator services.
“We aspire to be the next-generation, global
communications platform provider in our industry,
where customers are demanding API-based
ordering and real-time provisioning of services
with carrier-grade reliability and quality,” said Fritz
Hendricks, Onvoy’s president. “Surendra’s leader-
ship and experience provides a strong foundation
to accelerate our vision.”
Saboo comes to Onvoy from Transaction
Network Services. During his tenure there, he
increased margins and repositioned TNS’ $250
million telecom services division for growth.
Prior to that, he was at Inteliquent, where he
successfully expanded product lines to grow annual
revenue from $28 million to $280 million. He also navi-
gated the company through a successful IPO in 2007.
Saboo joins Onvoy as it is in the process inte-
grating its most recent acquisition, Broadvox, and
expanding its footprint to become the third largest
CLEC in the U.S. by rate center coverage. “We are
committed to an exceptional customer experience
as we focus our efforts on becoming the industry’s
go-to provider of quality voice, messaging, mobility
and connectivity services,” Saboo said.
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