HAF Consulting today announced the formation of a strategic partnership with Vision 360 Degrees (V3D) of Lyon, France. V3D develops sophisticated software applications for the measurement of network quality of service (QoS) and customer quality of experience (QoE) for wireless networks. The software consists of a smart-phone based application and a central analysis software suite.

The partnership with HAF Consulting allows HAF and V3D to develop a set of advanced consulting services for operators, regulators, research firms and financial institutions. These services allows the simultaneous measurement of network performance and customer satisfaction as determined by the customer device itself.

Integrating the V3D solution with HAF’s other consulting services allows HAF to bring together market research, network performance and market strategy to maximize customer lifetime value and improve business performance.

Jon Short, Managing Partner – HAF Consulting -  “HAF Consulting and V3D have developed an exciting set of customer insight tools and services designed to bridge the traditional gap between network performance and the customer’s actual experiences. We continue to further develop our services to meet the current challenges facing the TMT sector.”

Philippe Vial-Grelier, President – V3D – “V3D are excited about the joint research solutions developed with HAF Consulting and the potential for our software solutions to deliver significant value in the TMT consulting arena. We look forward to working with an ever wider community of operators and companies in improving understanding of customer satisfaction and improving customer ARPU and retention. We strongly believe by matching our QoS/QoE KPIs provided by our software solution and HAF consultancy expertise will give to end users a better quality on voice and data services.”   

About HAF    

HAF Consulting is an international boutique that provides a range of consulting services within the telecommunications, media and technology industries worldwide. HAF has served its clients since 1997 by providing expert strategic, financial and operational advisory services relating to the pursuit, analysis, acquisition, launch and optimization of businesses. HAF has helped its clients build enterprise value and increase operational efficiency by providing a range of services related to start-ups, acquisitions, mergers, operations, integration, growth and changes in strategic direction.

For further details, please visit our website.

Contact: info@hafconsulting.com – www.hafconsulting.com – +44 1288 362929

About V3D    

V3D is an independent editor of QOS and QOE software. Founded in 2006, V3D software development skills and knowledge of operator environments enables delivery of turnkey solutions for monitoring the operator network using smartphones. Our software platform meets the high performance requirements imposed by the Smartphone usage boom in operator networks.

For further details, please visit our website.

Contact: contact@v3d.fr – www.v3d.fr – + 33 481 761 370

HAF Consulting and KomKonsult today announced the convergence of their TMT consulting services and the formation of a strategic partnership. The partnership will allow the combined group to better serve its current and future clients in the AMEA region and will be underlined by the opening of a Middle East office in Dubai, UAE to compliment those in USA, Europe and Asia.

The partnership marks the convergence of will among KomKonsult and HAF Consulting to pursue a common line of action in different business markets in Asia, Africa and Middle East, for the greater benefit of our customers and added growth of mutual business interests.

KomKonsult is a well established, well reputed telecom service provider based in Pakistan. It enjoys an admirable track record of providing specialized technical services to the leading mobile operators, vendors and regulators in Pakistan and abroad.

HAF Consulting is a boutique telecommunications, media and technology consulting firm with partners covering UK, USA, Netherlands and Poland. It provides a full range of audit, assurance and consulting services with emphasis on business case development, business optimization, M&A and privatization

Jon Short, Managing Partner – HAF Consulting -  “A high proportion of our work is currently being carried out in the AMEA region and it makes sense for us to strengthen our presence and service capability for AMEA at this time. We have been working with Jahanzeb and KomKonsult for over 10 years on a variety of successful projects and its makes perfect sense for us now to formalize our relationship.”

Jahanzeb Sarfraz, President – KomKonsult – “Both KomKonsult and HAF Consulting are active in the AMEA region with a range of complimentary services. KomKonsult with an emphasis on technical services and HAF Consulting with an emphasis on strategic, commercial, research and audit services. We have been working together for many years and it makes perfect sense for us to capitalize on our relationship with this convergence in the AMEA region.”

HAF Consulting has been engaged across the Middle East and Asia on a number of successful i 4G WiMax and LTE service introductions. Recently, HAF Consulting was engaged by QTEL to assist with its broadband wireless entity called wi-tribe. Wi-tribe offers broadband wireless in Pakistan, the Philippines and Jordan. HAF was engaged to provide marketing expertise and leadership to help improve wi-tribe performance in a number of markets.

We continue to help a number of our clients with the launch and optimization of successful 4G networks and services throughout the world.

HAF Consulting today announced the formation of a strategic alliance with Makina Corpus for the provision of revenue assurance services to the TMT sector. HAF Consulting and Makina Corpus will together provide forensic consulting services using the Smart View business intelligence solution. The alliance allows HAF Consulting to continue to provide a full suite of audit and assurance services to the TMT sector covering revenue assurance, expenditure and purchasing assurance, asset verification and tracking and business process engineering. The alliance allows Makina Corpus to continue to add forensic consulting to its highly successful portfolio of business intelligence software and consulting solutions.

Jon Short, Managing Partner at HAF Consulting -  “HAF Consulting and Makina Corpus have been working together since 2007 in the provision of advanced audit and assurance services to the TMT industry. This alliance gives us a longer term, solid relationship with Makina Corpus and allows us to continue to provide a leading suite of audit and assurance services to our current and future clients. To date we have always found that the value of recovered revenue or expenditure far exceeds the cost of providing our services.”

Olivier Martin, Business Development Manager at Makina Corpus – “Makina Corpus is pleased to cement our relationship with HAF Consulting and we are excited at the prospect of further developing our forensic consulting business through this partnership. We believe the Revenue Assurance Centre component of our Smart View business intelligence software solution is ideally suited to the audit and assurance tasks that we will continue to tackle in partnership with HAF Consulting.”

HAF Consulting Ltd and Regulaid BV today announced the commencement of a commercial and financial advisory project for BTC Bahamas, providing a range of commercial, financial and strategic advisory services to BTC regarding privatization and the liberalization of the Bahamas telecommunications, media and technology market.

“HAF Partners will build on the continued success of HAF Consulting, which has developed a reputation as one of the top TMT consulting boutiques,” stated Managing Partner, HAF Limited, David Dockter. “Clients have continuously requested that we step beyond our traditional consulting role the last few years.  We believe that we have come up with a better way to solve their problems and help them capture opportunity: HAF Partners.” 

Bill Loughman, CEO HAF Partners, stated, “The value creation hypothesis is rather simple: a well-tested leadership team is a critical component in capturing and unlocking shareholder value. Instead of wasting time and money trying to find, secure and wait for a team to gel, HAF Partners will provide teams for investors or operators that can gain traction from day one.” 

HAF Partners is a team of senior TMT professionals with a track record of success demonstrated over the last two decades in over forty countries. The team began working together in 1995 providing leadership to international wireless operators in Europe, Asia, Africa and America’s pursuing licenses, starting GSM companies and optimizing existing investments. Since then, the team has held senior management positions at numerous companies assisting with all stages of shareholder value creation and realization. 

HAF Partners’ leadership team brings 100+ years plus of successful telecommunications management experience, including David Dockter, Bill Loughman, Dino Onofrio, and Jon Short. 

HAF Partners will serve a variety of clients, including private equity firms, hedge funds, LBOs and TMT operators and investors and target start-ups, turnarounds, optimization, roll-ups and wind-downs.

For further details see www.hafpartners.com

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Announcement of MTS India on Wireless Federation website – January 2009

CDB is the largest of China’s so-called “policy banks”, raising money through bond sales and then lending to companies and projects in-line with China’ s macroeconomic policies. At the end of 2006, CDB had more than $330bn in assets.

Play has attracted approximately 1.4m customers since starting operations 16 months ago, rapidly becoming a major factor in the country’s mobile telecom market. Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications equipment maker, has been engaged as the primary supplier of Play’s mobile network infrastructure, highlighting its increasing success in securing contracts in Europe.

“Our demonstrated success at providing a full range of network improvement and auditing services for wireless operators generates significant shareholder value for our clients,” said David Dockter, Managing Partner, HAF Consulting, “…and given the tremendous and accelerating demand for these services, we are very pleased and honored to play an important role assisting our clients throughout emerging markets.”

“Our commitment and successful experience in Poland again underscores the value we bring to our
customers, through our collaborative approach in dealing with complex day to day challenges and
opportunities.”

“TMT Investors continue to closely monitor their portfolios and best in class wireless operators are fanatically concerned with the level of service and functionality their networks provide. Given HAF Consulting’sreputation for operational experience and acknowledged relationships with well respected institutional investors, such as China Development Bank, hedge funds, investment banks and private equity groups, webelieve we are uniquely positioned to continue to assist both TMT investors and wireless operators. The expansion of this CDB/Play engagement is clearly indicative of our demonstrated strength in the marketplace,” concluded Jon Short, Managing Partner, HAF Consulting.

The expansion of the HAF’s technical advisory role in Poland builds upon significant recent engagements including assistance with privatization of wireless operators in the Middle East, network improvement and auditing work in the Central and Eastern European market and strategic marketing and financial consultancies for various hedge fund and private equity clients.

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The strategic alliance will capitalise on our extensive collective experience and complimentary skills,
products and services. HAF and Coleago have successfully served clients on a wide range of major
telecommunications projects. HAF and Coleago follow a similar approach to serving clients; both
companies offer dependable, practical, specialist consulting and training services to the
telecommunications, media and technology sectors (TMT). A dedicated team of highly skilled,
experienced and responsive industry professionals comprise the leadership of each organisation.

Clients engage HAF and Coleago because:

• We Provide Proven and Experienced Senior Professionals: In contrast to larger consulting firms, the combined HAF and Coleago consulting team comprises only highly skilled and experienced industry professionals, typically with 15 years experience in the sector. We do not employ any junior or support staff.
• We Offer Dedicated Service: As small, specialist firms, Coleago and HAF provide unrivalled personal service; a principal manages all projects and clients receive partner level consulting expertise throughout an assignment.
• We Develop Customized Solutions: We recognise that all businesses are different and provide tailored solutions to meet specific client needs. We respond to client needs in a flexible, practical and cost effective manner.

Existing clients of both firms will benefit immediately from an expanded product offering and a
larger pool of talented resources.

About Coleago Consulting Ltd

Coleago is a highly specialised management consulting and training firm serving the needs of the
telecommunications, media and technology sectors. Coleago consists of a dedicated team of highly
skilled and experienced industry professionals. Coleago’s skills are concentrated in the areas of
strategic and business planning, market research and forecasting, business modelling, regulatory
advice, network design and performance improvement, training, licence bids, and due diligence. The
firm was set up by Stefan Zehle and Graham Friend in 2001. Clients include Orange, Ofcom, Qtel,
Motorola, Vodafone, Wataniya, MTN, Telecom Malagasy, O2, Telkomsel, Idea Cellular and many
others. For further information about Coleago please visit www.coleago.com or call Stefan Zehle on
+44 7974 356 258 or Graham Friend on + 44 7973 315 434.

About HAF Consulting Ltd

HAF Consulting is a telecommunications, media and technology (TMT) consulting services boutique
serving some of the largest network operators, vendors and private equity clients in the world.
Founded in 1997, HAF was sold to o2 wireless solutions in December 2000 and “re-purchased” in
June of 2002. Since then, the principles have significantly expanded the business, positioning it to
assist TMT clients almost anywhere on almost any opportunity. For further information about HAF
please visit www.hafconsulting.com or call Jon Short on +44 7802 361 583 or David Dockter on +1
(612) 987 7774.

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