Telecom Pragmatics

Specializing in Telecommunications Markets and Technologies


Customer Testimonials



"We have been working with Mark and Sam for many years. Their insights have been helpful to both the strategic and tactical elements of our business planning."

— Brian McCann, Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer,
ADVA Optical Networking


“We were consulting with Mark and Sam as part of market validation of a new product we are developing. Thanks to their experience and unique working methods, they were able to provide us comprehensive feedback from key persons at the RBOCs in a very short time.”

— Gilad Kirshenboim, Founder, Amethyst Communication Technologies


"Telecom Pragmatics has done several custom research projects for us. They are very thorough and were easy to work with. They were able to gain access to key decision makers and provide us with valuable analysis, insight and feedback into two different segments of the telecommunications market."

— Cindy Miller, Director Strategic Marketing, Ditech Communications


"Telecom Pragmatics displayed excellent ground-level contact and reach in our interaction."

— Manish Bhandari, Corporate Strategic Planner, Emerson


"Sam and Mark have provided valuable perspective and insight to Essex as it positions in the commercial marketplace. Their access to the decision makers in the communications industry has allowed us to gain important feedback on key issues quickly and at reasonable cost. Sam's practical knowledge of the RBOC environment is a vital resource to our commercial product development activities."

— Leonard E. Moodispaw, CEO & President, Essex Corporation (company purchased by Northrop Grumman)


“Telecom Pragmatics gets directly to the source of today’s market trends - those people making product decisions. This enables them to identify the real market dynamics and products with real customer traction.”

— Mark Yin, Vice President, Technical Marketing, Infinera


"Telecom Pragmatics provides very helpful information. I love the tenacity and diligence."

— Ken Muth, Senior Research Analyst, Robert W. Baird & Co.


"I have known Mark and Sam for several years now. Besides having outstanding credentials, they are constantly tuned to our customer base. This allows them to give us a very well informed opinion. More importantly, they are brutally honest. This is perhaps their greatest asset!"

—Dr. Krishna Bala, Co-founder and Chief Technical Officer, Tellium (purchased by Zhone)


"In today's market, factually correct and timely information is everything. The Telecom Pragmatics team has demonstrated and continues to demonstrate that they are very well connected to the industry and their "pragmatic" perspective and insight are a welcome change."

— Rob Lane, Vice President, Marketing, Tropic Networks (bought by Alcatel-Lucent)


For another testimonial, please see joint press release with Freesky Research.






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