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Vivek Badrinath, chairman, Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance

Vivek Badrinath, chairman, Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance

A senior France Telecom executive, Vivek Badrinath also heads up the NGMN alliance, a grouping of cellular carriers
whose mission it is to advise standards bodies responsible for developing future mobile telephony platforms as to exactly what it is that operators want to see delivered.

César Alierta Izuel, chairman, Telefónica

César Alierta Izuel, chairman, Telefónica

Spanish incumbent carrier Telefónica is the fourth largest mobile operator in the world. Under the guidance of César Alierta-chairman since 2000-it became the first Spanish company to be listed in the NY Dow Jones 50 Global Titans index, in 2005. Alierta has previously held a board position at China Mobile, and retains a seat on the board of Telecom Italia, in which Telefónica holds a 9.98 per cent stake.