Keith Mallinson is founder of WiseHarbor (www.wiseharbor.com), providing expert commercial advisory services in wireless, mobile and telecommunications. He continues to support Yankee Group, his former employer, in the position of Senior Research Fellow.

Mallinson led Yankee Group's global Wireless/Mobile research and consulting team as Executive Vice President, based in Boston, from 2000 to 2006. Until then, he had overall responsibility for the firm's European division, based in London, as Managing Director from 1995 until 2000. He was the European Research Director prior to 1995.

Mallinson has more than 20 years experience in the telecommunications industry, as research analyst, consultant and as a testifying expert witness. Complementing his industry focus, he has a broad skill set including technologies, market analysis, regulation and finance. He has published numerous reports and speaks publicly at industry events including the leading CTIA and 3GSM trade shows on a wide variety of topics, most recently including fixed mobile convergence and substitution, broadband wireless, emerging markets, intellectual property patents and licensing, mobile search and advertising.

Mallinson has an undergraduate electronic engineering degree from London University's Imperial College and an MBA from the London Business School, including an academic exchange with Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management in Illinois.

Expert services

Mallinson is a commercial analyst in telecommunications including strategy, market research and financial analysis through his consulting firm WiseHarbor. Expert witness services include expert reports, rebuttals and oral testimony.

Key areas of expertise

Mallinson has extensive experience in telecommunications, including fixed networks. His recent focus is on wireless and mobile communications:

• Technology supply for networks and devices
• Carrier services for developed and developing nations
• End user markets with enterprises and consumers
• Related services including mobile media, advertising, local search
  and payments

Mallinson has a broad set of business analysis skills with many previous assignments in:

• Competitive analysis
• Market research
• Regulation and licensing
• Business modeling and valuations
• Due diligence
• Antitrust investigations
• Intellectual property assessments

Expert testimony cases

The following is a complete list of Mallinson's engagements as an expert witness.

Re: Peltz vs. Hatten , 279 B.R. 710, 2002 US Dist LEXIS 10282 (D.Del June 5, 2002).
Client: Williams Connolly representing defendant Mark Hatten.
Case: Bankruptcy liquidation.
Engagement: Market assessment and company valuation. Expert report, rebuttal, deposition and trial testimony.
Outcome: Federal court judgment wholly accepted expert valuation and ruled in favor of defendant client.

Re: Omnipoint Communications Inc. vs. the City of White Plains , 01 Civ, 3285 (GAY).
Client: Greenberg Traurig, LLP on behalf of Plaintiff Omnipoint (T-Mobile).
Case: Permit for cellular tower illegally denied.
Engagement: Damages assessment, expert report and trial testimony.
Outcome: United States District Court, Southern District of New York, judgment May 6, 2004. Damages awarded in favor of plaintiff client.

Re: Omnipoint Communications Inc. vs. the Country Club of New Canaan, Inc .
Client: LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP on behalf of Plaintiff Omnipoint (T-Mobile).
Case: Breach of contract.
Engagement: Damages assessment with expert report submitted.
Outcome: Out-of-court settlement.

Re: Class action against defendants Verizon Wireless, Sprint PCS, Cingular, AT&T Wireless and T-Mobile in 02 Civ 2637
Clients: Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, PLLC (for Verizon Wireless)
Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP (for AT&T Wireless)
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP (for T-Mobile)
Hunton & Williams (for Cingular)
Anderson Kill & Olick, PC (for Sprint PCS)
Case: Wireless telephone services antitrust litigation on alleged tying of cellular and PCS handset sales with service contracts.
Engagement: Expert report, rebuttal and deposition.
Outcome: Summary judgment awarded in favor of defendant clients, 2005

Re: OpenMotion LLC vs. Yellow Book USA, Court of Common Pleas, Hamilton, Ohio, No A0602350
Client: Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP, on behalf of plaintiff OpenMotion
Case: breach of contract relating to mobile search and advertising.
Engagement: Damages assessment with expert report submitted.
Outcome: Judgment in favor of plaintiff client with damages award pending. Damages trial scheduled for September 2007.

Mallinson has recently been named as testifying expert on another breach of contract case. The business issues relate to carrier implementation of mobile messaging SMS and multimedia services.

Mallinson has never been discredited, impeached or rejected by any court.

Publications

Mallinson published many industry research reports on telecommunications for Yankee Group between 1991 and 2006.

Mallinson is a columnist for Wireless Week magazine (www.wirelessweek.com).

Regions

Mallinson is based in Boston and has extensive international experience with 10 years as a telecommunications industry analyst based in Europe until 2001. Current projects include work in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.

Fee rate

$400 to $800 per hour for oral testimony.

References and full resume

Available upon request.