Orange S.A.

So for a specific operator today, most of the time what we're looking at is what their current infrastructure is, what kind of a solution they have, what ecosystem they have, what are the security solutions that they're using, what kind of compliances are required, GDPR, etc.

That V-Access Orca, of course, is very compliant with as part of the Orange Group as well.

So we are really looking to help the customer be as compliant with all the technological aspects as well as with all the standardization aspects as well.

So can you share an example of that, how it actually translates in practice?

Next came Motorola, and then AT&T.

Philips was next, and then Sony's bitter rival, Panasonic, then Toshiba, then France Telecom, and on and on." Everyone in the communications industry wanted a piece of General Magic, so much so they needed an antitrust lawyer in their meetings to make sure their discussions weren't falling foul of competition law.

"It was", says Epstein, "the biggest consortium of global companies that had ever existed in American business." Each partner in The Alliance put in millions of dollars.

General Magic was swimming in money, but still felt they needed more.

Also heavy in the crypto industry for the last eight years.

Prior to that, part of the expert group at France Telecom and really working with CISOs.

First layer of CISOs is operational response and also second layer CISOs now in compliance.

And I'm board advisor to Crimson 7.

At the CEO level, we brought in AT&T.

NTT, France Telecom, Cable & Wireless.

I mean, I would think all of that would completely kill a startup.

Yeah, it did.

job.

He later spent six years in the private sector at a global telecommunications provider for Sprint, France Telecom, and Deutsche Telekom.

He currently works for the U.S. Agency for Global Media, USAGM.

Ken holds a degree in electrical engineering and a master's degree in telecommunications, public policy, and business from George Mason University.

But the European companies were quite strong.

Remember Nokia, Ericsson, Alcatel, France Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, they were very good.

Now we have ASML and STM and that's it.

So we are very light on that side.