Success Stories

Technology Due Diligence

Kensico performed a Due Diligence assessment of an angel-invested company proposing a new service to connect islands of VoIP from diverse carriers.

Kensico created an RFI to obtain baseline information about the current state of development, future plans and then  raised further questions regarding technical and business reasons. This  led to a set of recommendations before making a go/no-go decision on further funding.

The result was Kensico uncovered many questions allowing investors to make a more informed decision if further funding should be provided.  

"Triple-Play" Vendor Analysis

Kensico researched and analyzed leading vendors that offered converged voice, video and data solutions, a.k.a. the "Triple-Play". We acted as a trusted advisor on the behalf of several carriers gathering strategic information that allowed their firms to understand the current state of vendor offerings from the following business and technical perspectives:

• How a vendor can potentially help carriers justify new voice, video and data services from a business perspective?
• What makes up the vendor's overall systems architecture from a CO, RT, and CPE perspective and their partners to provide an end-to-end solution?

• What are the vendor's specific technical attributes of their product offerings related to?

  • Voice
  • Video
  • Data

Network Security Services for Convergence CPE

Kensico provided consulting and software security services to a vendor developing CPE supporting converged voice, video and data services to the residential market over ADSL, resulting in a more secure device, and meeting the vendor's time to market requirements.

GR-303 Vendor Analysis

Kensico worked with several CLECs who had GR-303 Voice Gateways looking to migrate to other platforms, and at the same time maintain their existing investment in CPE and CLASS 5 switches.

Kensico provided analysis into vendor solutions allowing carriers to protect their existing investments in GR-303, while recommending several options to move forward, including softswitches and other IP-based platforms.