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Avvasi enables QoE-driven measurement, improvement and monetization of the video experience and is the industry reference in mobile video QoE measurement and OTT video experience management. Avvasi provides operators with the tools to become Video Service Providers, enabling profitable participation in the value chain for mobile video delivery. Service providers around the globe are deploying … Read more →

Asavie is the world’s leading developer and provider of cloud-delivered secure connectivity services to mobile Carriers. Asavie’s unique Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) connectivity solution delivers seamless connectivity to the Carrier’s customer, regardless of network, technology and locations. With Asavie mobile Carriers can go beyond commoditised airtime with a purpose-built and proven platform to rapidly launch new mobile … Read more →

Optenet, A Pioneer And Global Leader Of Enabling SaaS Offerings And Delivering “On-premise” Security Solutions As a global IT security company, Optenet provides high-performance security solutions to service providers and large enterprises worldwide. Optenet’s technology protects 120+ million end users around the globe, including customers of many of the world’s leading ISPs and mobile operators, … Read more →

ASAVIE & AVVASI No, this is not some kind of strange word game. These are our two new partners who happen to have almost mirrored names. We met both at the MWC in Barcelona back in February and we chose to work together because they possess absolutely disruptive products that fit perfectly within our portfolio. … Read more →

This week, Swanlaab Venture Factory was publically announced: http://lnkd.in/d8uXBmR Swanlaab Venture Factory is a new Venture Capital company created by leading Spanish entrepeneurs (among which, JAL21), and Giza Venture Capital, one of Israel´s leading VC funds, which aims at investing €40 Million in top technology companies in Spain with an international footprint in EU and … Read more →

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Las clases se impartirán los Viernes en el CIBBVA de plaza Santa Bárbara y el Sábado en The Heroes Club en Jorge Juan, 12. El ecosistema Empresarial para Profesionales Emprendedores está en Alcobendas (Madrid). Más Info sobre cómo llegar Read more →

The Mobile World Congress 2014 took place in the last week of February in Barcelona, and it is one of the most significant events in the mobile industry. JAL21 was there in its second year (first with our own booth) as a vibrant Consulting and Business Development firm, and presenting one of its startup investments – … Read more →

ThingWorx™ announced in mid July 2013, a global reseller alliance with JAL21. This partnership allows JAL21 to resell the ThingWorx software platform through Southern Europe and Latin America, expanding the reach of ThingWorx-powered Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things solutions within those regions. This partnership combines JAL21’s executive and business development experience in the telco, … Read more →

Last February 1st, 2013, JAL21 has signed a new contract to do business development for EDEN ROCK COMMUNICATIONS, a US West Coast high-growth Telco company (see www.edenrockcomm.com) By this agreement, Eden Rock Comms becomes another trusted partner of JAl21 to be successful in Europe and Latam. The Senior Partner of JAl21 which will drive forward this relationship … Read more →

JAL21 signed an agreement in January 2013 with Optiva Media to partner in the Media and Internet industry in Europe. Founded more than 10 years ago (in 2002), Optiva Media is an independent services company with key experience in multiscreen digital content and media. Optiva strives to meet its client needs, offering our business, development, … Read more →

As a result of a recent meeting in San Francisco, JAL21´s CEO, Juan Latasa and Graymatics´ CEO, Abhijit Shanbhag, have signed on June 1st an agreement by which JAL21 will be their Business Development partner in Europe and Latinamerica. Graymatics, a leading media technology company from Silicon Valley, is a cognitive media processing company. Their technology can … Read more →

Network RAN cost is driven by instantaneous peak traffic demand during the busiest hours on the network. Building to these peaks generates unused surplus capacity during non-peak moments. Opanga’s Traffic Densification Technology is the only patented technology in the world that detects and reclaims surplus capacity in real time; extending network life through increased utilization … Read more →

JAL21 is also engaging with TELEFÓNICA, also Juan´s former employer (for a very significant period of his life: over 10 years!). Conversations are under way with Group areas such as Telefónica Strategy and TelefónicaTechnology, and also with the new Internet business unit, Telefónica Digital, based in London.

The 1st customer of JAL21 early in 2012 was its founders´ former employer, VODAFONE GROUP. In this project, Juan was asked to take on an “Interim Management” position asGlobal Product Manager for a new video-related project, reporting to the Group Commercial Team. This new, innovative product (to be launched simultaneusly in several countries) will improve … Read more →

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J21 Partners is a vibrant Consulting, Business Development and Investment firm  committed to helping high-growth technology companies in Telecom and Internet sector to develop their business in Europe and LATAM J21 was founded in 2012 with the mission to help leading technology companies in Telecom and Internet to grow and develop their business in EU and … Read more →

Posted by JAL21 in Sin categoría On December 20th, the second meeting of the Advisory Board of JAL21 took place in our offices in Arbea Campus Empresarial. Again, it was a unique occasion for every member of the team to share ideas, and to contribute to JAL21′s strategy, so as to maintain the company in … Read more →

On January 13, 2014, the President of Spain, Mariano Rajoy met Obama, President of US, at the White House, in order to discuss promoting economic growth, new jobs, and investment partnership. As a result of this meeting, it was clearly established the fact that Spain is currently going through a suitable situation for investments, that … Read more →

On January 15, 2014, ThingWorx’s CEO & Co-Founder Russell Fadel and the Head of EMEA Ken Forster visited Madrid to meet JAL21. This visit is particularly relevant given that Thingworx was recently acquired by PTC (seehttp://www.ptc.com/company/thingworx/). We had very successful meetings with key executives in important Spanish Corporations in EU and Latam, such as Telefónica … Read more →

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2013 has been an intense year for JAL21. We invite you to see the summary of our activity, captured in the following video.

On January 15, 2014, ThingWorx’s CEO & Co-Founder Russell Fadel and the Head of EMEA Ken Forster visited Madrid to meet JAL21. This visit is particularly relevant given that Thingworx was recently acquired by PTC  (seehttp://www.ptc.com/company/thingworx/). We had very successful meetings with key executives in important Spanish Corporations in EU and Latam, such as Telefónica … Read more →

On December 20th, the second meeting of the Advisory Board of JAL21 took place in our offices in Arbea Campus Empresarial. Again, it was a unique occasion for every member of the team to share ideas, and to contribute to JAL21’s  strategy, so as to maintain the company in the steady path of growth in … Read more →

JAL21 and VASS, a leading Systems Integration company in Spain and Latinamerica, have recently signed a strategic partnership. By this agreement, both companies will work together to develop innovative projects for key corportations in the region, based on leading technological plataforms. Specifically, they  will work initially on developing innovative M2M applications based on Thingworx, a … Read more →

For the first time since the creation of the company, the founding group of Senior Partners of JAL21 Consulting got together for our first “Strategy Off-Site”, which took place in a beautiful country hotel at El Escorial (Madrid), last October 8th. The picture below shows the full team of Senior Partners at the entrance of … Read more →

This past month of July, JAL21 took a major step forward to create a Venture Capital arm, called JAL21 VENTURES.  This company has been created with an initial investment from some of the key people in JA21 Consulting, and a couple of well-known investors in the industry (see picture). JAL21 VENTURES will serve as the … Read more →

Last July, the CEO of JAL21, Juan A. Latasa, was appointed to a new Advisory Board of AMETIC, the Spanish Association of Telecom and IT  Companies, which is the official industry management organization in Spain. This advisory board´s mission will be to consult and offer advice to AMETIC´s President and member companies, as well as … Read more →

JAL21 has joined the ThingWorx Reseller program with a focus on developing Machine-to-Machine (M2M) business in Southern Europe and Latin America   Exton, Pa.— July 16, 2013—ThingWorx™ today announced a global reseller alliance with JAL21, a young and vibrant consulting and business development firm, formed by senior executives from the telecommunications (“telco”) and Internet industries, … Read more →

  JAL21 and Sigma Technologies have joint forces to expand SigmaTechnologies business’s footprint across Europe, Latin America, and USA. Sigma Technologies is a Spanish high-tech innovative company which applies its state of the art pattern recognition technology to develop solutions in the areas of biometric signature, voice recognition and semantic recognition. SigmaTechnologies is also active in the … Read more →

    As a result of a recent meeting in San Francisco, JAL21´s CEO, Juan Latasa and Graymatics´ CEO, Abhijit Shanbhag, have signed on June 1st an agreement by which JAL21 will be their Business Development partner in Europe and Latinamerica. Graymatics, a leading media technology company from Silicon Valley, is a cognitive media processing company. Their … Read more →

During the last week of May, the CEOs of JAL21 (Juan Latasa) and its partner IVC (Mark Kavelaars) went to Silicon Valley for an intense action-packed trip, as part of a larger group of Spanish Entrepeneurs and business people selected by the Spanish Ministry of Industry / ICEX and Red.es (see www.icex.es) The official program … Read more →

On May 13th, JAL21 and its partner IVC were visited by two of the top authorities in Spain, the Secretary of State for Telecommunications (Víctor Calvo-Sotelo), and the Geeneral Manager of the Spanish Internet agency Red.es (Borja Adsuara). As a result of a previous meeting at the Mobile World Congress in February, JAL21 extended an … Read more →

On April 2nd, JAL21 and IVC (International Venture Consultants) signed a partnership agreement that sets a common journey for both companies to work together to build the leading Business Accelerator based in Spain for Europe and Latam. IVC is a Consulting group, founded in 1970 with the aim to help foreign companies in the establishment … Read more →

JAL21 attended, together with some of its partners and customers, the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last February 25-28th. This is considered by many the n.1 event in the mobile industry, and this year´s event attracted according to the organizers +70,000 executives and visitors from around the planet. It was a great event for JAL21 since we … Read more →

Last February 1st, 2013, JAL21 has signed a new contract to do business development for EDEN ROCK COMMUNICATIONS, a US West Coast high-growth Telco company. By this agreement, Eden Rock Comms becomes another trusted partner of JAl21 to be successful in Europe and Latam. Eden Rock Communications is dedicated to enhancing the value of Self … Read more →

On February 25th, the first meeting of the Advisory Board of JAL21 took place, in our offices in Madrid.  This Board is made out of a group of top senior Executives from Telecom, and IT industry and educational institutions in Europe and Spain, appointed to offer advice and support to JAL21´s CEO and Senior Partners. The members of … Read more →

JAL21 has signed an agreement in January 2013 with Optiva Media to partner in the Media and Internet industry in Europe. Founded more than 10 years ago (in 2002), Optiva Media is an independent services company with key experience in multiscreen digital content and media. Optiva strives to meet its client needs, offering our business, … Read more →

We could not have started 2013 in a better way! After months of hard work, JAL21, in collaboration with another firm, has been awarded a consulting project for a major TV Broadcaster in the German-Austrian market (which we cannot disclose due to confidentiality). The project consists in a doing a strategic review of the hybrid … Read more →

On December 21st, the first Christmas celebration of JAL21 took place. A total of 4 people (1 was missing due to travelling — the core «fundational» team) got together for a nice lunch at Restaurant Josetxu in Alcobendas (Madrid). It was a great occasion to celebrate our first few months of history (JAL21 was only … Read more →

JAL21 has been asked recently to be part of the leadership team of the MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF) in Spain. The MITEF is dedicated to strengthening technology clusters globally so that the innovation economy can grow and bring new and interesting technologies and innovation into the marketplace. The MITEF is the preeminent organization of entrepreneurs … Read more →

Last October 26th, JAL21 signed a new shareholder agreement, giving entry into the company to the technology fund InnoVenture (from Innovative Venture) (www.innoventure.es/en) Innoventure´s corporate and foundational philosophy combines two main factors — Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Innovation, not neccesarily understood in the technological area, but as the capacity to provide something really new or different … Read more →

JAL21 is proud to announce the signature of an agrement by which Juan A. Latasa becomes Senior Advisor to the prestigious management consulting firm Arthur D. Little. The goal of the agreement is to collaborate in business development and customer engagements in the TV and Internet Video Competence Center this firm has opened in Europe. … Read more →

It´s official now! As a result of a trip this summer to the West Coast of the USA (Seattle, San Francisco and Sillicon Valley), JAL21 has an Office in Silicon Valley, officially since October 1st (today!)… As anybody in this industry knows, Sillicon valley and the San Francisco Bay area is a great location for … Read more →

On the second week of September, JAL21 visited IBC 2012.  IBC is the largest TV and Broadcasting show in Europe, with presence of all Technology and Media companies in this industry (see photo). It has been an extremely intense and fruitful visit… I will write more on it later, but for now just to get … Read more →

In the first week of September, Santander University (in the North of Spain) has hosted for decades the Annual Telco Summit. The event is well attended every year by CEOs, CTOs and many other C-level executives in the industry, and the location is simply marvellous (the Royal Palace of Magdalena – see photos). The information shared … Read more →

Hello, I write this post with great excitment… I am reading this Summer a few books (I´ll write maybe about the rest some other time), and I just started Tom Peters´ thought-provoking best-seller of 2003 (almost a decade old, but still quite fresh!): Re-imagine! (the red is important here)… And I cannot help but feel VERY … Read more →

JAL21 has agreed with IESE´s Institute for Media an Entertainment to start a collaboration this Summer geared towards producing research material on a hot industry topic: «Disruptive Models in TV: OTT and Personalization vs. Broadcast».  IESE is a world-reknown Business School, belonging to the University of Navarra, of which Juan Latasa is a proud Alumni … Read more →

Sponsored by a top Investment Bank in London, JAL21 met again  recently for a working lunch with key institutional investors in Telecoms. This was the second time this event took place, given the good feedback of the first, in May (see earlier post). The conversation was lively and very interactive, with many questions about the current … Read more →

Since this past June 15th, JAL21 has signed an agreement with an innovative Video Technology company from the US, called OPANGA NETWORKS (see www.opanga.com). By this agreement, Juan A. Latasa will become the European Operations & Business Development Director for Opanga Networks, based in London and with responsibility over the whole region. OPANGA, whose claim is «Smarter Networks, … Read more →

Hello everyone, For an industry presentation, I recently did this summary slide of what I see as the «Cloud TV / Connected TV» Industry, which I would like to share today in this blog… It is a fascinating and very dynamic industry!! Looking at this, it is easy to see that the convergence of TV … Read more →

Hello, Today I had lunch with an important Investment Bank in London and some of its largest worldwide institutional investors in Telecom, in a very nice Restaurant in the City (The Delaunay, see photo), to discuss key trends in the Video & Internet TV Industry… Due to confidentiality, I cannot reveal neither who was at … Read more →

At the Connected TV Summit in London (May 2-3, 2012) I was honored to be invited as JAL21 CEO to an inaugural breakfast session, participating in a pannel discussion with some key industry experts. The topic was: “Extending the reach of pay TV using OTT”, and I hope it was a worth-while use of breakfast … Read more →

Hello, I am excited to write my first blog in my new web page… Hopefully this will be the beginning of a successful adventure! Just to begin with some stimulating data, I recently found the chart below from Cisco´s Annual Data Report (Feb.2012) … Interesting, uh? Saludos, JAL Mobile Data Traffic Forecast 2011-2016

Video will account for more than two thirds of Internet traffic by 2015, according to many industry reports. In this new era of Internet, JAL21 Consulting was founded in March 2012 by Juan A. Latasa to develop challenging, innovative projects leveraging its founder´s experience of 18 years of Marketing & Business development in the world´s … Read more →