Tell us briefly, what does Cartesian do?
Cartesian is a specialist consulting firm focused on the global telecommunications, media and technology (TMT) industries. Our global team is multifaceted and includes strategy analysts, data scientists, program managers, and engineers.
The company has a number of pillars that support the business, our clients, and each other:
- Management Consulting, comprising of the Media and Telco engineering, test, and delivery teams
- Strategy, where Analytics and Data Science support our clients
- Technology Solutions, who develop and support outsourced telco functions like number portability and automated revenue assurance platforms
Cartesian’s business is split evenly between the US and Europe. The Media team has three main functions:
- Broadcast/Video Engineering and Test
- Wi-Fi/Broadband Engineering and Test
- Video Content Security Solution Audits, Watermarking and Advisory Services
What is your mission as a company?
We want to work closely with our clients to solve some of the most difficult issues they face in the TMT sector.
What sets you apart from the competition?
The diversity of skills and experience we have within Cartesian allows us to take ownership of the issues and challenges that our clients face.
What is the most exciting thing coming up for Cartesian?
We have a long-term engineering relationship with Vodafone Group TV to support their European CPE devices and App-boarding. Having previously migrated our Linux automated testing platform to support their first generation of Android devices, we are now enhancing and developing the platform for the next generation of devices.
Our Paris office are working closely with LFP (Ligue de Football Professionnel) as they migrate their services to an in-sourced model, with particular focus on Content Security and Watermarking.
What is the biggest issue you think we can address together through cross-industry collaboration?
With service providers embracing IP delivery and traditional delivery methods like DTTV being phased out, we have been supporting many customers in their journey with our:
- In-home and simulated Wi-Fi connectivity test and engineering services
- Device performance, pre-release and post-release support test team
What might people not know about your company?
People in the Video/Broadcast industry may know the Media Management Consultancy business from our origins as part of Farncombe Technology, which was acquired by Cartesian in July 2015. Our Content Security team still use and issue Farncombe logo’d certification.
