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Our Network system services span the area of:
  • Application Support
  • Consulting
  • Mobile /UMTS network Systems Design & Development
  • Network Systems Integration
  • Training

About IPTel Consultants

We are 'IPTel Consultants' and that’s what makes us interesting.

The people of IPTEL Consultants
We exceed. We learn. We innovate. We "Can do."
At IPTEL, we're motivated by a philosophy and a unique way of doing business. Our "Can do" attitude defines the way we behave, perform, and approach everything we do.

"Can do" means going the extra mile...doing whatever it takes to get the job done. It's working harder and smarter than anyone else. It's taking a proactive approach and working together to ensure the client's exact specifications are met or exceeded. Its personal attention, creativity, and flexibility – a commitment to become our clients' partner "Can do" knows that what we do makes a difference.

Here is an example of our team Member going that extra mile.

We're dedicated. We're driven. We're energetic. We're excited.

Every team Member of IPTEL understands the importance of delivering quality service and possesses the ingenuity and drive that are vital to the success of our clients' business.


The Executive Team at Melbourne Australia:
  • Thomas Keplar - Senior Consultant Marketing and Training
  • Ahmad Rizwan - Chief technical Consultant
  • Kamran Shamsi -Senior Consultant BPO and HR Management
  • Marie Maragos - Human Resources and Training Consultant

  • Thomas Keplar Senior Consultant Marketing and Training

  • A seasoned professional with over 21 years experience in the telecoms and Radio operations industry with major strengths in sales, marketing, technical and business development across 40 countries.

    Thomas background is Bachelor of Telecom business and Engineering Management, and this has enabled him to develop new businesses and products based on customer's needs. He did his Bachelor from Devry Institute of Technology Columbus, Ohio USA.

    Thomas has had long term association with Applied Science, Radio Communications Technology Community College of the Air Force (United States Air Force), Maxwell AFB, and Alabama USA.

    Thomas Assisted network services group in the operation of data and Cisco router networks; NEC Telephone Switching fundamentals including adds, moves and changes; assisted in managing regional radio network, Tellabs Titan 5500 3/1 Digital Connect System, associated technologies.

    Thomas coordinated approach toward results orientation made him Responsible to the outside corporate customers for value added telecommunications services, regularly communicated with larger Telecommunications companies such as AT&T, MCI, Qwest and WorldCom examining how they operated their procurement and what could be done to improve there operation.

    Thomas Cultural and Organizational adaptability whilst working in the United States, Europe, Middle East and Australia benefited him developed an extensive and valuable network of contacts and references throughout Asia Pacific. Currently Thomas close coordination with Ericsson Australia to support two core mobile networks (GSM and CDMA) with various radio networks (CDMA/ 1XRTT, EVDO, GSM and UMTS). Thomas opined that these multiple networks result in significant marketing, design and support duplication and can also cause customer confusion. His consultancy, in rolling out a nation wide UMTS 850 HSPDA network with a common 3/GSM core, in Telstra Australia and close relation with Ericsson will help phase out CDMA network eventually GSM network while providing the customer with the same coverage they have today yet with improved products and services.

    Thomas affiliations with IPTel group of consultants will be incorporated in our second consultancy in Middle East.

  • Ahmad Rizwan - Chief technical Consultant

  • Ahmad Rizwan is Bachelor in Electronic Engineering from NED University established under Royal British empire with an Advanced Post Grad Dip in Telecommunication, having over a decade of experience in Operation and Maintenance of switching & Transmission in Telecommunications, planning and heading Telecom Infrastructure Deployment projects for telecom majors and service providers. Ahmad played leading role in processing and evaluation of Fibre Optic project in Australia and Pakistan and successfully commissioned Fibre Optic Hi-Speed transmission line as a backbone for future expansion

    Ahmad has successfully commissioned and put into operation Hutchison's (Huawei) IN Platform in Pakistan Telecom Company a Turnkey Project for 12 Nodes, spread over 18 cities of Pakistan with a proven track record of maintaining project efficiency of over 100% and a CSI of 4 or Above on a scale of 5. An effective communicator with exceptional relationship management skills with the ability to relate to 3rd party contractor and people at any 1st / 2nd level of technical and management across the globe and significant experience working with customers, cross-cultural technical teams for securing & executing concurrent projects and their operation and maintenance.

    Following ITU, 3GPP recommendations Ahmad was assigned to prepare specifications by the Pak Telecom Company and Ericsson's joint projects on development and up-gradation of network infrastructure with reference to future prospective. He started working in multiple projects and assignments on the path to 3G for GSM and CDMA. He performed comprehensive research and prepared reports on the basis of the most GSM carriers best option to deploy GPRS as a 2.5G solution then move to UMTS, also known as wideband CDMA (WCDMA), while CDMA carriers are evolving to cdma2000 1X for 3G. Ahmad included in report that for TDMA carriers, however, the path is not set in stone. His work during this tenure made him well familiar with the equipment that has to be modified for UMTS operation and services. His knowledge about UTRAN and RNC (control equipment for Node B) is widely recognised.

    Ahmad ‘s contributions and skills for GSM RBS 200 Replacement EDGE Rollout ~ 2106 RBS 2206 are recognized by giant Telecom vndors and service providers such as Ericsson, ZTE Telecom, Ascom Hasler, Telstra Australia he has strong grasp on Network Evolution – Modernisation Replacement of Common Core – MSC Soft Switch, MGwy, SGSN/GGSN HLR Redundancy and OSS platform.

  • Kamran Shamsi Senior Consultant BPO and HR Management

  • Kamran Shamsi is Master in Business MBA from Melbourne Australia and accredited member of Australian Institute of Business Management Management he brought with him his years long experience of progressive management experience with full P&L responsibility in strategic planning, marketing / general management, business / product development, and operations with fortune 500 companies in international markets. Kamran posses keen understanding of customer needs and optimal work environment to ensure maximum performance and sense of bottom line profitability. Kamran expertise in R&D, regulatory affairs, third party vendors, Technical community and all stakeholders for business development are widely accepted by the multinational while he was working in Solagran International Melbourne, his attitude toward liaise with Key Opinion Leaders (KOL) is extraordinary. Kamran Successfully launched 5 new products simultaneously in all Gulf markets that ultimately were ranked in top 3 – 10 products in their individual segments with rationalised marketing spend for maximum return, he Introduced and managed series of planned events for key opinion leaders (focus groups), and seminars resulting in better positioning of targeted products in KSA & Gulf markets. He was active member of Hoechst Behring Product Management Group in Germany.

    IPTel Group of Consultants is proud of his managed key accounts and developed lasting relationship with KOLs and his more than 140% sales for two years in a row stood him among the crowd and enabled him to receive best MIO & Star performer Awards for CLAFORAN & HAEMACCEL in 1989 Account Management & Negotiation Skills Management Centre Europe in KSA (Middle Eastern Chapter).

  • Marie Maragos - Human Resources and Training Consultant

  • Marie Maragos joined this group of an extremely competitive, enterprising, assertive, and determined and goal oriented background. Marie is First Class Honours, Bachelor of Business, and Banking & Finance, from Monash University Melbourne Australia. Marie’s skills to achieve both her 'people-oriented' and her personal goals, are hard driving, eager and active and if delayed, occasionally impatient.

    She is extremely logical, reflective, analytical, factual and very practical. She enjoys things that challenge her capacity to conquer. For the sake of interest as well as necessity, she becomes an expert in things that intrigue and challenge her. Her years of experience in Asia Pacific market research followed by extensive market research on the Australian product markets specially financial modelling & valuations, presentations to the senior management has made her an ideal personality in developing Systematic policies and procedures particularly in HR and marketing arena.

    IPTel consultants’ own future plans will definitely be benefited by management of her time her effort on a daily basis to reach goals.


The Executive Team at Dubai UAE:
  • Helmut schulz Senior Consultant Marketing & Business Development
  • Fahad Ullah Khan Business development and marketing

















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