Mr. Arlen is President of Arlen Communications Inc., a Washington, D.C. based research and consulting firm specializing in converging telecommunications, media and information services. Mr. Arlen’s primary focus is on new applications and policy implications of broadband, interactive and digital media systems for residential and enterprise deployments. He is also a partner in the Alwyn Group LLC, a competitive services consultancy. For more than 25 years, Arlen has conducted extensive research on business development and customer acceptance of new telecom/media technologies. His recent focus has included "triple play" deployment (voice + data + video) and the markets for such services and his clients have included AT&T, Discovery Communications, Sony, Microsoft, Intel and the National Football League. Arlen was a founder and director of the group known as the Internet Alliance and is currently a director of NTN Communications (Amex: NTN). He also has created and published several trade newsletters and has written on-going analytical commentaries for industry periodicals, including Multichannel News, Washington Technology and Telecommunications Reports.