Team

Mike Woolfrey

Managing Director - Industry Research

Mike currently manages Informa Telecoms & Media's research and analysis team and is responsible for the strategic direction of the research programme. With over 7 years experience of covering the telecoms industry Mike has been a frequent speaker at international conferences and has contributed to industry titles including Global Mobile, Mobile Communications International and North American Wireless Analyst.

Mark Newman

Chief Research Officer

Mark is Chief Research Officer within Informa Telecoms & Media's Industry Research division, leading its global research teams and activities.

In his role Mark is responsible for Informa Telecoms and Media's thought leadership in the converging mobile, broadband and entertainment sectors. Mark's most recent piece of research covers mobile operators' business models*. It assesses the current health of the mobile operator sector, the threats to existing business models and provides an in-depth analysis of the viability of potential new ones. Mark has also published research on MVNOs, roaming and grey routing, and FMC.

Mark has 18 years experience in the telecoms sector as a journalist and analyst. He is a regular speaker and moderator at international conferences in Europe, the Americas and Asia and is often quoted in the global business press. He also conducts regular briefing sessions with operators, vendors, leading banks and accountancy firms on industry trends and developments. Mark contributes a Telecoms Industry Outlook module to Informa Telecoms & Media's Mini-MBA Programme.

*Future Mobile Operator Business Models: Broadband, Partnerships, Wholesale and Mobile 2.0, published by Informa Telecoms & Media, April 2008

Thomas Wehmeier

Principal Analyst

Thomas Wehmeier is a Principal Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media's Industry Research division, where he heads up its regionally-focused research team.

His specialized interests lie in analyzing mobile operator strategies, in particular looking at the impact of technological evolution from 2G through 3G to 4G from an operator perspective. Thomas also looks closely at the impact of regulation on mobile operator business models.

Thomas has presented frequently at international events and is regularly quoted in the mainstream and trade press. He has a close relationship with Informa's key clients and spends much of his time visiting operators, vendors & banks across Asia, Europe and the Americas to advise them on the latest developments in the global cellular industry.

Thomas is also the product manager of the Informa Telecoms & Media's World Cellular Information Service, the leading service for quantitative intelligence on the mobile industry, which is trusted by blue-chip clients across all parts of the mobile value chain. In this role he is responsible for directing the overall strategy and development of the service ensuring it constantly evolves to reflect the speed of development of the mobile industry.

Nick Jotischky

Principal Analyst

Nick is a Principal Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media's Industry Research division.

In this role Nick co-manages Informa Telecoms & Media's wireless research team. His research agenda focuses on emerging market growth, examining key market drivers and trends in some of the world's fastest growing mobile markets.

Nick has 8 years experience in the telecoms sector as an analyst. Prior to joining Informa Telecoms & Media, he spent seven years at the specialist political and economic risk research house Business Monitor International, where he headed up the telecoms research unit. In that role, he assessed key emerging market investment opportunities in the telecoms sector, and produced several market reports to an audience of operators, vendors, solutions providers and financial institutions. Nick also had a brief spell with boutique research consultancy Kable, where he wrote a thought leadership report on public sector opportunities in the ICT sector.

Thécla Mbongue

Senior Research Analyst

Thécla is a senior research analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media’s Industry Research division and is a key contributor to Informa’s World Cellular Information Service.

In her role, Thécla is responsible for researching the telecoms industry in sub-Saharan Africa. Thécla also manages World cellular Data Metrics, in which Informa tracks mobile data usage and up-take, including SMS and MMS traffic volumes, mobile data subscriber information, MMSC contract awards, mobile data deployments and non-voice revenues. She is a key contributor to many of Informa’s reports such as the CDMA-450, HSPA or Multiple-SIM insights.

A native French speaker, Thécla is a regular speaker and moderator at international conferences in Africa and is often quoted in the regional and global business press.

Nasreddine Mana

Research Analyst

Nasreddine is a Research Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media's Data & Forecasting division, providing expert analysis for WCIS+ (World Cellular Information System) with a primary focus on the Middle East and North African markets.

In his role Nasreddine uses his language skills to track mobile and broadband growth in the Middle East and North African markets. Nasreddine tracks mobile operator strategies and ongoing regulatory issues across the region, and using his extensive list of contacts in the industry, drives the WCIS team's analysis on the Middle East & North Africa region. He also regularly writes quarterly market updates which are published across WCIS+ and Intelligence Centres.

Nasreddine holds a degree in Economics from the Université de Haute Alsace in France as well as an MSc in Business Information Systems from Royal Holloway University of London. Nasreddine speaks Arabic and French fluently.

Ana Hermoso

Research Analyst

Ana has extensive knowledge of Central America and the Caribbean markets where she makes use of her Spanish language skills. She is a member of the World Cellular Datametrics team, which tracks the evolution of mobile data services on a worldwide basis. Ana has presented Informa Telecom's research and analysis at several conferences in the US and the Caribbean.

Kristin Paulin

Research Analyst

Kristin is a Research Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media's Industry Research division, based in Chicago and covering North American markets. In her role, Kristin primarily works in the regional research team responsible for Informa's World Cellular Information Service portfolio, including World Cellular Data Metrics.

She also regularly contributes to more in-depth research reports, where she produces deep dive analysis into the most pertinent issues affecting the North American region. Most recently, Kristin has worked on reports examining non-SMS data trends and an analytical overview of investment trends in the global cellular industry. Kristin has also contributed to research reports on the topics of WCDMA handset pricing, as well as HSPA's role in mobile broadband.

Kristin has 6 years of experience in the telecoms sector, having spent time working on the semiconductor side of the industry before coming to Informa Telecoms & Media. She regularly attends US events such as the CTIA Wireless and CTIA IT & Entertainment events.

Eva Benguigui

Senior Research Analyst

Eva is a Senior Research Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media's Industry Research division and is a key contributor to Informa's World Cellular Information Service. Eva is the Analyst responsible for covering the Americas region, with primarily focus in Brazil and its neighboring countries In her role Eva is responsible for Informa Telecoms and Media's South America's analysis and statistics regarding mobile and broadband sectors. Her articles are published in WCIS+ as well as the Intelligence Centres. Eva is the product manager for Informa's World Cellular Investors, WCI. WCI is a quarterly publication that has been in the market for the last 25 quarters. WCI tracks worldwide mergers and acquisitions of the top 37 investment groups, ranking them by equity subscriptions.

Eva is a key contributor to more in depth Informa's Insight reports, such as 'Analysing Investment Trends in the Global Cellular Industry', where she focuses on mergers and acquisition trends in the Americas region, as well the CDMA-450 report, among others.

Eva is constantly following the consolidation and regulatory issues across the Americas region in both the mobile and the broadband sector. Eva is currently working on tracking the potential developments and trials of Femtocells worldwide.

Eva has 10 years experience in the telecoms sector. Before joining informa in 2002 Eva was a Senior Research Analyst in Tarifica, the leading consultancy in fixed and mobile telecommunications tariffs. She is a regular speaker and moderator at international conferences in the Americas and is often quoted in the Americas business press. She also attends regularly to Informa's client meetings.

Eva holds an Economics degree from the Complutense University in Madrid, Spain.

Marisol Gomez

Research Analyst

Marisol is a Research Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media’s Industry Research division, focusing on the Latin American region.

In her role Marisol analyses developments in Latin American mobile and broadband markets, and is a major contributor to Informa's World Cellular Information Service and World Broadband Information Service. Marisol’s articles are regularly published in WCIS+ as part of the Market Update service, and also contributes frequently to the Americas Intelligence Centre.

Marisol graduated from Javeriana University in Colombia with a degree in Industrial Engineering and completed a Masters degree in International Business at the Grenoble School of Management in June 2008. She has four years experience in project management and market research in the FMCG industry and has worked for British American Tobacco, Dupont and Meals de Colombia.

Tingting Liu

Research Analyst, Asia-Pacific

Tingting is a Research Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media's Industry Research division, covering mobile and broadband markets in Greater China Region and Asia-Pacific islands.

As a native mandarin speaker, Tingting is now based in ITM's Beijing Office and has a special research focus on tracking and analysing mobile industry developments in China. Her recent research covers in-depth analysis of Chinese mobile operators' mobile data service strategies. She is also a regular contributor to ITM's global insight reports.

Tingting joined Informa Telecoms & Media Group in Jan 2005. She holds a Masters Degree from University of Oxford and a Bachelor's Degree from Foreign Affairs University, Beijing, China, majoring in English and International Relations.

James Moore

Research Analyst

James Moore is a Research Analyst among the Data & Forecasting team and his primary focus is the updating of content on the World Cellular Information Service.

He has also contributed to numerous reports such as a report on infrastructure sharing as well as writing for the Intelligence Centres. His regional focus is on the Indian sub-continent and he has attended conferences and trade fairs in Asia Pacific including CommunicAsia in Singapore and GSM India.

Areas of interest have included amongst others the analysis of historical subscription growth and forecasts, examination of the uptake of data services, analysis of trends of performance operational data, investor developments in the region, and an analysis of the infrastructure vendors in the Indian subcontinent including the increasing trend towards passive infrastructure sharing and outsourced infrastructure deals.

James is also a member of the Handset & Devices team and has had a particular focus on monitoring the activities of the Japanese and Korean handset manufacturers including LG, NEC and Samsung. He maintains and updates the Handset Database and plays an integral role in the publication of the quarterly World Cellular Handset Tracker.

Sarongrat Wongsaroj

Researcher

Sarongrat is a Researcher within Informa Telecoms & Media's Industry Research division. He is responsible for tracking the progress of the ICT industry in Southeast Asia as well as several major Pacific-rim countries, with a particular focus on the mobile and broadband sectors.

In his role, Sarongrat keeps abreast of goings-on in countries within his region and regularly analyzes the key trends and summarizes them in short updates that appear on a quarterly basis in Informa's Intelligence Centres. More recently, he has also produced a regional brief on mergers and acquisition activities in Southeast Asia, which was published as a chapter the WCIS team's insight report entitled: 'Analysing Investment Trends in the Global Cellular Industry'; the chapter provides an analysis of recent consolidation patterns across Southeast Asia. In addition, he also makes frequent contributions to another Informa publication called Global Mobile.

Sarongrat holds a BA in Economics and Management from University of Oxford and an MSci in Mathematics and Physics from University College London.

Gemma Bunting

Senior Research Analyst

Gemma is a Senior Research Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media's WCIS team. Gemma is the Analyst responsible for covering the CEE region, with primary focus on Russia and the CIS.

In her role, Gemma uses her Russian language skills to track current fixed and mobile developments in the emerging Russian and CIS markets. In addition, Gemma produces analysis for Mobile Communications Europe and Informa's Intelligence Centres and also co-managers Informa's World Cellular Investors product, which focuses on global acquisitions. Her most recent analysis contribution is for the WCIS team's insight report: 'Analysing Investment Trends in the Global Cellular Industry', where she focuses on mergers and acquisition trends in the CEE region.

Gemma has been with Informa since 2004 and in that time she has become a regular speaker at conferences throughout the CEE region. Most recently she spoke at Informa's Russia & CIS.com 2008 conference.

Elson Sutanto

Research Analyst

Elson is a Research Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media's Industry Research division. In his role Elson specifically covers the mobile and fixed-line growth of Eastern European markets, in particular the Baltic and Balkan regions.

Elson also has a strong interest in tracking global WiMAX deployments, license awards and developments. Elson regularly writes country profiles for Informa's Mobile Communications Europe publication, analyzing the progression of various central and eastern European mobile markets. He also regularly contributes towards other Informa publications such as Global Mobile and 3G Wireless Broadband. Last, Elson compiles various financial and operational statistical data of the world's largest major mobile operating groups, including Deutsche Telekom, Telekom Austria and Telenor for Informa's World Cellular Benchmarking product.

Elson holds a BSc in Economics from Brunel University and an MSc in Management from Royal Holloway University.

Dr. Katja Mueller

Senior Research Analyst

Katja is a Senior Research Analyst working in Informa TM's Data & Forecasting division, providing expert analysis for WCIS+ (World Cellular Information System). In this role, she closely tracks mobile operator performance and technology migration issues within Western European country and formulates ideas that assist in forecasting key trends within individual markets. Her findings are published as brief market updates across WCIS+, the Intelligence Centre and MCE services.

Before joining Informa, Katja has worked for many years in the telecoms sector as an analyst and information product manager. She is regularly invited to speak and moderate at telecoms industry and academic conferences to promote an open and research-intensive approach to understanding global telecoms trends. In her earlier work at Point Topic, a UK-based broadband research company, she has headed a number of consultancy projects for broadband service providers.

Katja holds a MSc degree in Geographical Information Science from the University of Leicester and a PhD in Oriental Studies from Cambridge University. She was awarded several national awards for her past geographical research and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

Gareth Sims

Head of Forecasting

Gareth is Head of Forecasting within Informa Telecoms & Media's Industry Research division, leading its centralised forecasting team.

In his role Gareth is responsible for the management and development of Informa Telecoms and Media's forecasts covering the mobile, fixed and media industries. Over the last 5 years he has spearheaded the development of numerous forecasting products, spanning a range of sectors from devices and networks through to applications and services. He also manages the forecasts within WCIS, an industry leading market intelligence database whose numbers are quoted extensively throughout the ICT Industry. Gareth's most recent piece of work has been on the development of mobile infrastructure and traffic forecasts*

Gareth has over 8 years experience in statistical and financial modelling in the ICT industry. Before joining Informa, Gareth worked as a commercial analyst for MCI where he focused on European telecom pricing. Gareth holds a degree in Business Economics in which he specialised in Econometrics.

*Mobile Network Forecasts, published by Informa Telecoms & Media, June 2008

Nidhir Maudgalya

Senior Forecaster

Nidhir's focus as a Senior Forecaster at Informa Telecoms & Media is on building and maintaining forecasting models for the mobile, media and broader telecoms market.

He is responsible for the quarterly production of WCIS+ forecasts and the development and management of WCIS+ forecasting process in general. He works closely with analysts and researchers from the global markets division as part of the forecasting and modelling process to provide detailed analysis of key metrics for trends analysis of market and technological developments.

Nidhir has over 5 years of experience as an analyst and forecaster. His most recent model gauges the distribution of wealth across various age bands for the major markets in the world factoring in the key socio-economic and demographic factors.

From an educational standpoint, he is a BE in Electrical & Electronics and holds an MSc in Telecommunications from London South bank University.