Future Mobile Operator Business Models: Broadband, Partnerships, Wholesale and Mobile 2.0

Chief Research Officer, Informa Telecoms and Media
Mark leads Informa Telecoms and Media’s global research and business intelligence teams and activities. In this new role, Mark is responsible for developing Informa Telecoms and Media’s thought leadership in the converging mobile, broadband and entertainment sectors.
‘We have 90 first-rate analysts, researchers, editors and reporters tracking the global communications sector and generating business-critical intelligence, opinions and trends’ says Mark. The breadth and depth of our expertise is unique, and our relationship with the industry is unrivalled. We know the people that you need to know’ he continues. Mark’s role is top harness this knowledge and these relationships to give Informa Telecoms and Media clients the information that they need how and when they need it.’
Mark’s own expertise is in mobile and fixed operator strategy. He was the founder and managing editor of a series of cutting-edge research services in the 1990s including Global Mobile, 3G Mobile and Mobile Media. ‘The last 10 years have seen a remarkable transformation in the communications sector driven by mobility, the Internet and new broadband technologies. It’s going to be fascinating to see whether the next ten years will see these trends allowing telecoms operators to become even more powerful forces in society or whether they could ultimately prove their downfall.’
Mark brings 16 years of experience in the telecoms and media research and publishing sectors. In his previous role Mark was publishing director of Informa Telecoms and Media’s newsletter, database and reports-publishing business. He joined Informa in 1999 as part of Informa’s acquisition of Baskerville, an independent business information provider. He started his career in business intelligence in 1989 as a reporter on two Financial Times newsletters, Telecom Markets and Mobile Communications.
Mark is a regular speaker and moderator at international conferences in Europe, North America and Asia. He also conducts regular briefing sessions with major banks, telecoms and IT vendors and operators on the state of the fixed and mobile telecoms sectors.