Tony Lavender is responsible for the commercial development of Analysys Mason's research business. Tony has previously run the Analysys Research division, worked on a number of research and consulting market studies and led activity with major clients. His expertise areas are industry strategy, technology strategy and regulation. Prior to joining Analysys Research in 2007, Tony worked at Ovum, where he was a member of the company's senior management team. He worked on a variety of research and consulting assignments for a wide variety of telecoms and enterprise customers. Prior to joining Ovum, Tony was at Oftel working on technology and competition issues. He began his career at BT, where he worked for 18 years in a variety of technical, commercial, regulatory and strategic roles. Tony has a degree in electrical and electronic engineering from London University.
I am pleased to use this issue of Insight to introduce OSS Observer, which Analysys Mason acquired on 26 June 2008. Later in this edition, Larry Goldman, one of the founders, sets out his...
It has often been said that spectrum is a scarce resource. This idea has driven spectrum allocation policy for commercial services, including mobile telecommunications, for many years.
So, it is official. France Telecom has made a ‘friendly’ USD46.4 billion bid for TeliaSonera, following weeks of speculation. TeliaSonera has rejected France Telecom’s initial valuation but I'm sure that this isn't the end of this issue …
Sometimes it is worth stepping back and seeing what the industry data that we track at Analysys tells us about what is actually going on in the telecoms industry. A good starting point is the report on electronic communications published annually by the European Commission. According to the 2006 report¹,EUR289 billion in revenue from...
