Telecom Markets

Rob is responsible for directing Informa Telecoms & Media's coverage of broadband network operator and online media provider strategies. Under his guidance, Rob's team of journalists, analysts and associate authors produce exclusive news, analysis, executive briefings and reports on a wide variety of topics, from regulation to marketing and technology to finance. He oversees the Future Broadband Markets* series of reports and regularly authors research on next-generation access networks, broadband video and new business models for network operators.

Rob has been covering information and communications technologies since 2000 and has specialised in broadband in Europe since 2003. He is a regular face at international conferences, and frequently briefs operators, vendors and consultancies on industry trends and developments.

Magnus keeps a close eye on operator strategies and market developments in the European fixed-line broadband sector. The main area of focus is fixed-line regulation, next-generation network deployment and operator retail strategy. But he also monitors related topics relevant to fixed-line operators such as IP-based services like internet video, IPTV and VoIP; the connected home and related technologies, and fixed-mobile convergence.

Magnus reports extensively from conferences around Europe and beyond. While a few of these events have several thousand delegates, many of the events are smaller and more specialised, giving an honest and exclusive insight from experts who might not otherwise feature in the news. Magnus has been with Informa since August 2006, and was previously a freelancer covering telecoms regulation in emerging markets. He holds a BA in Journalism and Economics from London’s City University.

Senior Analyst/Researcher

Lucy's main focus area is the development of fixed broadband in Europe. She contributes regular country and company profiles, which cover market developments and trends, subscriber data and operator strategies. In addition Lucy is overseeing an FTTx database covering fibre deployments around the world. She has also contributed to three Future Broadband Market reports.

Lucy has focused on developments within the broadband sector for the past five years and has been writing about the telecoms sector since 1997.

Giles is an analyst for Informa’s Broadband and Internet Intelligence Centre.

His main area of coverage is fixed-line operator strategy, looking at issues including the move to next generation access networks, how operators can provide new content and services and regulatory developments. Recent pieces of research have included covered the growth and future prospects of multinational fixed-line broadband players and operator API strategies.

Giles also tracks the online content market, looking at how media organisations are moving online to find new distribution methods for their content. He also tracks new entrants such as Hulu and Bebo and assesses how such companies are challenging traditional media players and operators.

Giles began his career at media agency Initiative, where he did analysis across broadband, mobile and TV for clients including Unilever, Johnson & Johnson and General Motors. He holds a degree in History from the University of Sheffield.

Kalyan is a research analyst covering Western European fixed and mobile markets.
His role involves in updating market information on countries within his portfolio (Western Europe) for World Broadband Information Service and World Cellular Information Service. He regularly contributes to Mobile Communications Europe and Telecom Markets by providing data analysis and writing market updates.

He graduated from Jonkoping University in Sweden in 2005 -with an MSc in Economics -and has been with Informa since April 2007.