Advising on the commercial impact of technology and
    market changes in telecoms, software and IT services

Emeka Obiodu, Senior Analyst

Emeka Obiodu is a senior analyst in Ovum's Mobile Strategy practice, where he provides advice on the operational strategies of wireless operators and vendors. Emeka specialises in wireless service provider strategies, wireless network infrastructure strategies, wireless markets and devices, and wireless forecasting.

Emeka has over seven years' experience in the telecoms industry either as an analyst or an engineer. He is also an active member of the IET and IEEE and has spoken at several of their events. As an analyst he has featured extensively in the media, including the BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, CNN, Reuters, Dow Jones, AP, Forbes, the Telegraph and the Guardian.

Prior to Ovum, Emeka worked at Global Insight, Pyramid Research and Royal Dutch Shell. He holds an MSc in Telecommunications from Queen Mary, University of London and a BEng in Electronic & Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria.

Recent research includes:

• Credit crunch? What credit crunch?
• Europe's top MNOs unfazed by credit crunch
• The end draws near for anonymous prepaid mobile calls
• France Telecom (competitor evaluation)
• Vodafone gets the nod for Ghana Telecom, so who's next?