Team

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Over the course of his more than 15 years of work experience, Jacques has become an expert in media economics and the internet’s impact on content. His assignments involve sector-specific, economic and strategic examinations of TV/digital media and their distribution systems. He also addresses news media ecosystems, the evolution of players’ strategies and telcos’ convergence issues. Assignments include private and public operators, In France and abroad.
Jacques holds a Master in international economy (Paris X University) and a Master in Innovation Management (Toulouse Graduate School of Management).

Recent assignments

• SVOD & cord cutting, tier 1 Telco
• 5G & Media, satellite industry
• Market assessment of illegal streaming services in France, public institution
• Collaborative program on Telecom and Media convergence
• Positioning of distributors, aggregators and publishers along the audiovisual value chain, Tier 1 Telco
• Workshop on video market and trends, impacts for satellite, satellite operator
• Business modelling the Digital TV transition in Mauritania, public institution
• Cable convergence in Europe, Tier 1 Telco,
• Cloud DVR prospects, solution provider

Emarildo Bani joined IDATE DigiWorld in April 2019 as a consultant in the IDATE Lab. Business Unit.

He participates in publications related to vertical industries’ digital transformation and emerging technologies. His prime areas of focus are Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and the Internet of Things.

Before joining IDATE DigiWorld, Emarildo was an IoT Business Developper at Transatel where he helped the company develop its business in emerging markets such as connected cars and gadgets.

Emarildo obtained his Bachelor’s degree from the American University in Bulgaria in 2015. He arrived in France in September 2016 to complete an MSc. programme in Economics at the Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University. He later graduated with a Masters in Network Industries and Digital Economy from Paris-Dauphine University.

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He is a geographical economist, with an engineer’s degree in Regional Development from the Université de Lille 1/ENVAR

Recent assignments

• Evaluation and updating of e-Gov national strategy in Burkina Faso, Ministry of Digital Economy and Post-ANPTIC, 2018
• Digital Transformation blueprint for Agadir, Fes and Marrakech cities, Ministry of National Country Planning, Urbanism, Housing and City Policy, 2018
• Assistance in setting up an innovation partnership for implementing a smart city platform, Pays Haut Val d’Alzette District, 2018
• Assistance in updating the Intelligent City strategy, Montpellier Mediterranee Metropole, 2018

Nicolas is a consultant with the Industry and Services unit. He joined IDATE in February 2019.

His main areas of expertise are:

• Cybersecurity
• E-health
• Public services
• Digital Banking
• Smart Cities
• BtoB and BtoC customer segments

Nicolas holds a Master in Management from ESCP Europe Paris and BA in Law and Political Science from the Institut Catholique de Paris.

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Samuel is a consultant on Telecom strategies at IDATE. He is specialist in the evolution of new and existing technologies used by telecom operators in different regions around the world, especially in projects in emerging countries located in Latin America, Asia and Africa.

Before IDATE, Samuel has worked for more than 10-years with European and American telecom players in the Latin American telecom market. He has been involved in the project management of telecom solutions through submarine and terrestrial fixed networks. He has also worked with innovation indexes in operators in UK and France and he has performed market research and benchmarking in the European and in Emerging regions as Latin America and Africa.

Samuel is a Computer Engineer from Simon Bolivar’s University at Caracas, Venezuela. He has a MBA degree from IESA and a degree of a Master of Sciences in Information and Telecommunications Technologies Business Management from Télécom Ecole de Management in Paris, France.

Recent assignments

• World FTTx Markets
• FTTH in Emerging Countries
• Public Finance Initiatives in network infrastructure
• FTTH Council Europe
• FTTH Panorama Latin America
• FTTH Council Middle East and Africa
• FTTH Panorama Asia Pacific
• FTTH Panorama Africa
• FTTH vs FTTB Strategies in specific countries
• FTTH Wholesale Models in Europe
• Telco datacenters evolution
• Benchmark of different TV Set-up boxes

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Basile CARLE is a consultant at IDATE since April 2008.
After carrying out a Thesis on the potential of the WiMAX Technology as a means of providing broadband access on the French consumer market, he specialized in the mobile industry, which he has been analysing through the whole value chain, from semiconductor to end-users’ devices and services. Mobile devices and platforms lead analyst, he has been following evolution of mobile networks for the last 4 years with a focus on 4G and 5G standardization and innovation both in the network and in the device (MIMO, carrier aggregation, power consumption, beamforming, Radio Front End). For the last two years, Basile also started the investigation of satellite innovations and the possible role of space assets in future networks
He is graduated from EDHEC Business School where he specialized in Marketing management.

Recent assignments

• TVWS as a technology for rural broadband deployment
• Impact of Low Earth Orbit constellation on the satellite industry
• Hybrid DSL and LTE networks
• Critical IoT
• Evolution of LTE features deployment (CA, modulation, VoLTE, eMBMS, MC-PTT …)
• LTE for fixed access
• DSL-LTE bonding
• Small cells and WiFi
• Satellite inflight connectivity market
• WiFi first strategies
• Civil Drone market
  

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Anne joined IDATE in august 1999, after an economic thesis at the University of Montpellier where she was in charge of courses. She is a specialist of microeconomic and econometric sciences

Her assignments within the IDATE teams focus on the study of behaviours and the analysis of trends and markets related to the digital transformation of populations, organizations, and territories.

Her main areas of intervention:

• Designing and conducting surveys and multi-target digital surveys and observatories (households, businesses, innovative sectors, communities (tourism, health, education …),
• Prospective analysis of the uses of populations, businesses and communities,
• Open and innovative methods of animation and accompaniment: Focus groups, Agile methods, Design thinking…
• Assistance in the installation of innovative ICT projects in Agile mode for communities of specific actors such as digital streams, education, health or public actors and local communities…

Diagnostics and strategies on digital uses and services.

Recent assignments

• Support of the digital transformation of 5 branches of Trade and Distribution (diagnosis and roadmap), Work Ministry and Prospective Observatory of trade (FORCO – OPCA of trade and distribution), 2018
• Analysis of the advisability of positioning the departmental Council on the field of digital uses and services – Hérault County Council, 2018
• Smart city : Blueprint for digital development (networks and uses and services) City of La Grande Motte, 2017/18
• Accompanying the initiative to pool the actions of a network of Chambers of commerce and tradespeople, for the digital transition of trade enterprises, APCMA – Permanent Assembly of Chambers of Commerce and Trade, 2017
• The digital sector in Martinique: diagnosis and strategic recommendations, CCI of Martinique, 2017
• Prospective study on the development of the Smart city in Africa, Orange, 2017 Survey on digital behaviours in trade enterprises, APCMA – Permanent Assembly of Chambers of Commerce and Tradespeople, 2016/17
• The digital sector in Occitania (diagnosis and strategic recommendations); In partnership with Spring Lab /Innovation agency- (Madeeli, Agency for Economic Development and Innovation in Occitania ), 2016/17
• 8^th Digital Market Barometer for Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes – digital equipment ownership and usage, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, 2016

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Bertrand joined IDATE DigiWorld in 2016.

Bertrand is in charge of IDATE’s involvement in collaborative R&D projects, including the European Horizon 2020 programme.

His activities are particularly focused on technological and marketing innovations. He participates in publications related to the Internet industry and vertical industries’ digital transformation.

His prime areas of focus are the industrial Internet of Things, Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence.

Before joining IDATE DigiWorld, Bertrand was a european project manager by INNO TSD. He coordinated the European FP7 BUTLER developing a secured platform for IoT.

Bertrand is graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique Universitaire of Nice Sophia Antipolis in Computing sciences and IT engineering. He was also an entrepreneur. He was the founder and CEO of a startup (SimplySim) specialized in 3D simulation.

Recent assignments

• Digital and technological impact for connected cars – Focus on digital security technologies, Renault, 2017.
• Artificial Intelligence, from virtual personal assistants (VPA) to the real implications of deep learning technologies, market report, 2017.
• CREATE-IOT European research collaboration project (H2020) providing support to large scale IoT pilots in Europe, European Commission, 2017-2019.
• ICT – SME Evaluation and impact assessment of a publicly-funded program to further the adoption of digital innovations by French SMEs, DGE, 2017.
• The blockchain’s impact on industrial property – Analysis on the potential impact of blockchain technologies on industrial property, INPI (French intellectual property office) 2016-2017.
• Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Analysis of the value chain and business model impacts of the Industrial Internet of Things, market report, 2017.

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Ariane joined the Telecom Business Unit of IDATE DigiWorld in 2016.

Her focus is on market and operator services and investments in both Europe and Africa. She also collaborates with the TV and Digital Services practice in analysing audiovisual markets.

She graduated from the Grande Ecole Program of HEC Paris in 2016 with a Master’s degree in Management, minoring in Management of the Media, Arts and Creative Industries. She also completed a Bachelor of Arts in History of Art at the Sorbonne (2013).

Recent assignments

• FTTH vs FTTB – Global figures and case studies (on behalf of a telecom operator)
• Observatory of Cable in Belgium (on behalf of a telecom operator)
• Mobile Satellite Services Authorization Regimes, Authorizations and Enforcement in the EU Member States (on behalf of the European Commission)
• Wholesale FTTx Pricing in Europe (on behalf of a telecom operator)
• Mobile Banking – How can telcos enter the retail banking market?
• Electronic auctioning systems – what opportunities for regulators? (on behalf of an NRA)
• Future of Communication Services – Perspectives for telcos and Internet players
• Is there an opportunity for FTTH in emerging countries?
• From Programmatic TV to Addressable TV – The new potential of targeted advertising for television
• World TV & Video Markets
• Impact of OTT communication services on telcos in Africa (on behalf of an OTT player)
• Gigabit Nations
• 5G Plans & Investments
• From Programmatic TV to Addressable TV
• European Telcos Markets and Players Benchmark
• Ivorian Telcos relevant markets analysis (on behalf of an NRA)

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Prune joined IDATE DigiWorld in 2018 as senior consultant on the Telecom Business Unit.

After working for 7 years at Bouygues Telecom in various functions (internal audit, finance, strategy) and on various issues (free cash flow modeling of Free, Free’s ability to deploy its mobile network, study on the satellite opportunity), Prune went for entrepreneurship and co-developed an artificial intelligence solution for sales forecasting, while continuing strategic consulting activities between London and Paris.

She graduated from MSc in Management at EM Lyon.

Recent assignments

• Cost structure FTTx modelling
• Market report Mobile banking
• Business modelling partnership in the transportation industry
• Electric Vehicle market research
• Data Center market research
• French telecom environment overview report
• Free’s investments modelisation assessment
• French MNOs business model economic assessment
• The Satellite, an opportunity for the broadband market in France?
• The cloud, a necessary growth driver for MNOs
• Is smart home a future market for Bouygues Telecom ?

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Guillaume joined IDATE DigiWorld in 2007

Guillaume has been Director of Studies at IDATE since his arrival, and Head of the Enterprise and Datacentre Market business unit. His work focuses primarily on issues surrounding datacentres, and he is currently producing several strategic reports on the deployment of these infrastructures in a variety of locations.

He holds a Degree in International Management, specialisation: ICT Marketing and Strategy, at the Institut Mines Télécom Business School (ex Institut National des Télécommunications) in 2000, and graduated of a Master of Science in Management at the Université d’Evry.

Recent assignments

Datacentre deployment study (Strategic analysis of the B2B market) :

• Opportunity Study to roll out a datacentre for publics actors (Universities, Health, …) in Brittany region (France)
• Strategic study to define the roadmaps to locate hosting players / datacenters roll-outs in Marseille
• Opportunity Study to roll out a datacentre for publics actors (Universities, Health, …) in Grand Est region (France)
• Opportunity Study to roll out a datacentre for private and publics actors in Gabon
• Opportunity study to define the OPT Nouvelle Calédonie’s datacenter and cloud strategy due to the arrival of a second submarine cable in Nouvelle Calédonie
• Report on shared data infrastructure management (datacentre) in the Somme local council
• Opportunity Study to roll out an underground datacentre (DeepData project)
• Report on shared data management infrastructures (Datacentre) in Brittany, Prefecture of the Bretagne-SGAR region
• CHU (Hospital) of Grenoble in partnership with the university, the Board of education and the Department of ISERE
• Local Council of the Val d’Oise for installing a public datacentre that will eventually underpin the deployment of a shared service platform for public authorities in the Ile-de-France region
• Alzette Belval planning authority: search for private-sector partners for installing a datacentre in Moselle on the Luxembourg border
• Municipality of Caen la Mer: feasibility study on building a datacentre for local public and private sector players
• Urban community of Beziers Méditerranée: technical, legal and financial feasibility study on building a datacentre in the area of the Urban community

Networks field :

• Report for CNES on Superfast Broadband Internet prospects for 2020 – 2035
• Technical et economical due diligence study for telecom operators in the aim to finance their telecom network’s  roll-out in local French areas (Hérault, Grand Est, Alsace, PACA, …) for private telecom operators
• ACA for deploying an FttH superfast broadband public initiative network (PIN) in in the Grand Est Region (seven out of the 10 departments in the new Region Alsace-Lorraine-Champagne Ardennes region)

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Weiqi HAN has joined to IDATE Digiworld since November 2018.

As a senior consultant, she is now in charge of analyze the benchmark of XaaS service business model.

Before joining IDATE, Weiqi was strategic marketing manager in Orange and worked as IT consultant at GFI Informatique and Capgemini.

Weiqi is graduated from HEC Paris MBA program and hold an engineer degree of Telecom Bretagne.

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Florence joined IDATE DigiWorld in 1998.

Florence is in charge of all market reports on the TV and media industries and operators.

Her prime area of focus is the digital migration of media industries, exploring both the economic and strategic aspects of those sectors, at a macro and microeconomic level.

She also assists local authorities in implementing and assessing their creative industries policies.

She regularly organises training sessions for her clients, primarily on TV and video markets.

She’s a graduate of the Lille school of management EDHEC (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales)

Recent assignments

• Prospective analysis of the local audiovisual sector, Région Grand Est, 2017.
• Assistance for the development of the creative industries in Montpellier, Montpellier Métropole, 2017.
• Positioning of distributors, aggregators and publishers along the audiovisual value chain, Orange, 2017.
• Economic impact assessment of the decree n°2010-1379 regarding the on-demand audiovisual media services, CSA (French NRA), 2015-2016.
• Analysis of pan-European VOD and SVOD services’ strategies, French Ministry of Culture, 2015-2016.
• Assessment of the economic, touristic, social and cultural impacts of aids to cinema and TV programme production, CNC, 2015.

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Agnès joined IDATE DigiWorld in 2018.

Agnes is a strategic business analyst, specialized in telecommunication and digital sectors.

Her first expertise is the analysis of telecom market performances based on the operators’ financial results, the follow-up of marketing offers and the identification of new usages.

Her second expertise is the analysis of new business models related to the digitalisation of services, the identification of possible scenarios and detection of opportunities and risks for the environment such as embedded SIM, digital identity, Rich Communication Suite and domotic assistant.

Agnès has a Master Degree in digital technologies engineering, EFREI.

Recent assignments

• Market study on the Val d’Oise department’s needs for a private dark fibre network, for TDF
• Research study : the rationale behind 2G/3G networks shutdown

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Sophie joined IDATE DigiWorld in 2000.

She specialises in the analysis of telecom operators’ commercial and marketing strategies: product range strategies (bundles, content, value-added services, fixed-mobile convergence), pricing strategies, distribution strategies. She also performs demand analysis, including a great many consumer surveys (Use IT programme), and how they align with supply strategies. Sophie also delivers prospective studies on the telecoms sector.

She’s an economist, with a post-graduate degree from ESLSCA (Ecole Supérieure Libre des Sciences Commerciales Appliquées)..

Recent assignments

• Fibre monetisation, in both B2C and B2B  markets
• 5G monetisation
• Digital Europe 2030 (Prospective research)
• New opportunities for satellite in Africa
• Telco’s Customer Experience Management
• Digiworld Yearbook Africa
• eMBB (enhanced mobile BB) return on investment

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Carole joined IDATE DigiWorld in October 2000.

She is today the leader of IDATE DigiWorld Wireless services practice.

Carole has been in charge of monitoring the globe’s mobile markets, and operators and mobile services development particularly in 3G, LTE and now for 5G. She has also become an expert in spectrum management issues and developed expertise in PPDR issues. She contributes actively to H2020 5G PPP projects initiated by the EU Commission (Euro-5G/To-Euro5G and METIS-II).

Before coming to IDATE, Carole worked for the COGEMA’s North American corporate strategy department, where she was involved in several acquisition operations in the nuclear sector.

Carole holds a MS in marketing (EDHEC business school, Lille, 1991). She also holds a Masters in Human Resources and Corporate Management (ESCP, Paris business school, 1992).

Recent assignments

• The European 5G Observatory (European Commission, SMART 2018/0024)5G spectrum and sharing in Europe, USA, South Korea, China, technical specifications, Asian MNO, 2017
• Benchmark on electronic auctions design and provision of solutions, French NRA, 2017
• Contribution to H2020 5G PPP projects (METIS-II, Euro-5G and To-Euro-5G), European Commission, 2015-2019
• Detailed wireless data for Europe, BEREC, 2017
• 4G and 5G status and prospective in Middle East and Africa, FTTH Council, 2017

Recent assignments

• Commercial, prospecting and operational experiences (sales and closing)
• Strong ability to interact in very different ecosystems and in complex organizations
• Professional background combining technical, IT, commercial and managerial dimensions
• Recognized skills in lobbying and communication actions with public and economic authorities and actors Moroccans / French

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Didier joined IDATE DigiWorld in 1986.

He coordinates IDATE’s research and consulting assignments on telecom service market trends (mobile, broadband, …), on the sector’s regulatory, technological and industrial issues (broadband outlook, telecommunications investments and employment, industry’s competitiveness…).

For more than 15 years, he has also been publishing supervisor of the annual DigiWorld Yearbook, dedicated to the digital world’s challenges

Didier is in charge of IDATE business development in Africa.

Didier is graduated from ESSEC (1982)

Recent assignments

• Investment in telecom networks at stake, Orange, 2017.
• Telecom market dynamics – Europe vs. the USA (watch service), 2017.
• International Trade of Digital Goods and Services, DigiWorld Economic Journal 3Q 2017, co-editor
• Prospects for FTTH deployments in France, and related job requirements, Constructys, France, 2017.
• Guidelines and action plan for a digital strategy and universal access in Burkina Faso, 2016-2017.

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Frédéric joined IDATE DigiWorld in 1992.
Frédéric is in charge of studies in the fields of radio technologies (mobile, fixed wireless access, satellite) and spectrum management.
His prime area of focus is mobile communications and spectrum, dealing with both the economic and strategic aspects of those sectors, at a macro and microeconomic level.
He has been involved in many 5G studies for operators, manufacturers and H2020 R&D program.

He holds a post-graduate degree in engineering from ISEN (Institut Supérieur d’Electronique du Nord, Lille, 1986), where he majored in Telecommunications, and from CITCOM (Centre d’Ingénierie des Technologies de la Communication, Paris, 1987), where he majored in Network Architecture.

Recent assignments

•  Study on using millimetre waves bands for the deployment of the 5G ecosystem, European Commission, 2017-2018
•  Study on “Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) authorisation regimes, authorisations and enforcement in the EU Member States”
•  2G and 3G switch-off, Air Liquide, 2017
•  Voice and broadband provision in depopulated areas, a Japanese mobile operator, 2017-2018
•  5G plans & investments, market report, 2017
•  To-EURO-5G (H2020), European Commission, H2020 R&D program, 2017-2019
•  5G spectrum and sharing trends, a Japanese mobile operator, 2017
•  Hybrid xDSL/4G access in Europe, a chipset manufacturer, 2017
•  Wireless communication technologies, Normandie AeroEspace, 2017

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Tiana joined IDATE DigiWorld in 2005.

Tiana tracks the evolution of telcos’ network infrastructure, to which she lends her expertise on SDN and network virtualisation. She has project managed major studies on these two disruptions, on behalf of private and public organisations. She is also highly involved in missions on network technologies in general and more specifically in IoT.

Tiana also participates in studies related to the smart home and smart building and vertical industries’ digital transformation.

Tiana holds a post-graduate professional degree in Cable Networks from the Université de Lille (France), and a Master in Business Administration from the IAE de Bordeaux (France).

Recent assignments

• Assessment of the needs of virtualisation of the transport network, for NTT Corp, 2018
• Study on the implementation of IPv6 in public administration, for the European Commission, 2018
• Vertical market opportunities for LoRaWAN, LoRa Alliance, 2017
• Prospective analysis of satellite markets for AIS, VDES and IoT applications, CNES (French National Centre for Space Studies, 2017
• Training course on the digital transformation of the networks, Syndex (firm of expertise of employee representatives), 2017
• R&D project (H2O) around wearables integration into different industries, funded by French Ministry of Industry (DGE), 2016
• Impact assessment of SDN and NFV technologies on current telecom landscape, European Commission, 2016
• Benefits of SDN and NFV technologies and telcos’ priorities in the infrastructure transformation, Orange, 2016

Thierry has been a Junior Consultant at IDATE since May 2019.

He is involved in supporting major local authority projects and keeps a watchful eye on very high-speed broadband news in Public Initiative Networks.

Thierry holds a Master’s degree in Network Industry and Digital Economy from Télécom ParisTech.

Key areas of intervention

• Assistance in monitoring the implementation of the ALTO Project as Technical Advisor to Lenders: contribution to the drafting of the quarterly analysis note on the progress of the Project.
• Commercial due diligence with a view to refinancing the Tutor Europ’Essonne PSD: Documentary analysis, participation in the preparation of dossiers for future investors.
• Assistance for the finalization of a technical and commercial analysis report within the framework of the «ALTO 2» financial holding company project: Documentary analysis, Participation in the realization of the files for future investors.
• Development of a monitoring tool for Public Initiative Networks: Production and processing of Arcep and Avicca data on the progress of the deployment of Very High Speed Internet.

Recent assignments

• 2019 : Participation in the drafting of the quarterly analysis note on the progress of the Project. – DSP THD Sem@fibre
• 2019: Contribution to the drafting of documents related to the FiberNet commercialization project (Propale and Commercial status point), Benchmark of operators in the Indian Ocean. – CEB Maurice
• 2019: Study relating to the evaluation of the French policy on the deployment of Very High Speed Broadband – Benchmark of RIP

Santiago joined IDATE DigiWorld in September 2019, within the Media Telecom BU after having completed a master’s in digital economy at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Montpellier.

Santiago has strengthened skills in the telecoms and media market. He collaborates in monitoring technical and economic strategies and innovation in the telecom market, in both fixed and wireless technologies, and in the media market. He writes market reports and presents their conclusions.

Key areas of intervention

• Diagnostics and benchmarks in the telecoms and media markets.
• Prospective analysis related to these markets.
• Surveys of actions taken by the private and public sectors in the telecom market, both wireless and fixed technologies (5G, IoT, FTTH).
• Assistance in projects of technology watch and innovation in the telecom market, both wireless and fixed technologies.

Recent assignments

• 2019-2021: Technical and economic monitoring on the latest developments in the 5G market, and the actions undertaken by the private and public sectors – European 5G Observatory
• 2019: Analysis of the markets of the most advanced countries in 5G – World 5G Market & Players
• 2019: Analysis of TV and OTT advertising strategies of major European and American television groups – Advertising TV vs OTT
• 2019: Compilation of news on 5G and on the use of this technology by players in the energy sector – Flash Information 5G-Engie.

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Samuel has been an IDATE Consultant since early 2007.
He lends his technological expertise in connected devices, including M2M and the Internet of Things to his many assignments. He is IDATE’s lead IOT market expert. His activities focus specifically on technological and marketing innovations. With the vertical development of M2M and IoT markets, Samuel has acquired a detailed knowledge of the different vertical supply chains (including industrial ones), for both market reports and consulting assignments.
Prior to IDATE, Samuel worked as a consultant for NPA Conseil (a French media consulting company).

Samuel graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne. He holds also a Master degree in both Politics from Sciences-Po Rennes and in Physics from the Université de Bretagne-Sud.

Recent assignments

• Study on IOT market opportunities for a chipset designer and manufacturer
• Study on vertical market opportunities for a LPWAN technology provider
• Study on consumer connected objects markets, for French Ministry of Economy
• Study on market opportunities of LWM2M, for a LWM2M software provider
• Study on main digital technology impacts on upcoming car design, for a leading world car manufacturer

Baptiste holds an engineering degree in information systems management. He joined IDATE DigiWorld in 2019.

He specializes in supporting digital transformation projects and its various stages, analysis, design, and implementation of solutions.

In addition, Baptiste focuses on the development of innovative solutions around new technologies such as AI, cloud, RPA, or Data Analytics.

Key areas of intervention

• Management and support for digital transformation projects, public and private players
• Audit, analysis and design of information systems
• Definition and execution of IT services, ITIL V4
• Technology watch and innovation: Cloud computing, AI, RPA, 5G IoT, cybersecurity
• Data analysis, implementation of ETL and Big Data solutions

Recent assignments

• 2020-2025 : Research on new trends in the digital market – IDATE DigiWorld
• 2019 : Cybersecurity market research – IDATE DigiWorld
• 2019 : 5G Industrial, market study and case study – IDATE DigiWorld

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Pierre joined the Telecom department of IDATE in 2017.

He is mainly focused on operators’ strategies and investments across the world, in both mobile and fixed technologies.

Pierre graduated from the University of Montpellier in 2017 with a Master’s degree in ICT Economics, specialized in Digital Economics. He also completed a Bachelor in Economics at the Université Clermont Auvergne (2015).

Recent assignments

• FTTH: A Strategic Game-Changer for Telcos
• FTTH Council EUROPE – Market Panorama as at September 2018
• FTTH Council LATAM – Market Panorama as at September 2018
• FTTH Council APAC – Market Panorama as at December 2018
• Is there an opportunity for FTTH in Emerging countries?
• Mobile Satellite Services Authorization Regimes, Authorizations and Enforcement in the EU Member States (on behalf of the European Commission)
• World LTE Markets – 5G Initiatives & MBB Spectrum
• World FTTx Market
• G.Fast: the second wave?
• World Telecom Services & Players

Touria joined IDATE DigiWorld in October 2019 as a Consultant within the Industries & Services BU. She is also in charge of all commercial projects relating to the development of our “Capacity Building” activity in Morocco.

She is currently in charge of deploying our digital training service on the African continent. In this capacity, she coordinates and participates in putting IDATE DigiWorld in touch with the various local and international groups based in Morocco (companies & public administrations) concerning Capacity Building Change Management.

She has previously worked on African markets developing new services on the continent (Transport, Telecom etc.).

Touria is a graduate of ESCP Europe, specializing in Consulting & Strategy.

Key areas of intervention

• Commercial actions towards the Moroccan market
• Developing IDATE’s image with Moroccan companies and administrations
• Deployment of the Capacity Building & Change Management activity

Recent assignments

• 2019: Deployment of the device Capacity Building Change Management on Moroccan territory – Capacity Building IDATE DigiWorld
• 2018: Consultancy missions for the deployment of public transport in France and abroad – RATP Dev
• 2017: Business Development Mission, Moroccan telecom markets, internal change management – Orange