Ian Wood
Partner, Wireless Foundry
Member of the Telecommunications Council
Council Member Biography
Ian Wood is the Founding Partner of Wireless Foundry, a telecom and IT consultancy founded in 1998. His clients include France Telecom/Orange, SonyEricsson, Vodafone, Openwave and Qualcomm. He was among the first employees of Motorola Cellular Communications in Europe, where he joined in 1985, and rose to the position of GM Finance Europe for their cellular subscriber business. He spent three years at McKinsey & Company in their Wireless group. After that he joined Cable & Wireless' Wireless Strategy Group, and finally founded his twelve-man consultancy in 1998. He is frequently interviewed by the Financial Times and the BBC about Fixed Mobile Convergence, UMA and Wireless issues including M-Commerce. He is knowledgeable in the mobile enterprise space, 4G wireless ultrawide band, the cable space (including the DT divestiture of cable), and the handset space. He works with IXI mobile, Symbian, and the GSM Association as well as SE and Qualcomm. His recent projects have included a review of the European market for HDTV and Mobile TV in particular for Broadcast and Mobile Network Operators; Voice based services within IP telephony for European Telecoms Company and Integration Strategy for European Mobile Operator following recent acquisition. (This is me - Update Profile)
Employment History
- 1996 - present
- Partner, Wireless Foundry
GLG NewsSM Analyses by Ian Wood(?)
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The rise of Microsoft's view on Mobile Web at Vodafone.T
September 27, 2009
Ian Wood, Partner, Wireless Foundry
Vodafone updates internet portal services with Vodafone 360 | www.telecompaper.com
The launch of Vodafone360 is the latest indicator of Peter Knook's influence on Vodafone since his joining from Microsoft 18 months ago. Vodafone Internet Services are now trying to present a consumer face for Vodafone that sees it capable of utilising investment in 3G and 3.5G Mobile Broadband.The...
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July 7, 2009
Ian Wood, Partner, Wireless Foundry
Orange and even O2 may bid against Vodafone for T-Mobile UK | www.rethink-wireless.com
Whilst the UK has two more mobile networks than it needs the big three all know that they would be helping it's closest rivals in removing the two small players. If T-Mobile were to be sold to a rival the actions of the Regulator are not know at this time but some action is expected. The best...
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July 15, 2008
Ian Wood, Partner, Wireless Foundry
Mobile Payment Transactions Will Grow, Research Shows | www.billingworld.com
Whilst the US has seen an explosion in Mobile Banking it is yet to see the users trust the service for Payments. Payments needs to address not just the Banked but the Unbanked, in Africa Vodafone and MTN have established services that allow micropayments to be made to those that have no BankAccounts. ...
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July 4, 2008
Ian Wood, Partner, Wireless Foundry
European 3G subscriptions seen topping 100 million | www.reuters.com
The market is still fragmented. In the big five we still see a wide spread of take up as consumers are yet to be won over. The mobile networks are still to discover a range of products that make the investment pay off. This talks about terminals rather than handsets and so a slowing of sales of phones...
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GLG Study Groups with Ian Wood(?)
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| Europe Cable Networks Experts (EU) | 45 |
| Radio Frequency Identification Experts | 238 |
| Wimax Experts (EU) | 15 |
| Telecom Experts who are GLG Leaders,Scholars and Educators | 117 |