Ovum Unveils Investment Focus on $4.8 Trillion Digital Economy

NEW YORK, April 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

Ovum is accelerating investment and further integrating its telecommunications, media and technology capabilities to provide critical business intelligence to digital service providers and their technology partners enabling them to profit from innovation and fast-paced change in the $4.8 trillion TMT market.

"We offer digital service providers and their technology partners the competitive advantage they seek to unlock the vast opportunities created by the intersection of the technology, media and telecommunications industries," explains Ovum's new Managing Director, Aneil Rakity.  "Our highly respected industry analysts provide a unique perspective and cutting edge insights on the topics that matter, giving our clients the ability to anticipate and profit from the fast-paced innovation occurring in their markets."

Ovum analysts track, forecast and advise on how digital services are distributed and consumed, how they are enabled by new technologies, and the implications for the industry. Clients, including the world's leading media, technology and communications organisations, rely on Ovum to guide their investment decisions and help them profit from opportunities globally and locally. Ovum also works closely with leading professional services firms, financial services organisations, regulators and public sector bodies.  

"I am incredibly excited by the changes we are already making," says Rakity.  "To further support our clients, we increased our investment and coverage in key topic areas such as IoT, enterprise mobility, media services, payments, SME and OTT services. We are also growing our presence in key geographies: in Asia Pacific we recently launched a new Chinese language service and in the United States, we are opening new offices in San Francisco. Underpinning all of that, we have a great team with a unique combination of industry, geographic and functional expertise."

"These investments are just the beginning," continues Rakity. "Over the next year, our customers will see the benefits of significant investment in our services including additional analysts, added depth and reach of our forecasting capabilities and further enhancements to our delivery platform - ensuring that our clients have the business intelligence they need to make better decisions, faster."

For further information, please visit Ovum at: http://www.ovum.com

SOURCE Ovum