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Rena Bhattacharyya
Research Manager, Business Network Services

Team: Mobile and Wireless
Network Infrastructure
Telecommunications
Rena Bhattacharyya is a Research Manager for IDC’s Business Network Services program. She is responsible for analyzing the enterprise telecommunications market, focusing on technology adoption and migration trends, including packet, private line and converged networking requirements. She is also responsible for the competitive analysis of service provider strategies and solutions, as well as market sizing and forecasting of the enterprise market.

Since joining IDC in 1999, Rena has analyzed multiple aspects of the enterprise telecommunications space. As part of IDC’s Mobile Enterprise group, she focused on strategies for optimizing wireless solutions, implementations of wireless data services, third party management solutions, and the implications of 3G wireless broadband availability on the wireless business market. She also was part of IDC's Worldwide Telecom Markets program, covering international telecommunications issues. In this capacity, she reviewed the overall telecommunications services market, examined key regional market drivers and cross-border trends, as well as analyzed global carrier strategies for the business market.

Before coming to IDC, Ms. Bhattacharyya worked at Startec Global Communications, in Bethesda, MD. As a Pricing Analyst in the company's Global Carrier Services Department, she developed international pricing strategies in order to effectively arbitrage long distance rates within the carrier wholesale market. Additionally, she was responsible for supporting the company's European carrier resale program.

Ms. Bhattacharyya has a B.A. in International Relations and Economics from Colgate University, and an M.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.


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Global Crossing Joins Metro Ethernet Forum
Rena Bhattacharyya
Sep 2008 - Doc # lcUS21429708      IDC Link
On August 28 Global Crossing announced that it had joined the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF).
XO Expands Ethernet Services
Rena Bhattacharyya
Aug 2008 - Doc # lcUS21390208      IDC Link
On August 18, XO announced additional bandwidth options and broader availability of its Ethernet services. On-net fiber customers can now purchase speeds at 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 ...

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IDC Voice and Data Services Survey: IP VPN and Internet Access Trends
Melanie Posey, Rena Bhattacharyya, Meera Singh
Oct 2008 - Doc # 213977      Survey
This IDC study presents the results of an IDC survey on voice and data networking conducted in late 2007. This survey queried decision makers in large United States–based enterprises on their current voice and data networking i ...
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IDC MarketScape: U.S. Enterprise Telecommunications 2008 Vendor Analysis
Rena Bhattacharyya, Courtney Munroe, William Stofega, Meera Singh, Melanie Posey
Oct 2008 - Doc # 214572      Competitive Analysis
This IDC study provides an assessment of the current capabilities and business strategies of leading service providers in the U.S. enterprise networking segment. The industry has been shaped by massive consolidation and transfo ...
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Directions 2008
San Jose, CA United States
March 11, 2008