Analyst Profile Detailed
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Shiv K. Bakhshi, Ph.D.
Director, Mobile Devices Technology and Trends
Team:
IDC Predictions Team
Mobile and Wireless
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Currently as director in charge of the worldwide Mobile Device Technology & Trends practice, Dr. Bakhshi plans and directs IDC's research efforts pertaining to mobility, focusing on mobile phones and converged devices. Additionally, he oversees IDC's Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker.
Although his current research is focused on mobile device and mobile technology issues, Dr. Bakhshi is a recognized expert in mobile and wireless networks, wireless network migration and convergence. Along with his team, he provides research and consulting services in mobile industry dynamics, mobile technologies, competitive strategies of device vendors and other industry players, as well as technology and social trends shaping the mobile device market. His and his group's research focuses on a host of topics related to mobile devices and technologies including,, among others, dual- and multi-mode devices, GPS and LBS, mobile device operating systems, mobile search and payments, device form factors and user interface issues that are becoming increasingly salient given the growing culture of mobile data consumption.
Before assuming his current role, Dr. Bakhshi was the director of IDC's worldwide wireless and mobile infrastructure practice, with a special focus on the opportunities and challenges facing infrastructure vendors selling radio access and core network equipment to mobile network operators worldwide.
Dr. Bakhshi has presented on a broad range of mobility related topics, including fixed-mobile convergence, IMS and structural change. A frequent speaker at industry and academic conferences, he has presented, among other fora, at CTIA, TelecomNext, SuperComm, Mobile World Congress, ComNet, Harvard University, Indian Institutes of Management, George Mason University, International Communications Association and at IDC"s own Directions Conferences. He has been widely quoted in many mainstream media and industry publications – from The New York Times, Investor's Business Daily and The Wall Street Journal to Newsweek, BusinessWeek, Forbes, RCR Wireless News, Telecoms Korea, and San Jose Mercury News, among others – and is frequently cited in a wide array of online publications and blogs. He has also appeared on NBC, Bloomberg TV and CNBC, including CNBC in India. He currently writes a column for RCR Wireless News, an industry publication.
Prior to joining IDC, Dr. Bakhshi was the Principal Telecommunications Analyst for Standard & Poor's Global Industry Insight (GII) group. In that role, he headed the group's effort at mapping the global telecommunications industry for S&P's web-based vertical product.
In his earlier life, Dr. Bakhshi was a professor at the University of Kentucky's College of Communication and Information Studies, where he taught courses in U.S. and international telecommunications and directed graduate and doctoral research in various aspects of telecommunications, public policy and the information economy. His own research focused on strategic alliances among global telecom operators, on telecommunications and economic development, and on the institutional reforms restructuring the telecom sector worldwide.
Before academia, Shiv worked as a news reporter and editor on several newspapers in India and the United States. Shiv has a B.A. in Economics from Calcutta University, Calcutta, India. He earned an M.A. in Telecommunications and a Ph. D. in Communication, both from the Ohio State University.
He lives in Bellevue, WA, USA
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