John Gole
Program Director, Telecommunications, IDC CEMA
Team:
Telecommunications
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Joining IDC CEMA in November 2000 and based in Prague, John Gole is the Program Director of the Telecommunications Group in Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa. He manages research in fixed-line and mobile communications, including coverage of such areas as fixed-line services, mobile services, IP services, enterprise network equipment, and carrier network equipment.
While at IDC, Gole has conducted research into a wide variety of telecoms services and equipment markets. His studies have included market sizing and forecasts of the Central and Eastern European telephony, mobile, and managed data network services markets.
Gole has extensive experience in custom research and consulting projects across the CEMA region. He has led various projects assessing the voice and data services market opportunities and strategies for incumbent, alternative, and mobile operators. He has also worked on projects reviewing a service provider's business plan, forecasting the international wholesale services market, assessing vertical market trends in managed data network services, analyzing the regulatory and market developments in Central and Eastern European markets for the European Commission, and analyzing enterprise network equipment and carrier network equipment markets for equipment vendors.
Gole is a regular speaker at industry events and conferences. Past speaking engagements have covered topics such as the Central and Eastern European mobile services market evolution from voice to data, implications of EU accession on the telecommunications markets of Central Europe, and global telecoms network trends and their implications for incumbent operators in emerging markets.
Gole holds an MA in German and European Studies from Georgetown University, where he studied European telecoms liberalization, European integration, and the post-Communist transition in Central and Eastern Europe. He also holds BAs in history and in German from the University of Maryland.
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