Advising on the commercial impact of technology and
    market changes in telecoms, software and IT services

David Kennedy, Research Director

David Kennedy is a research director responsible for broadband and wireline research. Based in Melbourne, Australia, he co-ordinates Ovum's broadband research priorities across Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and Greater China.

David presents at major conferences in the region, and his comments are regularly sought by the Australian and Asian press.

Prior to joining Ovum in January 2006, David worked in both government and the private sector as an analyst and consultant, with a strong emphasis on linking research to policy and strategy development. Key roles have included Senior Policy Adviser to the Australian Communications Minister during the 1997 telecommunications reform process, Consultant to the Malaysian Government on its 1998 communications policy reforms, and General Manager for Strategy at the National Office for the Information Economy, with responsibility for research and policy development on convergence issues, and General Manager for Research at the Australian Department of Communications, IT and the Arts, where he led a team responsible for economic analysis of telecommunications and related markets.

David has a bachelor's degree with honours in Science from the University of Sydney.

Recent research includes:

• Voice: a vision of the future - Asia update
• Wholesale regulatory round-up
• Submarine cable in Asia: bubble or business as usual?
• Next-generation access country overview: France
• Australia's FTTN project: something's got to give
• Chunghwa Telecom
• Telecom New Zealand: like turning the Queen Mary
• FTTx in Asia-Pacific: Australia and New Zealand