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Steven Hartley, Senior Analyst, Mobile practice

Steven Hartley is a Senior Analyst on Ovum's Mobile analyst team. Steven leads a team of analysts providing strategic advice to wireless vendors and operators, which includes some of the largest players in the world. The team provides strategic analysis of industry and product trends, evaluations of the wireless strategy of major players and reports with advice on the opportunities and threats in the mobile market. His areas of focus include mobile broadband, WiMAX service strategies, femtocells and the North American and Middle East wireless markets.

Steven has over ten years' experience in fixed and wireless communication market analysis, and has spoken at leading industry events including the 3GSM World Congress.

Prior to joining Ovum, Steven worked at major industry information and analysis organisations as well as PricewaterhouseCoopers. His research areas have included mobile devices and Java as a technology in the wireless market.

Recent research includes:

• Data in Russia: a mobile opportunity of epic proportions
• Sprint's femtocell goes nationwide
• Mobile broadband service development
• Mobile broadband operator case studies
• So, what do you want from mobile broadband?
• Mobile broadband operator strategies in Western Europe
• Drivers and barriers for mobile broadband in Western Europe
• T-Mobile USA: fixed-to-mobile substitution goes home
• 3G iPhone: few surprises, but now it gets really interesting
• Verizon Wireless acquires Alltel
• Telco investment strategies in emerging markets