Digital Consumer Insights 2021 – Digital Consumer Operator Strategies

Michael Philpott

Research Director, Service Provider Consumer

With 25 years of experience in the telecommunications and digital media markets, Michael Philpott is Omdia's leading analyst in the connected home area. As Research Director for service provider consumer, he delivers thought leadership to Omdia’s clients on digital home go-to-market strategy. 

At Omdia, Michael produces reports, case studies, and forecasts in the areas of smart home, smart Wi-Fi and connected home, and broadband access strategy. He joined Omdia (formerly Ovum) in 2000 as a consultant in the networks and Infrastructure team, before moving to the analyst side of the business establishing and leading Ovum’s broadband, telco media, and smart home analyst services. 

Before joining Omdia, he worked at BT’s research and development (R&D) laboratory, Adastral Park, designing xDSL and fibre optic access networks.  

Jonathan Doran

Principal Analyst, Digital Consumer Operator Strategies

As part of Omdia’s digital consumer operator strategies (DCOS) research practice, Jonathan covers the TV and video entertainment sectors. He is an expert in telco video, with a particular focus on operator product and service strategies, delivering a comprehensive range of telco TV and over-the-top (OTT) partnership analyses.

Jonathan has a specific interest in video entertainment and the relationships between traditional pay-TV operators and third-party OTT video service providers. Tracking the evolving landscape for bundled video services forms a key component of his research. Prior to joining Omdia (formerly Ovum), Jonathan spent eight years with Yankee Group, where he specialized in consumer technology, broadband, and digital TV issues.  

Pål Karlsen

Research Analyst, Emerging Consumer Services

Pål Karlsen leads the lighting research of the building technology team of Omdia. Before joining Omdia, formerly IHS Markit, in 2019, he worked as a senior analyst for a specialist consultancy serving the building products industry. Pål led the research on the Nordic countries and focused mostly on the HVAC and bathroom industry.

He holds a Master of Arts in globalization and multinational corporations from SOAS University of London in London, England and a Bachelor of Science in business and economics from BI Norwegian Business School in Norway. Pål is based in London, England.