Telco Digital Home Opportunities

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.  

Mariana Zamoszczyk

Principal Analyst, Smart Home Services

As part of Omdia's Service Providers team, Mariana Zamoszczyk covers the smart home industry, with a specific interest in vendor and services provider smart home strategies, AI assistants and assisted living solutions.

Mariana joined Omdia in March 2016. Previously, she worked for BT Global Services, leading the Latin American Insight & Analytics team and carrying out competitor and customer intelligence, among other research and sales support activities. Prior to BT, Mariana worked for IDC and Frost & Sullivan. 

Mariana has over 19 years of experience in the IT and Telecommunications industry.

Mariana holds a MA in Political Economy from the University of Sheffield, and a BA in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires. Also, she speaks Spanish and Portuguese.   

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 works in the Service Provider Consumer team at Omdia. He focuses on consumer opportunities for telecommunications companies in compatible areas such as gaming, financial services, and sustainability. He also specializes in advanced messaging, 5G/fixed broadband pricing, and bundling. Before working with telecommunications, he worked with various building technologies, focusing on how sustainability benefits and incentives affect and influence the markets.

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.