Americas News Digest – February 2021

Ari Lopes

Practice Leader

Ari Lopes manages the Service Provider Markets Americas team, which covers the telecom markets in the Americas region, including North America, Central America, Latin America, and the Caribbean. His research focuses on telecom operator strategies for 5G, fixed broadband—especially fiber broadband—enterprise telecoms, and IoT. Ari also analyzes developments in the Latin American telecom market, particularly Brazil.

Before joining the company in 2012, Ari worked as a senior financial analyst for Google, a pricing manager for Oi (formerly Brasil Telecom), and a pricing analyst for Vivo. He holds a degree in economics from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and a Master of Science in communications management from the University of Strathclyde.

Sonia Agnese

Senior Principal Analyst – Latin America Service Providers Markets

Sonia is a Senior Principal Analyst, bringing over 25 years of experience in the Telecommunications, Media, and Technology (TMT) industry. She is a recognized expert in telecom strategy, market research, public policy, regulation, and consulting, with a particular focus on Latin America. Sonia closely tracks global telecom trends and developments, providing insights that bridge international perspectives with Latin America regional realities. She is a frequent speaker at leading industry events.

Before joining Omdia in 2014, she was responsible for regulatory evolution and strategy for the Telecom Argentina Group. She previously worked as a senior consultant at Arthur Andersen and at Deloitte.  

She holds an Honours degree in Accounting and Economics and an MBA from CEMA University in Buenos Aires. Sonia is professor of the Digital Economy Regulation executive program of UTDT and honorary professor at post-graduate programs in key universities and telecommunications programs in Argentina.

She is a judge for the GSMA GLOMO Awards and a founding member of @ChicasTicLatam, a regional networking community focused in promoting women’s leadership in the ICT sector across Latin America.

Kristin Paulin

Principal Analyst, North American Markets

As part of Omdia’s service provider markets team, Kristin Paulin covers the North American mobile and fixed telecoms markets, particularly service provider strategies, product and service launches, and network deployments.  

Kristin’s research covers key developments in North America, including 5G, digital strategies, service plans and pricing, market dynamics, and service provider strategic initiatives through thought leadership pieces, as well as operator and market profile reports. She also works on market forecasts, and provides support and insight to key audiences with quarterly data from Omdia’s World Information Series database.

Kristin has over 16 years’ experience in the telecoms sector. Before joining Omdia, Kristin was a market research analyst at semiconductor start-up PrairieComm, and Freescale Semiconductor.

Kristin has a BS in environmental studies from the University of Minnesota, and an MBA in marketing from North Park University, Chicago.