MWC 2022: What To Expect?

Dario Talmesio

Research Director, Service Provider Strategy & Regulation

Dario is Omdia’s global research director for service provider strategy and service provider market regulation. With 20 years’ experience in the telecommunications and wireless industry, Dario leads research on various topics, including telecom business transformation, 5G and beyond, and telco-hyperscale relationship and regulation. He also handles several strategic and tactical topics for service providers.

He is a member of the advisory board for numerous industry events. Dario is also a renowned keynote speaker at C-level, industry-leading events, including 5G World, Network X, eSIM Congress, 6G Symposium, and MVNO World. Prior to joining Omdia (formerly Ovum), Dario worked for the Economist Intelligence Unit and Yankee Group. Dario holds a degree in business and economics from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, known as Catholic University of Milan, and a master’s degree in applied social and market research from University of Westminster, London.

Evan Kirchheimer

Chief Research Officer, Omdia

As Chief Research Officer, Evan is responsible for the breadth of Omdia’s research across our four major segments: Enterprise, Consumer, Telecoms and Integrated Tech (semiconductors, displays, automotive, manufacturing and smart infrastructure). In this role he leads teams which are developing cutting-edge research in topics ranging from cybersecurity, AI, workspace technologies, channel, cloud and data center, consumer devices, media and entertainment services, games and games tech, media distribution and ProAV.

Previously, as Vice President of Service Provider research, Evan spent fifteen years focusing on telecoms service providers, their markets, and the vendors that support them, covering strategies and regulation, regional markets, networks, consumer, enterprise, and wholesale services. Prior to his research in the telecoms market, he developed expertise in enterprise communications, business intelligence, CRM and IT Services.

Evan’s primary focus today is to help providers identify new opportunities and guide the tech ecosystem toward them. He offers insights which enable vendors to counter competitive risk, develop ecosystem strategies, and offer innovative services to consumers and businesses. B2B services remain his core expertise.

Prior to joining Omdia (formerly Ovum) in 2009, Evan worked at Datamonitor and Nortel Networks. He holds a degree in English and European studies from Amherst College (Massachusetts, US) and Master of Philosophy in European Politics from the University of Oxford.