Analyst Profile Detailed
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Scott Ellison
Vice President, Mobile and Wireless
Team:
Digital Marketplace and New Media
IDC Predictions Team
Mobile and Wireless
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Scott Ellison leads IDC’s analysis efforts on the mobile consumer digital marketplace including the mobile Internet; mobile content and entertainment; mobile app stores; mobile advertising; location-based services; the competitive dynamics among mobile operators, Internet-based companies, and content providers; and the rapidly evolving competitive landscape among major mobile ecosystems including Android, Apple, Blackberry, BREW, Symbian, webOS, and Windows.
A 20 year mobile industry veteran, Mr. Ellison began his mobile career in 1990 at the Personal Communications Industry Association (PCIA) in Washington, D.C. where he identified and evangelized the market opportunities offered by future 2G digital mobile services. His work there included lobbying Congress and the FCC for the 1.9 MHz spectrum re-allocation, as well as extensive work on the technical interconnection and numbering issues associated with mobile services.
In 1995 Mr. Ellison joined MCI where he negotiated local interconnection agreements associated with MCI’s introduction of CLEC services, testified in regulatory and legislative proceedings, and served as MCI’s local government affairs representative in the Pacific Northwest.
He later joined Destia in New York , where he headed a $10 million annual regulatory compliance program and associated compliance work leading up to Destia’s IPO and subsequent sale to Viatel. At Viatel Mr. Ellison headed the company’s global branding and internet communications efforts and worked extensively in the company’s London office.
In 2001 Mr. Ellison joined IDC where he founded three IDC analysis programs including Mobile & Wireless Entertainment, Wireless Business Network Services, and Mobile Data Services Qview.
He has won IDC’s Research Quality Award twice for individually authored research, and serves on the Advisory Board of the Mobile Giving Foundation. His media quotes and appearances include BusinessWeek, CTIA, Forbes, Mobile World Congress, NBC Nightly News, The New York Times, NPR MarketWatch, Reuters TV, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal.
Mr. Ellison is based in IDC’s Silicon Valley area office in San Mateo, California.
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Consumer Predictions 2010: A New Day, A New Decade, Is Dawning
Danielle Levitas, Elizabeth Curtis, Greg Ireland, Jonathan Gaw, Karsten Weide, Lewis Ward, Richard Shim, Scott Ellison, Susan Kevorkian, Amy Lind, Bob O'Donnell, Irene Berlinsky
Feb 2010 - Doc # TB20100204
Event Proceeding
A year ago, most of us felt the sky was falling. But things are more stable today and many regions and products and service segments are showing growth in consumer IT spend. Demand for consumer electronics in 2009 proved to be ...
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| Consumer Predictions 2010: A New Day, A New Decade, Is Dawning | | Framingham, MA United States | February 04, 2010
| | The Internet Reaches Late Adolescence. What Will It Be When It Grows Up? | | Framingham, MA United States | December 10, 2009
| | The ABCs of Mobility: Consumer Media, Entertainment, and Internet | | Framingham, MA United States | November 19, 2009
| | IDC at CTIA Wireless 2009 | | San Diego, California United States | October 08, 2009
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