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Mike Cansfield
Associate Vice President, Telecoms, EMEA

Mike Cansfield joined IDC EMEA in January 2012 as associate vice president, Telecoms. In this role, Cansfield will support and work closely with IDC EMEA's Telecoms and Networking research team. At IDC his research will focus on strategic issues in the ICT sector.

Cansfield comes to IDC with a very strong background in telecoms consulting and research, having previously held a senior position in telecoms at Forrester, and led the Telecom Strategy Practice at Ovum. Before that, he held various positions in international marketing and business development at BT.

Cansfield holds an MBA specializing in marketing, an International Master's Degree in Management, and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

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T-Systems: Stable and Now Looking to Transform
Eric Owen, Bruno Teyton, Chris Barnard, Mike Cansfield
Oct 2012 - Doc # lcUK23739312 IDC Link

T-Systems held its annual summit for analysts and sourcing advisors in Austria on September 27th and 28th where it provided insights into its performance, its roadmap and its ambitions for the coming few years. From a financial performance ...

Telenor: The Incumbent Telco with a Growth Agenda
Mike Cansfield
Oct 2012 - Doc # lcUK23730712 IDC Link

Telenor's Capital Markets Day (CMD) took place on 19th September in Oslo where its executives provided a detailed update on its business activities. There are two ways you can look at Telenor. On the one hand it is a classic medium sized Fi ...

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Why Telcos Should Be Happy in the New Year
Mike Cansfield
Feb 2013 - Doc # HP55V Insight

There are plenty of dark clouds over the telecommunications sector in Europe. The traditional ways of doing business are rapidly fading into the past, and the industry is going through a period of profound change. The pace of change is a ...

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M2M Moves Center Stage: Where Telcos Fit Into the M2M Ecosystem
John Gole, Mike Cansfield
Oct 2012 - Doc # LM04U Industry Development and Models

M2M has been in the wings for many years, but is now moving center stage. This creates opportunities for telcos to play a pivotal role in the ecosystem required to make M2M happen and deliver on its potential for many different sectors a ...

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