Shiv Putcha

Principal Analyst
Telecoms Emerging Markets

Shiv Putcha is a principal analyst in Ovum’s Emerging Markets team. He tracks the development of the telecoms value chain in emerging markets, with a particular regional focus on India. His research covers market trends, sector regulation, and operator and vendor strategies in these important markets.

Shiv has more than 10 years experience in the telecoms sector. Most recently, he was with Qualcomm, where he gained extensive knowledge of industry trends and issues through roles in strategic marketing, and analyst and investor relations. Prior to that, Shiv worked at the Yankee Group where he was the principal analyst authoring several influential reports and handling consulting engagements for the Wireless/Mobile Asia-Pacific practice. Putcha began his career as a marketing analyst with LogicaCMG, working on diverse marketing communications, research, and product marketing assignments for its North American operations.

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