Ovum titled as Analyst of the Year

Melbourne, for immediate release. 15 June 2009. Ovum, the analyst and consulting firm, has been awarded as the Asia Pacific telecom analyst firm of the Year by Communications Day. The CommsDay Awards was held in Singapore on 15 June 2009.

Grahame Lynch, Director of CommsDay, said “The CommsDay Asia Pacific Awards are the only awards in the region that are directly voted by Asia Pacific telecom executives. They are, thus, a substantial peer review of excellence.” Lynch said “Ovum beat out tough competition from Gartner, the Economist Intelligence Group and Buddecomm to win the award”.

Antonio Bartolome, Managing Director said, “Asia-Pacific plays a key role in Ovum’s global operations. Presence in Asia-Pacific enables to better understand the key growth issues in one of the fastest growing technology markets – exactly where Ovum wants to be’.

“This award is a reflection of Ovum’s strong commitment to the Asian region and our local presence” said David Kennedy, Research Director at Ovum. CW Cheung, Consulting Director, received the award on behalf of the Ovum team.

The CommsDay Award winners were voted by the 8,000 readers of CommsDay’s two subscription daily regional editions. The award ceremony was sponsored by Nokia Siemens Networks.

About Ovum:

Ovum’s primary activity is providing value-added advisory services and consulting to retain and project clients. The company acts as a well-respected and trusted source of industry data, knowledge and expertise on the commercial impact of technology, regulatory and market changes. Ovum engages in continuous research and industry analysis to determine market dynamics in its specialist sectors.

Ovum has developed long-standing relationships with many of its corporate clients, which include major international blue-chip companies such as Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T, BT, Cable & Wireless, Cisco Systems, Deutsche Telekom, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Telstra and Vodafone.

Ovum is part of the Datamonitor Group.