Julien Blin is the CEO and principal analyst at JBB Research, a research and consulting company specialized in the Wireless space. From a geographical standpoint, I focus on developed markets like North America and Western Europe as well as emerging markets like Africa, the Middle East, South America and China. I am also specialized in mobile OS, mobile devices, mobile browsers, 3G/4G mobile services and apps (e.g. M2M apps, mobile UGC, mobile web, LBS, advertising, etc.), and 4G network technologies (e.g. LTE, WiMAX). Mr Blin is an experienced former IDC Wireless Analyst covering the U.S. Mobile Entertainment space. During his time at IDC, Mr Blin was in charge of building key market forecasts such as the U.S. Wireless Messaging (SMS, MMS, IM) and Ringtone Forecasts. He was also responsible for IDC’s U.S. Mobile Data Services Qview, a service providing comprehensive analysis of the top 10 domestic wireless carriers from a data content and services point of view.
In 2008, Mr Blin held an Equity Research position at Wedbush Morgan Securities, a leading sell-side investment bank in Los Angeles, where he was covering public companies like Amdocs, Garmin, Openwave, Syniverse, TCS, and Nuance. Prior to IDC, he held research/consulting positions at Maravedis and Northern Sky Research. Mr Blin also held a position at Ovum Inc, and has experience in journalism. Perfectly bilingual French-English, Mr Blin has been quoted in leading industry publications and Web sites such as WSJ.com, Dow Jones, The New York Times, FORTUNE magazine, Business Week, Wireless Week, RCR Wireless Week, Telephony Online, FierceWireless, Telecomasia.net, Associated Press, InformationWeek, Red Herring, and Boston Globe. Mr Blin is currently licensed for series 7 and 87.
