Emir Halilovic

Research Director of Telecom Technology and Software at GlobalData

Speaker

Emir Halilovic is a Research Director with GlobalData, leading the Telecom Technology & Software team. His focus at GlobalData is on optical transport products, including WDM optical transport, OTN switching, compact modular packet-optical systems, and 5G transport technologies. He has a particular interest in how deep changes in service provider networks, like automation, AI, and 5G, affect the evolution of transport products and technologies.

Prior to joining GlobalData in 2017, Halilovic spent 14 years at IDC, where his latest position was a program director in Telecoms and Networking team in EMEA. Most recently he was the head of the IDC research team focusing on enterprise networking market in EMEA, and co-manager of a research program focusing on service provider infrastructure transformation. During his tenure at IDC, he managed research programs focused on telecommunications infrastructure and enterprise equipment in EMEA region. He also took part in worldwide IDC telecoms equipment-related thought leadership documents and projects on topics such as SDN, NFV, and LTE small cells. In addition, he led consulting and custom research projects centered on telecoms CAPEX and telecommunications and enterprise network equipment.