Ian leads analysis of network infrastructure at CCS Insight, including the evolution of standalone 5G, Open RAN, virtualization and new 3GPP releases; the technologies needed to support rising data usage and new classes of devices; increasing automation; and innovation in 6G, such as network sensing. Prior to joining CCS Insight, Ian led the industry analysis team at Opensignal, a mobile analytics company. Earlier in his career, Ian was an analyst at IHS (now Omdia) and Forrester. Before becoming an analyst, he held product and marketing roles at Three, Cable & Wireless and Psion.