Research VP, Analyst Peter Kjeldsen covers Business and Technology Strategy for the Telecommunications Industry, including optical transport networks, service provider router and switches (SPRS), fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and other fixed access, low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites, mobile backhaul and fixed mobile convergence - as well as video platform services and edge distribution platforms, including content delivery networks (CDN).
Mr. Kjeldsen is responsible for making research and delivering insights to our CIO and TSP clients on the topics of buying behavior and investment and sourcing strategies in the Comms Tech area. Network transformation strategies towards composable, scalable and green networks is a central theme of his research.
Client inquiries include vendors, telecom providers, government, regulators and investors.
Before joining Gartner, Mr. Kjeldsen worked at the Danish mobile operator Sonofon as a transmission planner and project manager. Mr. Kjeldsen started his career as an optical research engineer with Tele Danmark's R&D division, during which time he spent half a year with British Telecom.
Mr. Kjeldsen joined Gartner through the acquisition of Dataquest. Prior to joining Dataquest, he worked with Sonofon as a transmission planner and project manager. Mr. Kjeldsen started his career as an optical research engineer with Tele Danmark's R&D division, during which time he spent half a year with British Telecom.
Sonofon, Project Manager, 1 years
TDC (Formerly Tele Danmark), R&D Engineer, 5 years
Communications Industry Technology Insights
Technology Market Essentials
Technology Markets and Companies Insights for Investors
Create Tech Solutions for the Communications Industry
Communications Industry Strategy and Go-to-Market
Ph.D., Fiber Optics (title of thesis: "Transmission Properties of Single Mode Optical Fibres at 10 Gb/s and above"). The work toward his Ph.D. was carried out in collaboration with Tele Danmark (now TDC), Technical University of Denmark and Tellabs (formerly DSC Communications) under the Danish Industrial Research Education Programme that is administrated by the Academy of the Technical Sciences.
M.S., Engineering, with specialization in Modern Optics and Laser Techniques, Aalborg University.
What is Gartner's outlook for the optical transport and broadband access markets - and who are the main players?
What are the technology trends in the fiber-to-the-home market?
What are the use cases for LEO satellites in communication service provider networks?
What are the drivers for fixed mobile convergence (FMC)?
Network transformation strategies