Gartner Expert

Sylvain Fabre

Sr Director Analyst

Senior Director, Analyst Sylvain Fabre provides Management Advisory and research on Telecom Cloud Architectures and Business Strategy for the Telecommunications Industry, including 5G Ecosystem Platforms, Telco Edge, 5G Private Mobile Networks for Industry End-user Clients; Cloud Native Architectures, Telco Network platforms and 5G Network Security.

Research positions are anchored by a wide factual base including Business and Technology Insights from about 500 client inquiries/year, Primary and secondary surveys, and over 29 years telecom sector experience, spanning Strategy Advisory; Release and Product Management, with Vendors, operator and analyst experience.

Client inquiries include vendors, industrial end-users, government, regulators, defense organizations, and investors.

Current research interests include:

- CSP Evolution to Cloud architectures

- Hyperscalers 5G initiatives.

- How should Enterprises design RFQs for Industrial 5G Private mobile networks.

- Helping Investor Clients build better Investment Theses, Technology Due Diligence on potential targets; value proposition and timing for exits; identifying technology domains and ecosystems of current and future investment potential.

- Also started and leads Gartner coverage for Bi-Directional Brain-Machine Interfaces and and Metaverse interface devices (Metasuits)

He is also a Complex Vendor Lead Analyst for BT.

Previous experience

Before joining Gartner, Mr. Fabre was a Product Manager in the Intelligent Networks/Applications group of Lucent Technologies.

Professional background

Ascom Nordic, Denmark, System Engineer, 3 years

Lucent Technologies, U.K., Product Manager, 5 years

Telia Mobile, Denmark, Product Engineer, 3 years

Areas of coverage
  • Communications Industry Technology Insights

  • Emerging Technologies and Trends Impact on Products and Services

  • Create Tech Solutions for the Communications Industry

  • Communications Industry Strategy and Go-to-Market

Education

M.S. ME, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

M.B.A., London Business School, United Kingdom

B.S. BE, Compiegne University, France

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

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CSP/IT Buyers: Cloud Architecture evolution

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End Users: 5G and Mobile Private networks

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5G Networks Security

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CSPs and vendors: How to craft and position a compelling proposition for Private 5G?

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Investors: Dynamics of Private 5G market

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