Consultant Bio
Caroline Gabriel
Caroline Gabriel specializes in technologies and business models for service providers and vendors, in the
broadband wireless, 3G, fixed/mobile convergence and wireline broadband markets.
Rethink provides published market reports, customized research projects and business model consulting, and
holds one of the world's most comprehensive research databases of operators and vendors in broadband
wireless, particularly WiMAX.
Caroline co-founded Rethink Research Associates in 2002, which provides published market reports, customized
research projects and business model consulting, and holds one of the world's most comprehensive research
databases of operators and vendors in broadband wireless, particularly WiMAX. She has also been responsible
for creating the thought leading Wireless Watch and WiMAX Watch analyst services for Rethink. This provides
weekly analysis and in-depth market reports on many aspects of wireless and mobile technology, with
particular expertise in broadband wireless. Current reports include 'WiMAX Business Models 2006-10' and 'The
WiMAX Global Map 2006-9'.
Before Rethink, Caroline spent a large part of her career in various senior positions at VNU Business Publishing
Europe. VNU BPE is Europe's largest publisher of IT-related information with over 50 magazines, seven web
sites, a conference organization and various research services. It is part of VNU, the world's largest business
information group. Most recently, she was European editorial director with responsibility for editorial and
research strategy, organizational structuring and business development.
Caroline is the director of Research for Rethink and contributes the lead research for its Wireless Watch
Service. Although Caroline remains up to date with all areas of wireless technology, especially the various
formats of cellular and short range technologies like UltraWideBand, since early 2003 she has focused much of
her research on WiMAX and related broadband wireless technologies.
She has developed a series of business models for broadband wireless, and offers an advisory service on the
pricing and Opex and Capex costs of delivering such services, called the WiMAX Business Models Advisory
Service. She has advised many multinational carriers and operators on their WiMAX strategy, and is an
acknowledged expert in the field, speaking as an independent authority at virtually all the important WiMAX
events around the world this year, including those held in the US, Brazil, Russia, Germany, Spain, Austria,
France, the Netherlands and Portugal and is the chair of the largest US conference on WiMAX, WiMAX World
held by Trendsmedia in Boston.
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