Mr Blin is the Principal Analyst and CEO of JBB Research (www.jbbresearch.com), a leading research and consulting company focusing on the wireless and communications space. Mr Blin is an experienced former IDC Wireless Analyst. Mr Blin is specialized in the following areas: Mobile devices (e.g. iPhone, Pre, Android phones, etc), Mobile browsers, Mobile OS, 3G and 4G mobile applications and services (e.g. Messaging, downloads, mobile web, mobile TV/Video, mobile LBS, mobile UGC, M2M apps), and network technologies (e.g. LTE, WiMAX, WiFi). Mr Blin also specializes in Western Europe, North America as well as emerging markets like Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, China, and South America. Mr Blin recently authored a ...More report on the State of the South African Mobile UGC Market. During his time at IDC, Mr Blin was in charge of building key market forecasts such as the U.S. Wireless Messaging (SMS, MMS, IM) and Ringtone Forecasts. He was also responsible for IDC’s U.S. Mobile Data Services Qview, a service providing comprehensive analysis of the top 10 domestic wireless carriers from a data content and services point of view. In 2008, Mr Blin held an Equity Research position at Wedbush Morgan Securities, a leading sell-side investment bank in Los Angeles, where he was covering public companies like Amdocs, Garmin, Openwave, Syniverse, TCS, and Nuance. Perfectly bilingual French-English, Mr Blin has been quoted in leading industry publications and Web sites such as WSJ.com, Dow Jones, The New York Times, FORTUNE magazine, Forbes, Business Week, Wireless Week, RCR Wireless Week, Telephony Online, FierceWireless, Telecomasia.net, Associated Press, InformationWeek, Red Herring, and Boston Globe. Mr Blin is currently licensed for series 7 and 87.