David Martin has specialised on NFV, SDN and telco cloud at STL Partners, writing numerous reports on these topics, including on the 5G mobile core, open RAN and Microsoft’s strategy for the telecoms industry. He is a telecoms analyst of over 20 years’ experience and, in addition to STL Partners, has worked for Analysys Mason and Ovum, among others. David obtained a First Class degree in French and German at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he also pursued doctoral studies in French.