Steve Koppman has covered the North American carrier industry for 20 years – nearly half that time for Gartner, where he was a principal analyst. He has covered IP voice and public Ethernet for Heavy Reading, coverage areas he launched for Gartner Dataquest. As an analyst, he has focused on market forecasting and analysis, issues of industry structure, convergence and public policy, and next-generation (IP voice and optical services, including public Ethernet) as well as legacy (voice, private line, wholesaling) services. Koppman has also worked as an analyst for the Yankee Group, IDC, SRI International, Decision Resources, Frost & Sullivan, Insight Research, and other research and consulting companies.