Wolter Lemstra

Dr. Ir. Wolter Lemstra is Associate Professor at the Strategy Centre, Nyenrode Business Universiteit, the Netherlands; Member Academic Council and Research Fellow of CERRE, the Centre on Regulation in Europe, Brussels; and Visiting Senior Research Fellow at Aalborg University – Copenhagen Center for Communication, Media and Information Technologies, Denmark. In 2016 he has been a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals, Cátedra Telefonica de Política y Regulación de las Telecomunicaciones e Internet América Latina- Europa. From 2001 until 2016 he was Senior Research Fellow of the Section Economics of Infrastructures at the Department Technology, Policy & Management of the Delft University of Technology (TUDelft), The Netherlands.

He links his academic interests to 25 years of experience in the telecom industry. Most recently he was Vice-President at Lucent Technologies, responsible for marketing and business development in the EMEA region.

In 1978 Wolter received his ‘Ingenieurs’-degree Cum Laude at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the TUDelft, with telecommunications as specialization. In 2006 he successfully defended his PhD dissertation exploring and explaining the impact of the Telecom/Internet bubble on the development path of the telecommunication sector. His current research is focussed on telecommunication sector governance, industry structure developments, firm strategic behaviour and innovation trajectories.

Dr. Ir. Wolter Lemstra is Associate Professor at the Strategy Centre, Nyenrode Business Universiteit, the Netherlands; Member Academic Council and Research Fellow of CERRE, the Centre on Regulation in Europe, Brussels; and Visiting Senior Research Fellow at Aalborg University – Copenhagen Center for Communication, Media and Information Technologies, Denmark. In 2016 he has been a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals, Cátedra Telefonica de Política y Regulación de las Telecomunicaciones e Internet América Latina- Europa. From 2001 until 2016 he was Senior Research Fellow of the Section Economics of Infrastructures at the Department Technology, Policy & Management of the Delft University of Technology (TUDelft), The Netherlands.

He links his academic interests to 25 years of experience in the telecom industry. Most recently he was Vice-President at Lucent Technologies, responsible for marketing and business development in the EMEA region.

In 1978 Wolter received his ‘Ingenieurs’-degree Cum Laude at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the TUDelft, with telecommunications as specialization. In 2006 he successfully defended his PhD dissertation exploring and explaining the impact of the Telecom/Internet bubble on the development path of the telecommunication sector. His current research is focussed on telecommunication sector governance, industry structure developments, firm strategic behaviour and innovation trajectories.