Dimitris Mavrakis

Senior Analyst
Networks
dimitris.mavrakis@informa.com

David McQueen

Principal Analyst
Handsets & Devices
david.mcqueen@informa.com
David McQueen is a Principal Analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media with a key focus on mobile device developments and vendor strategies worldwide.

In his role David is responsible for Informa Telecoms and Media's thought leadership in the handsets and devices space, from both a hardware and software perspective, with a slant towards new application convergence. His most recent piece of work covers mobile broadband devices, assessing the needs of the market for new device segments between handsets and notebook computers to satiate the consumers’ need for internet access driven by the availability of high-speed mobile networks. David has also published research on future mobile handsets, mobile broadcast TV, multimedia handsets and devices, and smartphones and mobile application platforms.

David has considerable experience in the telecoms research and consulting sector and has gained first hand experience in the handset markets’ needs and requirements. He is a frequent speaker and chair at international conferences and has made many presentations on current trends and future development of mobile handsets and devices. He also provides timely analysis and comment on the devices market, and is often quoted in the global business press. He holds a Masters degree in marketing and honours degree in econometrics and mathematical economics.

Elson Sutanto

Research Analyst
Mobile and Broadband Markets
Elson.Sutanto@informa.com
Elson is a Research Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media’s Industry Research division. In his role Elson specifically covers the mobile and fixed-line growth of Eastern European markets, in particular the Baltic and Balkan regions.

Elson also has a strong interest in tracking global WiMAX deployments, license awards and developments. Elson regularly writes country profiles for Informa’s Mobile Communications Europe publication, analyzing the progression of various central and eastern European mobile markets. He also regularly contributes towards other Informa publications such as Global Mobile and 3G Wireless Broadband. Last, Elson compiles various financial and operational statistical data of the world’s largest major mobile operating groups, including Deutsche Telekom, Telekom Austria and Telenor for Informa’s World Cellular Benchmarking product.

Elson holds a BSc in Economics from Brunel University and an MSc in Management from Royal Holloway University.

Eva Benguigui

Senior Research Analyst
Mobile and Broadband Markets
eva.benguigui@informa.com

Eva is a Senior Research Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media’s Industry Research division and is a key contributor to Informa's World Cellular Information Service. Eva is the Analyst responsible for covering the Americas region, with primarily focus in Brazil and its neighboring countries.

In her role Eva is responsible for Informa Telecoms and Media's South America’s analysis and statistics regarding mobile and broadband sectors. Her articles are published in WCIS+ as well as the Intelligence Centres.

Eva is the product manager for Informa’s World Cellular Investors, WCI. WCI is a quarterly publication that has been in the market for the last 25 quarters. WCI tracks worldwide mergers and acquisitions of the top 37 investment groups, ranking them by equity subscriptions.

Eva is a key contributor to more in depth Informa’s Insight reports, such as 'Analysing Investment Trends in the Global Cellular Industry', where she focuses on mergers and acquisition trends in the Americas region, as well the CDMA-450 report, among others.
Eva is constantly following the consolidation and regulatory issues across the Americas region in both the mobile and the broadband sector. Eva is currently working on tracking the potential developments and trials of Femtocells worldwide.

Eva has 10 years experience in the telecoms sector. Before joining informa in 2002 Eva was a Senior Research Analyst in Tarifica, the leading consultancy in fixed and mobile telecommunications tariffs. She is a regular speaker and moderator at international conferences in the Americas and is often quoted in the Americas business press. She also attends regularly to Informa’s client meetings.

Freda Benlamlih

Director of Consulting
Handsets & Devices
fredab@informa.com

Freda is Director of Consulting within Informa Telecoms & Media, co-ordinating customised research and consulting.

In her role Freda negotiates, builds, co-ordinates and participates in projects to meet additional client needs across many device, infrastructure, content & applications, strategy and market areas. To meet the wide variety of client requirements, Freda brings together teams of internal and external analysts.

Freda’s most recent research covers latest trends in mobile handset markets in Europe. She has also recently conducted projects on WiMAX market prospects, roaming and international services, memory storage requirements, applications development and infrastructure trends*.
Freda has 24 years’ consultancy experience in telecoms & electronics sectors as well as international experience of development projects in many different sectors. She has also written research reports, organised client workshops, presented and chaired sessions at international conferences.

Gareth Sims

Head of Forecasting
Forecasts
gareth.sims@informa.com

Gareth is Head of Forecasting within Informa Telecoms & Media’s Industry Research division, leading its centralised forecasting team.

In his role Gareth is responsible for the management and development of Informa Telecoms and Media's forecasts covering the mobile, fixed and media industries. Over the last 5 years he has spearheaded the development of numerous forecasting products, spanning a range of sectors from devices and networks through to applications and services. He also manages the forecasts within WCIS, an industry leading market intelligence database whose numbers are quoted extensively throughout the ICT Industry. Gareth’s most recent piece of work has been on the development of mobile infrastructure and traffic forecasts*

Gareth has over 8 years experience in statistical and financial modelling in the ICT industry. Before joining Informa, Gareth worked as a commercial analyst for MCI where he focused on European telecom pricing. Gareth holds a degree in Business Economics in which he specialised in Econometrics.

*Mobile Network Forecasts, published by Informa Telecoms & Media, June 2008

Gareth Willmer

Editor
Mobile Operator Strategies
gareth.willmer@informa.com

Gareth has been editor of Mobile Communications Europe newsletter since September 2007 and previously reported for the publication. He also writes for the Mobile Europe Intelligence Centre.

Gareth is responsible for writing articles and comment on European mobile operator strategy and regulation, for which he regularly speaks to industry representatives. He also takes care of editing articles for Mobile Communications Europe and putting the publication to press.

He has recently covered a wide range of topics in the mobile industry, including regulation of roaming and termination, the growth of mobile broadband, operators’ mobile Internet and pricing strategies, MVNO strategies, fixed-mobile convergence and spectrum auctions.

Gavin Byrne

Principal Analyst
Handsets & Devices
gavin.byrne@informa.com

Gavin works as a Research Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media’s Industry Research team.
As a member of the Handsets & Devices team he examines developments within the mobile handset value chain, including hardware and software components, handset vendor strategy and segmentation, business models, technology and feature forecasts.

Gavin has just completed research into the nascent market of mobile broadband devices* which includes smartphones, MIDs, UMPCs, laptops and attachments. These diverse new device types is being encouraged by the growing availability of high speed network connectivity, via EV-DO, HSUPA and WiMAX, together with the use cases they enable and the business models companies have adopted.

Gavin has over six years’ experience in research, competitive intelligence and benchmarking within the telecoms and IT sectors, he has provided comment to industry leading publications, contributed to a number of analytical newsletters and research.

* Mobile Broadband Devices: Opportunities for mobile handsets, MIDs, UMPCs and laptops, published by Informa Telecoms & Media, July 2008.

Gavin Patterson

Principal Analyst
Mobile Markets
gavin.patterson@informa.com

Gavin is Editorial Director and Principal Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media’s Industry Research division, coordinating its regional coverage and output.

In his role, Gavin has built up a wealth of experience covering everything from the development of regional markets and operator strategies, to the evolution of data networks and fixed/mobile convergence. Gavin’s most recent piece of research covered growth opportunities in the Indian mobile market. He has also published research on the 2.6GHz-band auctions in Europe, broadband technology evolution and handset initiatives for emerging markets.

Gavin has 12 years experience in the telecoms sector as a journalist and analyst and previously worked as business editor on the Hongkong Standard and Eastern Express. He is a regular at international conferences throughout the world and also conducts briefing sessions with operators, vendors.

Gemma Bunting

Senior Research Analyst
Mobile and Broadband Markets
gemma.bunting@informa.com

Gemma is a Senior Research Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media’s WCIS team. Gemma is the Analyst responsible for covering the CEE region, with primary focus on Russia and the CIS.

In her role, Gemma uses her Russian language skills to track current fixed and mobile developments in the emerging Russian and CIS markets. In addition, Gemma produces analysis for Mobile Communications Europe and Informa’s Intelligence Centres and also co-managers Informa’s World Cellular Investors product, which focuses on global acquisitions. Her most recent analysis contribution is for the WCIS team’s insight report: ‘Analysing Investment Trends in the Global Cellular Industry’, where she focuses on mergers and acquisition trends in the CEE region.

Gemma has been with Informa since 2004 and in that time she has become a regular speaker at conferences throughout the CEE region. Most recently she spoke at Informa’s Russia & CIS.com 2008 conference.

Gia Marie Gorbold

Editor
Handsets & Devices
gia.gorbold@informa.com

Gia edits Mobile Handset Analyst, a fortnightly newsletter published by Informa Telecoms & Media.

In this role, Gia is responsible for the timely delivery of news, analysis and feature stories about mobile devices. She covers the hardware and software components of mobile handset from a technical perspective. These would include chipsets, displays, operating systems and applications. She also covers how players in the mobile handset industry run their businesses.

Gia has six years experience in market research in the world’s largest FMCG company, and nine years experience in writing about technology. She was the managing editor of PC Magazine Middle & Near East, a subsidiary of the Ziff-Davies publication that was the world’s first reviews-based computer magazine, and editor of Wire Industry, a trade publication that covered wire and cable production.

Giles Cottle

Research Analyst
Broadband and Internet Markets
giles.cottle@informa.com

Giles is an analyst for Informa’s Broadband and Internet Intelligence Centre.
His main area of coverage is fixed-line operator strategy, looking at issues including the move to next generation access networks, how operators can provide new content and services and regulatory developments. Recent pieces of research have included covered the growth and future prospects of multinational fixed-line broadband players and operator API strategies.

Giles also tracks the online content market, looking at how media organisations are moving online to find new distribution methods for their content. He also tracks new entrants such as Hulu and Bebo and assesses how such companies are challenging traditional media players and operators.

Giles began his career at media agency Initiative, where he did analysis across broadband, mobile and TV for clients including Unilever, Johnson & Johnson and General Motors. He holds a degree in History from the University of Sheffield.

Graham Pomphrey

Deputy Editor
TV
graham.pomphrey@informa.com

Graham Pomphrey is assistant editor of Cable & Satellite Europe, the monthly industry magazine covering the broadband and pay-TV industry in Europe.

In his role Graham assists with writing and editing articles covering all aspects of the business activities of cable and fixed-line telecom operators offering triple-play services to residential users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as well as the activities of satellite DTH pay-TV providers and other video service providers.

Topics of note covered by the magazine include IPTV technology and commercial deployments, the development of broadband cable platforms and the IP-based convergence of video, voice and data services.

Graham has been a journalist for three years, previously writing about licensed film and television merchandise. In addition to his duties with Cable & Satellite Europe, he assists with the production of the Cabsat Daily, an advertising-supported e-newsletter, and various print supplements covering topics such as IPTV and digital switchover.

Guillermo Escofet

Editor
Mobile Content and Applications
guillermo.escofet@informa.com

Guillermo is editor of fortnightly newsletter Mobile Media and of the Content & Applications Intelligence Centre, a web-based service that aggregates information on mobile data services from all publications at Informa.

In his role Guillermo is responsible for much of the journalistic coverage provided by Informa of the mobile content and data applications industry globally - everything from breaking news and exposés to market analyses and profile pieces.

Guillermo has recently written exposés on the revenue deals struck between mobile operators and the big online-search brands and on the failure of GSM carriers in the US to monetise the expensive mobile location systems they’ve deployed under the E911 mandate. He was also the first to break the news of Orange and T-Mobile joining forces to trial MBMS mobile TV technology TDTV in the UK.

Guillermo is an experienced journalist who has worked in business and current affairs journalism in Europe and Latin America. He has edited an aviation business title, worked as a newspaper reporter and foreign correspondent in Central America and Mexico City, and first became involved with Informa as a stringer for Latincom in Mexico. For the past four years he has worked as part of Informa’s Content & Applications editorial team, first as editor of Mobile Location Analyst, Mobile Enterprise Analyst and Mobile Messaging Analyst, and now as editor of Mobile Media.

Areas of expertise: mobile content and messaging, wireless enterprise services, mobile location services

James Moore

Research Analyst
Mobile and Broadband Markets
james.moore@informa.com

James Moore is a Research Analyst among the Data & Forecasting team and his primary focus is the updating of content on the World Cellular Information Service.

He has also contributed to numerous reports such as a report on infrastructure sharing as well as writing for the Intelligence Centres. His regional focus is on the Indian sub-continent and he has attended conferences and trade fairs in Asia Pacific including CommunicAsia in Singapore and GSM India.

Areas of interest have included amongst others the analysis of historical subscription growth and forecasts, examination of the uptake of data services, analysis of trends of performance operational data, investor developments in the region, and an analysis of the infrastructure vendors in the Indian subcontinent including the increasing trend towards passive infrastructure sharing and outsourced infrastructure deals.

James is also a member of the Handset & Devices team and has had a particular focus on monitoring the activities of the Japanese and Korean handset manufacturers including LG, NEC and Samsung. He maintains and updates the Handset Database and plays an integral role in the publication of the quarterly World Cellular Handset Tracker.

Jamie Moss

Senior Research Analyst
Mobile Content and Applications
Jamie.Moss@informa.com

Jamie Moss is a Senior Research Analyst, working in the Mobile Content and Applications division of Informa Telecoms & Media.

At Informa Jamie is responsible for writing reports and articles that provide analysis and commentary on the growth and evolution of the market for (non peer-to-peer messaging) wireless data services. He is also responsible for the continual creation of unique content for Informa’s Content and Applications Intelligence Centre. Recent topics researched by Jamie include the Mobile Internet and Location Based Services markets.

Jamie has been working as an Analyst and Consultant to the Telecommunications industry since 1999. During which time he has gained considerable experience in Value Added Service and next-generation infrastructure deployment by wireless operators; as well as in the wholesale bandwidth market for submarine and terrestrial fibre optic networks.

Jamie’s day to day work has included writing research reports, developing databases of operational benchmarks as well as building front-end analytical tools. He has also provided bespoke consulting expertise to device manufacturers, platform/solution vendors and to telecommunications network infrastructure owners.

Jamie holds a BA(Hons) in History from the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom.

Julian Bright

Editor
Networks
Julian.Bright@informa.com

Julian Bright joined Informa Telecoms & Media in May 2005 as editor of the fortnightly newsletter, 3G Mobile, which subsequently merged with Wireless Broadband Analyst to form 3G Wireless Broadband. He is also responsible for editorial content on Informa’s Networks Intelligence Centre.

Julian writes about a range of wireless broadband technologies including WCDMA/HSPA, CDMA20001x EV-DO, mobile WiMAX, Wi-Fi and UWB/Bluetooth, and covers associated technology areas such as wireless VoIP, fixed-mobile convergence, multicast and broadcast technologies, wireless enterprise, machine to machine communications, next generation IP core networks and IMS technologies and strategies.

Julian has almost 20 years experience in telecoms journalism. Prior to joining Informa he worked on a freelance basis, and was also Editorial Director with the Telecoms publishing division of the Financial Times. Prior to entering journalism he spent eight years with a major telecoms company working mainly on projects for BT.

Julia Glotz

Deputy Editor
TV
julia.glotz@informa.com

Julia is Deputy Editor of New Media Markets, Informa Telecoms & Media’s weekly newsletter covering business strategies, regulation and technology in Europe's multichannel television sector.

In her role, Julia is responsible for providing news and analysis as well as commentary across all aspects of multichannel distribution. Most recently, she has written extensively about conditional access, mobile television as well as developments in the German digital-television market.

Julia joined Informa Telecoms & Media in September 2007, having previously held the position of staff writer with The Legal 500 US, a business guide to the US legal market.

Julian Herbert

Principal Analyst
Broadband and Internet Markets
julian.herbert@informa.com

Julian is Principal Analyst for Broadband within Informa Telecoms & Media’s Industry Research division.

Julian directs the research for two services: the World Broadband Information Service, which is an online database of subscriber data and operational data covering the fixed telephony, broadband and media sectors; the Broadband and Internet Intelligence Centre, which is an online source of written analysis and data about broadband and internet, incorporating Telecom Markets, one of the world's oldest consecutively published telecoms newsletters.

Julian has researched the wireless and fixed line industries for 17 years. In addition to an extensive history with Informa he has, as a free-lance consultant, undertaken projects with various analyst firms and enjoyed a spell as Head of Research at Kable Ltd. Julian holds a degree in Classics from Oxford University and management qualifications from the Open University and the University of Humberside. He has spoken and chaired at numerous industry and client events including the 3GSM World Congress and ITU Telecoms.

Kalyan Medapati

Research Analyst
Broadband and Internet Markets
kalyan.medapati@informa.com

Kalyan is a research analyst covering Western European fixed and mobile markets for Informa Telecoms and Media.

His role involves in updating market information on countries within his portfolio (Western Europe) for World Broadband Information Service and World Cellular Information Service. He regularly contributes to "Mobile Communications -Europe" and "Telecom Markets" by providing data analysis and writing market updates.

He graduated from Jonkoping University in Sweden in 2005 -with an MSc in Economics -and has been with Informa since April 2007.

Katja Mueller

Senior Research Analyst
Mobile and Broadband Markets
katja.mueller@informa.com

Katja is a Senior Research Analyst working in Informa TM’s Data & Forecasting division, providing expert analysis for WCIS+ (World Cellular Information System). In this role, she closely tracks mobile operator performance and technology migration issues within Western European country and formulates ideas that assist in forecasting key trends within individual markets. Her findings are published as brief market updates across WCIS+, the Intelligence Centre and MCE services.

Before joining Informa, Katja has worked for many years in the telecoms sector as an analyst and information product manager. She is regularly invited to speak and moderate at telecoms industry and academic conferences to promote an open and research-intensive approach to understanding global telecoms trends. In her earlier work at Point Topic, a UK-based broadband research company, she has headed a number of consultancy projects for broadband service providers.

Katja holds a MSc degree in Geographical Information Science from the University of Leicester and a PhD in Oriental Studies from Cambridge University. She was awarded several national awards for her past geographical research and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

Kenny Jiang

Market Forecaster
Forecasts
Kenny.Jiang@informa.com

Kenny is Market Forecaster within Informa Telecoms & Media’s Industry Research division. His role is on building, developing and maintaining forecasting models and facilitating the forecasting process for the mobile & telecommunication market.

He has been mainly involved in the WCIS+ forecast for time being. He is currently responsible for the quarterly production of WCIS+ forecasts and the development and management of forecasting model. The most recent models he has developed are social economics and demographics statistical model. Based on the first degree in Accounting, Kenny also has some statistical and mathematical background. He got postgraduate diploma in Statistics at UCL, and was granted his MSc in Operational Research at LSE. Before joining the company in Feb, 2008, he just finished six month internship as Data & Risk analyst in a hedge fund company.

Kris Szaniawski

Principal Analyst
Networks
kris.szaniawski@informa.com

Kris is a Principal Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media’s Industry Research division.
He is responsible for the research programmes and analyst teams that support Informa Telecoms & Media Intelligence Centres in the Networks and Mobile Operator topic areas. Kris’s areas of expertise include network vendor strategy and managed services although he tracks and comments on a broad range of topics in the mobile space ranging from mobile broadband to support systems. Recent research has included Networks Intelligence Centre modules and executive briefings.

Kris has 14 years experience in the telecoms sector as a journalist and analyst. He has worked on a wide range of advisory services, reports and consulting projects and contributed to numerous industry publications. He regularly conducts briefing sessions with operator and vendors and chairs and moderates international conferences.

Kristin Paulin

Research Analyst
Mobile and Broadband Markets
Kristin.paulin@informa.com

Kristin is a Research Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media’s Industry Research division, based in Chicago and covering North American markets. In her role, Kristin primarily works in the regional research team responsible for Informa’s World Cellular Information Service portfolio, including World Cellular Data Metrics.

She also regularly contributes to more in-depth research reports, where she produces deep dive analysis into the most pertinent issues affecting the North American region. Most recently, Kristin has worked on reports examining non-SMS data trends and an analytical overview of investment trends in the global cellular industry. Kristin has also contributed to research reports on the topics of WCDMA handset pricing, as well as HSPA’s role in mobile broadband.

Kristin has 6 years of experience in the telecoms sector, having spent time working on the semiconductor side of the industry before coming to Informa Telecoms & Media. She regularly attends US events such as the CTIA Wireless and CTIA IT & Entertainment events.

Lucy Berridge

Senior Analyst
Broadband and Internet Markets
lucy.berridge@informa.com

Lucy is a senior analyst/researcher for Telecom Markets newsletter and the Broadband Intelligence Centre (BIC).

Her main focus area is the development of fixed broadband in Europe. She contributes regular country and company profiles to Telecom Markets and the BIC. The profiles cover market developments and trends, subscriber data and operator strategies. In addition Lucy is overseeing an FTTx database covering fibre deployments around the world. She has also contributed to three Future Broadband Market reports.

Lucy has focused on developments within the broadband sector for the past five years but has been writing about the telecoms sector since 1997.

Malik Kamal-Saadi

Principal Analyst
Handsets & Devices
Dr Malik Kamal-Saadi is a Principal Analyst at informa Telecoms & Media.

Within his role, Malik acts as a Thought Leader across different sectors of the global telecommunications industry including Devices, Networks & Infrastructure, and Multimedia Services. He has planned, authored and co-authored many Informa Telecoms & Media series of reports including Future Mobile Handsets, Mobile Applications Platforms & Operating Systems, Mobile Broadband Networks, Mobile Access at Home, Mobile VoIP, Open Source in Mobile, IP Multimedia Systems (IMS), Mobile Converged Devices, Mobile Computing Devices, and Metropolitan Area Networks and Switching Technologies. He has also contributed in planning the content of many of Informa events and workshops and was involved in the Telecoms Academy’s Mini MBA program.

Malik is a frequent speaker at international conferences on mobile telecommunications. He has over 13 years experience in the telecommunications industry as a technology expert and analyst following different technologies from inception to maturity. He has also played a key role in a number of European and Government projects. Malik has a PhD degree from Groupe d'Etude des Semiconducteurs (GES, France), specialising in Semiconductor Devices and Materials, Design and Engineering.

Marisol Gomez

Research Analyst
Mobile Markets
marisol.gomez@informa.com

Marisol is a Research Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media’s Industry Research division, focusing on the Latin American region.

In her role Marisol analyses developments in Latin American mobile and broadband markets, and is a major contributor to Informa's World Cellular Information Service and World Broadband Information Service. Marisol’s articles are regularly published in WCIS+ as part of the Market Update service, and also contributes frequently to the Americas Intelligence Centre.

Marisol graduated from Javeriana University in Colombia with a degree in Industrial Engineering and completed a Masters degree in International Business at the Grenoble School of Management in June 2008. She has four years experience in project management and market research in the FMCG industry and has worked for British American Tobacco, Dupont and Meals de Colombia.

Mark Newman

Chief Research Officer
Mobile Operator Strategies
mark.newman@informa.com

Mark is Chief Research Officer within Informa Telecoms & Media’s Industry Research division, leading its global research teams and activities.

In his role Mark is responsible for Informa Telecoms and Media's thought leadership in the converging mobile, broadband and entertainment sectors. Mark’s most recent piece of research covers mobile operators’ business models*. It assesses the current health of the mobile operator sector, the threats to existing business models and provides an in-depth analysis of the viability of potential new ones. Mark has also published research on MVNOs, roaming and grey routing, and FMC.

Mark has 18 years experience in the telecoms sector as a journalist and analyst. He is a regular speaker and moderator at international conferences in Europe, the Americas and Asia and is often quoted in the global business press. He also conducts regular briefing sessions with operators, vendors, leading banks and accountancy firms on industry trends and developments. Mark contributes a Telecoms Industry Outlook module to Informa Telecoms & Media’s Mini-MBA Programme.

*Future Mobile Operator Business Models: Broadband, Partnerships, Wholesale and Mobile 2.0, published by Informa Telecoms & Media, April 2008

Matthew Reed

Editor
Mobile Markets
Matthew.reed@informa.com

Matthew is the editor of Middle East & Africa Wireless Analyst newsletter and the Mobile Middle East & Africa Intelligence Centre, both within Informa Telecoms & Media’s Industry Research division.

Matthew is responsible for leading Informa Telecoms & Media’s coverage of the wireless telecoms markets in the Middle East and Africa, focusing on developments in operator strategy, M&A, regulation and technology.

Matthew has more than ten years’ experience as a business journalist, primarily covering the media, telecoms and technology sectors.

Matthew is a regular moderator at international conferences and has been quoted in the international business press. He travels regularly to the Middle East and Africa.

Matthew was the lead author of "Middle East and Africa Mobile Opportunities and Forecasts", which was published by Informa Telecoms & Media in October 2007.

Megan Edwards

Senior Reporter
TV
megan.edwards@informa.com

Megan is the senior reporter for TVI Daily, the daily newsletter covering content distribution within the worldwide television industry. Her reporting focuses on issues that affect the television markets in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America, as well as topics that concern North America and the UK.

To keep abreast of main topics relating to the ever-changing global television sector, she regularly interviews top television executives and attends relevant conferences around the world.

Before joining the Informa Telecoms & Media team in 2007, Megan worked for a number of daily newspapers throughout the United States. In addition to her duties on TVI Daily, Megan contributes to Informa Telecoms & Media magazine Television Business International.

Mike Roberts

Principal Analyst
Networks
Mike.Roberts@informa.com

Mike is a Principal Analyst covering telecoms networks and infrastructure for Informa Telecoms & Media.

His research forms part of the Networks Intelligence Centre, with particular areas of focus including mobile broadband, LTE, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, wireless VoIP, fixed-mobile convergence and IP Multimedia Subsystem. His most recent research is Mobile Networks Forecasts: Future Mobile Traffic, Base Stations & Revenues, which details how the rise of the mobile broadband Internet is sparking a traffic boom that will transform mobile networks, vendors and operators.

Mike’s other research include Future Mobile Broadband: HSPA, EV-DO, WiMAX & LTE (3rd Edition), and WiMAX Broadband Convergence: Emerging Fixed, Portable & Mobile Internet Markets (2nd Edition).

Mike has eighteen years experience as a telecoms/technology journalist and analyst. He regularly presents and chairs at key mobile industry events in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Mike also provides expert commentary to the press on mobile networks, mobile broadband and WiMAX.

Mohammed Hamza

Senior Reporter
Mobile Operator Strategies
mohammed.hamza@informa.com

Mo joined the Global Mobile newsletter team as senior reporter in 2006, after four years at Visiongain Research, where he worked as a report writer, analyst and editor in the mobile space. Mo has six years experience in the telecoms sector as a journalist and analyst. He is a regular attendee at conferences and regularly speaks with financial institutions, operators and vendors on key industry trends and developments.

In his role Mo is responsible for producing a wide range of copy from news analysis to comments and has broken several stories. He currently tracks the activities of the leading global mobile players and has a broad but well grounded knowledge of the industry. In the coming months Mo will be transitioning from working on Global Mobile to looking after the Mobile Operator IC channel.

In particular, Mo closely follows emerging technologies, licensing, M&A activity as well as regulatory developments with a particular interest in the EMEA region, the impact of new European mobile roaming legislation and Middle East liberalization, for instance. Mo enjoys has worked closely with several in-house analysts and recently collaborated with one of ITM’s report writers to break a major industry news story on how operators were negotiating lower inter operator agreements for roaming outside of Europe while still significantly increasing retail roaming charges to compensate for the loss of revenues from the Eurotariff.

Mo also has a background in knowledge management and IT. He speaks French and Arabic.

Nasreddine Mana

Researcher
Mobile and Broadband Markets
Nasreddine.Mana@informa.com

Nasreddine is a Research Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media’s Data & Forecasting division, providing expert analysis for WCIS+ (World Cellular Information System) with a primary focus on the Middle East and North African markets.

In his role Nasreddine uses his language skills to track mobile and broadband growth in the Middle East and North African markets. Nasreddine tracks mobile operator strategies and ongoing regulatory issues across the region, and using his extensive list of contacts in the industry, drives the WCIS team’s analysis on the Middle East & North Africa region. He also regularly writes quarterly market updates which are published across WCIS+ and Intelligence Centres.

Nasreddine holds a degree in Economics from the Université de Haute Alsace in France as well as an MSc in Business Information Systems from Royal Holloway University of London. Nasreddine speaks Arabic and French fluently.

Nick Jotischky

Principal Analyst
Mobile Markets
nicholas.jotischky@informa.com

Nick is a Principal Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media’s Industry Research division.
In this role Nick co-manages Informa Telecoms & Media’s wireless research team. His research agenda focuses on emerging market growth, examining key market drivers and trends in some of the world’s fastest growing mobile markets.

Nick has 8 years experience in the telecoms sector as an analyst. Prior to joining Informa Telecoms & Media, he spent seven years at the specialist political and economic risk research house Business Monitor International, where he headed up the telecoms research unit. In that role, he assessed key emerging market investment opportunities in the telecoms sector, and produced several market reports to an audience of operators, vendors, solutions providers and financial institutions. Nick also had a brief spell with boutique research consultancy Kable, where he wrote a thought leadership report on public sector opportunities in the ICT sector.

Nicole McCormick

Mobile Analyst - Asia Pacific
Mobile Markets
Nicole.McCormick@informa.com

Nicole is Asia Pacific Mobile Analyst for Informa Telecoms & Media, where she is responsible for generating Asian analysis and comment. On a quarterly basis, Nicole also writes Asian mobile updates for the Global Mobile Research Service which include news analysis of the latest big events for the quarter, plus a synopsis of the latest mobile subscription data, as well as mobile country updates. She also supplies regular news and analysis to Informa Telecoms & Media’s 3G Wireless Broadband Research Service, and is managing editor of ASIAcom .

Nicole has been with Informa Telecoms & Media for over 10 years, and whilst now residing in Brisbane, Australia, she started her career with the group in London. Nicole regularly attends regional conferences both in a capacity as a speaker or delegate.

Nidhir Maudgalya

Senior Forecaster
Forecasts
nidhir.maudgalya@informa.com
Nidhir’s focus as a Senior Forecaster at Informa Telecoms & Media is on building and maintaining forecasting models for the mobile, media and broader telecoms market.

He is responsible for the quarterly production of WCIS+ forecasts and the development and management of WCIS+ forecasting process in general. He works closely with analysts and researchers from the global markets division as part of the forecasting and modelling process to provide detailed analysis of key metrics for trends analysis of market and technological developments.

Nidhir has over 5 years of experience as an analyst and forecaster. His most recent model gauges the distribution of wealth across various age bands for the major markets in the world factoring in the key socio-economic and demographic factors.

From an educational standpoint, he is a BE in Electrical & Electronics and holds an MSc in Telecommunications from London South bank University.

Pamela Clark-Dickson

Editor
Mobile Content and Applications
Pamela.clark-dickson@informa.com

Pamela is the editor of Mobile Messaging Analyst, a continuous research service published by Informa Telecoms & Media. Mobile Messaging Analyst covers developments in the mobile messaging industry sectors globally.

In her role, Pamela is responsible for determining the editorial direction of Mobile Messaging Analyst, and for contributing content to the Mobile Content and Applications Intelligence Center. Her areas of expertise cover all aspects of mobile messaging in the consumer, enterprise and marketing industry sectors, including SMS, MMS, mobile e-mail, mobile instant messaging and voice SMS.

Pamela is currently researching the messaging chapter for ITM’s upcoming Mobile Content and Services report, which is scheduled for publication in October 2008.

She has 12 years experience in the telecoms sector as a journalist and analyst, and previously worked for Informa as editor of Mobile Media and Mobile Games Analyst.

Paul Lambert

Editor
Mobile Operator Strategies
paul.lambert@informa.com

Paul is Editor of Global Mobile and the Mobile Operator Intelligence Centre. Paul has eight years’ experience of covering the mobile sector as a journalist. Paul’s areas of focus are mobile operator strategy; technology trends; emerging markets and regulation.

Paul is currently working on various aspects of the mobile operator business case: the threat to incumbents from new entrants and new technologies, such as WiMAX; the rush to acquire operators in emerging markets; and the on-going consolidation among mobile operators within and between regions.

During his time at Informa Paul has been at the forefront of covering major trends that have made the mobile industry what it is today: the development of 3G technology and launch of 3G networks; the (on-going) search for a viable 3G business model; the fall-out on the mobile industry from the bursting of the dotcom bubble; the imposition of roaming regulation; and the consolidation that has taken place among mobile operators and vendors alike.

To stay ahead of events in the industry Paul regularly attends conferences and has regular dialogue with mobile operators, financial analysts, and vendors to gauge and exchange opinion on what trends are shaping the future of the mobile industry and their likely impact on it.

Paul Merry

Senior Analyst
Mobile Operator Strategies
paul.merry@informa.com

Paul is Senior Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media’s Industry Research division, and is the lead author of several of the divisions leading strategic reports.

In his role Paul is responsible for thought leadership in the converging mobile, MVNO and operator strategy sectors. Paul’s most recent piece of research covered strategy development with the MVNO sector with specific concentration on segmentation strategies developing within the sector and wider telecommunications industry*. The study assessed the current health of the MVNO sector, with specific attention to the challenges facing the area and strategies employed to tackle them. Paul has also published research on mobile payments, entertainment, prepaid and FMC.

Paul has 10 years experience in research as an analyst and strategist. He is a regular speaker and moderator at international conferences and is regularly quoted in the global business press. Paul’s research experience is diverse incorporating mass-media broadcast, marketing strategy and fixed telecoms experience enabling him to bring a broad analytical approach to his analysis of the cellular sector.

Paul is currently studying for a Masters in Research at the University of London and holds a BSc (hons) degree from Bristol University.

* Future MVNO Strategies: Customer Segmentation and Market Evolution- 3rd edition, published by Informa Telecoms & Media, June 2008

Peter Dykes

Deputy Editor
Networks
peter.dykes@informa.com

Peter White

Deputy Editor
TV
peter.white@informa.com

Peter White is deputy editor of Television Business International (TBI) magazine. TBI is a TV trade publication that focuses on TV programming based in London.

Peter focuses on the factual, documentary and entertainment genres, with much focus on new media platforms and the surrounding rights issues.

Previously, he worked on Employee Benefits magazine, a trade title covering the human resources industry. He is also a successful internet entrepeneur and manages a string of successful rock n roll bands. He graduated from University of Reading with a politics and international relations degree in 2001.

Qmars Safikhani

Senior Forecaster
Forecasts
qmars.safikhani@informa.com

Qmars works as Senior Forecaster within Informa Telecoms & Media’s Industry Research Division, producing ad hoc and time series based forecasts.

In this capacity, Qmars forecasts for rapidly growing telecommunications market by using cross-sectional economics time series and telecommunication actual data in order to construct econometrics models for estimation and projection of broadband, mobile and media applications and infrastructure for up to 212 countries.

Most recent forecasts includes; Future Broadband Markets, World MVNO’s Forecasts and Global Mobile Roaming.

Qmars has 10 years experience in the telecoms sector as Research Analyst and Forecaster. He holds a degree in Economics and a Postgraduate Diploma in Econometrics.

Rob Gallagher

Principal Analyst
Broadband and Internet Markets
rob.gallagher@informa.com

Rob is Editor of Informa Telecoms & Media's Broadband & Internet Intelligence Centre research portal. He is also Editor of the company's flagship newsletter about fixed-line telecoms, Telecom Markets.

Rob is responsible for directing Informa Telecoms & Media's coverage of broadband network operator and online media provider strategies. Under his guidance, Rob's team of journalists, analysts and associate authors produce exclusive news, analysis, executive briefings and reports on a wide variety of topics, from regulation to marketing and technology to finance. He oversees the Future Broadband Markets* series of reports and regularly authors research on next-generation access networks, broadband video and new business models for network operators.

Rob has been covering information and communications technologies since 2000 and has specialised in broadband in Europe since 2003. He is a regular face at international conferences, and frequently briefs operators, vendors and consultancies on industry trends and developments.

* FTTx: A Global Analysis, published by Informa Telecoms & Media, December 2008

Ronan Shields

Editor
Mobile Content and Applications
ronan.shields@informa.com

Ronan Shields is a researcher for Informa Telecoms & Media’s mobile content and applications team and is the reporter on the company’s newsletter Mobile Media.

In his role as researcher for Informa’s mobile content and applications intelligence centre, Ronan tracks the convergence of the internet, media and mobile sectors on a daily basis.

Mobile Media is a fortnightly publication. It examines the business strategies and challenges of orthodox telecoms companies and media brands aiming to establish themselves in the nascent mobile content and internet services sectors.

Ronan has experience of covering the telecoms sector as a journalist in both developed and emerging markets. A regular attendee at international conferences in Europe, the Americas and Asia, he also conducts regular briefing sessions with operators, vendors and various other industry players.

Sarongrat Wongsaroj

Researcher
Mobile and Broadband Markets
Sarongrat.Wongsaroj@informa.com

Sarongrat is a Researcher within Informa Telecoms & Media’s Industry Research division. He is responsible for tracking the progress of the ICT industry in Southeast Asia as well as several major Pacific-rim countries, with a particular focus on the mobile and broadband sectors.

In his role, Sarongrat keeps abreast of goings-on in countries within his region and regularly analyzes the key trends and summarizes them in short updates that appear on a quarterly basis in Informa’s Intelligence Centres. More recently, he has also produced a regional brief on mergers and acquisition activities in Southeast Asia, which was published as a chapter the WCIS team’s insight report entitled: ‘Analysing Investment Trends in the Global Cellular Industry’; the chapter provides an analysis of recent consolidation patterns across Southeast Asia. In addition, he also makes frequent contributions to another Informa publication called Global Mobile.

Sarongrat holds a BA in Economics and Management from University of Oxford and an MSci in Mathematics and Physics from University College London.

Shailendra Pandey

Senior Research Analyst
Mobile Content and Applications
shailendra.pandey@informa.com

Shailendra is senior analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media’s Industry Research division. In his role Shailendra is responsible for writing executive briefs, comment pieces, and authoring management and strategic reports for the mobile content and applications portfolio. Shailendra’s most recent piece of research covers the mobile content and services market and provides in-depth analysis and forecasts on services including mobile music, games, internet, TV/video, LBS, advertising, social networking, and mobile payments and banking services*.

Shailendra has been covering the mobile communications sector for over four years. He has produced research, analysis, and forecasts on a range of mobile wireless topics including mobile operator and handset vendor strategy. Shailendra has been quoted on numerous occasions in both print and online media including The Wall Street Journal, New York Post, The Independent, RCR Wireless News and MarketWatch.

Shailendra’s educational qualifications include MA in Public Relations & Communications from University of Westminster, London, MBA from Pune University, India, and Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism from University of Mumbai, India.

* Mobile Content and Services: Leveraging Converging Channels to Content Delivery - 7th edition, to be published by Informa Telecoms & Media in September 2008

Simon Dyson

Senior Media Analyst
TV
simon.dyson@informa.com

Simon is Senior Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media’s media reports and intelligence centre division - widely considered as the global leader for TV research.

In his role Simon is responsible for compiling detailed profiles of the TV industry in more than 20 countries. His most recent piece of research covers Eastern Europe*, which looks at how DTH has started to make inroads into cable’s dominance and considers if the early promise of high definition TV has come to fruition. Simon also covers many of the world’s most successful TV markets in Western Europe and North America as well as several developing markets in the Middle East and Africa.

Simon has a wide knowledge of the TV sector, having authored several management reports on aspects such as IPTV, on-demand and online TV. He has also completed several TV-related consultancy projects. He previously worked as a Senior Analyst with Market Tracking International and holds a degree in Media and Society.

* Eastern European TV: 12th edition, published by Informa Telecoms & Media, June 2008

Simon Murray

Principal Analyst
TV
Simon.murray@informa.com

In his position as Principal Analyst Media, Simon is responsible for the teams at Informa Telecoms and Media that produce the TV Intelligence Centre, six newsletters, two magazines, two electronic briefings, 15 annual management reports, six conferences and two annual directories. Simon also undertakes consultancy projects as well as chairing and presenting at top industry events.

Earlier in 2008 Simon produced two research reports: Global Net TV Advertising Forecasts and HDTV, which analysed the opportunities and challenges in these markets and predicted growth for the next five years.

Simon has been involved in international media and entertainment research since 1988 and, before joining Informa, worked for Baskerville Communications, Kagan World Media and Saatchi & Saatchi.

Steve Mullins

Associate Analyst
TV
steve.mullins@informa.com

In his role as Editor of the Converging Media research service, Steve covers global developments in digital media. His brief is to provide up-to-the-minute analysis and comment on the multiplatform distribution of television, video, film and music content in the world’s major markets. He speaks regularly with industry leaders and commentators, and leads a team of skilled journalists providing insight into the rapidly changing digital-content industry.

Steev has 18 years experience as a journalist and analyst in the media, telecoms and financial sectors. He is a regular contributor to TV and radio business shows, and is often quoted in the global business press.

Stephen Wilson

Research Analyst
Broadband and Internet Markets
stephen.wilson@informa.com

Stephen Wilson is a Research Analyst in Informa Telecoms & Media's Broadband team.

He specialises in the broadband, cable and IPTV markets of Northern Europe, Central/Eastern Europe and Central America. He has spent a year building an extensive network of contacts at regulators, ISPs and operators in the 45 markets he covers.

He is a regular contributor to Informa Telelcoms & Media's Broadband Intelligence Centre, with, most recently, articles on broadband in Lithuania and the retail market for cable TV in Germany.

He is a graduate in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from St Catherine's College, Oxford University and speaks fluent Spanish having lived in Northern Spain for one year. He is a follower of Blackpool FC and enjoys the finest in world cinema.

Stewart Clarke

Editorial Director
TV
stewart.clarke@informa.com

Stewart is an editorial director at Informa Telecoms & Media. His day-to-day responsibilities include editorial control of a range of publications including TV International Daily and TBI magazine (Television Business International).

He has worked in various roles at the UK-listed company, including reporter, deputy editor and editor, since joining in 2001.

Previously, he was a journalist with PJB Publications’ The Regulatory Affairs Journal, compiling a regular European Union-focused news section.

Stewart has written news and features for Campaign, AsiaCom, Screen Finance and Cable and Satellite Europe. He has also been interviewed for BBC Radio and academic and commercial projects focusing on the international TV business. He regularly speaks at conferences and industry events. Stewart graduated from the University of Reading in 1996.

Stuart Thomson

Editor
TV
stuart.thomson@informa.com

Stuart Thomson is Editor of Cable & Satellite Europe, the monthly industry magazine covering the broadband and pay-TV industry in Europe.

In his role Stuart writes and edits articles covering all aspects of the business activities of cable and fixed-line telecom operators offering triple-play services to residential users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as well as the activities of satellite DTH pay-TV providers and other video service providers.

Topics of note covered by the magazine include IPTV technology and commercial deployments, the development of broadband cable platforms and the IP-based convergence of video, voice and data services.

Stuart has 12 years’ experience as a journalist covering the media sector. In addition to editing Cable & Satellite Europe, he is responsible for the Cabsat Daily, an advertising-supported e-newsletter, and various print supplements covering topics such as IPTV and digital switchover. He is also a familiar face on the industry conference circuit as a moderator.

Tammy Parker

Principal Analyst
Mobile Markets
tammy.parker@informa.com

Tammy is a principal analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media.
In her role, Tammy manages the Mobile Americas Intelligence Centre, which provides thought leadership, news analysis, key metrics, forecasts and more regarding operators, service providers, vendors and trends involved in shaping the mobile communications industry across North America, Central and South America, and the Caribbean.

Tammy is also a regular contributor to Informa Telecoms & Media’s research services, primarily Global Mobile, 3G Wireless Broadband and Mobile Handset Analyst. Areas of particular focus for her include open-access, fixed-mobile convergence and operator strategy.

With 22 years of experience covering the mobile communications industry as a journalist and analyst, Tammy is a regular speaker and moderator at industry conferences and has been quoted in the global business press. Based in the United States, she holds an MBA from the University of Colorado and a BA from the University of Denver.

Ted Hall

Senior Media Analyst
TV
ted.hall@informa.com

Ted is a Senior Research Analyst on Informa Telecoms & Media’s TV reports team. In his time with the company, Ted has analysed all aspects of the TV industry and has covered countries in all geographical regions. His areas of expertise cover some of the world’s most active and lucrative markets, such as the US, UK and Japan. He is also responsible for researching and analysing all countries in Western Europe’s Nordic region.

Ted graduated from the University of Reading with a first class honours degree in English Literature in 2005. Before moving into research, he took up temporary roles within the law and education industries. Work with a leading international law firm was followed by a brief role with a major UK examination board.

Thecla Mbongue

Senior Research Analyst
Mobile and Broadband Markets
Thecla.mbongue@informa.com

Thécla is a senior research analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media’s Industry Research division and is a key contributor to Informa’s World Cellular Information Service.
In her role, Thécla is responsible for researching the telecoms industry in sub-Saharan Africa. Thécla also manages World cellular Data Metrics, in which Informa tracks mobile data usage and up-take, including SMS and MMS traffic volumes, mobile data subscriber information, MMSC contract awards, mobile data deployments and non-voice revenues. She is a key contributor to many of Informa’s reports such as the CDMA-450, HSPA or Multiple-SIM insights.

A native French speaker, Thécla is a regular speaker and moderator at international conferences in Africa and is often quoted in the regional and global business press.

Thomas Miles

Media Research Analyst
TV
thomas.miles@informa.com

Thomas is a Media Research Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media’s Industry Research division, focusing on TV and Entertainment. In his time with the company Thomas has contributed to reports on Digital Terrestrial Television, Cable and Satellite Television and IPTV. His areas of expertise include established European markets, such as Italy and Spain, as well as emerging markets, including Latin America and the Middle East.

Thomas graduated from the University of Nottingham with a degree in History in 2002. After a period working in the financial industry, he spent several years teaching English in Madrid, Spain. He gave classes to professionals at many leading domestic and international companies. During this time Thomas contributed work to Madrid’s foremost English-language magazine. Following his return to England, Thomas began working at Informa Telecoms & Media in 2007.

Thomas Wehmeier

Principal Analyst
Mobile Markets
thomas.wehmeier@informa.com

Thomas Wehmeier is a Principal Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media’s Industry Research division, where he heads up its regionally-focused research team.

His specialized interests lie in analyzing mobile operator strategies, in particular looking at the impact of technological evolution from 2G through 3G to 4G from an operator perspective. Thomas also looks closely at the impact of regulation on mobile operator business models.

Thomas has presented frequently at international events and is regularly quoted in the mainstream and trade press. He has a close relationship with Informa’s key clients and spends much of his time visiting operators, vendors & banks across Asia, Europe and the Americas to advise them on the latest developments in the global cellular industry.

Thomas is also the product manager of the Informa Telecoms & Media’s World Cellular Information Service, the leading service for quantitative intelligence on the mobile industry, which is trusted by blue-chip clients across all parts of the mobile value chain. In this role he is responsible for directing the overall strategy and development of the service ensuring it constantly evolves to reflect the speed of development of the mobile industry.

Tim Adler

Editor
TV
Tim.Adler@informa.com

Tim Adler is editor of Informa’s film and television funding newsletter Screen Finance, described by the London Evening Standard as "highly influential".

Methuen published Tim’s first book The Producers: Money, Movies and Who Really Calls the Shots, exploring the role of the creative film producer, in 2004.

Bloomsbury published its follow-up Hollywood and the Mob in 2007, which the Mail On Sunday chose as its "Book of the Week" and the Daily Mail picked as its "Critic’s Choice."

Tim is chairman of the film policy advisory group advising the Conservative Party and was the only business journalist asked to give evidence as the most recent British parliamentary investigation into the British film industry.

He has moderated panel discussions and given presentations in Abu Dhabi, Canada, Denmark and Holland for clients including the European Audiovisual Observatory.

Tim has written about the film business for various newspapers including The Times, the Daily Telegraph and the Financial Times.

Tingting Liu

Research Analyst
Mobile and Broadband Markets
Tingting.liu@informa.com

Tingting is a Research Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media’s Industry Research division, covering mobile and broadband markets in Greater China Region and Asia-Pacific islands.

As a native mandarin speaker, Tingting is now based in ITM’s Beijing Office and has a special research focus on tracking and analysing mobile industry developments in China. Her recent research covers in-depth analysis of Chinese mobile operators’ mobile data service strategies. She is also a regular contributor to ITM’s global insight reports.

Tingting joined Informa Telecoms & Media Group in Jan 2005. She holds a Masters Degree from University of Oxford and a Bachelor’s Degree from Foreign Affairs University, Beijing, China, majoring in English and International Relations.

Tony Brown

TV/Broadband Analyst - Asia Pacific
Mobile Markets
Tony.Brown@informa.com

Tony edits Informa Telecoms & Media's leading pan-Asia-Pacific communications publication ASIAcom, covering the pay-TV, Internet, wireless and broadband markets across the region and also collaborates with colleagues on Informa’s Asia-Pacific specialist media and telecoms related reports.

A graduate of the University of Westminster, London, Tony has been researching and writing on the global communications and entertainment industries since starting out with Financial Times newsletters in 1994.

He joined Baskerville Communications in 1995 and worked as a research editor on a wide range of TV and communications research and management reports before moving to Australia in late 1997 where he worked as a freelance researcher and journalist before returning to Baskerville in early-2000 as TV Editor of ASIAcom.

Tony was subsequently appointed as editor of ASIAcom in early 2004 and has since also worked extensively on Informa’s Asian Mobile Intelligence Centre portal. He also regularly attends and speaks at industry