Global Mobile

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.

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.

Thomas is a Principal Analyst working on the Mobile Operator Intelligence Centre. His specialized interests lie in analyzing mobile operator strategies, in particular looking at the impact of technology, competition and regulation on operator business models.

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.