Abigail Browne

Editor
Mobile Strategies
abigail.browne@informa.com

Abigail is responsible for building and maintaining the editorial process for all the Informa Telecoms & Media's data team's research, including electronic services and paper reports. Abigail was appointed in March 2003; she previously worked as a Research Analyst within Informa's European data Team, with a special research focus on Russia and the CIS. Past and recent research contributions include authoring Insight reports on CDMA-450 and on Pricing Strategies for Mobile Content. Abigail has presented Informa Telecoms & Media's research and analysis at conferences in Bucharest, Prague, Moscow and St Petersburg.

Abigail joined Informa Telecoms in March 2001 and has an MA in Russian and East European Studies from the University of Birmingham and a BA in Philosophy and Politics from the University of Leeds.

Adam Thomas

Research Manager
Media & Entertainment
adam.thomas@informa.com

Adam has been involved in several senior roles within the media industry. He has worked as a journalist at CIA Medianetwork's Channel 11, authored media research analysis for the Corporate Intelligence Group and was senior media analyst at Market Tracking International. He also wrote for the PSI's prestigious Cultural Trends journal, before joining Informa Telecoms & Media in 2000 as Media Research Manager. Adam has written many of our best-selling reports on the film, TV, games and new media sectors.

Ana Hermoso

Research Analyst
Mobile Strategies
ana.hermosa@informa.com

Ana is a Research Analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media covering North America and the Caribbean. She previously covered Southern Europe, Brazil and the Caribbean for nearly two years, where she made use of her language skills in Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. She is also a member of the World Cellular Datametrics team, which tracks the evolution of mobile data services on a worldwide basis. Ana has presented research at the Mobile Messaging Americas (Miami) and Caricam (Dominican Republic) in 2004.

Ana joined Informa Telecoms & Media in September 2002, having worked as a telecoms analyst consultant for Accenture in Madrid. Ana holds two Masters Degrees (Marketing and Business Administration) from the Pontificia Comillas University, ICADE, in Madrid.

Chris Wynn

Editorial Director
Media & Entertainment
chris.wynn@informa.com

Chris is the Editorial Director with responsibility for New Media Markets, which covers the European multichannel TV sector. Chris has been covering the industry for five years, specialising in distribution and the implications of new technologies. He regularly participates in conferences and is interviewed on television and radio. He also contributes for titles such as Television Business International, Cable and Satellite Europe and Digital News. Chris holds a degree in Media Production and is a member of the Broadcasting Press Guild.

Daniel Winterbottom

Senior Research Analyst
Mobile Content & Applications
daniel.winterbottom@informa.com

Daniel is a senior analyst in the mobile content and applications portfolio within Informa Telecoms & Media. He has built up a wide range of knowledge in his seven years in the telecoms industry and he has been able to apply this to many events, newsletters and reports he has been involved in. Daniel has worked in a research and analyst role within the mobile telecoms industry since 1999, covering issues as wide ranging as silicon developments for mobile devices, the wireless enterprise sector, digital rights management, the evolution of the mobile user interface for next generation devices, mobile entertainment content and the impact of user generated content and mobile communities.

Daniel has worked extensively with professionals in the mobile content industry in planning high level events, as well as contributing to analytical newsletters and authoring an extensive range of management and strategic reports. He has spoken at a number of mobile focused events, both in Europe, Asia and the US and is frequently called upon by leading publications to comment on the mobile industry. Previously to working in the Content and Applications portfolio at Informa T&M, Daniel was a billing and fraud analyst and a conference researcher. He holds a Masters of Science in Instrumentation and Analytical Science.

Dario Talmesio

Research Analyst
Mobile Strategies
dario.talmesio@informa.com

Dario is a Research Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media's data team ,focusing on European - specifically the Western European markets. Dario joined Informa Telecoms in 2004 after having completed an internship at the Economist Intelligence Unit, where he worked within the Western European team. Dario holds a BA (Hons) degree in Business and Economics and an MA in Social and Market Research.

Eva Benguigui

Research Analyst
Mobile Strategies
eva.benguigui@informa.com

Eva is the Latin America telecoms analyst within the Americas data team and Informa Telecoms & Media and is also a key contributor to Informa's World Cellular Investors, which tracks the investment strategies of the world's largest cellular investors. As well as being a past speaker at the GSM Americas Congress, Eva has also contributed articles that have been published in several Latin American magazines, including the Brazilian publication World Telecom and the Argentinean publication, Wireless Latin America.

Prior to joining Informa in 2002, Eva previously worked as a Senior Analyst at the telecommunications consultancy, Tarifica (PBI Media) in London. Eva holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration from the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain.

Freda Benlamlih

Director of Consulting
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.

*Call +44 20 70175558 or your acccount manager for further information on customised research/consulting.

Gavin Byrne

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

Gavin Byrne is a Research Analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media and co-author of the Future Mobile Handsets and Mobile Application Platforms and OS reports. He has over four years experience in research, competitive intelligence and benchmarking in areas such as fixed line internet access, biometric authentication, storage products and warranties. Gavin has an honours degree in European Business Administration.

Gemma Bunting

Researcher
Mobile Strategies
gemma.bunting@informa.com

Gemma is a researcher within the Informa Telecoms & Media data team, focusing on Europe. Specifically her research concentrates on the Russian speaking markets and also covers developments in Central and Eastern Europe. Gemma graduated in 2004 from the University of Durham with a BA in Russian with Central and Eastern European Area Studies. She joined Informa Telecoms in November 2004 having previously worked as a teacher in St Petersburg and Siberia and as a freelance interpreter in the UK. Gemma speaks advanced Russian and intermediate Croatian and Czech.

Guillermo Escofet

Editor - Mobile Media, Mobile Messaging Analyst
Mobile Content & Applications
guillermo.escofet@informa.com

Guillermo Escofet 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 freelancer for Latincom in Mexico. For the past two years he has worked as part of Informa Telecoms & Media's Content & Apps editorial team, first as editor of Mobile Location Analyst and Mobile Enterprise Analyst, and now as editor of both Mobile Media and Mobile Messaging Analyst.

Areas of expertise include:

• mobile content and messaging
• wireless enterprise services
• mobile location services

James Moore

Research Analyst
Mobile Strategies
james.moore@informa.com

James is a Research Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media's data team, focusing on the Asia-Pacific market, with a special research focus on Japan, Korea and the Indian sub-continent. James joined Informa Telecoms & Media in January 2000, and has covered most of the Asia-Pacific region, including China. He has also conducted research trips to India and Singapore. James is also a member of the World Cellular Handset Tracker team which tracks the availability of handsets within key markets worldwide.

James holds a BSc in Human Geography and a MSc in Management Studies.

Joe Warner

Editor -New Media Markets
Media & Entertainment
joe.warner@informa.com

Joe joined New Media Markets as editor in July 2006.

Prior to joining Informa Joe was a journalist, then deputy editor, at pan-European ICT newsletter IT Europa where he specialised in enterprise partnerships and channels-to-market.

He has an honours degree in history and anthropology from University College, London.

Julian Bright

Editor - 3G Mobile
Networks & Infrastructure
julian.bright@informa.com

Julian joined Informa Telecoms & Media in May 2005 as editor for the 3G Mobile Research Service. Prior to this Julian worked on a freelance basis on a range of issues for Total Telecom Magazine and Total Telecom Online. He was also closely involved with organizing the World Communication Awards.

Julian entered Journalism in 1989 to become Managing Editor of Telecommunications International. He subsequently spent two years as Editorial Director with the Telecoms publishing division of the Financial Times, where his editorial responsibilities encompassed a range of newsletters, magazines and market reports. Julian has been responsible for launching a number of successful magazines and telecoms publications including Telecoms World and Billing International for the FT, and CI Mobile (formerly Roam), Before journalism, Julian spent eight years with a major telecoms company working mainly on projects for BT.

Julian Herbert

Principal Analyst
Mobile Strategies
julian.herbert@informa.com

Julian is the Principal Analyst for Broadband in Informa Telecoms & Media's data research team. His research agenda tracks developments in the broadband industry with the specific objectives of extending the coverage of the WXIS to 150 broadband markets and to make reporting of tier one and tier two operator activity in those markets as comprehensive as possible, by the end of 2007. Julian has researched the wireless and fixed line industries for 15 years. In addition to a long history with Informa he has, as a free-lance consultant, undertaken projects with Point Topic and Ovum 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.

Kester Mann

Senior Research Analyst
Mobile Strategies
kester.mann@informa.com

Kester is a Senior Research Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media's data team, focusing on Europe, specifically on the Central and Eastern Europe markets, the Balkans and Baltic states. He has undertaken recent research trips to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Greece and Romania and his research is regularly included in Informa Telecom's monthly European Communications Report and Eastern Europe Wireless Analyst (EEWA). Kester also manages the World Cellular Data Metrics product and maintains the World Cellular Subscriber and Key Performance Indicator Databases for the European markets.

Kester has a BSc in Managerial and Administrative Studies from Aston University and previously worked for Motorola in its Commercial, Government and Industrial Solutions Sector.

Kris Szaniawski

Publishing Director
Networks & Infrastructure
kris.szaniawski@informa.com

Kris Szaniawski is Publishing Director of the Networks and Infrastructure portfolio at Informa Telecoms & Media. He is also Editorial Director of Billing Plus. His areas of expertise lie in:

• Billing
• Customer care
• Revenue assurance
• OSS
• Telecoms IT

He has over 10 years' experience in the communications industry both as a journalist and analyst. He has worked on a wide range of advisory services, reports and research programs, and has written for Telecom Markets, Mobile Communications, New Media Markets, Mobile Communications International, Financial Times and The Guardian. Prior to joining Informa Telecoms & Media he was a senior analyst at Ovum providing strategic advice to the mobile industry.

Dr. Malik Kamal-Saadi

Senior Analyst
Handsets & Devices
malik.saadi@informa.com

Malik has authored many of our flagship reports including Future Mobile Computing and Mobile Application Platforms and Operating systems. Malik also co-authored Informa Telecoms & Media's flagship title: Future Mobile Handsets. He is also a frequent speaker in international conferences and organiser of many workshops for Informa Telecoms & Media's events.

Malik combines thorough understanding of strategic and business-related issues with an in-depth knowledge of telecommunications related technologies. Malik has over ten years experience in the telecommunications industry, including development of many electronic and optoelectronic devices.

He has also played a key role in a number of European and Governmental projects. Malik has a PhD degree from Group d'Etude des Semiconducteurs (GES, Montpellier, France), specialising in Semiconductor Devices and Materials, Design and Engineering.

Michael Carroll

Editor -Mobile Handset Analyst
Handsets & Devices
Michael.Carroll@informa.com

As Editor of Mobile Handset Analyst, Michael Carroll draws on more than 7 years of experience in the global handset industry, publishing a wide range of articles covering the technical and financial aspects of device technology.

Prior to focusing on mobile handsets, Michael worked on Informa's Global Mobile and 3G Mobile newsletters. Michael also regularly attends industry conferences, and has acted as chairman at several key international.

Mike Hibberd

Editorial Director
Mobile Strategies
mike.hibberd@informa.com

Mike is editorial director of Mobile Communications International. He has covered the cellular industry as a journalist since 1996, becoming editor of MCI, the cellular industry's leading international magazine. During his time at Informa Telecoms & Media, Mike has chaired conferences, participated in various debates at industry events and provided comment for mainstream media. Prior to joining Informa Telecoms & Media, Mike worked for the British Defence Staff at the British Embassy in Washington DC. In 2004 Mike was asked to join the Ofcom Spectrum Advisory Board, an independent body established in May 2004 to provide advice to UK regulator Ofcom on strategic spectrum management issues.

Nicky Walton

Senior Research Analyst - Informa Telecoms & Media
Mobile Content & Applications
nicky.walton@informa.com

Nicky Walton is Senior Research Analyst for Informa Telecoms & Media, focusing on the global mobile content sector.

Prior to joining Informa, Nicky worked for five years as a research analyst for IDC where she specialised on fixed line telecoms, DTV and the regulation of Western European markets.

Previously, she worked for the UK regulator Ofcom (then OFTEL) where she was part of the regulatory policy directorate, working to devise new regulation for emerging DTV markets in the UK.

Nicole McCormick

Managing Director - AsiaCom
Mobile Markets
nicole.mccormick@informa.com

Nicole McCormick became the inaugural editor of Informa Telecoms & Media's dedicated Asian mobile title, Asia Pacific Wireless Analyst in January 2004. At the same time, Nicole was promoted to managing director of ASIAcom, which covers the telecom, broadband and television sectors in Asia-Pacific, which she helps compile, oversee and sub-edit from Informa's Brisbane-based office.

Prior to this, Nicole was editor of ASIAcom for around five years, and was editor of APWAs predecessor, Pan-Asian Telecom newsletter. She commenced her career with Baskerville Communications in the UK office in late-1996 where she was the inaugural reporter on TVI Daily for one year. Nicole then took over as senior reporter on ASIAcom, before her promotion to editor of the newsletter.

She has a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in journalism and economics, from the University of Queensland.

Paul Lambert

Principal Editor - Global Mobile
Mobile Strategies
Paul.Lambert@informa.com

Paul is principal editor of Global Mobile and has worked on the title for more than four years. During this time he has also written analyst reports on mobile location services and also launched Informa's Research Service: Eastern European Wireless Analyst. As principal editor of Global Mobile, Paul's areas of expertise include:

• Mobile operator and vendor strategy
• The mobile data business case
• Regional expertise, Europe and China

Simon Dyson

Senior Analyst
Mobile Content & Applications
simon.dyson@informa.com

Simon is a senior analyst with Informa Telecoms & Media, where his main area of expertise is the music industry. He has authored several management and strategic reports on all aspects of the sector and has also completed several music-related consultancy projects for music companies and music retailers. His knowledge of the music industry extends back more than 15 years and was gained through performance, management and record company ownership. His opinion is widely sought by TV, radio and newspaper journalists on digital music issues as well as the traditional sector.

Following a lengthy career in the music industry he returned to education and gained a BSc in Media Studies at South Bank University. He then worked for a specialist music research agency for three years before joining Informa Telecoms & Media in 2000. Since then he has lead authorship on reports including:

• Music on the Internet
• The Future of Portable Music
• The Global Music Industry
• Music for Hire

In addition to music, Simon is also author of several media reports covering broadcasting, film and games. He also contributes to other Informa Telecoms & Media research services including Broadband Markets and TV International and he also edits of the TV International Database.

Steve Mullins

Editor - Converging Media
Media & Entertainment
steve.mullins@informa.com

Steve is Editor of Converging Media - the research service for anyone working within the digital-content sector. He has been writing about business and finance for 14 years, with experience across the board on numerous publications. He has been a senior reporter for Financial Times newsletters and was co-founder of Global Mobile. He was also managing editor for IDD's M&A International and was a regular contributor to The International Herald Tribune.

Stewart Clarke

Editorial Director
Media & Entertainment
stewart.clark@informa.com

Stewart is Editorial Director with responsibility for Television Business International and TV International and has worked at Informa Telecoms & Media since early 2001. Previously, he was a journalist with The Regulatory Affairs Journal, compiling a regular European Union-focused news section. Stewart regularly contributes to a range of titles including AsiaCom, Screen Finance and Cable and Satellite Europe and has been interviewed for academic and commercial projects focusing on the international TV business.

Thécla Mbongue

Research Analyst
Mobile Strategies
thecla.mbongue@informa.com

Thécla is a Research Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media's data team, focusing on Africa & Middle East with a special research focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Thécla joined Informa Telecoms in October 2003, and previously worked as a researcher for Data Research Services Group in Paris. Thécla holds a Degree in Modern Languages from the Sorbonne University in Paris.

Thomas Wehmeier

Researcher
Mobile Strategies
thomas.wehmeier@informa.com

Thomas is a researcher at Informa Telecoms & Media within the European team with a special focus on Western European and Nordic markets. Thomas joined in January 2005 having previously worked for publishers Taylor & Francis. Thomas holds a BScEcon degree in European Union Studies with Spanish and German from Cardiff University.

Tim Adler

Editor - Screen Finance
Media & Entertainment
tim.adler@informa.com

Tim Adler is editor of Screen Finance, which covers European film and television funding. Its target audience is accountants, bankers and lawyers who service the European audiovisual industry. Screen Finance has been described as "highly influential" by the London Evening Standard and "invaluable" by the BBC.

Adler recently published his first book, "The Producers: money, movies and who really calls the shots" (Methuen, 2004), which the University of London has adopted as a set text for its MA in film and television production. Bloomsbury, publisher of Harry Potter in the UK, has commissioned Adler to write a second book about Hollywood, due to be published in 2006.

In addition, Adler has written about structural problems facing the European film industry for, among others, the Financial Times, the Daily Telegraph and the Independent. He has also moderated conferences in Canada, Denmark and Holland for various organisations including the Council of Europe.

Tingting liu

Research Analyst
Mobile Strategies
tingting.liu@informa.com

Tingting is a Research Analyst within Informa Telecoms and Media's Asia-Pacific team, with a special research focus on China and other Chinese-speaking regions. She joined Informa in January 2005, and previously worked as a Language Researcher at Freshminds in London and Project Assistant in McKinsey in the Beijing Office. She holds an Msc Degree in Management Research from Oxford University and a BA Degree in International Relations from Foreign Affairs University, Beijing, China. She is a fluent Mandarin speaker.

Tony Brown

Editor - AisaCom
Mobile Markets
tony.brown@informa.com

Tony edits Informa Telecoms & media's leading pan-Asia-Pacific communications publication ASIAcom, covering the pay-TV, satellite, Internet, wireless and broadband markets across the region and is also deputy editor of Asia-Pacific Wireless Analyst (APWA), focusing exclusively on the regional wireless market.

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 early 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 and deputy editor of APWA in early 2004.

Kristin Paulin

Research Analyst
Mobile Strategies
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.