Bio
I'm a freelance journalist who covers the telecoms and Internet of Things (IoT) markets. My work appears in telecoms industry media including MobileWorldLive, Light Reading, UC Today, Capacity, TotalTele.com
I'm a freelance journalist who covers the telecoms and Internet of Things (IoT) markets. My work appears in telecoms industry media including MobileWorldLive, Light Reading, UC Today, Capacity, TotalTele.com and The Mobile Network. I'm managing editor of IoT Now which covers the Internet of Things industry and of sister title VanillaPlus, which covers the telecoms IT market.
Freelance since 2001, I started covering the telecoms industry in 1998 in staff positions at CommunicationsWeek International and Telecommunications International. While freelance I've served as editor of Stream, Europe’s first magazine to cover mobile content, and as associate editor of Global Telecoms Business. In addition to writing news and features, I host video content and moderate events for IoT Now and VanillaPlus and have done video interviews, discussions and webinars for MobileWorldLive, Telecoms.com, Light Reading and other media and firms.
I also provide a range of corporate editorial and media services. I have produced copy for advertorials, blogs, whitepapers and internal publications on behalf of Acision, Aptitude Software, AT&T, BT, CA Technologies, CitiBank, CommuniGate Systems, CTI Group, Dialogue Communications, Ericsson, Huawei, Inmarsat, MDS, Microsoft, Netcracker Technology, Netscout, Oracle, Orange, Orga Systems, Quectel Wireless Solutions, Sigma Systems, Syniverse, Tata Communications, Telenor Connexion and TM Forum.
I'm an experienced panel moderator and regularly host video discussions webinars for clients.
Recent work can be found at:
www.vanillaplus.com
www.iot-now.com
www.iotglobalnetwork.com
www.totaltele.com
www.lightreading.com
www.mobileworldlive.com
www.the-mobile-network.com
Specialist areas
I specialise in telecoms (fixed and wireless) and the Internet of Things (IoT). Telecoms knowledge includes big data analytics, digital transformation, billing, BSS & OSS, telecoms IT, telecoms software, virtualisation, NFV, SDN, SD-WAN, SON, mobile networks, 5G, LTE, LoRa, LPWA, mobile content, mobile entertainment, mobile devices, mobile advertising and marketing, managed services, content delivery networks (CDNs), internet and ebusiness, CRM, cloud and communications, Telco 2.0, datacentres, colocation and hosting. IoT expertise includes M2M, smart cities, automation, Industrie 4.0, connected cars, smart home, AI, virtual reality, augmented reality, automotive, supply chain, agriculture and Industrial IoT (IIoT).
