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Richard Handford
in London-based
Expertise: Mobile and broadband technology. Also sustainability and renewable energy, particularly when applied to cellular networks. Mobile technology in the developing world is another enthusiasm.
About Richard:
I’m a writer and researcher on telecoms and sustainability matters. My background is the mobile and broadband markets with particular interests in strategy and regulation. I am intrigued in how these areas cross over. The kind of question that i like to ask is which governments are investing in broadband technology to stimulate a country’s economy during a downturn? Are they right?
My second enthusiasm is renewable energy and sustainability. I’m interested in how to make the mobile industry more energy efficient. And i have studied how cellular networks can be powered in off-grid locations in the developing world by renewable energy. How mobile technology is deployed innovatively in the developing world (mobile banking, for example) is another theme for me.
I have contributed to the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and The Economist.
