Paul Skeldon is a freelance telecoms, retail and technology journalist, analyst and author, specialising in mobile, AI, content, value-added services, networks and billing & payments. He is editor-in-chief at World Telemedia and Telemedia-new.com, the leading news and insight source for the global mVAS and billing industry. He is also an editor and analyst at RetailX and Internet Retailing, where he specialises in AI, retail tech, commerce media and adtech.

He has been a contributor on mobile commerce and more to The Wall Street Journal, Banking Technology and many other media outlets. 

He is also managing director of video and podcasting company, Videobaby Media, and has worked with numerous brands and publishers to produce video and audio content.  

His first book – M-commerce – was published by Crimson Business Publishing in 2011. His second – A DIY Guide to eCommerce – was published in 2017. 

Paul lives in the Cotswolds in Oxfordshire, UK, with his partner, three teenage kids, a large dog, seven iPhones, five iPads, five laptops, many guitars, a dongle and a garage full of mobile handsets dating back to 1992 that has inadvertently become of historical interest (well, to him at least – the kids less so).