Mr. Anthony (Tony) Shortall

Founder and Chairman of Cicada Exchange

Tony is an experienced telecoms professional and is an acknowledged expert on telecommunications policy and regulation. Tony has written extensively on these matters and has advised governments, regulators and firms. Tony Shortall founded Telage, a consultancy in the field of telecommunications economics and regulation. Tony previously worked as senior economist at the European Commission and at the Irish Competition Authority. Tony has worked in the telecommunications industry having worked with both fixed (eir) and mobile (Vodafone) operators.

Tony acted as the senior economist in the European Commission when regulation in European roaming markets was first introduced and since then he has advised the OECD, ASEAN, WTO and individual firms and countries on the treatment of wholesale roaming and roaming markets.

He holds degrees in economics (M.A.) and computers (B.A.) from University College Cork, Ireland and a degree in law (LLM) from the BSC in Brussels, Belgium. Tony is a Member of the Institute of Directors.