Mike Short
Director of International Affairs & Strategy
BT Cellnet

Chairman, Mobile Data Association

Mike's career spans 26 years in Electronics and Telecommunications, with the last 13 years in Mobile Communications.

He was appointed Contracts Director of Cellnet in 1989, dealing with multi-million dollar infra-structure investments and UK interconnect agreements.

In 1993 the focus moved to establishing Cellnet's GSM service. He was elected Chairman of the GSM Association for 1995/96, and served on its Executive Board for 3 years. The customer total using GSM based networks now exceeds 270 million world-wide.

Mike's focus today is on Third Generation (UMTS) cellular and steering BT Cellnet's networks strategy from GSM evolution towards UMTS. He also is a member of the UK FEI Board, UK SMAG (Ministerial Advisory Group) and was elected Chairman of the UK Mobile Data Association for 1999/2000.