Roland Banks has been passionate about mobile technology for the past 20 years. He started his career at British Telecom's research division working on collaborative virtual reality environments, before becoming a video streaming specialist at 3 UK where he helped launch some of the world's first mobile video services. More recently he enjoys writing about his obsession, and developing software that helps mobile operators analyse their subscriber data.
Roland has lived in Asia for the past 5 years, and tries to indulge his other passion for riding motorcycles whenever possible.
Mobile World Congress 2016 has now come to a close. There were lots of new product announcements and interesting new devices on show at the event in...
Mobile World Congress is now in full swing, with many of the major product announcements and news stories happening on Sunday and Monday. The big name...
On Sunday, the first (unofficial) day of Mobile World Congress 2016, Samsung and LG both revealed their latest all-singing, all-dancing devices to the world.
LG G5
LG debuted the...
Anyone over 40 years old probably remembers a time when the most hi-tech devices at school were the scientific calculators used in mathematics class, or perhaps one of the...
Last year British Gas subsidiary Hive released a range of connected home products such as its smart thermostat, giving a simple yet powerful way to control various automation aspects...
A recent study from Juniper Research has found that nearly 1.6 billion coupons will be delivered annually to consumers via beacon technology by 2020, up...
When I worked at British Telecom's research division at Martlesham Heath, Suffolk back in 1996, several colleagues were involved in early wearables projects with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab. Thad...
Mobile World Congress (or MWC as it's known) is the biggest and most important mobile event of the year, where many of the latest smartphones are launched to...
Every year, sales of smartphones rise as people ditch their feature phones and purchase the latest all-singing, all-dancing mobiles. You probably won't be surprised to learn that...