Tony Shortall is Director of Telage, a consultancy in the field of telecommunications economics and regulation. He is an economist specialising in the regulation of network industries and is acknowledged expert in the area of telecommunications policy and regulation. Tony Shortall has over 25 years of experience working in the telecommunications sector. He was formerly the senior economic advisor within the European Commission and was heavily involved in European telecoms policy development, responsible for key aspects of that policy, leading the work on the SMP Guidelines, the Recommendation on Relevant markets, drafting the Termination Rates and NGA Recommendations. Tony established the Article 7 review team and processes within DG Connect. As well as working as senior economist at the European Commission and the Irish Competition Authority, Tony also worked in industry having worked with both fixed and mobile operators. He has written extensively on these matters and has advised governments, regulators and firms.

He holds degrees in economics (M.A.) and computers (B.A.) from University College Cork, Ireland and an LLM from the BSC in Brussels, Belgium.