Blog
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Marynet Bassily, director of procurement and supply chain, EMEA at Vantage Data Centers, explains how she has overcome many obstacles to establish a career spanning construction and telecoms – and how she is encouraging her company and the wider industry to focus on inclusivity -
Microsoft has quietly added voice calls to its Teams package. now, no one will need a fixed-line phone on their desk, writes Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Leading OTT players know that extra capacity gives an in-region advantage. Jim Fagan, chief strategy and revenue officer at Global Cloud Xchange writes
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From ageing infrastructure to on-demand energy models, Terry Storrar, MD of Leaseweb UK, writes about the new quick wins improving data centre sustainability
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While many believe satellite and fibre will save the day for unconnected Africa, Wim van Thillo, CEO and co-founder at Pharrowtech, has another suggestion
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With the exploding use of APIs to drive new partnerships and services across all markets, the demand for a compliant, core-and-edge data centre platform which can bring diverse sectors together will skyrocket.
Forthcoming events
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There has been plenty of talk around artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT), and even more on 5G readiness.
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Companies seeking to expand their business operations and services into new or existing markets must be able to extend their reach by dynamically connecting to their customers and partners, cloud services and network providers, and Internet Exchange (IX) platforms and ISPs.
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In celebration of Ada Lovelace day, Capacity pays tribute to not only Ada herself but also the incredible women in the wider telecoms and technology industry.
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The roaming business is probably 25 or 30 years old and the wholesale part has not changed much since then. However, on the retail side the importance of roaming has increased dramatically.
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The race for 5G is heating up with communications service providers (CSPs) bringing 5G services online in different countries seemingly every week.
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Networks are the backbone of modern organisations.
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The open-source movement is moving in on the telecoms industry, including radio-access networks and network automation. Alan Burkitt-Gray looks at the powerful alliances of companies that hope to innovate networks and services through openness.
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Legal disputes are anathema to a growing company, diverting capital to legal expenses and possibly resulting in sizeable monetary awards being lost, or contracts overturned.
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After months of anticipation and preparation, another successful International Telecoms Week (ITW) is behind us.
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Karen Kesner, executive vice president of Americas, Chayora, details why its important for the next cohort of young women to seek out sponsors, mentors and coaches to aid their career progression.
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TIM's chief technology innovation officer, Elisabetta Romano, speaks to capacity about why she's decided to become an advocate for the Global Women in Telco and Tech Awards and Summit, and why women in high places is so important.
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Tom Peters and Robert Waterman promoted the phrase ‘Sticking to the knitting’ during the 1980’s and covered this concept in detail in their international best-selling book “In Search of Excellence”.
