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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.
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Over time, the internet and how it has been used has evolved. Phase one consisted of connecting personal computers, communicating via email, and viewing and interacting with web pages. The second phase was more application and device-driven, and featured the advent of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). We are now entering the third phase, which is characterised by running multiple applications and streaming data, and concurrently connecting to the cloud from any device at any location.
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By 2018, a jaw-dropping 1.7 trillion Application-to-Person (A2P) SMS messages will be sent worldwide, according to Portio Research. While person-to-person (P2P) text messaging is decreasing due to the growing IP-based messaging market, companies nevertheless appreciate the benefits of reaching their target group via SMS in a fast, secure and direct way.
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Nokia plans to acquire Comptel, the mobile data analysis company, for €347 million.
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Epsilon, the privately-owned global communications service provider, has acquired New York-based colo player Metcom Network Services.
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Nokia will deploy 2G and 3G in selected areas to improve Bangladesh’s Teletalk's coverage in rural areas and quality of service in urban areas
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SK Telecom and Nokia have jointly developed the first MCPTT next-generation push-to-talk technology over VoLTE.
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UAE-based service provider du has tested Nokia's Time and Wavelength Division Multiplexing Passive Optical Network (TWDM-PON) technology.
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AT&T's CEO faced a grilling from senators over competition concerns around its $85.4 billion bid to buy Time Warner Entertainment.
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Zayo Group Holdings has announced it is to acquire Electric Lightwave in a $1.42 billion cash deal to expand its fibre network on the US West Coast.
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The network remains fundamental to all communications services but like all aspects of the ICT ecosystem it needs to change and develop. The network has to mirror the services it is supporting. Otherwise, it will be left behind while hindering the digital transformation happening across industries all around the world.
