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The Global Partnership for Ethiopia (GPE) has appointed Anwar Soussa as the managing director (MD) of the operating company in Ethiopia.

The runaway growth in data centres, cloud operators, submarine cables and internet exchanges across southern Europe is featured in a new map.

Cloud and managed service providers are still waiting for a ransomware security update from software provider Kaseya, whose customers have been struck by a hack to the management software it distributes.

Ascendas Property Fund Trustee, the trustee-manager of Ascendas India Trust (a-iTrust) is investing over $162 million to develop and operate phase one of a new data centre campus in Airoli, Navi Mumbai.

Sarah McComb, co-founder and president of the Women’s Tech Forum – a non-profit focused on the advancement and promotion of women in the cloud, data centre and telecom space – reflects on the pandemic’s effect on women and how we can move forward

Known as the CEO who turned around Tecnotree, Padma Ravichander tells Melanie Mingas how the refreshed company is getting ahead on a digitalisation drive that will bring opportunities for women beyond the industry

Built from scratch for those who want sustainability and service, MVNO Honest is the back-of-a-beermat idea on a mission to shake up the UK mobile market. Melanie Mingas talks to CEO and co-founder Andy Aitken

Liran Weiss, COO of mce Systems, explains why low mobile costs will hurt Israel’s telcos in the long run

In April, the Court of Justice of the European Union dismissed a competition appeal brought by Deutsche Telekom’s Slovak Telekom. Competition lawyer and consultant Michaela Lodlová, was involved in the case during the Commission investigation. Here, she explains why the CJEU decision will incentivise leading companies to refuse to deal outright

As global migration and displacement continues to rise, Armando Samayoa, Télécoms Sans Frontières’ representative for the Americas and the Caribbean, shares how the organisation is supporting those affected

Appointed to head Axiata Group Berhad’s newly formalised wholesale division, Obaid Ur Rahman is setting the scene to create an Asia-wide superhighway – not to mention becoming the region’s preferred wholesale partner. Melanie Mingas reports.

Global consulting firm Accenture has acquired CS Technology to boost its cloud infrastructure engineering capabilities, including cloud planning, critical facilities design and data centre technologies.