Middle Eastern governments are putting themselves among the forefront of smart city developments. How can carriers get involved? Gareth Willmer reports

Vinay Nagpal’s bio reads like the who’s who in the wholesale infrastructure space having previously worked for companies like Digital Realty Trust, DuPont Fabros Technology, Tata Communications, Verizon, MCI, Digex and UUNET.

Projects are the cornerstone of any new technological advancement. They allow us to discover new use cases, fine tune standards and test technologies in real-life environments.

The relationship between OTTs and carriers in Latin America (Latam) is “complicated” says Rafael Arranz, chief operating officer of Telxius, likening the connection between the two to a Facebook relationship status.

Mobile gaming has become the largest segment of the global games market and capacity requirements are higher than ever. Edge computing is the key to success, writes Jason McGee-Abe

Claim your path. This was one of the key overarching messages during Subsea Americas in Florida. The event saw the inaugural launch of Women in Subsea, a new networking initiative chaired by Amy Marks of Xsite Modular and Naaz Bax of Seaborn Networks.

5G rollouts are due to accelerate in 2019 and questions around the infrastructure needed to deliver the next-gen mobile technology remain. How is the wholesale market getting to grips and the oncoming swell of data and are we as close as we think to full-scale deployments?

If you’re running a network on software you need to work in new ways. Alan Burkitt-Gray reports on Ericsson’s expired certificate that brought O2’s and SoftBank’s mobile networks down

Some people seem to want to isolate the two Chinese vendors from the rest of the network. What are the reasons, asks Alan Burkitt-Gray. And what is the evidence?

After months of trials, blockchain will be used commercially in the industry in 2019 in a $13bn market, leaders tell Alan Burkitt-Gray. Meanwhile blockchain is also moving into bandwidth-on-demand and voice routing

Stephanie Liston has “a portfolio of things that I do now”, including consulting on international strategy, and being a board director, lawyer and regulator.

The submarine cable industry, much like telecommunications as a whole, is reassessing the role of women in this ever-changing market. An aging workforce, stalled innovation and competitive advantages are forcing telcos to pay attention