Borrowing from the old adage that it takes a hacker to catch a hacker, some of the sharpest criminal minds that have ever gone head-to-head with telecoms fraudbusters have done just as well on the right side of the law…

Telecoms fraud is big business. Driven by a huge criminal underworld, fraud is set to cost the telecoms industry upwards of $40 billion this year alone.

Who are the movers and shakers in SDN, and which are the companies to keep an eye out for?

M&A activity has been widespread in 2013, with telecoms dominating business news headlines worldwide. And there is plenty more to come.

Increased international bandwidth at the shores has seen African service providers seek smarter ways to cross borders, cut costs and diversify.

Djibouti is a small country in a strategically important location. On land, it shares its borders with Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia. At sea, it is situated between the continents of Africa and Asia and at the crossroads of major shipping routes.

An overview of the most important milestones so far in the history of Myanmar's fledgling telecoms market.

Over 90 operators were interested in entering the Myanmar market. Just two were selected to champion a new era of connectivity for the country. But is Myanmar ready?

The long march towards software defined networking (SDN) appears to pose more questions than it answers. Richard Irving reports on what carriers really need to know.

The telecoms industry agrees that Software Defined Networking (SDN) is a good thing. But network operators will need convincing before they divert capex budgets to yet another untried "bleeding edge" technology. So how can the wholesale market make money out of SDN?

What shift in the market has prompted Tata Communications and PCCW Global to launch high-definition video conferencing services within a week of each other?

ITW has well and truly found its feet in Chicago as it completes its second successful year in the windy city. Capacity reports on all the action at another record-breaking event.