Telecommunications is not the only sector where outsourcing is a vital weapon in a tough competitive landscape. What other industries are showing carriers the way forward in the outsourcing space?

Data centre operators and network service providers enjoy a close relationship, combining strengths to make possible the delivery of managed services. But there can be difficult issues to resolve when interests overlap.

The structure of outsourcing and managed services deals has altered radically, leading to a major shift in the balance of power between contractor and customer. Guy Matthews investigates the implications.

The cloud era has found carriers in the unusual position of both offering cloud as a managed service as well as utilising it for their own business processes. Guy Matthews explores the multifaceted world of carrier cloud strategies.

Carriers are increasingly delivering and consuming managed services. Here key players from both sides of the coin share their views and experiences on outsourcing.

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A relaxation of rules on foreign ownership and Bell’s proposed takeover of media company Astral Media have ensured Canada’s otherwise uncontroversial telecoms market has been thrust into the headlines. Gareth Willmer explores whether the market is on the brink of a major regulatory overhaul.

North America has firmly positioned itself as one of the leading adopters of 4G LTE technology. Kavit Majithia investigates how the big hitters are shaping up in the battle for market share.

The advent of LTE fourth-generation mobile networks has triggered a revolution in mobile backhaul facilities. Gary Kim investigates the key technologies and players behind this latest trend in the US market.

Over the last decade, Indonesia’s telecoms market appears to have successfully navigated the country’s economic and social difficulties and is now on track for sustained growth.

In a rare attempt to establish some public benchmarks, Capacity has commissioned Renesys, the internet monitoring specialist, to calculate latencies between the world’s 10 largest centres of economic activity. As public data dries up, Richard Irving reports on the findings.

Why is faster actually more desirable? Richard Irving investigates the market conditions and technologies driving the worldwide thirst for low latency services.