Tata Communications explains how its global low latency network is about more than just speed.

Time is money – especially in the cut-throat world of high frequency trading. In an increasingly savage arms race to slash connectivity speeds, an old technology is suddenly taking centre stage. Richard Irving reports.

Having enjoyed impressive economic growth following its adoption of the Euro, which helped attract significant foreign investment due to its low corporation tax, Ireland’s economy was hit hard by the 2008 global financial crisis.

The shrinking Eurozone economy has led to another underwhelming set of half year financial reports for the region’s carriers. Gareth Willmer investigates whether the potential double-dip recession could damage long-term network investment.

The move to IP is aligning the telecoms and ICT worlds ever closer together. Alex Hawkes talks to the CTO of HP CMS, Jeff Edlund, to gain a deeper insight into the technologies radically transforming networks.

Having spent most of the 20th century under the rule of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan emerged in 1991 as a newly independent state and, despite an ongoing conflict with neighbouring Armenia, has since become one of the Caucasus’ most active telecoms markets.

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It’s easy to write off Central America as a poor relation to the far larger, headline-grabbing economies to the south. Is the region, however, starting to generate its own traffic rather than act as a mere staging post on the route north to south? Guy Matthews investigates.

IFX International Carrier Services’ CEO, Mateo Ward, explains the rationale behind launching a dedicated carrier business unit.

Are markets such as Colombia and Chile ready to steal Brazil’s thunder? Gareth Willmer examines the opportunities for carriers elsewhere in the region.

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As one of the biggest and fastest growing telecoms markets in Africa, Nigeria already has a significant international presence in its domestic telecoms market and continues to attract the attention of foreign investors.