More carriers now are taking the once-unthinkable step and outsourcing the management of their infrastructure. What are the implications of this move?

As the economies of east Africa gain subsea cable access, operators are looking for routes through the Middle East to Europe, reports Guy Matthews.

Service-oriented architecture (SOA), as the name suggests, is a model for systems development and integration in which systems group functionality around business processes, packaging them as interoperable services.

Much has changed in telecoms in Saudi Arabia in the last couple of years. Greater openness and increased demand for services bode well for the future.

There’s a lot at stake. Guy Matthews reports on the many complex issues influencing the demand for content in the Middle Eastern region.

A number of subsea cable breaks in 2008 highlighted the lack of route diversity in the Middle East. Guy Matthews asks how the problem is being addressed.

STC Wholesale has expanded internationally with a view to taking a place on the global telecoms stage, reports Guy Matthews.

Alexander Shepherd, TMT partner for law firm Simmons & Simmons in Dubai, looks at the regulatory challenges that remain in the Middle East.

Geographically and economically diverse, Latin America is still full of opportunities in the coming year for those carriers who are prepared to be innovative.

It’s the last great frontier for telecoms, and African operators are having to work inventively as they move to connect up the continent and meet pent-up demand.

Here we look at the major developments – under the sea, on land and in space – set to go live around the world over the next year or two, and consider their likely impact.

Vast changes in the way that consumers and enterprise users access the internet and consume bandwidth mean wholesale carriers need to re-examine their business models.