ITW 2023

Aqua Comms has unveiled its first Trans-Atlantic commercial 400Gbps Ethernet (GE) service from London to New York for Energy Sciences Network (ESnet).

Telstra International recently adopted a new customer value proposition under the tagline: 'Global connections. Infinite possibilities.' With the company undergoing change at the top at the same time as big change in the industry, the outgoing and incoming CEOs discuss how this approach will guide the carrier's strategy for growth.

Supply-chain challenges, security and automation are some of the big focuses in the global telecoms market at present. Michael Wheeler, executive vice president of the Global IP Network division at NTT, assesses the challenges and trends in the industry at this point in time.

Colt Data Centre Services is set to expand its foothold in the Japanese market with the imminent launch of a fourth data centre in the city of Inzai near Tokyo, following the recent debut of another facility near Osaka. The company has also set its sights on further growing its global portfolio across Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.

Automation and sustainability are among the most pressing concerns in today's global wholesale industry. A German player called Inter.link has sprung up in a bid to disrupt the network industry by providing these as inherent elements from the start. As one of the company's two co-founders, Theo Voss outlines its vision for faster innovation.

Roger Adamiak is announced as the new vice president of sales. Broadband provider, Accelecom, believes Adamiak’s appointment will be key to the growth of wholesale and channel partnerships.

CBC Tech, a network as-a-Service provider, has formed a partnership with Fortinet, a global cybersecurity provider.

Amsterdam-based global internet exchange provider AMS-IX has just made its first foray into sub-Saharan Africa with the launch of an exchange in Nigeria. The company's CEO, Peter van Burgel, discusses the strategy and the potential for growth in emerging markets.

RETN, a member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), is to offer connectivity to Oracle Cloud through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) FastConnect in Frankfurt.

Roary Stasko, Telstra’s finance and strategy executive director, has been appointed as the new CEO of Telstra’s International business.

Intelsat has been providing satellite communications for six decades. In a wide-ranging conversation covering her life there, the universe and other things, Pascale Fromont, the firm's vice president and general manager for media, talks to Capacity about how she sees Intelsat today and outlines the next big phase of its voyage.

A data-driven approach is growing ever more crucial to make the most of today’s data centre market. Jérôme Totel, group strategy and innovation director at Paris-headquartered European data-centre provider Data4, talks about how this is evolving at his company, creating a pathway to the software-defined data centre of the future.