Big Interview

At just eight months old, Exa Infrastructure is attending its first ITW, and its whirlwind start shows no signs of slowing down. CEO Martijn Blanken talks to Melanie Mingas about new network routes, building the company culture, and why wholesale is a game for specialists

As the UK fibre market becomes more crowded, CityFibre’s plan to bring full fibre connectivity within reach of eight million homes by 2025 remains on track. The group’s chief operating officer, Simon Holden, discusses the continued pace of the rollout, foreign investment and why closing the digital divide has always been a priority.

Telecoms lawyer Andrew Lipman worries about a breakup in what was a borderless industry. But, he tells Alan Burkitt-Gray, in the US, operators are focusing on broadband buildout

MTN GlobalConnect is deploying 135,000km of fibre across Africa. CEO Frédéric Schepen tells Melanie Mingas about the strategy, investments and next steps

Whether it’s new centres of connectivity or new buying behaviours, the Nordics and wider European continent are changing. So too is EQT’s GlobalConnect, but for Regina Donato Dahlström the changes don’t end there. Melanie Mingas has the details

Sustainability and renewable practices are top of the agenda at this year’s ITW conference. Caban’s Alexandra Rasch speaks to Natalie Bannerman about why infrastructure is the centre of decarbonisation activities

Colt’s Keri Gilder talks to Natalie Bannerman about the evolution of the telco, with the arrival of next-generation networks and the requirements they will bring

Katia Gonzalez speaks to Natalie Bannerman about her latest D&I project and the changing fraud and security landscape

Obaid Ur Rahman, Axiata Group’s head of wholesale, tells Melanie Mingas about the group’s first year as a GLF member, and what’s ahead for Asia’s subsea sector

It has taken Matt Desch and his colleagues at Iridium 15 years, but the company is now delivering good revenue from a global satellite network. Interview by Alan Burkitt-Gray

Wholesale carriers are enablers for the digital world, says Sparkle CEO Elisabetta Romano. But they should consolidate, she tells Alan Burkitt-Gray: not necessarily by being taken over by pension funds

Vodafone Group’s Safaricom Ethiopia is launching the country’s first competitive network in the face of a blazing civil war. Alan Burkitt-Gray asks the company’s Matthew Harrison-Harvey how they’re managing to do it