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Dr Ayotunde Coker, CEO of Open Access Data Centres, speaks on edge deployment in Africa.
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Last month, telecom infrastructure REIT American Tower broke ground at the site of its new edge data centre in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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In an interview with Capacity at the Digital with Purpose event in Cascais, Portugal Rafael González, CMO at MedUX outlines the integral nature of its 2024 benchmark report on 5G performance across 10 European capitals to both operators and regulators.
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As Boldyn Networks turns one, Capacity speaks with Group CEO Igor Leprince to discuss the highlights of its first year, while shedding light on why government investment in connectivity is essential.
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Kaki Liu: Breaking Barriers and Inspiring Future Female Engineers at Black & White Engineering on International Women in Engineering Day.
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Capacity speaks with Evolution Data Centres’ Darren Webb to understand why investing in tier 2 data centre markets is such a good opportunity.
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Noelle Walsh, CVP, cloud operations and innovation at Microsoft on why progress shouldn't be at the expense of the planet
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From a student that couldn’t study in his hometown to the first Starlink community gateway partner, Capacity tells the remarkable story of Emmett Fitch
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Capacity catches up with EdgeConneX CEO Randy Brouckman to learn more about the company's focus on customers, people and planet.
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Connecting the unconnected. You don’t have to look very hard at a telecom or digital infrastructure company’s marketing material or corporate social responsibility rhetoric to see this phrase. But Kyle Whitehill, CEO of satellite communications operator Avanti Communications thinks the whole idea needs a rethink.
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Joeli Brearley, CEO of 'Pregnant then Screwed' joins emPOWERED magazine to discuss pregnancy discrimination in the workplace
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Casey Ellis, Founder and chief strategy officer at Bugcrowd has his say ahead of a meeting with MPs to discuss the implication of AI for cybersecurity
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Baroness Helena Morrisey emphasises the need for open communication in creating leadership opportunities for women
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Nokia’s Jane Rygaard joins Capacity to discuss inclusion in telecoms and the rapid development of 5G and AI
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Zayo Europe made headlines last week as it announced the carve out of its European business, a month after hiring telco veteran Colman Deegan as European CEO. Capacity caught up with Deegan to find out more.
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Capacity's Saf Malik is joined by a panel of guests to discuss the news that SES are to acquire satellite communications rival Intelsat.
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Ofcom referred the £7.5 billion UK cloud market to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for investigation in October 2023, citing several concerns around competition.
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A report released by the Infrastructure Masons has laid out a data centre eutopia.
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It’s been five years since the launch of 5G in the UK, Katherine Ainley provides an update on the progress so far and what is still to be done.
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Josh Snowhorn, CEO of data centre master planning company Quantum Loophole shares why the industry needs to rethink how it plans data centres
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Odine has received approval of its initial public offering (IPO) application, in a milestone that will enable it to continue its work supporting network virtualisation and cloudification services for tier 1 operators.
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AI stands to be transformative for data centres, Jonathan Kinsey, global and EMEA Lead for data centre solutions at JLL tells Saf Malik
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Capacity caught up with Dr Peter Zhou, president of Huawei Data Storage Product Line to discuss the launch and potential of AI in data storage and beyond.
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Capacity speaks to Phill Lawson-Shanks to explore the path forward for data centre providers seeking to support the AI boom.
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David Coughlan, CEO of SubCom, talks to Capacity about the challenges of working in the Red Sea
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How are satellites being used to redirect traffic in case of a terrestrial outage? Capacity speaks with satellite operator Intelsat and DE-CIX, an internet exchange operator affected by the outage to find out.
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Capacity speaks to CEO Josh Snowhorn to understand how its master planned communities are taking the guess work out of adding data centre capacity
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After big investment at Neos Networks CFO Craig Forrester believes they are destined for great things
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Andrew Conway, director of solutions and innovation of Boldyn Networks, explores how the UK can enhance its rail network with high quality connectivity.
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Fresh off of several announcements, Adel Al Daylami, CEO of Alliance Networks spoke to Saf Malik to discuss the wider goals of the company
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Following the US Government’s decision to issue the first ever fine for space junk to Dish Networks in October last year, Paul Kostek, a senior member of the Institute of Electric and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), has warned that having a plan to reduce and remove debris is crucial for the satellite communications industry heading into 2024.
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Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman speaks to IBM’s Lory Thorpe on building the quantum safe networks of tomorrow and her journey into the industry.
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Nick Collins, chief commercial officer, Exa Infrastructure discusses the impact of AI on metro networks.
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Aligned Data Centers claims its new liquid cooling solution reduces the need to construct new AI-dedicated, build-to-suit data centres.
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Capacity speaks to Daniel Gilks, senior research manager, breakthrough prototyping, BT Group, about the teams recent breakthrough in mobile technology.
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How the Estonian military and a small seafood business set him up to lead Messente from the front.
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Capacity speaks with Jordan Sadler, SVP public and private investor relations at Digital Realty to find out more about its capital raising strategy heading into 2024 and more about its joint venture with Blackstone.
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The security of private networks is paramount for businesses that want to implement it, VMO2's Sandeep Raithatha explores with Capacity's Saf Malik
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Jezzibell Gilmore, CCO of Connectbase, speaks to Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman about the digitisation and automation of networks, and the company’s place within it.
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Summit Digitel is one of India’s largest telecom infrastructure providers and committed to enabling India’s journey as a digital nation by ensuring seamless connectivity.
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Capacity speaks to Quantum Loophole CEO, Josh Snowhorn, to clarify a permitting issue with one of its land owners.
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Following the announcement of its Norfest subsea cable earlier this year, Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman sat down with Tampnet’s Carol Browne on the development of the project and the company’s plans for the future.
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Capacity interviews Storj CEO Ben Golub after the launch of their new solution, Storj Select.
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Evergent Founder and CEO Vijay Sajja believes AI will enable operators to react much more quickly to a dynamic subscriber landscape
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Joe Bombagi director, systems engineering at Palo Alto Networks tells Capacity’s Jack Haddon how new generation technologies are changing the game for security automation
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Carrie Cushing, chief people officer, Exa Infrastructure believes culture is one of the most prominent factors driving business success
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Susanna Kass sat down with Saf Malik in Oslo, Norway at the Datacloud ESG Summit event to discuss the BroadGroup Talent in Tech initiative, her role at Stanford University and the UNSDG programme.
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Enrico Maria Bagnasco tells Natalie Bannerman about the company's latest global infrastructure projects.
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Nadine Hawkins speaks to Emma Fryer on the new sustainability challenges facing the data centre industry
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Caroline Criado-Perez lets us into her world of data-driven feminism, her thoughts on technology and gender equality, and her journey into the realm of activism
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Aqua Comms CEO and telecoms veteran Jim Fagan joined Capacity at ITW 2023. He talked to Saf Malik about settling into the role and the state of the subsea industry.
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Roary Stasko, CEO at Telstra International talks to Capacity’s Nadine Hawkins about his work with the GLF and what can be done to address the issue of talent retention in the industry.
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Samuel Buttarelli, vice president sales and business development for EMEA and APAC at CommScope tells Capacity how increased connectivity is revolutionising live sports
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Beckie Taylor, CEO and Co-founder of Tech Returners, part of Northcoders Group Plc, explains why returners might be able to bridge the talent gap
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Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman reflects on her trip to the Schneider Electric Cooling Hub in Conselve, Italy and speaks to Silvia Olchini, Schneider’s vice president of secure power – Italy about the future of sustainable innovation.
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15 years ago Moylan didn’t expect Ciena to be around for long when up against industry titans like Cisco and Nortel. Fast forward some years he now believes they are major players in the market.
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Mohammed Aliyu, chief fibreco officer tells Capacity magazine how Bayobab is empowering people through digital inclusion.
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Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman speaks to Exa Infrastructure CEO, Martijn Blanken and CCO Nicholas Collins, on the company’s big push for growth and expansion ahead of Capacity Europe 2023.
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Ruth Welter, VP – strategic alliances, Colt Technology Services believes that improving diversity in tech starts at the top.
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Vincent Tran a senior infrastructure engineer at Evocative. He lives in Orange County, California with his wife and son. Being part of a team that builds data centres from the ground up.
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Ike Nnamani, CEO, Medallion Data Centres, speaks to Capacity ahead of ITW Africa
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Capacity's Natalie Bannerman speaks to Start Campus' head of sustainability, Fabiola Bordino on the company's disruptive green data centre operating model and the state of sustainability as a whole.
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A day in the life of Kalen Hayes, lead radio frequency technician at RootMetrics
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Meet Gulfraz Qayyum, managing director, head of communications banking, capital markets and advisory, EMEA, Citigroup
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Capacity's Natalie Bannerman speaks to nLighten's Harro Beusker and Chad McCarthy on the company's sustainability-first mission, its use of AI technology and is approach to talent and skills.
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CFO Hotseat: Telstra's International CFO, James Lester, has been with the company since 2003. He leads an international team that works with the business to serve customers, with revenues in excess of AUD$2.5 billion per annum.
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When 27-year-old South African Ruan Crouse isn’t riding motorcycles or competing in national squash competitions, he’s busy helping field technicians learn how to safely climb Africa’s telecom towers.
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Omnispace wants to supply satellite services to every modern cellphone, everywhere on the planet. Alan Burkitt-Gray talks to satellite veteran Jay Yass about when this will happen.
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Over the last 30 years, Evan Kirstel has built up a large following as one of very few B2B influencers operating in the tech and telecoms space. It could be argued he has carved out a following in an industry seen as a niche to those outside of it. But while he is fond of niches, Kirstel does not believe it would be accurate to describe the industry in that way.
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Rebekah Johnson founded a company that verifies the identity of businesses and consumers. Alan Burkitt-Gray asks about her life-long fight against identity fraud.
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Industry veteran James Williams, MEF’s director of programmes, discusses how major players can spread awareness about business messaging with Saf Malik.
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Libby Barr, COO of satellite operator Avanti, tells Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman about the company’s plans for connecting the unconnected across Africa.
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Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman talks to Christopher Wood of LGBT Tech on how the organisation supports LGBTQIA+ people in tech, and the research that supports its work.
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Ellie Sweeney, the new CEO of Vocus, tells Alan Burkitt-Gray about her plans for the Australian telco and its work in the area of ESG.
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Felix Seda, the company’s general manager joins Saf Malik to discuss his many roles within the company, collaboration agreements and his work spearheading youth initiatives across telecoms.
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Samuel Ndungu, CFO of WIOCC, tells Saf Malik about the key investment and revenue growth opportunities there are in connecting Africa with the rest of the world.
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Yue Meng Fai, chairperson of the SEA-ME-WE 6 consortium, talks to Saf Malik about the cable’s progress and its importance to the telecoms industry.
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Jennifer Didoni, head of cloud, edge and mobile private networks, Vodafone Business, shares how and why she sees MEC being used for digitisation across industries.
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Latin America is the most urbanised region in the world, but its rate of digitisation is low. Cambridge Management Consultants’ Elisabeth Simão tells Alan Burkitt-Gray what challenges operators in the region are facing
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An industry veteran and one of the few female CEOs in telecoms, Ineke Botter has held integral roles in the build-out of Europe’s mobile ecosystem – a story which she tells in her new book, Your Phone, My Life.
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The Russian military has been attacking Ukraine’s digital infrastructure, as well as its people and buildings, since February 2022. Alan Burkitt-Gray talks to Vodafone Ukraine’s Vasyl Latsanych about how the company keeps connected
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Gold Data is in the midst of a comprehensive expansion in Mexico. Rafael Vanegas, the company’s CFO, joins Capacity to talk about the business’s future and about his wide-ranging role at the company.
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Now with two shareholders after KKR’s exit, the subsea company Telxius has nearly finished replacing its key routes and has begun to look at new ones, CEO Mario Martín tells Alan Burkitt-Gray.
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Subsea networks are an integral part of our world. But how much further can we take them? Brian Lavallée, senior director of submarine network solutions at Ciena, joins Capacity to talk the future of submarine networking.
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Giuliano Di Vitantonio, CEO of AtlasEdge, tells Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman about his company’s plans for expanding and building out its global edge platform.
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The Middle East’s market is changing, with strong growth and better relations between Israel and its neighbours, Goldacre’s David Bloom tells Alan Burkitt-Gray.
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Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman speaks to Yonit Goldberg, co-founder of 11Stream, about the opportunities in the Middle East’s telecoms market.
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While coming to terms with the culture shock remote working inflicted when it was forced on him in 2020, Charles Upchurch had beautiful Swiss scenery to gaze upon during his daily eight-kilometre walks.
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Since returning to telecoms in June 2020 as Ribbon Communication’s EVP and CFO, Miguel ‘Mick’ Lopez has had a lot to deal with. He talks to Saf Malik about how the company adapted and stabilised its operations during the pandemic.
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After becoming Vertiv’s president for EMEA, Karsten Winther faced several threats to the company’s progress. But he tells Saf Malik that the company is now well-positioned to face the future
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Maxie Reynolds speaks to Natalie Bannerman about founding Subsea Cloud and how her company will disrupt the data centre space
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Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman speaks to John Vestberg, CEO of Clavister, about the company’s view of the security landscape and the ‘best of breed’ approach to network defence
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In line Capacity Europe 2022, EllaLink announced plans for a new subsea cable, called Olisipo. Despite being only 110km in length, the unrepeated, 288 fibre system boasts a design capacity of 4.3 petabits between Sines and the Lisbon Metro Area, in Portugal.
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Back in 2017, the memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed kicking off the start of the year's long journey that is the PEACE subsea cable system.
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Toshiba’s Andrew Shields is looking at teleportation as a way of moving quantum-protected information. He tells Alan Burkitt-Gray the facts behind this ‘spooky’ piece of physics
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Far North Fiber’s Ethan Berkowitz tells Alan Burkitt-Gray that Japanese, US and European businesses have teamed up to build the first cross-Arctic cable, which will cut latency between Europe and Japan by 100ms
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Australian company BAI Communications is installing wholesale mobile communications in the tunnels of the 150-year-old London Underground. Alan Burkitt-Gray talks to the person in charge of the project, Brendan O’Reilly
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Natalie Bannerman speaks to Ivan Landen, CEO of Blue Wireless, about how the wireless telecoms sector is changing and his company’s place in it
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Ricky Chau, CBC Tech’s chief strategy officer, speaks to Natalie Bannerman about why software is at the heart of the company’s evolution
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Eric Kuisch, COO of Eurofiber, talks to Natalie Bannerman about the company’s aggressive expansion plans in Europe and the new technologies and partnerships making it happen.
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Fraudsters steal up to $40 billion from the industry a year, says Judit Albers of A1 Telekom Austria. She tells Alan Burkitt-Gray about A1’s work with the GLF to reduce the cost of crime
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Professor Tim Spiller of the Quantum Communications Hub speaks to Natalie Bannerman about the role of quantum in communications and innovations enabling it.
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Data centre managers are facing profound difficulties. Aruba’s Giancarlo Giacomello talks to Saf Malik about how he meets these challenges proactively and trends to watch for
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Data centre pioneer Tim Bawtree tells Alan Burkitt-Gray that the start-up Quantum Switch is expanding across the Middle East and into new markets.
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BT is set to play a significant role as quantum technology develops. Andrew Lord, senior manager of optical research at BT, talks about the company’s quantum R&D, QKD and the quantum internet
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Natalie Bannerman speaks to Niantic’s Sarah Gilarsky on the importance of telco and content provider relationships, and the real-world metaverse
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As Raxio expands in Africa amid major investment in the region, CFO Marco Angelino discusses the data centre operator’s future there with Capacity
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July 2022, saw GlobalConnect confirm to Capacity Media, news of its new subsea cable system, Digital E4, begin installation between Sweden and the Danish Island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea.
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As one of Europe's longest standing incumbents, Altice Portugal has long been a part of the subsea cable sector. It value proposition in the space makes it best placed to support partners wanting to access the burgeoning Portuguese connectivity market.
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Jean-Luc Vuillemin, Orange’s executive vice-president of international networks discusses Africa’s potential and appetite for collaborations between satellite operators and telcos with Saf Malik
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India rivals China for the biggest population in the world. Sumit Mukhija, CEO of data centre operator STT GDC India, tells Alan Burkitt-Gray how the company is expanding to meet demand
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Cordiant Capital’s Benn Mikula speaks to Natalie Bannerman about digital infrastructure’s evolving investment landscape and where the firm is focusing its energies
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Natalie Bannerman speaks to Scott Mumford, CEO of Liquid Telecom Satellite Services, on the changing satellite landscape and its emerging trends, including satellite virtualisation
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Veon’s two biggest markets are at war, and Russia has made it illegal to say so, so group CEO Kaan Terzioğlu treads carefully in his interview with Alan Burkitt-Gray
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As Extreme Networks develops partnerships across telecoms, it is focused on its ‘infinite distribution’ strategy. Nabil Bukhari, Extreme’s CTO and chief product officer, talks to Saf Malik about how it was ahead of the curve coming out of the pandemic, the Cloud and the future of SD-WAN
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As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, Kamil Szczepański, head of international data sales and procurement at Orange Polska, tells Melanie Mingas how the company is supporting its neighbours with technology, resources and shelter
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Christian Patouraux tells Alan Burkitt-Gray that his start-up, Kacific Broadband Satellites, provides cheaper and more effective satellite broadband than established companies. And adds that he’s planning a second, third, fourth and fifth satellite
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Equinix’s Judith Gardiner talks to Natalie Bannerman about the effects the ongoing global supply chain issues and increasing inflation have on the data centre market
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Natalie Bannerman speaks to Maria Lema, co-founder of Weaver Labs, about telcos’ responses to the latest Web3 innovations
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Cast your mind back to 2018, at the height of subsea cable projects when the likes of Seabras-1 and AAE-1 went into service while the likes of BRUSA and Hawaiki were nearing completion. For those around during this golden age of subsea development, you'll already be familiar with the Monet Cable.
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Another subsea takes to the sea, this time in Asia. Capacity speaks to Dr Erwei Lin, director & executive vice president of China Mobile International Limited (CMI), about the newly announced SEA-H2X subsea cable.
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Despite exiting Russia and experiencing supply-chain issues, Infinera has seen heightened demand for its ICE6 solution. Rob Shore, senior vice-president of marketing, tells Saf Malik that he remains optimistic despite potential challenges for subsea moving forward
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Following the 2020 completion of Digital Realty’s acquisition of Interxion, the latter has gone global. Caroline Puygrenier, director of strategy and business at Interxion, tells Saf Malik about expansion plans, the importance of sustainability and diversity in telecoms.
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China Telecom Americas has lost its licence to provide regulated telecoms services in the US. VP Luis Fiallo tells Alan Burkitt-Gray what’s left
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Huawei’s UK presence remains strong, despite government-imposed restrictions wrangling its consumer segment. Head of R&D Henk Koopmans talks to Saf Malik about innovation, partnerships and 5G and 6G use cases
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Mark Englund, founder and CEO of FiberSense, speaks to Natalie Bannerman about how his company plans on disrupting the carrier market by creating revenue opportunities using fibre technology.
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Shally Jannif, regional CEO of Digicel Pacific, speaks to Natalie Bannerman about her plans for the region amid growing D&I, network investments and volcano eruptions.
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Elisabetta Romano, the newly elected chair of the ITW Global Leaders’ Forum, speaks to Natalie Bannerman on the change she plans to drive in the highly coveted role.
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With cybersecurity on the agenda for many businesses, there is greater attention placed on mitigating risk and stopping potential threats. Deutsche Telekom’s Max Röttgermann tells Saf Malik about the comprehensive solutions the carrier has in place to combat cybercrime
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Matteo Gatta, GLF board member and CEO of BICS, tells Melanie Mingas about the work to support Ukraine, the opportunities in enterprise and why the industry must unite on fraud
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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
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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.
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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
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MTN GlobalConnect is deploying 135,000km of fibre across Africa. CEO Frédéric Schepen tells Melanie Mingas about the strategy, investments and next steps
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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
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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
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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
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Katia Gonzalez speaks to Natalie Bannerman about her latest D&I project and the changing fraud and security landscape
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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
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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
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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
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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
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While exercising during Melbourne’s long, hard Covid lockdown, Brian Evans conceived the idea of a new subsea connection between east Asia, Australia and the US. Alan Burkitt-Gray asks about his grand plan
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The cloud is forcing change in product delivery and marketing strategy, and PCCW Global is reacting to it all, CEO Marc Halbfinger tells Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Brooke Frischemeier, head of product management at Robin.io, talks to Melanie Mingas about Kubernetes and simplifying the cloud – but definitely nothing about the new parent company
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A new Windstream is pivoting to become a services and infrastructure player and is taking its network to new corners of the US. Melanie Mingas talks to Windstream’s EVP of wholesale, Joe Scattareggia
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From record capex spends to new ventures, Globe Telecom is tackling the digital future not simply through services, but by incubating future unicorns. CFO Rosemarie Maniego-Eala shares the details with Melanie Mingas
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Jeff Edlund, CTO of the Communications Technology Group, HPE talks to Natalie Bannerman about the world of telco cloud and HPE’s place in it
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As she approaches the end of her tenure as chair of the Global Leaders’ Forum, Laurinda Pang takes stock of the last 24 months and outlines her vision for the future. Natalie Bannerman reports
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When Datacloud Global Congress returns from a two-year hiatus, Aqua Comms CEO Nigel Bayliff will be there to give his assessment of the data centre industry. The 30-year industry veteran explains to Saf Malik how Datacloud can help connect data centres and subsea networks
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Bob Brumley is planning an SDN that will use fibre and laser satellites to supply metaverse content and games around the world with low latency. He also wants to replace TCP/IP, he tells Alan Burkitt-Gray
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India’s data centre capacity is expected to double to the end of 2023, and a JV between EdgeConneX and Adani Enterprises is looking for a big slice of the action. Melanie Mingas talks to Sanjay Bhutani, SVP and head of data centres, AdaniConneX
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Natalie Bannerman talks to Jonathan Kinsey, head of EMEA data centre services at JLL, about the company’s newly bolstered data centre services unit and why attracting talent is so close to his heart
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Arelion is the new name for Telia Carrier, marking its move into the hands of a pension fund. CEO Staffan Göjeryd and CMO Maja Sever tell Alan Burkitt-Gray what this new identity means
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After working in Google and Microsoft, Jaya Deshmukh joined Colt last year as its head of strategy and transformation. Alan Burkitt-Gray asks her what her new role involves
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The ITW Global Leaders’ Forum has a new director, Annabel Helm, and Alan Burkitt-Gray asks her what’s next for this network of the industry’s senior leaders
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Bahrain’s Arc Solutions and Israel’s Bezeq International are collaborating to deliver a new, low-latency route connecting regional hubs. Arc CEO Mahesh Jaishankar tells Saf Malik what the venture could mean for the region
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Drawing on its years-long work connecting clients through data centres, WIOCC has launched its own venture, leveraging its network to build the cloud infrastructure Africa needs. CEO Chris Wood shares the details with Melanie Mingas
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Gulf Bridge International has boosted its carrier grade network by 10Tbps to meet the GCC’s growing capacity demands. The firm’s CTO Gavin Rea shares the details with Melanie Mingas
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The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance and a UK government body have teamed up for an international digital inclusion project that will see spectrum play a key role.
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With ambitions to capture the growing potential of enterprise transformation, Abou Mustafa, VP enterprise business and Datamena at EITC, is rolling out a new strategy to target verticals in addition to individual customers. Melanie Mingas reports
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New deals, markets and people gave Digital Realty a bumper year-end. Recently appointed president Andrew Power tells Melanie Mingas how it all fits into the firm’s wider strategy
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Neutral Networks went live with its new fibre ring in late 2021 and phase two is planned to begin in the second half 2022. Product manager Salvador Vaquero tells Melanie Mingas about the business case driving demand
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From a game-changing cable to reinventing the carrier business model, Veer Arjun Passi, CEO of Kalaam Telecom Group, tells Melanie Mingas how an award-winning acquisition strategy is driving future growth
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Natalie Bannerman talks to Girls Talk London CEO Vanessa Sanyauke on the organisation’s new Step UP accelerator and the challenges of diversity and inclusion global telcos face
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Diego Tedesco, Virgin Media O2’s new head of wholesale, talks to Natalie Bannerman about the new markets the business has set its sights on post-merger
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Eric van Vliet, head of telecom market development for EMEA at Dell Technologies, talks to Natalie Bannerman about how the hardware firm is developing 5G and cloud-based networks for service providers.
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MainOne’s Funke Opeke sits down with Natalie Bannerman to talk about what is next for the company now it has been acquired by Equinix
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At the start of the year, Capacity reported on news that the marine installation of the Senegal Horn of Africa Regional Express (SHARE) subsea cable system, was completed.
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At the start of 2022, AFR-IX telecom publicised plans to build a new 8700km subsea cable called Medusa.
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Natalie Bannerman speaks to Francisco Moreno, Chile’s undersecretary of telecoms, about how the Antarctic Connection project will bolster the country’s position as a leading digital hub
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Almost 10 months into its £8 million nationwide edge project across the UK, Pulsant CTO Simon Michie tells Melanie Mingas that things are right on track
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GlobalConnect Carrier is building a new high-capacity freeway between the Nordics and Central Europe that promises virtually unlimited bandwidth. CEO Regina Donato Dahlström tells Melanie Mingas about the developments driving the business case
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Meet Subspace, the ambitious start-up that aims to optimise the internet for real-time services. Natalie Bannerman speaks to its co-founder and CTO, William King, on how the idea for the business came about, and what it means for telcos and the gaming sector
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Ernie Ortega, CEO of GTT, seeks return the company to profitability post infrastructure sale, as he transforms the business into the new GTT 2.0
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Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman speaks to Omar Qaise, founder and CEO of OQ Technology, on how the company is merging the world of cellular connectivity and satellite
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United Group has made strides expanding in south-eastern Europe in the past couple of years and has now launched a regional wholesale division. Paolo Ficini, CEO of the new unit, tells Gareth Willmer why UGI Wholesale has the ingredients for success
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Martijn Blanken has crossed the world from Sydney to take charge of what’s now Exa Infrastructure. Under new ownership, it used to be Interoute, Hibernia Networks and other companies. He talks to Alan Burkitt-Gray
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German internet exchange operator DE-CIX has a vision, to take high-quality access to the 40% of the world without any. Ivo Ivanov tells Alan Burkitt-Gray that low-orbit satellites are the answer
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SMS fraud is on the rise and it’s undermining one of the most impactful channels for B2C communication. Nicky Peshwani, VP, carrier and messaging business, Bankai Group, tells Melanie Mingas how AI is tackling the scourge
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As telcos refine their procurement processes, automation is taking on new importance. Ahead of her day three session, Ruth Welter, VP of global strategic alliances at Colt Technology Services, tells Melanie Mingas what’s happening
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Natalie Bannerman speaks to president of Telstra Americas Nicholas Collins about the company’s planned expansion and how it is putting people and customers at the heart of the process.
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Our world is digital first, real time and super-fast. However, this new age requires a multi-approach to the experience-driven digital economy to deliver the ultimate benefits to businesses and users.
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Natalie Bannerman speaks to Jackie Beer, BT’s director of diversity and inclusion, about the biggest lessons learnt from its report on the subject and how the company will be implementing these learning.
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Natalie Bannerman speaks to Elizabeth Tchoungui, head of CSR and D&I at Orange, about the group’s pledge to planet and people
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Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman speaks to Aarti Holla-Maini, secretary general of ESOA, about evolution of satellite as critical communications infrastructure
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Following the acquisition of zColo and its investment in EdgePresence, DataBank’s Raul Martynek talks to Natalie Bannerman about the evolution of edge
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It’s nearly two years since Global Cloud Xchange was separated from its Indian owner, and a year since Carl Grivner took over as the new CEO. Alan Burkitt-Gray asks him how it’s going
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The industry is moving to the cloud, says Adolfo Hernandez of AWS, which is working with a raft of operators to move away from traditional infrastructure. Interview by Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Traditional PKI methods of encrypting data are about to fall to the onslaught of quantum computing. Arqit, a start-up led by David Williams thinks it has a quantum-based solution, he tells Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Operating in an industry that considers itself recession-proof has its benefits – but it also brings some unexpected challenges for project management. Joe Cusick, Soben Americas CEO, shares his observations of the US construction market with Melanie Mingas
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Japan’s hyperscale market is heating up – and with the addition of Princeton Digital Group’s $1 billion new campus, things are about to get even hotter. Melanie Mingas talks to Rangu Salgame, chairman, CEO and co-founder
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Appointed to lead Nokia’s network infrastructure division, Federico Guillén, is now driving one of the business’s most successful functions. Talking to Melanie Mingas, he shares how the market is changing – and how Nokia is capitalising
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As a man with several jobs, Vodafone’s Rhys Shegar-Astoralli wears a number of hats that keep him comfortability busy. First is his day job “which looks at innovation and how we scale late-stage scale-ups across Vodafone’s footprint”.
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Amid a wave of local investments and upcoming network projects, Telus CTO Ibrahim Gedeon speaks to Natalie Bannerman about the new tech that it is making it happen – and how they got it wrong on 5G
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Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman speaks to Swarmio’s Vijai Karthigesu on how telcos can get a piece of the content gaming pie
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Yannick Leboyer, chief operations officer of Zayo Europe discusses the company's newest subsea cable project Zeus connecting the all-important UK to Europe route.
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Mario Martin, CEO of Telxius, talks to Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman about its upcoming Mistral subsea cable system and why the company is committed to strengthening its cable business
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Andrew Wildblood, chief executive of Enterprise and Government at Vocus, speaks to Capacity about its recently announced $100 million cable interconnection creating the Darwin-Jakarta-Singapore Cable.
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Known as the CEO who turned around Tecnotree, Padma Ravichander tells Melanie Mingas how the refreshed company is getting ahead on a digitalisation drive that will bring opportunities for women beyond the industry
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Built from scratch for those who want sustainability and service, MVNO Honest is the back-of-a-beermat idea on a mission to shake up the UK mobile market. Melanie Mingas talks to CEO and co-founder Andy Aitken
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After releasing 23 GHz of spectrum for unlicensed use, Saudi Arabia has become the first country in the MEA to pave the way for Wi-Fi 6E. Melanie Mingas speaks to Hassan Eltom, technical account manager at Ookla
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Appointed to head Axiata Group Berhad’s newly formalised wholesale division, Obaid Ur Rahman is setting the scene to create an Asia-wide superhighway – not to mention becoming the region’s preferred wholesale partner. Melanie Mingas reports.
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In her own words, Angselius-Schönbeck’s day usually starts with “my loving husband making me a cup of coffee and, whilst enjoying the best drink of the day, I digest the world news and do the morning round of e-mails before preparing for my daily team meeting at work”.
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Tech Mahindra’s senior vice president of EMEA speaks to Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman about the potential of 5G and the key use cases of the growing technology.
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Marisa Viveros, IBM’s vice president of strategy and solutions for global telecommunications and media, speaks to Natalie Bannerman about how the company is innovating for its telco clients
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Digital 9 Infrastructure has raised hundreds of millions and has started its investment plan by buying Aqua Comms. But there are other opportunities in the pipeline, Thor Johnsen tells Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Veon is putting its services and apps business under new management, with a focus on financial services, entertainment and big data. Alan Burkitt-Gray interviews Sergi Herrero about his plans
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Years ahead of the target date for 6G to go into service, telecoms engineer Anita Döhler is leading the industry’s efforts to specify what operators want from it. Interview by Alan Burkitt-Gray
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EdgeX is capitalising on the growth of edge, while giving a new lease of life to the corporate world’s divested assets. Melanie Mingas gets the details from John Parsons
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March saw the announcement of a sizable infrastructure project to be built in Western Australia and the country’s Northern Territory.
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For Paul Scott, the journey to Confluence Networks started when the CEO was president of C&W Networks.
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A seven-year project to finance a bold move to link laser satellites with fibre networks is close to fruition, the team behind Laser Light tells Alan Burkitt-Gray
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4D Data Centres, in the words of its CEO Jack Bedell-Pearce, is “one of the fastest growing independent data centres in the UK”.
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EllaLink has completed the marine installation of its trans-Atlantic subsea cable system between Europe and Latin America and is set to go live in May 2021. Capacity caught up with the company to get all the final details
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Charlie Boyle, VP and GM of DGX Systems at NVIDIA, describes to Abigail Opiah how an AI centre of excellence might just be the key to enterprise utilisation of data
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Jonas Simanavicius, co-founder and CTO of Syntropy, speaks to Capacity’s Abigail Opiah about how the company is using blockchain technology to provide SDN internet and security
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Blockchain may bring the benefit of immutable trust, but adoption can’t happen in isolation. Suresh Chintada, CTO at Subex, tells Melanie Mingas why the first step is all about trust
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After its £370 million IPO in February, Cordiant Capital is assessing a pipeline of €1.5 billion in digital infra investments. Chairman of digital infrastructure, Steven Marshall, tells Melanie Mingas about the plans
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As 2G and 3G networks are turned off, carriers need to help subscribers upgrade to more expensive devices, but with handset theft still a growing global issue the exercise can easily become costly. Melanie Mingas talks to Dion Price, CEO Trustonic, to find out how 5G is intensifying the problem
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Next year, Nokia Bell Labs and NASA will deploy the first LTE 4G communications system in space. Thierry E. Klein, VP of the enterprise and industrial automation research lab at Nokia Bell Labs, tells Melanie Mingas why it’s one giant leap for telecoms
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Named one of Forbes’ “30 under 30 – energy”, Alexandra Rasch is a CEO busy innovating in the telecoms energy space.
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Vincent Gerritsen, head of UK and Europe at H.R.L Morrison & Co, discusses the buzzing infrastructure investment market with Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman, and explains why the firm has a “telco DNA".
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With the recent launch of its end-to-end blockchain offering – TrustOS – and the growing proliferation of the innovation in the telecoms space, Natalie Bannerman speaks to Telefónica Tech’s global head for blockchain business, José Luis Núñez Díaz, about the birth of a new type of operator
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Former CyrusOne executive Josh Snowhorn is planning a data centre campus in northern Virginia. Power and fibre will be laid on: just build your own data centre on the site or take space in one of Quantum Loophole’s own units. By Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Only months after he left Zayo, Dan Caruso is now in charge of a company at the very edge of quantum physics. You’ll be able to buy a computer next year, he tells Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Sara Spangelo has a customer who wants to use her Swarm IoT satellites to track whales. First challenge: how to stick a Swarm device on the outside of a whale. Alan Burkitt-Gray dives into the full story
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The Global Leaders’ Forum has played a key role in enabling the industry to work together to allow business to carry on through the Covid-19 pandemic. GLF chair Laurinda Pang tells Alan Burkitt-Gray how they did it, and what’s next
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Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman speaks to GlobeNet CEO Eduardo Falzoni about the impending launch of its Malbec subsea cable and what it means for the region.
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A new wholesale network will provide internet access to El Salvador’s 1.2 million students, plus health services, and connect retail telcos. Alan Burkitt-Gray talks to Uwe Martinz, the man in charge of the project
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Augusto Dumit, director of multinationals and wholesale at Tigo Business, speaks to Natalie Bannerman about the journey from launch to present day and how the business is rising to meet the demands of its customers.
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With Capacity Latam 2021 upon us, we heard from Rafael Arranz, Chief Operating Officer at Telxius Cable Business, about the Tannat and Mistral cables, partnerships, Covid-19 impacts, and what's on the horizon at Telxius
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After the news that SSE Enterprise Telecoms had rebranded as Neos Networks at the end of March, Capacity caught up with Sarah Mills, Managing Director of Wholesale and Smart Infrastructure, to find out why the relaunch took place and how it ties into the company's ambitious network and product expansion plans.
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The Raxio Group is on track to launch up to 12 facilities across Africa within three years, and last month it named a new backer helping to bring the plans to life. Company president Robert Mullins tells Melanie Mingas how the group is bringing a metro edge model to Africa
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Data centre veteran Wouter Van Hulten talks to Natalie Bannerman about how Africa is preparing to leapfrog the west in infrastructure developments, and why PAIX is at the heart of it all
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Liquid Telecom began as a carrier providing services across Africa. Now, CEO Nic Rudnick tells Alan Burkitt-Gray why they’ve changed the name to reflect the group’s new business.
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Building infrastructure in any emerging market takes time and patience. As IXAfrica breaks grounds in Kenya, Guy Willner, CEO and chairman of IXcellerate tells Abigail Opiah that construction on the continent is not a ‘one-size-fits-all’ venture.
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Sinch CEO Oscar Werner tells Melanie Mingas how and why the firm got its foothold in India, and why the coming years will see more app dollars rerouted to messaging innovations
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Sunil Khandekar, founder and CEO of Nuage Networks, talks to Melanie Mingas about the new use cases SD-WAN is bringing to life
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Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman speaks to Dr Lorraine Gray, the newest addition to the Pioneer Consulting team, on her plans for the new role and industry as a whole