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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
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Mike Hallam, executive managing director – wholesale, Virgin Media Business, speaks to Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman about the company’s offerings in the market, trends in the space and plans for sustainability.
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The biggest factor in the growth of software-defined wide area networks is the growth of cloud services, says Orange’s Franck Morales. But security, performance and flexibility are key, he tells Alan Burkitt-Gray
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A year after he left GCX, Bill Barney is back in business, with a new company he hopes will shake up the data centre and subsea cable business. Alan Burkitt-Gray gets a preview of his plans
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Life has been challenging for Digicel, with earthquakes, hurricanes, financial troubles and now Covid. New CEO Oliver Coughlan tells Alan Burkitt-Gray that the company has a new strategy to build growth
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Justin Jenkins, COO Europe and president UK at Vantage Data Centers, tells Abigail Opiah why the acquisition of NGD was a lot easier than one might think.
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Satellite company OneWeb will be a completely wholesale operation from the commercial launch of its $2.4 billion project in October, executive chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal tells Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Everyone is on the hunt for the next big digital connectivity hub. We already know about the likes of Marseille, Virginia, London and Frankfurt but the location to enter the conversation is New Zealand.
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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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Ljubica Draskic, new Head of Sales and Business Development at SmartCIC, talks to Capacity Media about her new role, what inspired her to move to a smaller more agile provider and her thoughts on the market in 2021.
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Andrew Kwok is delighted that ISQ, the investor that bought HGC three years ago, has made a second, even bigger, investment in telecoms infrastructure. Interview by Alan Burkitt-Gray
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The English Channel is home to the busiest shipping route in the world, windfarms, and hundreds of unexploded bombs – they’re just some of the reasons why nobody has put a new subsea cable there in 20 years. But that’s all about to change. Melanie Mingas gets the details from Pioneer Consulting’s Iain Ritson
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In driving BT’s work to become the world’s most trusted connector of people, devices and machines, Kevin Brown, MD of BT Security is also galvanising 102,000 employees to adopt the mindset of an ex-murder detective. Melanie Mingas explains
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Appointed in June to implement an as-a-service business model, Extreme Networks CRO Joe Vitalone tells Melanie Mingas about his strategy
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Abigail Opiah speaks to Candid Wüest, VP of cyber protection research at Acronis, about one of the most important components a data centre needs – internal and external security.
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Recalling the major developments of the last 10 years, Schneider Electric’s UK vice president, Marc Garner (pictured), tells Abigail Opiah that what it comes to sustainability the colocation sector is in no way starting from scratch.
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Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman speaks to Andie Stephens, associate director at the Carbon Trust, about how operators can lower their carbon emissions and get on track for a sustainable future
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Funke Opeke, MainOne’s chief executive officer tells Abigail Opiah why the next 10 years will be filled with opportunities for further growth in broadband penetration and digital market expansion across the West African sub-region.
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Eva Gouwens tells Melanie Mingas what it takes to run the social enterprise that is working to make smartphones sustainable
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Tipped as a leading trend even before the pandemic, virtualisation has taken on a new meaning this year, particularly at Colt Technology Services. VP for inclusion and diversity Louisa Gregory tells Melanie Mingas how 650 Colties took the virtualisation baton and ran — literally
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With a management shakeup and a new strategic direction, Orange Group has had a far from dull year. Tasked with defining the company of tomorrow, newly appointed CTIO Michaël Trabbia, tells Melanie Mingas what’s coming next
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A new year requires new thinking and reflection on the past. Natalie Bannerman speaks to the ITU’s deputy secretary-general, Malcolm Johnson, about where we’re headed.
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Epsilon has a new CEO, and at the same time much of the top management team has changed. Alan Burkitt-Gray asks Michel Robert what he plans to do
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In three years since it acquired the platform, PCCW Global has turned Console Connect into the brand for its software-defined services arm for data centres. Alan Burkitt-Gray talks to innovation VP Michael Glynn
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Ian Waters, senior director of EMEA marketing, ThousandEyes, speaks to Capacity about the growing adoption of SASE in the enterprise space and the impact of Covid-19.
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So often we come across new cable systems that are built with the intention of diversifying existing connectivity, very rarely do we happen across systems that are key pieces of infrastructure and the only subsea cable available. Meet the Manatua One Polynesia Cable.
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Capacity speaks to Norman Albi, CEO of AFR-IX Telecom and the Barcelona Cable Landing Station, on the company’s new landing station and what it means to operate an open digital port.
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Facebook’s Ricardo Orcero speaks to Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman about the company’s history in the subsea sector and its future as an innovator in the space.
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Salim Khouri, Director of Solutions Engineering at Expereo, talks to Capacity Media about SD-WAN implementation, carrier planning, and what the main reasons are to switch to SD-WAN.
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Song Toh, VP of Global Network Services at Tata Communications, speaks to Capacity Media about SD-WAN investment and adoption, next-gen technology opportunities, and what the company's roadmap in the SD-WAN space looks like as we venture into 2021.
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Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman speaks to the CEO of Pluribus Networks, Kumar Srikantan, about how the company is future proofing and why its ahead of the curve.
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From being the most interconnected operator to being everywhere, Telehouse sales director Mark Pestridge tells Melanie Mingas how things have changed in the 30 years since the first facility opened in London — and what the growing demand for data centres will mean for the future of the Telehouse business model.
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From digital sovereignty to self-sufficiency, the data economy has dramatically changed over the last five years, especially in Europe. João Marques Lima speaks to Chris Ibbitson, chief technologist, financial services industry, at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, to find out more.
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Aileen Allkins, CEO and founder of the Aileen Allkins Consultancy and former corporate vice president – customer service and support at Microsoft, spent her entire career in the IT industry, and tells Abigail Opiah about her personal experience of diversity throughout the years.
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Telia has sold its carrier division to a Swedish pension fund, the last part of its divestment of global interests. Alan Burkitt-Gray talks to Staffan Göjeryd, CEO of Telia Carrier.
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A near 20-year veteran of the company, this year saw AT&T’s John Nolan step into a new role that will bring greater collaboration between domestic and international teams located across 30 countries. Melanie Mingas reports.
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After four years with Sunrise in Switzerland, Olaf Swantee is now heading a company with an ambitious target to fibre up London. Alan Burkitt-Gray asks him about his vision
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Telia has sold its carrier division to a Swedish pension fund, the last part of its divestment of global interests. Alan Burkitt-Gray talks to Staffan Göjeryd, CEO of Telia Carrier
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After 17 years at Epsilon, Jerzy Szlosarek is starting again, this time a software-defined company that aims to deliver world-class connectivity. Alan Burkitt-Gray interviews the CEO of Neutrality.one
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With the announcement of the Grace Hopper cable, Capacity caught up with Google’s for Jayne Stowell, Strategic negotiator of global infrastructure at Google Cloud.
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Let’s start at the beginning. No subsea cable exists in insolation, they form part of a bigger ecosystem and driven by a clear set of needs and requirements.
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We're back with the first of many interviews with our advocates for the Global Women in Telco & Tech Summit and Awards 2020. First up is Sabine A. Sitterli, vice president of network infrastructure EMEA & site leader Munich Office, Akamai, on why she chose to back this initiative.
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Do you know the true value of SD-WAN?
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SD-WAN is quickly becoming the unsung hero in this shift to remote work. SD-WAN is key in increasing end to end visibility for newly remote companies, ensuring company data is secure and managing demand for applications. SD-WAN does present some challenges and we have solutions to conquer them.
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Whether your goal is to optimize application performance or get real-time visibility over network traffic, enhanced cloud connectivity could be the answer, simplified by SD-WAN.
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As many begin to emerge from months of lockdown, businesses across the spectrum are designing a “new normal” for their operations, one where traditional full-time office working is a thing of the past.
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Louisa Gregory, CEO of the Communications Business Automation Network (CBAN), tells João Marques Lima why the current time brings a rare opportunity for the industry to shape its future
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Investing huge sums in new technology when core service revenues are in decline is not for the faint-hearted. However, David Noguer Bau, marketing director and SP of product marketing at Juniper Networks, has three tips for those making the move to the cloud.
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Abigail Opiah speaks to Chris Crosby, CEO at Compass Datacenters, about the company’s 2020 strategy in the midst of a global pandemic interlaced with a digital evolution.
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Natalie Bannerman speaks to Jessica Gu of China Mobile International about the company’s part in the recently announced 2Africa subsea cable and the change it will create for the continent.
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As the newly elected chair of the Global Leaders’ Forum, Laurinda Pang takes the helm at one of the most important times in the industry - and forum’s - history. With an agenda to lead the GLF into the future, she tells Melanie Mingas what the next 24 months will have in store.
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The data economy blockbusters of today feature new global actors that are disrupting the norm. How can telcos maintain their lead role and be successful in future castings? Carl Roberts, industry icon, tells João Marques Lima
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Can two CEOs successfully run a business? Small or large, several companies have adopted a hybrid executive model opting to have not one, but two CEOs at the helm of operations as finds out.
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Colt’s newly appointed CEO Keri Gilder shares the details of her strategy to future-proof an international data centre and connectivity businesses, from customers and employees, to potential acquisitions. Melanie Mingas reports.
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From being the CTO of a nearly US$200 billion tech giant to becoming CEO of a five-year-old start-up, Dave Ward is the new SaaS boss in town as João Marques Lima finds out.
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Network builder David McCourt wants to revitalise rural Ireland with a €5bn project to deliver 1Gbps fibre to every man, woman and child via a wholesale-only company.
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Despite the traditional nuances usually seen between markets, GLF members have shared many of the same experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic. Entering a period of reflection, Telstra International CEO Oliver Camplin-Warner, tells Melanie Mingas about the lessons that are being learned.
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Mike Brescio, CFO of ZenFi Networks, reflects on how the urban telecom landscape has been impacted by this pandemic.
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5G will transform operator revenue streams, but only if the opportunity – and timing – are leveraged correctly. Padma Ravichander, CEO Tecnotree explains.
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How can a global industry comprised of thousands of stakeholders tackle a common, yet decentralised, foe? Christian Michaud, SVP at Tata Communications, tells Melanie Mingas the answer.
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Capacity speaks to Aqua Comms' Chris Bayly about the company's plans post Covid-19 and how Aqua Comms future proofed its operations to be ‘remotely working’ .
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Coronavirus, Covid-19, the invisible enemy … whatever you want to call it, has been a part of lives for several months now, ravaging every industry and vertical of the global economy.
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Telia Carrier's VP Strategy, Johan Ottosson speaks to Capacity about their focus on customer experience.
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Antoine Fournier, CEO of Kosc Telecom, the French wholesale-only CaaS provider, talks to Capacity about how Connectivity as a Service (CaaS) is the future of our telecom industry
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Laurinda Pang, president of international and global accounts management at CenturyLink, spoke about the ICT infrastructure industry's response to Covid-19 during the first edition of Critical Connections. Here, she tells Capacity where the post-pandemic growth opportunities lie and how ICT companies can assist enterprises around the world
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Verizon partner solutions’ president, Eric Cevis, shares his views on how business leaders need to be involved more than ever before, to support customers and the global community.
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In his first interview since the Zayo acquisition, Marc Ganzi tells Alan Burkitt-Gray about his bid by Digital Colony with EQT, and what Zayo will do under new ownership.
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On a mission to make the complex simple, TOMIA is exploring how telcos, communications companies and service providers can leverage blockchain to address one of the industry’s most pressing financial issues. Nick Wennekers, senior director of product management at TOMIA, shares the details with Melanie Mingas.
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Natalie Bannerman speaks to Yvonne Wassenaar, CEO of Puppet, the open source automation software provider on networks, technology and diversity.
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Dave Ambrose, partner for innovation at Cambridge Management Consulting, explains why business continuity planning must now consider extreme scenarios and how businesses can adapt to a new normal
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Capacity speaks to CEO of Arc about the opportunities in edge computing in the Middle East and how Covid-19 is driving the need for more critical infrastructure.
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Orange is building a trial 5G network in the giant Belgian port of Antwerp, working with the port authority and a number of industrial corporations. Alan Burkitt-Gray talks to Orange Belgium’s Werner De Laet.
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Natalie Bannerman speaks to Ravinder Lota about how the mobile world is evolving and where Vodafone Carrier Services sees its place in the future of messaging.
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Data Economy speaks to Gabriele Sposato, CMO of Aruba S.P.A. on how the business is handling this crisis whilst keeping services running without interruption
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Gtd Teleductos (Gtd) is due to go live with its Prat cable later this year.
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With a new year upon us, Capacity heard from Carl Grivner, CEO of Colt Technology Services, about his expectations for the telco sector in 2020 with new technologies and big industry shifts.
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NJFX has truly established itself as a leading subsea player on the world’s stage, but where did it all start? Capacity’s Jason McGee-Abe caught up with Gil Santaliz, CEO of NJFX, to find out more about the company’s meteoric journey.
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DE-CIX has now expanded its global interconnection model to its most eastern point to date. Jason McGee-Abe speaks to Ivo Ivanov, DE-CIX’s international CEO.
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Verizon’s Eric Cevis speaks to Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman about the sea of change currently effecting the industry and how Verizon is working to bring it all to fruition.
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Capacity speaks to Internet Mobile Communications (IMC) CEO Mark Stewart about the company's new SMS PaaS.
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2019 saw the major rebranding of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) with the unification of its 28 international subsidiaries including Dimension Data and NTT Com into a single identity, NTT Ltd.
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Fresh off the back of SUB.CO’s announcement about the new Oman and Australia cable (OAC) being built, Jason McGee-Abe speaks to Bevan Slattery about the benefits of the new route and how subsea is becoming increasingly attractive for investment players.
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CEO of Celtic Norse, Erling Aronsveen speaks to Natalie Bannerman about the soon to be built 2000km subsea cable and why it’s set to be a real game-changer for the region
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Budi Satria Dharma Purba, CCO of Telin talks to Capacity Media about Telin's unique offering, it's global assets, and how the company is working to meet the growing demand across Asia.
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Frédéric Dufal VP strategy, customer experience, digital and transformation, International Carriers, Orange, speaks to Natalie Bannerman about how Orange is keeping its customers at the centre of all it does.
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Pascal Menezes, CTO, MEF, explores why service providers are embracing the LSO Sonata API's for inter-provider service automation.
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MEF published the industry's first global standard defining SD-WAN. Capacity recently caught up with Nan Chen, president, MEF, to discuss what's next.
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Capacity speaks to Sara Baack, chief product officier, Equinix, about the company’s plan for network edge services and her personal journey navigating the industry as a woman in telecoms.
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Sat firmly at the helm of Verizon’s mission of transformation, Oliver Cantor speaks to Capacity about the road to that journey and how other companies can do the same.
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Capacity’s Jason McGee-Abe caught up with Oliver Camplin-Warner, head of Telstra International, to hear how the carrier is increasingly helping to boost connectivity in today’s fast-paced digital age.
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As it celebrates its twenty fifth anniversary, the London Internet Exchange is working with STC to set up an IX in Jeddah. Alan Burkitt-Gray interviews new CEO Kurtis Lindqvist about what makes LINX different from most companies in the industry.
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Ursula Burns speaks to Capacity's Alan Burkitt-Gray about how she is leading a radical reversal of her predecessor’s strategy at Veon.
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Standards-based APIs make it faster and easier for carriers to introduce third-party APIs into their digital platform, extending the reach and availability of services to end-customers.
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Capacity speaks to Sara Baack of Equinix about the company's plan for network edge services and her personal journey navigating the industry as a woman in telecoms.
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Last year Capacity reported that Cinia was embarking on an ambitious cable project, Arctic Connect, 18,000km system still in development stages that will connect Europe, Asia and the US.
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The Women in Subsea Initiative at Subsea EMEA 2019 brought together some of the most influential people in the sector face-to-face with those seeking advice and guidance on how to navigate this industry.
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Following a number of announcements this month, Capacity spoke to Vincent Gatineau, chief marketing & sales officer, and Diego Matas, COO of Ellalink, about the company’s plans for next few months and their perspective of the subsea cable industry as a whole.
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Ahead of the launch of WAN Sydney, Capacity speaks to Ashwath Nagaraj, founder and CTO of Aryaka, about the state of the WAN market and the growing demand from enterprises.
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Jason McGee-Abe spoke to Philippe Dumont, Group CEO, to find out more.
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It’s been a decade since Alibaba launched its cloud business in China and now the company has expanded its services across the world. Yeming Wang, senior director and head of Global Key Accounts for Alibaba Cloud, talks about the company’s plans.
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With an abundance of renewable energy, favourable regulatory conditions and prime location to other continents, Jon Gravråk speaks to Natalie Bannerman about why the Nordics is becoming a prime location for subsea cable infrastructure.
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Corey Dyer, EVP of global sales and marketing at Digital Realty, speaks to Natalie Bannerman about how the company is supporting its clients in their journey to the cloud.
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Jean-Philippe Poirault, global head of telecoms at AWS, speaks to Natalie Bannerman about the biggest trends, the culture shift required of cloud computing and the three pillars that separate AWS from the crowd.
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Sparkle is transforming into a global connectivity and digital services provider so Jason McGee-Abe spoke to new CEO Mario Di Mauro about the bold plans ahead for the carrier.
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Equinix has just announced record revenues, expanded its cloud exchange fabric, and disclosed its $2 billion plans to open new IBX data centres. Jason McGee-Abe spoke to Charles Meyers, CEO and president, to find out the secret behind the company’s competitive edge.
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Marc Ganzi and his team have led investments in cell towers, data centres and fibre for a quarter of a century. But there’s one thing he won’t talk about with Alan Burkitt-Gray.
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Cara Mascini, former CMO of AMS-IX, believes the successful business model for the densified networks of the future will depend on collaboration and openness.
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Data centres for the 5G era will be small and installed at the edge of networks so they can deliver content efficiently. Josh Snowhorn, founder of EdgeMicro, tells Alan Burkitt-Gray.
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As the proliferation of the cloud continues to rise, Divya Ghai Wakankar, head of cloud communications at BICS, speaks about the market at large and why she’s such a big promoter of women in STEM.
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At the TalkTalk Business Connectivity Matter Summit, Laurence Doe caught up with Ruth Kennedy (pictured), director of carrier & systems integrator, to discuss industry challenges and what plans are afoot to maintain a competitive edge.
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New fibre capabilities being unlocked by Liquid Telecom are providing Africa with access to powerful systems. CEO Nic Rudnick talks about the benefits this will bring and how Liquid Telecom plans to address the challenges that come with more connectivity.
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At WAN Summits across the globe, we often hear how enterprises are looking to become more software-driven and move more services to the cloud….
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YouTube co-founder Steve Chen speaks to Natalie Bannerman about the future of content and the important relationship between carriers and OTTs
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As Facebook ramps up its wholesale offerings, network director Kevin Salvadori, discusses the company’s plans in the industry
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Gloria Palavicini, deputy wholesale sales director at Neutral Networks speaks to Capacity about how the company remains neutral and why it is a strong ally for carriers in the Mexican market
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Aqua Comms chief commercial officer, Chris Bayly, speaks to Capacity about the company's FOCUS strategy, European developments plans and updates on 10 cable landing projects due for completion this year.
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April 2019 saw Sparkle, the international service provider arm of TIM Group, announce plans to build a new 1,000km system that will cross the Tyrrhenian Sea linking Sparkle’s Sicily Hub data centre in Palermo to Genoa’s new open cable landing station.
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As the demand for submarine cable infrastructure continues to grow, so too does the demand for subsea vendors like NEC. With a history spanning decades, the company has built up a reputation as one of the leading submarine cable builders in the world.
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The global market is finally beginning to realise the potential of the Nordics. A region with favourable regulation, talent and resources as well as its position as gateway between the US and other parts of Europe mean that many are just waking up to the opportunity.
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To realise the power of digital transformation, automated next-generation networks are critical today. Jason McGee-Abe spoke to Tom Homer, MD for EMEA, to find out more about Telstra’s innovation and automation strategy
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Rajiv Datta, chief operating officer at Colt, speaks to Natalie Bannerman about the culture of innovation and automation in the telecoms sector, and how Colt is rising to the occasion
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Cybernet and PEACE Cable signed an agreement on the first day of Capacity North Africa to land the new open-access cable in Pakistan. Below, Danish Lakhani, CEO of Cybernet, and (further below) Wu Qianjun, CEO of PEACE Cable, answer questions about the project.
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As the conversation of gender parity in our industry wages on, Capacity speaks to Alastair Masson, head of telco media at NTT Data UK, about how the industry can tackle this growing problem and what NTT Data is doing to address it.
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Capacity speaks to Chris Coles, who has taken over the reins at C&W Networks to lead the company as it enters its next phase of growth and development
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Mobile 5G isn’t quite here yet, but Verizon is in the market early for fixed wireless access, expanding fibre to customers’ premises. CTO Kyle Malady talks to Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Just weeks after Adel Hamed took over as head of Telecom Egypt, Alan Burkitt-Gray asks the former head of wholesale about his plans to transform the company as part of the government’s digital initiative
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Capacity speaks to Juniper networks about the company's cloud-based SD-WAN solution and how differs from the competition.
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Operators face a complexity challenge as they introduce new 5G services. At Huawei’s consulting and service solution sales department, president Steven Wu explains how the company is helping this huge transformation. Interview sponsored by Huawei
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In three years the global Ngena alliance has expanded from just four carriers to 25, providing SD-WAN access to 200 countries and territories. Its chief, Alessandro Adriani, tells Alan Burkitt-Gray how it is enabling member companies to offer services around the world
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In celebration of the recent International Women's Day, Capacity speaks to Julia Fraser, vice president of sales, UK and Ireland, CenturyLink, about how the industry is progressing towards gender parity and the successes made so far.
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Juan Carlos Bernal, CEO of international wholesale business, Telefónica speaks to Capacity about how the company is leading the charge of digital transformation in the LATAM region.
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Rafael Arranz, chief operating officer of Telxius, talks to Capacity about the recent updates on the MAREA and BRUSA cables plus the opportunities he sees in the Latin American market.
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Capacity speaks to Alan Whelan, vice president of STC Wholesale, about the collaboration between STC and LINX, and how the region is primed for data innovation.
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Ahead of Capacity Middle East, we spoke to Cengiz Oztelcan, CEO of GBI, about the company’s strategic priorities in the Middle Eastern region.
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2019 is going to be a busy year for Aqua Comms. With the company preparing to land 10 subsea cables this year alone, it still shows no signs of slowing down.
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Enterprises are increasingly looking at SD-WAN as their solution of choice, with more carriers entering the market. Jean Critcher, of Orange Business Services, says carriers shouldn’t be afraid of the move away from traditional MPLS
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January 2019 saw the launch of Orange’s most recent submarine cable system – Kanawa – linking French Guiana with Martinique and Guadeloupe in the Caribbean. The 1,746km fibre cable system is comprised of two pairs of fibre offering transfer rates of around 5Tbps.
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Most good news comes at the start of the year but for InterGlobix, it was the end of 2018 that brought a string of new announcements for the company.
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With such projects as EllaLink, HKA and SAEx, ASN is at the front lines of some of the most highly anticipated subsea cables due to live over the next few years. Capacity speaks to Paul Gabla, ASN's chief sales & marketing officer, to discuss a few of its more recently announced projects and his view of the view of the market as a whole.
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With the imminent advent of 5G, networks will need wireless for backhaul as well as fibre. Nader Zein of ETSI tells Natalie Bannerman how wireless backhaul fits into the wider 5G picture
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Dave Temkin of Netflix speaks to Natalie Bannerman about what makes the OTT content provider the number one downstream application in world and how it manages to scale so effectively
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James Pearce spoke to Ufinet CEO Iñigo García del Cerro Prieto about the company's plans for 2019
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With the first 5G networks now live, James Pearce sat down with GSMA head of networks David Hutton to discuss the impact the next generation of mobile will have, and the challenges that might slow it down
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Wholesale voice is declining, even in emerging markets, as broadband networks expand. Sumeet Walia, head of enterprise and carrier services at Tata Communications, is moving the business into new areas, he tells Alan Burkitt-Gray
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The messaging and SMS industry is facing a problem with fraud. Bart Vandekerckhove, head of mobile messaging at BICS, talks to James Pearce about how the industry can work together to tackle fraud
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Riccardo Delleani came back to run Sparkle in April 2018, six years after leaving. Alan Burkitt-Gray asks him about his investment plans but also looks at what’s going on in parent company TIM
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Tofane founder Alexandre Pébereau expects to complete the purchase of iBasis in the first full week of February. He tells Alan Burkitt-Gray of plans for a relaunch and integration with the former Altice wholesale operation
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In the hotel garden outside Capacity Asia, Andrew Kwok tells Alan Burkitt-Gray about HGC’s developing business. But there are some things he won’t talk about
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Bas Burger, the sixth CEO of BT Global Services in 15 years, wants to shift the division to growth sectors and to park traditional areas such as voice in the legacy category. Interview by Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Capacity talks to Aryaka SVP and GM of EMEA Ian McEwan about the importance of security in SD-WAN deployments
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“I’m very enthusiastic about inter-carrier orchestration,” admits PCCW Global CEO Marc Halbfinger CEO, as we sit down to discuss its acquisition of Console Connect a year after the deal was announced.
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Stephen Ho, CEO of Chinese company CITIC Telecom CPC, is expanding its cloud services following its takeover of a European carrier. Interview by Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Capacity speaks to Tatsuya Hamada, MobiCom’s CEO and a member of the board of directors about the opportunities that in Mongolia for the company. By Natalie Bannerman