Big Interview

From junior high school teacher to head of one of the largest wholesale divisions in telecoms, Kathryn Morrissey has seen it all. Here, the EVP of wholesale at AT&T gives Kavit Majithia a lesson in how to survive a very public break-up.

If revenues from voice services are ultimately doomed, someone forgot to tell Mark Amoss. Alex Hawkes talks to BT’s general manager of international voice sales and works.

Carriers are increasingly investing capital on a fixed basis and receiving a less than favourable variable return. Here Marc Halbfinger, CEO at PCCW Global, shares some perspective on profit with Alex Hawkes.

With a wealth of financial experience both in telecoms and on Wall Street, Sunit Patel, CFO and EVP at Level 3 Communications, tells Kavit Majithia where he sees the company’s next big profit wave coming from.

Sitting on the edge of the networks, it is the CDN cache that is enabling data evolution experienced by carriers and end-users alike. James Segil, president and co-founder at Edgecast Networks explains to Kavit Majithia why CDN is changing the way carriers approach their strategy towards interconnection and its role in scaling the internet.

The sheer scale and cost of deploying new subsea cable systems doesn’t exactly rest comfortably with the current global financial climate. Fiona Beck, president and CEO of Southern Cross Cable Network and president of SubOptic, explains to Alex Hawkes why upgrading existing systems is becoming an increasingly attractive option.

The sheer scale and cost of deploying new subsea cable systems doesn’t exactly rest comfortably with the current global financial climate. Fiona Beck, president and CEO of Southern Cross Cable Network and president of SubOptic, explains to Alex Hawkes why upgrading existing systems is becoming an increasingly attractive option.

While some try to extract the last juices from legacy systems, for Carl Roberts, group vice president of Verizon Global Wholesale, it’s time to dramatically redefine the way we do business in wholesale telecoms. He shares his thoughts with Angela Partington.

As EVP of Colt Communication Services, Francois Eloy is in a position to redesign Colt’s business relationships. But what are the issues which have led him to make these changes, and what broader changes does he foresee for the telecoms industry at large? Angela Partington reports.

As secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union, Dr Hamadoun Touré is committed to a mission to connect the world. But what role does the private sector play, and can the ITU develop global standards and regulations which will support businesses? Angela Partington reports.

Kavit Majithia talks to Bill Chang, EVP business at SingTel, about his role in integrating ICT services with traditional telecoms and raising awareness of such a strategy across Singapore and Asia.

How can an incumbent retain a dominant position in the domestic market while serving its huge population based abroad? Alex Hawkes talks to PLDT’s first vice president and head of carrier business Alejandro Caeg about the company’s multifaceted approach.