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Judy Reed Smith explores the radically reshaped landscape of the wholesale market in the US.

Insight Research estimates that global communications spending will amount to 5.8% of global GDP in 2012.

Mohamed Elagazy has been elected as vice chairman of the advisory committee of the Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC). Elagazy is SVP of international relations and business development for submarine cable operator Gulf Bridge International (GBI) with over 20 years experience in the US and MENA telecoms sectors. He is a member of the Establishing Committee who has contributed to building GBI’s international industry recognition and market position. Elagazy’s experience includes business development and strategic relations with GCC regional operators and international carriers such as AT&T, Primus, Verizon and Telcordia.

The Syrian government has been forced to postpone the auction of its third GSM mobile licence due to the political uprisings in the country.

Vodacom has announced the appointment of Ivan Dittrich to the position of CFO. Dittrich will also become an executive director of the Vodacom Group. He is expected to join the Group on or about July 1 2012.

American President, Barack Obama, has appointed Gary Smith as the newest member of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC).

International carrier’s carrier WIOCC has appointed Mike Last as director of marketing and international business development. The newly created position will see Last become responsible for signing high-capacity users to WIOCC’s connection, as well as marketing in Africa and other international markets. Before working with WIOCC, Last held a variety of positions in marketing, business analysis, business development and consultancy with a number of companies, including Turk Telekom, FLAG-Reliance, Colt and BT.

One of the most important challenges facing wholesale suppliers is to be able to accurately predict – and to meet – growth in user demand. When calculating patterns in voice or data, different regions each bring unique challenges.

Jan Wäreby has been appointed as the new head of sales and marketing at Ericsson. Previously, Wäreby worked as the senior vice president, head of business unit multimedia as well as a member of Ericsson’s executive leadership team. Wäreby has worked in sales organisations and business development for more than 20 years. He has also worked as the corporate executive vice president and head of sales and marketing at Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, where he played an integral role in partnering the companies.

Local sources report that América Móvil’s Brazilian arm, Embratel Participacoes, will buy Brazilian broadcaster Globo Comunicacao e Participacoes’ shares in cable-co, Net Serviços de Comunicação, securing control of the company.