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Spain-based wholesale operator Aire Networks is working hard to strengthen Iberia's strategic connectivity, as well as bringing its data centres and edge capabilities to lesser-served areas across its home market. Zigor Gaubeca, the company's director of engineering and technology, explains how.

As a global wholesale systems integrator, Odine sees itself as a trusted partner, supporting companies’ digitalisation initiatives so they can take full advantage of new revenue opportunities. CEO Alper Tunga Burak gives the lowdown on the firm’s strategy.

The Iberian Peninsula is growing as a communications and cloud hub, bolstered by the submarine cable systems recently landing and being deployed in the region. Peng Yan, chief commercial officer at Spanish wholesale provider Axent, explains how the company’s gas-grid-based network provides diversity and resilience for players attracted by the fresh opportunities in the area.

5G is being deployed and taken up in many parts of the world, but there is much room to maximise the user experience. Zhang Jiong, marketing director for radio-access-network products at ZTE, explains how its Radio Composer can optimise network resources to improve things for both operators and users.

Everybody's talking about digital transformation – but what's the best way for carriers to help their customers realise that vision? Dawane Young, executive director of marketing at Verizon Partner Solutions, explains how networks and services can be combined with end-to-end security in a more integrated way to make that vision a reality.

Today's rapidly growing data-driven world is creating new opportunities for those with a laser-guided focus on delivering pure subsea capacity services, as the lines between the wholesale and enterprise segments blur. Chris Bayly, CCO at Aqua Comms, explains what this means for the subsea market.

Cairo, August 22, 2022: Telecom Egypt, Egypt’s first integrated telecom operator and one of the largest subsea cables operators in the region, announces the signature of a strategic collaboration agreement with Orange Jordan, the leading operator of integrated communications services and one of Orange Group’s subsidiaries, to create a highly reliable terrestrial system connecting Iraq to Europe through Jordanian and Egyptian territories.

Though 5G deployments are very much the flavour of today, some are already looking forward to the types of technology to deploy to support the next generations of mobile technology. Alex Wang, managing director for radio-access-network solutions at ZTE, explains how reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) technology provides one answer for 5G-Advanced and 6G.

In the past, ease of use and security may have sometimes been viewed as a trade-off, but recent trends make it more important than ever to change this thinking. Niklas Bergvall, head of mobile identity solutions at HGC Global Communications, talks about this transition and how the tools of today mean product managers don’t have to compromise on one or the other.