Submissions open for the Capacity Power 100

14 February 2019 | James Pearce

Capacity is proud to launch the Power 100, listing the 100 most powerful and influential people in the wholesale telecoms sector.

i3forum to launch global traffic database at ITW

12 February 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Vendors bidding to start and maintain the i3forum’s global database of telecoms traffic have until Wednesday next week to submit their offers.

Van Ierland named as CCO of expanded iBasis

11 February 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

The expanded iBasis has made Edwin Van Ierland its chief commercial officer.

Alexandre Pébereau completes acquisition of iBasis from KPN

08 February 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

KPN has completed sale of its iBasis wholesale division to Tofane Global, Alexandre Pébereau’s company that bought Altice’s wholesale interests last year.

How to keep Sparkle shining amid the turmoil of TIM

08 February 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

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

iBasis brand to return under Pébereau’s control

07 February 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

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

Liberty Latin America to open operations centre in Panama City

05 February 2019 | Natalie Bannerman

Liberty Latin America has confirmed plans to establish its new operations centre in Panama City, Panama.

Ciena: The Network Modernisation Imperative

04 February 2019 |

To meet growing bandwidth demands, carriers need networks that can adapt to new business models, scale on demand to support new services and customers, and protect margins.

It’s only a game: handball final creates a DE-CIX record of 57Gbps

31 January 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

DE-CIX has recorded the highest ever traffic on its Hamburg internet exchange, thanks to a sport played in only a handful of countries .

Orascom borrows $170m from Afreximbank for African expansion

29 January 2019 | Natalie Bannerman

Egypt-based Orascom Investment Holding (OIH) has entered into an agreement with the African Export-Import bank (Afreximbank) for a loan of $170 million.

Telefónica sells Guatemala and El Salvador units to América Móvil for €570m

25 January 2019 | Natalie Bannerman

Telefónica Centroamérica Inversiones, a subsidiary of Telefónica, has sold its business units in Guatemala and El Salvador to América Móvil for €570 million.

Liberty Latin America calls off Millicom bid

23 January 2019 | Natalie Bannerman

Liberty Latin America (LLA) has ended discussions to try to acquire Millicom and agree a deal.