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Global Women in Telco & Tech Awards winners 2020

5h | Natalie Bannerman

The thirteen winners of the 2020 Global Women in Telco & Tech Awards have been named.

Nokia signs 5G deal to become BT’s “largest infrastructure partner”

10h | Melanie Mingas

Finish manufacturer Nokia has extended its longstanding partnership with BT to become the operator’s largest infrastructure and equipment provider.

Azure for Operators launches as Microsoft faces global outage

10h | Melanie Mingas

Microsoft it taking the rough with the smooth this week as it announced the launch of Azure for Operators, while tackling a major global outage.

The end of the router as we know it

13h | Hannes Gredler

Hannes Gredler, CTO at RtBrick, reflects on the evolution of the not so humble router

Talking about latency and diversity with EllaLink’s CEO

28 September 2020 | Sponsored Q&A

EllaLink network assures the lowest latency between Europe & Latin America.

GTT appoints Tom Homer to lead EMEA sales operations

28 September 2020 | Melanie Mingas

Cloud networking provider GTT Communications Inc (NYSE: GTT) has appointed former Telstra and GCX executive Tom Homer to head its sales and client services operation for the Europe and Middle East and Africa region (EMEA).

Samsung unveils indoor 5G equipment portfolio, Verizon partnership

28 September 2020 | Melanie Mingas

Samsung has released the first product from its newly-branded 5G in-building portfolio, Samsung Link.

SDS inks SEK 7.5m deal with global telco

28 September 2020 | Natalie Bannerman

Swedish software company Seamless Distribution Systems (SDS) has received an order worth SEK 7.5 million from an unnamed telecom operator group.

Q&A with Pablo Echevarria, Sales Director, Axent

25 September 2020 | Sponsored Q&A

Capacity speaks to Pablo Echevarria, Sales Director of Axent.

Michael Ourabah, CEO of BSO on championing diversity and inclusion

25 September 2020 | Sponsored Q&A

BSO's CEO, Michael Ourabah, on business continuity, championing diversity and inclusion within the business and the company's upcoming initiatives.

Chip start-up raises $240m from Thiel-backed VC

25 September 2020 | Melanie Mingas

A chip development start-up founded by former Google and Apple executives has raised US$240 million in its series B funding round, led by Peter Thiel’s Mithril Capital.

Greece launches €367.3m tender for 5G frequencies

25 September 2020 | Melanie Mingas

The Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission (EETT) has launched Greece’s tender to award frequencies to operate the country’s 5G networks.