Exclusive: Lions to share Trafalgar Square with small-cell testbed

21 September 2018 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Trafalgar Square in London is to be the site of a trial of small cells by the local authority, which plans to roll the service out across all of its territory.

Airtel and Jio join the bid for Aircel’s assets

21 September 2018 | Natalie Bannerman

Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio have bid to buy the tower and fibre assets of struggling Indian operator Aircel.

Telia Carrier partners TierPoint to offer Cloud Connect services

20 September 2018 | Natalie Bannerman

Telia Carrier and TierPoint have entered into a partnership that will see Telia Carrier offer its Cloud Connect service across 25 TierPoint facilities in the US.

TPG private equity investor acquires second Myanmar tower company

19 September 2018 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

A US private equity company has completed purchase of a Myanmar infrastructure to add to its existing investment in the country.

A centralised Wifi marketplace could revolutionise mobile data usage

18 September 2018 | Dan Klaeren

These days, it seems the only thing more important to travellers than their wifi access is the suitcase containing their clothes.

Q&A with Andrew Kwok of HGC

18 September 2018 | James Pearce

Capacity speaks to Andrew Kwok about HGC's positioning in Myanmar, its plans for growth in the area and updates on recent annoucements.

Entries open for Capacity's 20 Women to Watch 2018

17 September 2018 | Natalie Bannerman

Capacity is back with our annual 20 Women to Watch power listing. This is your opportunity to nominate the top women in the telecoms industry who are breaking down barriers and driving change in this male dominated industry.

Veon $940m tower sale collapses while Vodafone’s new CEO hints at new deals

17 September 2018 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Vodafone’s new CEO says he is thinking of selling the group’s mobile masts, while Veon’s deal to sell its masts in Pakistan to Axiata for $940 million has unravelled.

EU ‘will provide for wholesale and shared spectrum’ in new comms directive

12 September 2018 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

The European Commission’s new electronic communications directive will have specific provisions for wholesale carriers, designed to encourage investment in high-capacity fibre networks.

Call for papers to participate in the Capacity Innovation Series

12 September 2018 | Natalie Bannerman

Capacity Europe 2018 sees the launch of a new conference segment called the Innovation Series - a platform for innovators in emerging technologies to showcase their offerings to the global carrier community.

Digicel to rebuild Dominica infrastructure after Hurricane Maria

07 September 2018 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Digicel has won a 15-year contract to rebuild the telecoms and IT infrastructure of the Caribbean republic of Dominica, which was devastated by Hurricane Maria a year ago.

CMC Networks deploys 128T networking platform in South Africa

06 September 2018 | Natalie Bannerman

128 Technology has announced the commercial deployment of its 128T Session Smart Networking Platform with CMC Networks in South Africa.