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Does the industry need to expand the notion of wholesale to global solutions? Arthur D. Little’s Andrea Faggiano, Arvind Rajeswaran, Onur Teoman and Salman Ali, explore where telcos can bring value – and returns

Pascal Menezes, CTO at MEF, explains how inter-provider automation across federated networks speeds up time to revenue

The development of Open Radio Access Networks will bring big benefits to the UK economy, writes Sally Bament, VP, cloud and service provider marketing at Juniper Networks

Nikki Popoola isn’t just director of sales for West Africa at WIOCC; she’s also a respected female executive and single parent. Here she shares her story, and her observations, on diversity

RCS may have been touted as the answer to OTT messaging, but its window of opportunity is closing. Ahead of today’s Smart Messaging stream, GTC’s COO and CFO Giovanni Benini, and senior consultant Mitchell Cutmore, outline the state of the market

Reflecting on the past 18 months Staffan Göjeryd, CEO of Telia Carrier, shares the leadership lessons he gained while leading a major telco during a global health crisis

Whether it’s smart cities or Industry 4.0, Tiago Rodrigues, CEO of the Wireless Broadband Alliance, explains why seamless onboarding and convergence are key to success

Lindsey Aurora, field engineer at Neos Networks, looks back at her career as an engineer and calls for a need to believe in yourself

As demand for high-speed internet skyrockets with the still-growing necessity of work from home, nations are rapidly seeking to expand their broadband access.

Pascal Menezes, CTO at MEF explains how inter-provider automation across federated networks speeds up time to revenue.

For communications service providers, IoT is not the same old thing. Adhish Kulkarni, SVP and GM of digital engagement and loyalty at Evolving Systems explains.

Elsa Pine, global sales executive, emerging technologies and edge infrastructure at EdgeConneX, explains how the edge is empowering new economic inclusion

The UK government has given the industry just over seven weeks to submit ideas for a scheme to put fibres through water pipes – an idea that was firmly rejected nearly 40 years ago.

Sustainability isn't just about energy sources – cooling, site selection and heat recovery are also vital. David Craig, CEO of Iceotope, explains

Mike Michalik, CTO at Evoque Data Center Solutions explains what IT managers are looking for from their cloud providers – and what it means for the future of hybrid

Eloise Walker and Catherine Robins from Pinsent Masons, explain how changes to the international tax system will affect telecoms and tech multinationals.

Digital transformation has long been the top priority for the majority of businesses. However, despite the clear and all-inclusive benefits of digital transformation (when done right), the sobering reality is that many enterprise technology teams are struggling to manage and secure such a complex and multifaceted IT environment.

Aruba Enterprise' Massimo Bandinelli, weighs up the pros and cons of virtual and in-person data centre tours, during and post-pandemic

Huawei is one issue, but the UK's Telecoms Security Bill also changes penetration testing requirements. Matias Madou, co-founder & CTO, Secure Code Warrior explains

Ed Cooke, founder at Conexus Law, explains how and why Brexit continues to change the data centre industry

Today the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry accounts for more than 2% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, according to the European Commission in 2020.

Jon Healy, operations director at Keysource, examines how and why battery storage could solve some pressing industry issues

It is well understood that the 5G technologies being rolled out today are just the first step in a new evolutionary path towards the headline capabilities. What is perhaps less understood is that 5G evolution will not be limited to terrestrial networks.

Sarah McComb, co-founder and president of the Women’s Tech Forum – a non-profit focused on the advancement and promotion of women in the cloud, data centre and telecom space – reflects on the pandemic’s effect on women and how we can move forward

Dr. Silke Holtmanns, head of 5G security research at AdaptiveMobile Security, sets out a roadmap to tracking and solving insidious data extraction attacks

Liran Weiss, COO of mce Systems, explains why low mobile costs will hurt Israel’s telcos in the long run

Rajesh Gangadhar, CTO access solutions at STL, writes about the capex demands of 5G

In April, the Court of Justice of the European Union dismissed a competition appeal brought by Deutsche Telekom’s Slovak Telekom. Competition lawyer and consultant Michaela Lodlová, was involved in the case during the Commission investigation. Here, she explains why the CJEU decision will incentivise leading companies to refuse to deal outright

As global migration and displacement continues to rise, Armando Samayoa, Télécoms Sans Frontières’ representative for the Americas and the Caribbean, shares how the organisation is supporting those affected

In the past, SLAs were based on voice, but mobility today requires a different approach. Chuck Girt, CTO, Everstream, explains the implications for fibre providers

Nancy Dragone, VP of talent management with oversight of inclusion and diversity at TE Connectivity, explores how the company’s inclusion and diversity programme focusing on employees’ true selves is becoming a driving force for innovation and business success

Boosting female representation in technology has been high on the agenda for more than a decade.

Gaming publishers are looking for partners that can provide a ‘fast lane’ for gamers to reduce lag. Saad Siddiqui, principal at Telstra Ventures, explains why such requirements are driving technological advancement in infrastructure

Gordon Moir, Partner at Wiggin LLP, explains the vulnerable and challenging situation the UK telecoms industry will find itself in as a result of the new telecommunications (security) bill

Mark Sherman, MD of Telstra Ventures, lists his defining trends for this year's Mobile World Congress

People around the world have come to rely on internet connectivity for so many aspects of their work and personal lives.

Sustainability is growing as an essential component of data centres both in Europe and across the globe. Rob McKernan, SVP of Schneider Electric’s Secure Power division, talks to Capacity about how he sees the sustainable data centre of the future.

Data derived from IoT sensors can be utilised in multiple ways for digital transformation and monetisation. Ankur Bhan, head of network function as a service at Nokia, explains

For the wireless industry to succeed, it depends on a combination of various factors. Ray Williamson, director, European product management, Huawei Wireless explains what they are

Tim Ward, VP of Number Information Services at XConnect, writes about optimising A2P offerings with numbering intelligence

Technology integration is the second most commonly cited challenge when it comes to M&A deals. Harry Dougall, CFO and founding partner at Sagacity writes on how it can be tackled

Contrary to popular belief, satellites account for a miniscule part of keeping the world connected

Data centres used to be exactly that - the centres of our data worlds, where all information, files and records would be kept and controlled.

As the adage goes, freedom without order is a sure path to chaos. Jonathan Homa, senior director of solutions marketing at Ribbon explains how it applies to spectrum fragmentation.

The recent spectrum auction in the UK holds the potential to boost the development of 5G in general while also improving the user experience and expanding our connected communities across the country.

The ongoing pandemic has brought many leadership challenges, and not all related to finance. In the first of a new series, Three UK’s chief people officer, Mark Redmond, writes about leading through a pandemic and how the idea of paying it forward is driving the company’s new wellbeing strategy

Despite the abundance of use cases, carriers face challenges when it comes to implementing blockchain. Sam Evans, senior MD at Delta Partners Group, explores the reasons – and solutions

For telcos looking to automate increasingly sophisticated transactions, blockchain presents the first step in the journey. By Gopikrishnan Konnanath, SVP and service offering head – blockchain and Oracle services, Infosys, and Manah Khalil, director – identity, fraud platform and emerging technologies, Verizon