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Network as a service (NaaS) is an approach to consuming network services whereby all elements of networking are outsourced and consumed in an on demand and scalable manner.

Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman speaks to industry experts on the 6G-ready, AI and automation-driven networks that are metro cloud.

New DDI report reveals women are 1.5 times more likely to leave their company in an attempt to advance their careers and highlighted a disparity in access to mentorship and training.

What's next after hyperscale? Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman gathers industry experts to explore.

Capacity investigates the opportunities and challenges for digital infrastructure that will arise in Colombia as 5G rollouts get under way.

Laws regulating subsea cables have largely remained unchanged for over the past 100 years, but why?

Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman examines how telcos can get more bang for their buck when it comes to 5G and what the transition to 6G looks like.

We are nearly a month into 2024, and there has been much written about where the connectivity industry is heading this year. Capacity has kept an eye on the predictions made, and many of them fall into several main areas.

Network automation uses programmable logic to manage network functions. This involves taking the manual tasks involved in managing a network and passing them to software programs to do instead.

As organisations continue to embrace edge computing a new approach to cybersecurity needs to be taken.

Asia has a profound role to play in shaping ESG policies. Saf Malik explores whether innovation is encouraged.

Peering is the exchange of traffic between two different networks, without the need to pay a third party to carry it. Direct interconnection has benefits when it comes to cost, latency and performance.

Network slicing allows you to operate multiple virtualised networks, or ‘network slices,’ across one set of network infrastructure – like two different train companies using the same tracks and signals.

Capacity explores the role of AI in the world of women in cybersecurity, will it break down barriers?

We all know how basic network communications work. Between two points, data is transmitted using various technologies and across various types of infrastructure (subsea fibre, terrestrial fibre, satellite or wireless) mostly reliant on electromagnetic waves, to reach its end point.

Capacity explores the factors behind circular economy adoption, and investigates why more granular data on network components is key to driving adoption of the principles

Nadine Hawkins investigates whether telcos are ready to handle the upsurge in AI compute power demands

Natalie Bannerman delves into the world of development finance institutions and its digital infra investments.

Africa Mobile Networks unique business has seen strong growth and helped connect Africa’s unconnected

Your weekly dose of inspiration from the Capacity Editorial team, bringing you the top podcasts, must-read books and rising stars in the telecoms industry.

In the field, in a laboratory or office, Capacity celebrates some of the women in engineering, working hard to keep us all connected.

Panellists at Capacity’s Messaging and SMS World refused to tolerate apathy towards AIT

While some claim ChatGPT 4.0 can enable a new wave of business messaging, George Malim finds enterprises do not trust the AI chatbot and legal and regulatory issues with it are yet to be resolved.

As quantum computing evolves, Guy Matthews examines how this advanced technology can be applied to satellite communications.

In his final Innovation column, Alan Burkitt-Gray looks back 30 years, to when he forecast that 1Mbps would provide the superfast superhighway we all need.

While telcos and tech companies continue to tackle the problem, Capacity asks whether we are casting our nets wide enough when it comes to telecoms talent. Kate O’Flaherty investigates.

The Next G Alliance wants to shape 6G’s development to meet the ‘unique needs’ of the US. Ken Wieland investigates how it can do this while being committed to a single global standard.

All-optical networks that use photonics are the industry’s dream solution to the ever-increasing demand for speed. Alan Burkitt-Gray talks to Fabienne Saliou, a research engineer at Orange, which is running an exciting project using this tech

Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman examines the role of private equity in investing in subsea cable infrastructure in the Latin America and the Caribbean regions.

There’s growth in cloud services across Latin America, especially in Brazil, Chile and Mexico. Alan Burkitt-Gray looks at the trends that are appearing in the region.

For International Women’s Day 2023, Alan Burkitt-Gray looks at how the top companies in our industry are doing. Better, but still not good enough. Women need role models

Rumours were rampant surrounding data centre outages over the winter. Saf Malik investigates how likely it was these fears would come true.

With the macroeconomic picture as it is, the political landscape in flux and growing uncertainty of what the world will look like in 2023, even making predictions for the next month is an exercise in guess work.

Industries are recognising finally that the challenges of security in the era of quantum computing are as great as those of the millennium bug 25 years ago, writes Alan Burkitt-Gray

Cloud-related security incidents are rising along with the use of cloud applications. Saf Malik looks at whether revised industry standards can combat this increasing threat to enterprises

Data centres use 2.4% of global energy consumption. Operators are hunting for ways to use less energy or to use it more effectively, writes Alan Burkitt-Gray