Cloud & Virtualisation Collaboration is key to the future of telecoms The traditional approach for operators to run their business forever changing, now the telecoms industry needs to be more open to collaboration to truly thrive.
Devices & Platforms Is India’s device market ready for 5G? The long-running saga of India’s 5G spectrum auctions has finally seen some closure in 2022. The multi-band auction...
Operators What will happen when Ericsson and Nokia depart Russia? The invasion of Ukraine will forever go down as one of the most infamous moments of this era. It is a conflict that caught the world off guard as all nations began recovering from the pandemic.
Trends & Forecasts Interview: Balancing Act’s Russell Southwood, author of Africa 2.0 Africa 2.0 – Inside a Continent’s Communications Revolution presents a 35-year history of the impact of mobile and internet on Sub-Saharan Africa.
Data Centres & Networks Interview: Epsilon’s Warren Aw, Managing Director APAC The pandemic accelerated digital transformation faster than anyone could have anticipated, and service providers have needed to adapt just as quickly. In regions such as Southeast Asia, the scale of the challenge is clear – a colossal population which previously had more limited internet access...
Trends & Forecasts Interview: MEF COO Kevin Vachon Originally focused primarily on the carrier Ethernet space, MEF has worked for years on developing standards and certifications. Across the past few years, its remit has expanded greatly across other technologies, making its certification work of ever-greater importance to operators in emerging...
Operators Interview: Ooredoo Group CTO Nigel Byrne The pandemic has prompted a global surge in demand for data, with video-grade networks required now for entertainment as well as basic communication with those we’ve been unable to see in person. Operator groups were already on this journey, but have been forced to accelerate their strategies...
Operators Interview: Elisabeth Medou Badang, Senior VP of Orange Middle East and Africa It’s no secret that many emerging markets suffer from a digital inclusion gap, but building a business case around correcting this can be challenging. We caught up with Elisabeth Medou Badang, Senior VP of Orange Middle East and Africa, to discuss the operator group’s Digital Centres and how a...
Operators Interview: Indosat Ooredoo COO Vikram Sinha Vikram Sinha is a veteran of the telecoms industry, having spent 10 years with Bharti Airtel across India and Africa before moving to the Ooredoo Group.
Operators Interview: Airtel Africa’s Razvan Ungureanu Delivering reliable coverage in Africa presents many logistical challenges, but since joining Airtel Africa in 2016 the group’s Chief Technology Officer Razvan Ungureanu has overseen the expansion and development of the operator’s networks into some of the continent’s most isolated and...
Cyber Security Detecting fraud in emerging markets - Interview with Daniel Kurgan, CEO, BICS The impact of fraud can be devastating for operators in emerging markets who are working with extremely low ARPU.
Cyber Security Telekom Slovenije Interview: Making data science work for operators and subscribers The collection, storage, and usage of customer data is a hot-button issue across the telecoms industry post-Cambridge Analytica, particularly within Europe following the introduction of the EU’s GDPR laws.
Operators Rebelling against Digital Imperialism - Interview with Kaan Terzioğlu, Turkcell Developing Telecoms’ Founder Alec Barton recently caught up with Kaan Terzioğlu, CEO of Turkcell at Huawei’s Operations Transformation Forum 2018 (#OTF2018) in Munich.
