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Friday Network News: January 27

Capacity brings you the latest network news. If you have network developments you’d like us to share, please email robert.anderson@capacitymedia.com or tweet us @capacitymag.

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Interxion forecasts changing weather for the cloud space
27 Jan 2012
Huawei acquires UK photonic research lab CIP Technologies
26 Jan 2012
Interoute launches pan-European virtual data centre
26 Jan 2012
London to “borrow” spectrum to cope with demands of 2012 Olympic games
25 Jan 2012
AT&T and T-Mobile file for the FCC to approve transfer of AWS spectrum
25 Jan 2012
NTT Com to acquire a controlling stake in India’s leading data centre services provider
25 Jan 2012
Race to LTE heats up in Austria
24 Jan 2012
Globalstar signs satellite services agreement with SAS
24 Jan 2012

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lead feature

Mobile cloud: separating the sky

Kavit Majithia examines the phenomenon of the private mobile cloud, and considers how service providers are increasingly moving away from the public cloud to better serve their specific business needs.

features

Wholesale world 2012: Meeting mobile demand

The surge in global demand for mobile data services is continuing to radically alter the investment priorities and alliance strategies of some of the industry’s leading telcos. Ronan Shields foresees the revision of network capacity needs in 2012 and beyond.
Wholesale world 2012: Network operation centres

Guy Matthews explores how network operation centres are evolving in an attempt to keep pace with the demands of rapidly changing networks.
Wholesale world 2012: Mergers and acquisitions

Despite mounting economic gloom, the telecoms sector is set for another flurry of M&A. Richard Irving separates the hunters from the hunted.
Wholesale world 2012: Changing business models

The boundary between wholesale and enterprise business is becoming increasingly blurred. Is there still a business case for the wholesale-only carrier or are they a dying breed, asks Priscilla Awde.

the big interview

Interview with Sunit Patel, CFO and EVP, Level 3 Communications

11 Jan 2012
With a wealth of financial experience both in telecoms and on Wall Street, Sunit Patel, CFO and EVP at Level 3 Communications, tells Kavit Majithia where he sees the company’s next big profit wave coming from.
Big interview: James Segil, Edgecast

01 Dec 2011
Sitting on the edge of the networks, it is the CDN cache that is enabling data evolution experienced by carriers and end-users alike. James Segil, president and co-founder at Edgecast Networks explains to Kavit Majithia why CDN is changing the way carriers approach their strategy towards interconnection and its role in scaling the internet.
Interview with Fiona Beck, president and CEO of Southern Cross Cable Network

17 Nov 2011
The sheer scale and cost of deploying new subsea cable systems doesn’t exactly rest comfortably with the current global financial climate. Fiona Beck, president and CEO of Southern Cross Cable Network and president of SubOptic, explains to Alex Hawkes why upgrading existing systems is becoming an increasingly attractive option.

company strategies

Telekom Malaysia: Moving Malaysia

11 Jan 2012
With a ground-breaking nationwide high-speed broadband project underway and strong ambitions to become a hub for south east Asia, Telekom Malaysia has a number of reasons to look forward to 2012. Alex Hawkes investigates.
NTT Europe: Moving with the market
01 Dec 2011
As developed telecoms markets continue to mature, global Tier 1 carriers are constantly looking for new regions to expand into. For NTT Europe, investment in eastern Europe has been a natural progression, finds Kavit Majithia.
Safaricom: Investing in Africa

17 Nov 2011
As Africa enters into a new era of connectivity capability, with Kenya serving as a major hub for that development, there is added pressure on operators like Safaricom to address a new level of demand from its end users. Kavit Majithia reports.
KPN: The Dutch touch
17 Nov 2011
Can KPN International apply the ‘Dutch’ values of ingenuity and creativity to a highly competitive international telecoms market? Caroline Chappell reports.

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