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11 May 2012
Metro providers are to face more than their fair share
of challenges over the coming months, from a new wave of consolidation that promises to reshape the competitive landscape, to a shortage of fibre coming out of Japan. Capacity invited four of the industry’s most influential thinkers to share their thoughts on the key themes facing them.
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11 May 2012
As Ethernet prices continue to plummet, Richard Irving asks are we heading for version 2.0 of the tech bubble?
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11 May 2012
With buoyant Latin American markets like Brazil continuing to attract worldwide attention, why have so many operators failed to make their mark on the region?
Alex Hawkes looks at the pricing and regulatory issues facing the continent.
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11 May 2012
After years of promise, the technology is finally here to support telepresence and the impetus now lies with carriers and service providers to make it a profitable and popular market opportunity. But can they do it in the smartphone era? Guy Matthews takes to the business suite to find out.
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11 May 2012
As private investment pours into infrastructure and fibre this year, Kavit Majithia identifies 10 of the biggest movers and shakers in the sector.
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11 May 2012
Is the death of traditional voice services an industry cliché or is it closer than we think? Kavit Majithia investigates.
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01 Mar 2012
Until this summer, the west of coast of Africa has been severely lagging behind its eastern counterpart in terms of connectivity. With two high-profile subsea cable launches imminent, Kavit Majithia explores how these will transform Africa’s telecoms ecosystem once again.
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01 Mar 2012
For carriers, the market for machine-to-machine (M2M) services has not only become an opportunity that cannot be ignored, but also a problematic obstacle course. The difficulty, as Guy Matthews discovers, is that M2M doesn’t work to the same rulebook that governs the other service areas in a carrier’s portfolio.
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17 Feb 2012
Last year wasn’t exactly a career high point for dealmakers in the metro markets. But despite several high profile failures, all the signs point to a new wave of consolidation that will redefine the fibre infrastructure sector forever. Richard Irving reports on some unlikely contenders.
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17 Feb 2012
The Arab Spring highlighted the power of social media across the Middle East last year. But as Kavit Majithia discovers, content providers specialising in Arabic material have been mounting a revolution in the content space for years.
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16 Jan 2012
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.
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16 Jan 2012
Guy Matthews explores how network operation centres are evolving in an attempt to keep pace with the demands of rapidly changing networks.
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16 Jan 2012
Despite mounting economic gloom, the telecoms sector is set for another flurry of M&A. Richard Irving separates the hunters from the hunted.
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16 Jan 2012
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.
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16 Jan 2012
The need to maximise profit means carriers are adopting a fresh approach to their back office needs. Guy Matthews investigates what goes on behind the scenes.
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16 Jan 2012
Who are the top 20 most influential people in wholesale telecoms this year? We asked you to nominate the executives most likely to prosper in the coming months – and the results are in. Richard Irving reports.
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16 Jan 2012
ATLANTIC-ACM takes a look at all the emerging trends across the US wholesale market in 2012 and beyond.
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16 Jan 2012
Using its exclusive data, Renesys provides an overview of the IP transit market in 2011.
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11 Jan 2012
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.