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September
Reynolds explains plan to split of Telecom NZ into separate network and services companies
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August
As broadband data is putting pressure on operators’ backhaul networks, Ciena CEO Gary Smith discusses the scale that his acquisition of Nortel’s business will give
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Enterprise mobility, applications and M2M underpin wholesale ambition with global scale
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Tellabs moving on from backhaul as operators’ focus changes to content
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Telekom Austria converges operations in new search for innovation and efficiency
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July
First carriers sign up to exchange international ethernet services, says new CEO
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China Telecom looks for IT investment opportunities in European market, says the head of its EMEA business
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Telefónica launches electronic health venture as nations squeeze spending on medical care
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June
Main line to Ghana and Nigeria ready to enter service in July
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Operators should be able to offer customers discounts on services at different times of day or on certain cellsites, says Telcordia’s CEO
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Colt ready to invest cash on boosting cloud and managed services business
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May
Starhub faces iPhone-fuelled data explosion
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Reliance Globalcom seeks vendors to upgrade longhaul ethernet services to 100 gigabits
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Indian operator Aircel has grown from two regional operations to a nationwide network in a few years, tripling the number of customers in a plan to become a ‘pocket internet’ service. CIO Ravinder Jain explains how he ensured the IT systems could meet the demand
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April
Former Sprint and Clearwire executive Wing Lee is now running YTL Communications, a project to build an $850 million nationwide — and mobile — WiMax 4G network across Malaysia. YTL is offering $1 million in prizes to stimulate new applications and devices
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Vladimir Butenko’s CommuniGate Systems offers hosted unified communications services via telecoms operators to 150 million users worldwide
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Ericsson has continued a process of building up its consultancy and systems integration business by buying Pride, an Italian specialist in telecoms, energy and utilities. Consulting chief Paolo Corella explains the logic
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March
Following the separation of C&W, Phil Male of Cable & Wireless Worldwide explains how the newly independent business is integrated like never before
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With 51% of fixed provider Comstar, MTS is preparing to sell bundled services through its own outlets. Mikhail Gerchuk hints at the new strategy
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BT’s international wholesale division, Global Telecom Markets, is considering offering advanced services based on its Ribbit acquisition in Silicon Valley to other operators
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CEO Srinath Narasimhan is re-investing the cash from that wholesale voice in wireless networks and value-added services in India and other emerging markets
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Hans Vestberg has reorganised Ericsson in the few weeks since he took over. He wants the new team to listen to customers
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Just 18 months since Cable & Wireless rebranded and united its 13 Caribbean operations, the new Lime is to purchase new broadband technology
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February
Truphone’s CEO Geraldine Wilson has announced the first of what she hopes will be 25 MVNO deals with leading global operators
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ISPs are struggling to cope with consumers’ demand for online video. In the UK, BT is responding by launching its own wholesale content network for video.
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One of Canada’s leaders in the media industry is developing broadband services and offering its nationwide fibre to international operators
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Software-defined radio has allowed Telstra’s Hong Kong mobile operator to run 2G and 3G services on the same infrastructure
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With investment from Saudi Telecom and Malaysia’s Maxis, Axis has started to build its market in Indonesia, explains CEO Erik Aas
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January
Former Microsoft executive Süreyya Ciliv has been steering Turkcell to become one of the most innovative operators in Europe
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As operators struggle to tune up their backhaul networks to deliver data to smartphone users, Tellabs CEO Rob Pullen believes they can save money by moving to ethernet connections
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Bell Labs president Jeong Kim wants to preserve the freedom that will allow his researchers to continue to deliver disruptive technology