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TeliaSonera to build and operate European network for Facebook

TeliaSonera believes the integration between carriers and content providers is a natural progression, following the company’s announcement that it will build a pan-European managed optical network for Facebook.


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The death of voice?

Is the death of traditional voice services an industry cliché or is it closer than we think? Kavit Majithia investigates.

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  • Metro Special: The key questions facing metro CEOs

    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.

  • Metro Special: A question of commodity

    As Ethernet prices continue to plummet, Richard Irving asks are we heading for version 2.0 of the tech bubble?

  • Unlocking potential

    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.

  • A virtual evolution?

    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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  • Kathryn Morrissey, AT&T: Wholesaling past and present


    10 May 2012

    From junior high school teacher to head of one of the largest wholesale divisions in telecoms, Kathryn Morrissey has seen it all. Here, the EVP of wholesale at AT&T gives Kavit Majithia a lesson in how to survive a very public break-up.

  • Mark Amoss, BT: Vibrant about voice


    01 Mar 2012

    If revenues from voice services are ultimately doomed, someone forgot to tell Mark Amoss. Alex Hawkes talks to BT’s general manager of international voice sales and works.

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  • Ekinops: Transport to the future


    10 May 2012

    From simple beginnings, transport vendor Ekinops has fought to gain market share from the world’s largest vendors. Robert Anderson reports on how a pure transport player has found its place among the competition.

  • Internexa: Creating a new ecosystem

    10 May 2012

    Internexa has single handily created the most extensive terrestrial telecommunications network ever to grace Latin America. As its IP backbone continues to firmly take shape, Alex Hawkes discovers how the Colombian company plans to use it to help facilitate the growth of local content.

  • Huawei Marine Networks: Seeking trend setters


    01 Mar 2012

    It’s been just a few years since Huawei and Global Marine Systems joined forces to create Huawei Marine Networks, but already the company has helped reinvent the subsea cable industry. Angela Partington explores its depths.

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Is the death of traditional voice services an industry cliché or genuine reality?