Telcos pull down hatches but sunlight can still shine through

BT Group only managed to achieve some minor business progress in the first six months of its financial year. Business technology journalist Antony Savvas warns it’s probably a sign of

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Network upgrades supported by easier deployment and testing

Telcos needing to upgrade their networks to serve new markets are being aided by more easily deployable technology and testing solutions to do it. Business technology journalist, Antony Savvas takes

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Mending the bridges between telcos and big tech

Over the past year, a number of telco CEOs have been queuing up to complain that over-the-top (OTT) cloud services companies don’t pay much towards the upkeep and expansion of

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Telcos move to drive faster fibre roll-outs

It’s been a busy week on the fibre roll-out front with various telcos stepping up their efforts to improve and widen services for businesses and consumers. Business technology journalist, Antony

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Why hybrid doesn’t have to mean hassle

Large scale in-person events are back with a bang, with hundreds of thousands of people gathering in-person for conferences, summits and tradeshows across the world. But is ‘in-person’ always necessary?

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BT seals data centre deal with BAI Communications to help deliver high speed mobile connectivity

BT announced the signing of a multi-million pound contract with BAI Communications (BAI), to deliver a core part of the company’s data centre requirements as it works with Transport for

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Telcos finally seeing a future without copper

The great copper network “switch-off” has been talked about by telcos for a number of years now, as they strive to cut costs and move to faster fibre services. Some

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World Broadband Association has launched

The WBBA is a new initiative, independently led by Informa Tech and powered by brands such as Omdia, Broadband World News, the Broadband World Forum, Light Reading and by the WBBA members,

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An emerging telco challenge at the potentially lucrative edge

It’s nice to see a telco seemingly ahead of the game when it comes to an emerging market growth area, namely the edge connectivity space, writes communications journalist, Antony Savvas.

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Fibre-derived data revenue a commercial opportunity being left in the ground

Despite the technical and commercial challenges of putting ‘full fibre’ or fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) infrastructure in place especially in countries with larger remote/rural populations the outweighing economic and social benefits are

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