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April
GBI chief Ahmed Mekky has set up the first regionally owned subsea network serving the Gulf, now with an overland back-up into Europe, and is considering expansion into data centres and services, he tells Alan Burkitt-Gray
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WiMax capacity is running out for Azerbaijan operator AzQtel, so the company is considering bids from vendors to replace the kit with TDD LTE, CEO Jayhun Mollazade tells Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Millicom, the Swedish company that trades under the name Tigo in Latin America and Africa, plans to expand from mobile voice to cable, mobile banking and other services, CEO Hans-Holger Albrecht tells Alan Burkitt-Gray
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March
Nasser Marafih, CEO of Qatar Telecom, explains why the company is changing all its businesses worldwide to a single brand, Ooredoo, as it plans network upgrades
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With a substantial investment by Roman Abramovich, Truphone is upgrading its infrastructure and plans to develop its services to the multinational corporate market. CEO Steve Robertson talks to Alan Burkitt-Gray
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With the initial success of Turkcell’s mobile wallet, the company is talking about international alliances, says CIO Ilker Kuruöz. It already sells its software to other operators, he tells Alan Burkitt-Gray
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February
International pre-pay phone company Lycamobile is already turning over €1 billion a year with 15 MVNOs. Now, CEO Milind Kangle tells Alan Burkitt-Gray, it is planning to launch into the US
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With the shift from voice to data, and the continued fall in ARPU, service providers have to find new ways of doing things and earning sustainable revenue, says Wipro SVP Ayan Mukerji. Interview by Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Engineer and physicist Sara Mazur was appointed to be the new head of Ericsson Research just as work began on a joint EU-funded project that will lead to 5G communications by 2020. Interview by Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Verizon looks after not just the carriers that want to use his network to reach their customers, but those Verizon needs for its last-mile connections for enterprises
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After 25 years as a banker with Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch, Eva Castillo is CEO of Telefónica Europe. What does her experience offer in the challenging world of European telecoms? Interview by Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Cisco has deepened its relationship with operators, says the company’s Edwin Paalvast. The company has expanded into location-based systems, cloud networking and other services for fixed and mobile providers
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International calling company IDT Telecom hopes to launch its international money transfer service within weeks, says VP Alfredo O’Hagan. The business will start between the US and Latin America
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Stéphane Richard and fellow CEOs believe the EU’s telecoms market is too fragmented, but the France Telecom CEO does not think the European Commission is coming up with the right answers, the tells Alan Burkitt-Gray
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January
Since emerging from the Irish equivalent of Chapter 11, Eircom has appointed a new CEO and CFO. Richard Moat tells Alan Burkitt-Gray of the new role of the CFO in developing the recovery strategy
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Despite financial difficulties, Ben Verwaayen says the Bell Labs is what makes Alcatel-Lucent different, but R&D must be done with the customer in mind. Interview by Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Michael Tsamaz has led the revival of Greek incumbent OTE, which also owns mobile unit Cosmote, by taking tough measures in a challenging economy. Interview by Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Genband CEO Charles Vogt has an enviable record of driving growth since he took over in 2004, but the challenges are not over, as end users go for OTT services and the industry consolidates and reorganises