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October
To mark this 100th issue of Global Telecoms Business, we asked for your suggestions of the most influential people in the telecoms industry. Alan Burkitt-Gray introduces the GTB 100
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Akil Beshir is leading Telecom Egypt into a competitive world — though at home that will be 12 months later than he expected. Meanwhile the company is reducing tariffs in expectation of a new fixed-line operator and is building up its role at the junction of the world's biggest international cable networks. By Alan Burkitt-Gray
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It's half-way through Sol Trujillo's five-year transformation programme at Telstra, but now he's looking 10 or 15 years ahead. He tells Alan Burkitt-Gray about the future of wireless and the coming renaissance for fixed line
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Telecoms operators need to use better business intelligence so that managers can take decisions and can tackle key issues such as revenue leakage, asset management, customer contact and the perennial problem of churn. Co-sponsored feature: Hewlett-Packard
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August
CommuniGate Systems explains how it enables network operators to deliver unified communications in the software-as-a-service model to small and medium enterprises. Co-sponsored feature: CommuniGate Systems
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Eutelsat is offering telecoms operators a chance to deliver ADSL-quality broadband to those far-away places beyond the reach of conventional technology. Trials are underway, but a new satellite is under construction, CEO Giuliano Berretta tells Alan Burkitt-Gray
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The Fibre to the Home Council has been testing out Jakob Nielsen's law about the rapid growth of bandwidth — and a sample of European countries shows that it does predict demand, writes Joeri Van Bogaert
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Rohit Adya is CEO of one of the biggest divisions of Vodafone Essar — formerly Hutchison Essar — in India. He speaks to Jamie Anderson about the challenges of moving from urban to rural markets, and how the company is moving beyond the 'hygiene factors' of coverage and quality to differentiate itself with low-income consumers
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Customers are buying more mobile TV handsets in countries that are offering free-to-air services, and this may be a way to drive penetration, ready for a later launch of paid-for content, writes Peter White. Reluctant operators need a strategy if they are to avoid losing out to the broadcasters
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July
News analysis: China. It's been rumoured and discussed for years, but the Chinese government has now reorganised its telecoms operators into three rival businesses with fixed and mobile operations. Kim Hunter Gordon reports from Beijing the choices ahead of the executives in charge
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Global business leaders Sol Trujillo of Telstra and Jim Goodnight of SAS met in London to discuss the challenges of leading high-performance organisations in an era of rapid transformation. What customers want and need comes first, both agreed
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View from the Top: Quintin Lew of Verizon. With the right proposition and purchase flexibility, small and medium businesses will keep investing to ensure they survive any recession
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Competition for NTT DoCoMo has strengthened in its home market of Japan, but the company is cutting costs and focussing more on corporate accounts, says CFO Masayuki Hirata. Meanwhile it has changed its international investment strategy, and is also investing in production companies to create new programming for mobile TV, he tells Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Still think of satellite company Iridium as just one of the failures of the dotcom era? Think again: now it is making $300m revenue a year and $100m EBITDA. New CEO Matt Desch faces a challenge as the satellite fleet reaches old age, but he's confident of raising $2.7bn in the next few years to launch a new one, he tells Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Strategic cooperation and orderly competition is the way ahead as the industry faces challenges of price erosion and credit crunch, says Wei Zaisheng, the CFO of ZTE
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Telecoms operators know their customers better than anyone else, says Juniper CEO Scott Kriens, and they can use that information to challenge the internet-based content companies and others that are competing against the traditional service providers
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In the March/April 2008 issue of Global Telecoms Business we looked at how BT manages its research and innovation. In this interview Thierry Bonhomme, head of research and innovation at France Telecom, discusses Orange's strategy to use its labs in Europe, the US, the Middle East and China, to be embedded in the national ecosystems where the company does business
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People in the West are accustomed to the benefits of technology, says Alcatel-Lucent's Olivier Baujard, but it makes the difference between having a decent life or not, he tells Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Within months of moving from BT, where he helped create the 21CN programme, Paul Reynolds is doing it all again — as CEO of Telecom New Zealand. But there are key differences in the approach, he tells Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Bidding for Egypt's second national operator licence should be complete by September, and the new competitor will help the country take advantage of opportunities in outsourcing and content services, says the communications minister, Tarek Kamel
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April
Interview: US-based operator AT&T is to boost its spending on services for multinational enterprises this year. Bill Archer tells Alan Burkitt-Gray how the company decided on its priorities for the investment programme
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Innovation roundtable: Are femtocells a solution looking for a problem, or are they the technology that will make wireless broadband — including mobile TV and video calling — really possible in the home? Global Telecoms Business and ZTE invited leading mobile executives from around the world to discuss the issues
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What does a company such as BT get from its massive spend on research and development? Access to the world's scientists and the ability to form an opinion, the chief scientist tells Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Interview: The CEO of market leader Bharti Airtel is struggling to maintain growth in the face of a shortage of spectrum, but he sees big prospects, though lower revenue, in rural areas. Manoj Kohli explains his strategy to Sonya Dutta Choudhury
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Newly privatised Maltacom decided to adopt a unified brand to show customers and employees that four separate divisions had become one. Alan Burkitt-Gray interviews CEO David Kay
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Stephanie Liston of Ofcom and the organisation Women in Telecoms and Technology asks why there aren't more women making a contribution at a senior level in telecoms companies
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It's possible for telecoms companies to use so-called offshore suppliers of technology and services with a clear conscience, but first they should ensure their procurement is responsible and sustainable, writes Meryl Bushell
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View from the Top: Gareth Williams of Interoute. Businesses have been quick to adopt new technologies to promote the efficiency of executives over the last decade, but there's still further benefits to be gained
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View from the Top: Jon Doyle of CommuniGate. Smart network operators should learn a lesson from Salesforce.com and offer software services to small and medium enterprises
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February
The mobile world was surprised at the end of 2007 when Verizon decided to break from its traditional wireless technology path and join the GSM community's route to 4G. Dick Lynch, CTO of Verizon Wireless and now of the whole group, tells Alan Burkitt-Gray of his decision to work with Vodafone on the industry's long-term evolution to the next generation
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Kuwaiti-based operator Zain claims success for its One Network strategy in Africa, allowing Celtel customers across 12 nations to make and receive cross-border calls at local rates. Now it plans to introduce the scheme in Saudi Arabia and its other Middle East operators, says CEO Saad Al Barrak
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BT insists it is more than a telecoms company. Boosted by acquisitions in strategic markets, Global Services is aiming to contribute half group income. Claire Rigby interviews Luis Álvarez Satorre, the executive in charge of operations across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America
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It's nearly a year since the networks operations of Nokia and Siemens came together, and the company has had to move faster than it expected, says CEO Simon Beresford-Wylie. Its heart remains in Finland and Germany, but increasingly the business is in Asia, he tells Alan Burkitt-Gray
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The good news is that 48 million more Western European households will get broadband over the next six years, says Pete Nuthall. The bad news for ISPs is that churn will rise as customers look for better deals
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After success in winning urban business in one of Africa's richest countries, Zain's Celtel has turned to an innovative market strategy to find customers in poor and under-served areas of Nigeria's countryside. Within months of starting, the programme has had remarkable results, report Jamie Anderson and Ronan Moaligou
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View from the Top: David Sharma of Telus highlights the need for the right global partnerships as carriers look for growth outside their home markets