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December
Once just a regional carrier in Canada, Telus has transformed itself in seven years to become a national player that works with hundreds of operators worldwide. Now it is beginning the next stage: marketing innovative products and services on the world market. Alan Burkitt-Gray interviews Karen Radford, president of Telus Partner Solutions
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VSNL, part of the Tata industrial group, has transformed itself in five years from being the state-owned monopoly international gateway to India into a company with a global wholesale network and a developing broadband interest at home. Sonya Dutta Choudhury interviews Srinath Narasimhan, the executive who has led the change
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Malin Frenning heads the newly unified wholesale business of TeliaSonera, and is strengthening the network to deliver services for HDTV, gaming and other services
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A wholesale company which offers international operators a virtual presence in European markets is expanding to deliver ethernet connectivity, says CEO Andreas Hipp
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October
A booming Canadian economy and an increasing multinational presence make it critical for carriers to make the right connection providers. Co-sponsored feature: Telus
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Kevin Power follows his article in the last issue by questioning whether operators are living up to the promise of the death of distance. Mobile operators are still reluctant to reduce tariffs, but competition looms
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August
How do you provide a service level agreement when it's hard for you and your customers to understand your complex tariffs? David Small, head of Verizon's wholesale operations in the US, has been tidying up the legacy of a series of mergers in order to guarantee operators get what they pay for
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Leader interview: David Rowe of Easynet. What did Rupert Murdoch want with a telecoms operator that ran its fibres along Britain's canals? But since the deal Easynet has found itself at the heart of a huge broadband offer and able to compete for large enterprise business, says CEO David Rowe, and now it's building network to China
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July
Customers deserve better that they get now from telecoms companies, says Jim Marsh of Cable & Wireless. The poor service record of the past means customers hold little faith in delivery. Providers must evolve from supplier to partner. View from the Top: Jim Marsh of Cable & Wireless
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June
With mobile at saturation, the fixed market is the place to go for growth in Russia. But that's not second best, says Jean-Pierre Vandromme of Golden Telecom: demand for broadband and the expanding business market is driving growth to huge levels. Cover interview: Jean-Pierre Vandromme of Golden Telecom
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April
Cover interview: Kathie Morrissey of AT&T. A triple merger has almost recreated the classic AT&T in the depth and scope that the former Ma Bell used to have. But technology and the industry have moved fast, and the new group is now investing heavily to serve operators and companies in other industries in India, Saudi Arabia, Europe and other parts of the world. In charge of the wholesale operation is Kathie Morrissey, who has seen the company through the changes of the past few years and is now developing its portfolio for different sectors
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Only a few years after the collapse of the internet and telecommunications bubbles, a new generation of the internet is transforming the rules of the game for many sectors of the economy including notably, and ironically, the dynamics of its telecommunications and IT 'parents', say Jürgen Morath and Martyn Rötter
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Co-sponsored feature: cVidya. If you're using your network to deliver content to customers — and who isn't? — you face a dual risk, says Alon Aginsky of cVidya. First, you lose out when system faults mean you can't collect the revenue from a customer. Second, you still have to pay a share of the money to the content originator, even though you were unable to collect it. No wonder CFOs are worried