Former UK Minister of State appointed as special advisor by independent ISP
4 March 2021
London ISP Community Fibre has announced the appointment of Lord Barwell to the board as a special advisor.
Appointments
Indigo Telecom Group eyes international expansion with CEO appointment
4 March 2021
Indigo Telecom Group, a global provider of telecom and data centre network support services, has announced the appointment of Ian Duggan as CEO effective immediately.
UK incumbent chair steps down
1 March 2021
BT Group has announced that Jan du Plessis will retire as chairman of the company this year, once a successor has been appointed.
Cardiff ISP expands senior team
2 February 2021
Spectrum, the Cardiff based broadband service provider, is continuing to expand its executive team with the appointments of Justin Leese as chief technical operations officer and Steve Cooper as chief delivery officer.
CommScope introduces new president and CEO
2 October 2020
Eddie Edwards, president and chief executive officer at CommScope has stepped down after 15 years of service.
NGMN Alliance names new CEO
26 June 2020
The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance has named Anita Döhler as new CEO and board director.
Openreach gains non-executive board member
14 May 2020
Openreach has appointed Andrew Barron as a non-executive member of its board, effective from 1 June.
MicroCare expands Asia team
7 October 2019
MicroCare has announced the promotion and expansion of its MicroCare Asia team.
British Fibre Networks builds senior team with two additions
2 January 2019
Bangor, Wales – British Fibre Networks has appointed two additions to its senior team, to help deliver on its aim to connect more than 35 per cent of new build homes to pure fibre by 2020.
Ciena names Jamie Jefferies as vice president and general manager, EMEA
16 October 2018
HANOVER, MD – Ciena has named Jamie Jefferies as vice president and general manager of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). An established industry veteran, Jamie will leverage his experience in-region as well as internationally to build upon Ciena’s current success in EMEA.
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As the pandemic underlines the value of the internet more than ever, its underlying technology is making one of its biggest transitions for years.
The data centre market is a particularly wide-ranging one, with one of the driving forces in recent years the emergence of the hyperscale data centre or cloud service provider.
As the world struggles to settle into the ‘new normal’, today’s optical networks need to be flexible in their architecture blueprint, while adapting to new technologies to provide the kinds of new capacity and service options to meet accelerated demand for higher bandwidth.
To address the undeniable growing demand for higher bandwidth, optical vendors have been playing their role with the development of various coherent optical transceivers for different areas of the market, each with its own set of design considerations.
The demand for bandwidth has unarguably skyrocketed in recent years, thanks largely to the increased appetite for online gaming, content streaming and social-media use.
The importance of reliable connectivity has never been more recognised than it is now. While ambitious targets have been in place across the world for fibre deployment for some time, the ongoing pandemic has served to push it to the forefront.
Looking into the future of telecommunications, it could be argued that AI and telcos will effectively transform each other, explains Raf Meersman
How do we, as an industry, build better broadband for a post-pandemic world? The answer could be fixed, suggests Stefaan Vanhastel
Altnets could be the key to connecting rural areas in 2021, argues Michael Armitage
A glance at the current market for fifth-generation coherent optics, and some of the latest developments available
