All interviews

Telecoms needs to profit from everyone else’s dependence on it, says E&Y's Jonathan Dharmapalan

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The telecoms industry is growing fast, and other industries’ dependence on it is growing too. Operators need to work out ways of benefiting from the value they create, says Ernst & Young’s Jonathan Dharmapalan

Dan Mead, CEO of Verizon Wireless, tells how world’s biggest LTE operator strives to maintain quality

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Verizon Wireless almost two-thirds of the world’s LTE subscribers. CEO Dan Mead explains how the company took an early lead in the new technology and is striving to maintain its position as US competition builds up

New director general Anne Bouverot sets GSMA’s priorities for ‘the third wave of mobile’

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Former Orange executive Anne Bouverot is the new head of the mobile industry’s GSM Association. In her first interview since taking office, she tells Alan Burkitt-Gray that the industry has to adapt to being a mature business after a long period of growth

Karl Thedéen, CEO of Transmode, on the vendor behind Europe’s biggest mobile backhaul contract

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

There were two surprises when mobile infrastructure company MBNL awarded a £100m backhaul contract: the operator and the vendor. Karl Thedéen, CEO of equipment company Transmode, explains the background

Manage online persona as technology blurs home and work gap, says Genband's Charlie Vogt

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

You should be able to control your online persona and the communications methods available to work colleagues or to friends and family. Mass personalisation is the answer, says Genband CEO Charlie Vogt

Cyta’s cables link Europe with Asia and Africa, says director Yiannis Koulias

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Cyprus is a member of the European Union yet is a short hop from the coasts of Africa and the Middle East, and incumbent operator Cyta gains valuable business acting as a connecting point for all, says wholesale chief Yiannis Koulias

VimpelCom retains brands but aims to save $2.5bn in synergies, says CEO Jo Lunder

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

After last year’s merger VimpelCom’s two big beasts are Beeline in Russia and Wind in Italy, but the group extends from Canada to Cambodia and CEO Jo Lunder wants to centralise equipment purchasing and roaming deals

Everyone can offer fibre, but good quality is the differentiator, says Stefan Amon of Telekom Austria Group

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

As wholesale operators seek to make themselves stand out in the commoditised fibre market, Stefan Amon says quality is the selling point

SoftBank aims at 97% coverage for TD-LTE network , says CTO Yoshioki Chika

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

SoftBank has already soft-launched its TD-LTE mobile broadband network, using a dense network of microcells, with a commercial launch planned before the end of February

Tikona signs up 220,000 for wifi alternative to broadband wireless, says CEO Prakash Bajpai

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Indian operators are complaining that they do not have enough spectrum to satisfy demand for broadband wireless. One, though, has taken a radical alternative — licence-free wifi — and already has 220,000 customers

New opportunities to sell roaming services to customers, says Syniverse CEO Jeff Gordon

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Operators should make use of the information they already have about their customers to be proactive about selling data roaming services

Infrastructure sharing is France’s FTTH route, says regulator Philippe Distler

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The French regulator wants rival telecoms providers to invest in their own infrastructure, but to share facilities where possible, in a 15-20 year FTTH plan, says Philippe Distler, director general of Arcep

Everything Everywhere looks to use owners to build M2M business, says VP Marc Overton

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The UK joint venture of Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom sees wholesale opportunities in working with its two parents to offer international services, says M2M head Marc Overton

Jim Crowe plans budget to expand Level 3 further after Global Crossing merger

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Only weeks after the completion of Level 3’s merger with Global Crossing, CEO Jim Crowe is looking at further expansion plans. He wants to own infrastructure and he tells Alan Burkitt-Gray which areas of the world he’s considering

MTS in $1bn plan to fibre Moscow’s homes, says CEO Andrei Dubovskov

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

ADSL delivering two to three megabits a second is not enough for Muscovites, believes MTS, the mobile operator that now owns Moscow’s fixed phone network. CEO Andrei Dubovskov wants every home to get 100 megabits or more via FTTH

The gigaworld is coming, says Steve Zhu of Huawei, and the industry will need to rethink

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Data traffic will increase more than 500 times in the next decade, warns Huawei’s Steve Zhu. The industry needs to prepare for the new gigaworld

Liquid Telecom challenges monopolies with 13,500km Africa network, says CEO Nic Rudnick

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The submarine cables connecting the coasts of Africa to the world are driving demand for a $400m investment in a seven-country fibre network, Liquid Telecom CEO Nic Rudnick tells Alan Burkitt-Gray

Telecom innovation at risk, says Wipro VP Jeff Heenan-Jalil

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Top equipment makers’ revenue has fallen dramatically in the past decade, and with it their spending on innovation. Wipro VP Jeff Heenan-Jalil wonders what they have to do to survive, and offers some answers