Nick Wood looks at how operators are pursuing tower spinoffs and network sharing deals with renewed vigour, as they grapple with the cost of deploying 5G, coverage in-fill and stiff competition.

Simon Navin, Head of High Definition Roads at Ordnance Survey, explains how OS is building an asset management data service using AI, plus fleets of vehicles with camers and sensors.

As full-fibre deployments recover from lockdown disruption, FTTH market fundamentals look healthy, but challenges remain for network rollout and customer take-up, writes Michelle Donegan.

Operators typically spend 80% of budget on integration & routine ops, leaving very little to invest in new innovative services and technologies.

Interest in satellite-based 5G services is reaching new heights. Governments need to fill coverage gaps; verticals want connectivity to address their specific needs, writes Nick Wood.

Caroline Gabriel, Research Director, Rethink Research, warns that enthusiasm is veering dangerously close to hype, and O-RAN is not guaranteed to succeed.

Jonatan Matsson, Partner at Kearney writes that while Covid-19 has been damaging, it's created an opportunity for telcos to diversify, enhance and refine their portfolios.

Grant Lenahan and Francis Haysom explore how the communications world has changed dramatically, and cloud-based technologies are accelerating this change.

An exclusive interview with Mr Lim Chinn Hwa, Senior Director (Smart Nation Platform Solutions), GovTech Singapore, and keynote speaker at our virtual event, 5G: Performing at the Edge.

The implementation has increased the speed and efficiency of testing for one of the world’s five largest SAP S/4HANA implementations with 200% faster automated test cases.

NaaS can feel like an abstract concept, and misconceptions abound about what it is and what's possible. Blue Planet’s Kailem Anderson explains that NaaS has measurable and quantifiable benefits that are achievable today.

Just to get your week kick-started, Dean Bubley of Disruptive Wireless has a rant about 5G myths….

 Will OpenRAN's mainstream adoption spell the end of an era for incumbent vendors or is the technology too immature to meet customers’ demands? Graeme Neill reports.

Helmut Reisinger, CEO of Orange Business Services, recently talked to Annie Turner the division’s evolution and progress over the last highly eventful year.