Backhaul and power remain the biggest obstacles for deploying small cells outdoors, the CTIO of Tele2 Estonia has claimed.

The reluctance of European operators to deploy small cells has forced vendors to think more intelligently about their solutions, a Nokia executive has said.

Dark fibre is essential for operators to deliver on the promise of HetNet and small cells-based networks, the CTO of O2 UK has claimed.

Legendary baseball coach Yogi Berra's famous quote that 'it's deja vu all over again' springs to mind when considering the European small cell market. Every year we are on the cusp of growth. It doesn't transpire and 12 months later the same predictions emerge.

Vending machines and cars seem at opposite ends of the connectivity scale, with one static and other as mobile as they come, but together both products have been at the centre of attempts to make an IoT solution global.

Europe is keen to gain back the ground lost to Asia and the United States during the LTE generation, with the European Union joining telcos in developing the road to 5G.

Technology is at the heart of good customer experience, Mobile Europe CTO of the Year 2016 winner Bruno Jacobfeuerborn has said in an exclusive video interview.

T-Mobile Czech Republic is bringing forward its plans to switch off its 3G network as it looks to refarm its spectrum for LTE and 5G, its CTO has claimed in an exclusive vide interview.

Network sharing projects are coming of age, as operators realise they can benefit from the sharing of hardware while maintaining competition, Vimpelcom's CTO has claimed in an exclusive video interview.

Operators need to work harder to solve issues with VoLTE interconnection, the CTO of Turkcell has said in an exclusive video interview.

Small cells are a critical means of improving customer experience, the CTO of Proximus has said in an exclusive video interview, but partnerships are essential to ensure they can be installed on the right sites.

Getting the right staff in place is arguably operators' biggest challenge as they move towards virtualisation, Orange's Senior Vice President, Technology Europe has said in an exclusive video interview.

Bruno Jacobfeuerborn has dedicated his CTO of the Year 2016 win to his colleagues at Deutsche Telekom, saying it underlines the importance of the technology leadership from the operator.

Mobile Europe will announce its CTO of the Year 2016 on 6 April. In the run up to this week's announcement, we are profiling each of the shortlisted nominees. Today we look at the final contender - Turkcell's Ilker Kuruoz.