There were differences of opinion concerning Open RAN, edge, hyperscalers and the move to cloud native and more. Annie Turner reports.

Ingeborg Øfsthus, CTO of Telenor Norway, talked to Annie Turner about building and operating world-beating networks in extremely hostile terrain.

Vodafone Spain is restructuring its tech division in line with group strategy. Reports says Ismael Asenjo decided to leave.

Walter Goldenits CTO of Deutsche Telekom’s German operator, Telekom Deutschland, talks about competition and partnerships, and delivering digitisation and 5G with Annie Turner.

Annie Turner talks to Alexander Stock about the operator’s strategy and his leadership in the midst of a pandemic – reframing what is possible now and in future.

Sponsored: 5G promises a fascinating future filled with what was sci-fi material mere decades ago.We’re heading toward a greener, safer, and more connected world.

We held a virtual roundtable with the nine CTOs and CTIOs from operators shortlisted for our CTO of the Year Awards 2020, from diverse markets. The discussion was lively, illuminating and wide ranging.

Jan Hruška has worked at O2 Czech Republic for 16 years and as CTO for the last two and a half.

Scott Petty has been CTO of Vodafone UK since February 2018 and at the company for over 11 years. Prior to becoming CTO, he was Group Enterprise Technology Director. He spoke to Annie Turner.

MYCOM OSI is sponsoring our CTO of the Year Awards. Its President and CTO, Mounir Ladki, explains why the company attaches so much importance to the CTO’s role.

Romania is a successful and pioneering market for Orange Group as its CTO, Emmanuel Chautard, explained to Annie Turner.

Johan Wibergh won Group CTO of the Year Award 2018: here he explains why he's so committed to telecoms. Got a minute? This year it could be you or someone you nominate.

Telco networks need a “makeover”, according to a new report from McKinsey, and CTOs must support business transformation.

Ericsson’s Group Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Erik Ekudden, has put forward the idea of creating ‘national CTO’ positions.

KPN has created a new Chief Technology and Digital Officer role and appointed the CTIO of MTN Group to lead its technology, systems and network infrastructure operations.

Three UK CTO Bryn Jones has left the operator, with the technology duties being split around the business to reflect the ongoing softwarisation of telecoms.

Swisscom CTO Heinz Herren is stepping down from his position after 17 years at the company, with the CEO of a digitisation software engineering company set to replace him.