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.

Orange Belgium on Monday named Stefan Slavnicu as its new chief technology officer, effective in September.

Nokia has established a new technology committee with the remit of reviewing its innovation and technology strategies.

Vodafone Group's Johan Wibergh and Turkcell's Gediz Sezgin were the big winners at Mobile Europe and European Communications' CTO of the Year awards, where tech leaders from across Europe took part in an exclusive industry roundtable.

TIM Chief Technology Officer Giovanni Ferigo has been appointed the CEO of the operator's INWIT wireless infrastructure arm.

The road to 5G has become a cliche in discussions about next generation technology, but sometimes you need to take stock of how far you have travelled already.

Mobile Europe is seeking entries for its fifth annual CTO of the Year Awards, which celebrate technology excellence and innovation at network operators.

The CTO of VEON Group has urged operators to truly embrace end-to-end transformation in order to reap the benefits of 5G.

MTS is just one of Russia's operators gearing up for the summer's football World Cup in the country and CTO Andrei Ushatsky is banking on distributed antenna systems to connect the tens of thousands of fans set to attend.

European operators have been dubbed as the losers in innovation compared to their counterparts in Asia and the United States by an analyst firm.

Vodafone UK CTO Jorge Fernandes is stepping down, Mobile Europe can reveal, and will be replaced by an insider from the operator’s business division.

Network transformation will lead to a "necessary" change in skills across telecoms, according to the Group CTO of TIM, who warns those with legacy competencies could be under threat.

Fifty years ago, amid the year of the Summer of Love, the Six Day War, iconic albums from The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Velvet Underground, Telenor Research launched its first project.

Dark clouds may be swirling around some of the industry's major vendors as explosive growth in China slows and 5G remains tantilisingly on the horizon, but Ericsson's new CTO is maintaining a Silicon Valley optimism about the years ahead.

The success of 5G will depend on the health and strength of an operator's network today, according to the CTO of Sunrise.