Deutsche Telekom has appointed the Chief Technology Officer of its Hungarian subsidiary to handle its German operations, with former home market CTO Bruno Jacobfeuerborn now set to focus on his Group responsibilities.

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

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.

Deutsche Telekom's Bruno Jacobfeuerborn has been formally presented with his CTO of the Year award, and said building relationships internally and with customers was central to his win.

Vodafone has opened the first open Internet of Things lab devoted to narrowband technology and completed a smart parking trial in Turkey.

Telenor Connexion has appointed its first Chief Technology Officer, as it looks to develop new solutions for the Internet of Things.

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.

Deutsche Telekom's Bruno Jacobfeuerborn has been crowned Mobile Europe's third annual CTO of the Year, after being hailed as the complete CTO.

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.

Mobile Europe will announce its CTO of the Year 2016 on 6 April. In the run up to next week's announcement, we are profiling each of the shortlisted nominees. Today we look at Proximus's Geert Standaert.

Mobile Europe will announce its CTO of the Year 2016 on 6 April. In the run up to next week's announcement, we are profiling each of the shortlisted nominees. Today we look at Orange Romania's Stefan Slavnicu.

Mobile Europe will announce its CTO of the Year 2016 on 6 April. Over the next few weeks, we will profile each of the shortlisted nominees. Today we look at MTS's Andrei Ushatskiy.

Mobile Europe will announce its CTO of the Year 2016 on 6 April. Over the next few weeks, we will profile each of the shortlisted nominees. First is Deutsche Telekom's Bruno Jacobfeuerborn.

Vimpelcom is planning to take its virtualisation plans to Russia later this year, after announcing a wide-ranging project at this year's Mobile World Congress.