The retail industry can be demanding customers. Are the Edge network providers ready to satisfy their needs?

New to these parts? Start here for the basic introduction

How SMART repeaters could help the fight against global warming

Automation can be a double-edged sword in the network arena. What we need is intelligent automation

Why a subsea cable to the edge of Antarctica might not lessen the South Pole’s reliance on satellites

Quantum computers are still in development. But the quantum Internet may be closer than you think

ICANN and RIPE NCC want no part in deciding whether to disconnect Russia, but is that a stance in and of itself?

What happened in 2014, and what happens when RuNet comes to Ukraine

Could a submarine cable finally be close to connecting the last unconnected continent?

The tides of subsea cable trends are changing rapidly amid new investments and development

Edge applications need new levels of network support. Can our existing content delivery networks provide that, or do we need a new approach?

Alphabet’s high altitude balloons were going to connect rural areas and usher in a new era of sub-satellite comms. Has its closure shut the door on a whole industry?

Our wireless world depends on a few hundred fiber cables laid on the ocean floor

Delay-tolerant networks ask you to imagine an Internet where connectivity isn’t guaranteed

Part two of our interview with the man behind packet switching

Part one of our huge interview with one of the key people behind the modern connected world

The Edge will rely on 5G and other radio communications which can be expensive and proprietary. OpenRAN might change that, but it’s still being finished

Edge applications aren’t the same as cloud ones, so they don’t need the same hardware

Keeping 5G infrastructure running 24x7 will require new approaches to remote management and maintenance

Which countries have got 5G, what standards are in use, and how important are they for telcos?

We talk to Loon's CTO about what Alphabet is up to

It's finally coming, and data center networks will have to adjust

When fiber and cellular coverage let you down, the answer could lie in a higher power

Amazon has announced a satellite broadband service. But by the time it is in the skies, there will be lots of other options

Rami Rahim wants to sell licenses, not boxes

Over the next few years, telecommunications networks will have to scale up - and it could be the defining moment for open source software

Data centers look so squeaky clean, it’s hard to believe they can be involved in anything illegal, but you would be surprised what DCD has experienced in our years on the beat

Where will the Edge be implemented? For many people, it will be located at the telephone exchanges and cell towers which are close to end-users and devices