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

MainOne’s founding mission was to bring Internet access to Nigeria. While some of its efforts have paid off, battles must still be waged on many fronts

There are ambitious plans to keep Ethernet at the forefront of data center networks

Having more international connectivity in Australia is great, though is likely to disincentive content caching and increase the flow of international traffic, says James Braunegg, managing director of Micron21

Fast-growing hyperscale data centers have a huge demand for cabling 

Data has to be located close to people and devices: Edge could mean a new surge of strength for telcos

Terrorists and Russia are highlighted as risks to international connectivity

After years spent in military labs, laser communications satellites are ready to provide an alternative to submarine cables

The cloud is ready, but governments should not regulate and tax it

Engineers are hard to convince but SDN will become the norm, says Charles Ferland from Nuage Networks

Deployment has been gradual so far, but software defined networking (SDN) is set to take off