The British Empire encircled the globe, but had to rely on Egypt to tighten its grip

Understanding the Middle East bottleneck, and how things could be set to change

As investors finally build data centers for Africa’s emerging technical generation, will the continent get the infrastructure it needs?

How the industry helped one local cloud provider in a time of crisis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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