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European Communications discusses the latest telecom trends with telco executives, analysts and topic experts viainsightful analysis, Q&As and opinion pieces.

#MWC13 Operator CEOs tout their latest plans for the LTE-Cloud era

The keynotes at Mobile World Congress are always a chance for heads of the world’s biggest operators to have a good old moan about something or other, and this year was no exception.

#MWC13 Race for 4G LTE monetisation hots up

Last year was, according to Nokia Siemens Networks CEO Rajiv Suri, “the year of LTE”.

“Content providers view telcos as being challenging to deal with," says Telenor exec

Andrew Kvalseth, head of strategy at Telenor Digital Services, speaks exclusively to European Communications about how telcos can succeed in the content space.

Interview with Benoit Scheen, FT-Orange senior EVP in Europe

Benoit Scheen is responsible for a large chunk of FT-O’s revenues in Europe and, therefore, navigating the company through some testing times.

European Communications launches latest survey

Monetising the content that operators are increasingly providing to their customers is of critical importance and the subject of European Communications Q1 2013 survey.

Click here to take the survey and share your views.

Top 10 events of 2012: Part Two

In the first part of our look back at the European telecoms space in 2012, we focused on some of the more challenging events affecting operators.

In part two, we will look at some of the more optimistic events of the past 12 months as we think about how telcos and the communications space will evolve in the near future.

Top 10 events of 2012: Part One

Had a quiet last 12 months? Unlikely if you’ve been involved in European telecoms in any shape or form.

DT lays the foundations for growth with investment and cost-cutting programme

Deutsche Telekom has set out its stall for a return to revenue growth in 2014 with a new programme of investment and cost-cutting measures.

Slim-line NSN profits and adds grist to the vendor M&A mill

After the flurry of disposals that followed Nokia Siemens Networks’ announcement in November last year that it is focusing exclusively on mobile broadband, it had gone rather quiet on the sale front.