Tele2’s M2M business is just over a year old and has been making waves with a number of high profile announcements. The division’s head discusses what makes them different

Bill Ahlstrom, who took up his new position as President and CEO of the TM Forum in June, gives his view on the state of European telecoms.

Eurocomms.com: How would you assess the progress that operators have made over the past 12 months with regard to understanding the behaviour of their customers through big data initiatives?

Backhaul and bandwidth-on-demand are discussed with Rob Casey, Director of Product Management at CENX.

Data security challenges and the shift to automation are the topics discussed with CSG Invotas’ Paul Nguyen

Eurocomms.com: What is the potential business value of the data available within CSPs?

Coleago Consulting Director Chris Buist discusses the latest network sharing deals in the UK and France

Orange Healthcare CEO Thierry Zylberberg discusses the latest m-health trends.

T-Systems UK chief executive Casper Malig discusses the hot topics in the enterprise market.

Eurocomms.com: What stage do you believe SDN is at now – hype or reality – and how will it evolve over the next 12 months?

Upstream CEO Marco Veremis discusses the latest trends in mobile marketing.

Eurocomms.com: From a telco perspective, what are the biggest opportunities that mobile marketing provides currently?

Cambridge Broadband Networks Ltd (CBNL) chief executive Lionel Chmilewsky discusses the latest mobile backhaul trends

Eurocomms.com: What key trends are impacting the business case of modern backhaul networks?