More on EMEA Telco Leaders – Page 6
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Enterprise (B2B)O2 poaches Vodafone MVNO client Lyca to part-plug 1&1 gap
Lyca Mobile Germany migrates from Vodafone to O2 in latest MVNO coup for the operating business.
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PeopleVM O2 chief Lutz Schüler takes leave of absence
CEO gets ‘positive’ prognosis, steps back to allow for surgery recovery. CFO takes helm on interim basis. Log in to read more…
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Partnerships & AlliancesMeta ends peering relationship with Deutsche Telekom in Germany
War of words erupts between DT and Meta in the dispute over who should pay for data traffic.
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Strategy & ChangeT-Mobile ups enterprise momentum with three-pronged approach
Callie Field sets out key strategies to drive up T-Mobile’s share of this ‘under-penetrated’ market.
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Partnerships & AlliancesBT, Orange kick off industry effort to cut energy use in fibre network
BT Group, Orange, and key equipment suppliers are to set standards at the Broadband Forum for more energy-efficient fibre broadband equipment.
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Innovation (R&D)Celfocus: Project Sylva enables enterprise for new connectivity solutions like MPN
Evolving at breakneck speed, the open-source cloud‑native platform is highlighting opportunities to unlock solutions development as well as greater efficiency for telco cloud. Telco SI Celfocus pinpoints streamlined mobile private network propositions to advance delivery of connected enterprise experiences.
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Innovation (R&D)BT tightens GenAI cost and security control with AWS
BT Group’s Digital unit teams with AWS to build GenAI Gateway internal platform that gives engineers a flexible and responsible way to scale use cases across the organisation.
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Partnerships & AlliancesEyebrows raised as Deutsche Telekom joins association of fibre rivals
Deutsche Telekom has become a member of fibre access association BUGLAS, but not everyone is happy about it.
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PeopleVodafone Peoplewatch: regulatory affairs newcomers; divestment strategy prompts change
35+ senior and strategic changes across the Group and its investments, including: several regulatory affairs appointments; procurement changes under Kenny Graham; divestments principal brought in to lead Spanish and Italian exits; more across Group interests in Europe, India, Africa, Australia…
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Consumer (B2C)OpenAI: Altman to assign ‘best people’ to T-Mobile churn challenge
OpenAI CEO bullish on commercial potential of AI tie-up with T-Mobile, based on letting its platform explore operator’s “massive pools of data” for better and more rapid support decisioning.
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OperationsTelefónica Hispam CEO: upskilling ‘crucial’ to overcoming LatAm challenges
Alfonso Gómez Palacio says generative AI and “democratised” access to digital services set to help with training employees.
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Network & InfrastructureVi delivers ‘quick win capex’ in kit vendor mega deal
Ericsson and Nokia re-up Vi relationship, Samsung added to partner roster.
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M&Astc said to be back in Telefónica stake-building mode
Saudi operator reportedly considering increasing Telefónica stake beyond 9.9% should Spanish gov approve September 2023 share purchase.
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Suppliers & SCMVodafone’s scaleup hothouse pivots to address telco ‘risk aversion’
Connected Britain: Tomorrow Street CEO Kenny Graham talks up JV’s role in educating Vodafone execs of need to take risks to leverage emerging technology.
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Products & ServicesDT teams with Perplexity on new ‘Magenta AI’ help tool
Group set to bring expanded AI info-gathering and support features into My Magenta customer app, using Perplexity engine.
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M&ATelefónica, Asterion ‘select finalists’ for data centre sale
Goldman Sachs, Igneo Infrastructure Partners, and Wren House among candidates reportedly selected to purchase Nabiax.
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Strategy & ChangeT-Mobile lifts 5G FWA user target into double figure millions
Factors behind target expansion include advancements in network and device quality, more spectrum, and precision marketing.
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Strategy & ChangeSeven years in, Liberty CEO says it’s time to ‘think about’ Vodafone JV’s future
Mike Fries suggests seven years of co-ownership with Vodafone may be long enough as internal discussions turn more acutely to Dutch JV’s future.
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Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica said to expand API push with Microsoft distribution tie-up
Close partners reportedly finalise deal to market Spanish group’s network APIs on Azure Marketplace.
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EventwatchDT’s Höttges swings for extra AI gains
CEO bigs up Group’s AI efforts, while railing against excessive bureaucracy in this field.