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Elsewhere in TMUS: Uncarrier network failures and further bedding in
Politically untimely network failure riles FCC as TMUS seeks to bed in Sprint merger.
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Network & Infrastructure
Televisa pits Izzi against Telcel dominance
Cut-price offering from quad-play service provider is the latest attempt to dethrone Carlos Slim in Mexico. Televisa making use of Mexico’s wholesale-only LTE infrastructure at a time when mobile competitors are re-examining business models to drive efficiency.
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Suppliers & SCM
Vodafone backs lobbyist drive for Huawei alternatives
New group effectively the political wing of operator-led efforts to develop an open RAN ecosystem, with major integrated network vendors conspicuously absent.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone takes seat on Open RAN policy board
US interests dominate the new Open RAN Policy Coalition, but Vodafone will have a board presence within the 30 member-strong lobbying group.
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Financial & Performance
TMUS’ Sievert: AT&T and Verizon privately fought Sprint merger
Q1 call sees new CEO Sievert riff on familiar Legere-era themes, taking aim at rival duo on pricing and service. COVID-19 impact still being assessed, but mixed. TMUS responds with operational “re-evaluation” but cites commercial upside too. Sprint merger: buying economies being accelerated, brands to be melded to support ...
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Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica backs lobbyist drive for Huawei alternatives
New group effectively the political wing of operator-led efforts to develop an open RAN ecosystem, with major integrated network vendors conspicuously absent. Nokia gatecrashes launch party.
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Network & Infrastructure
Telefónica enters the edge zone with Microsoft
Group edge computing activity picks up pace with use-cases aimed at both consumer and enterprise customers, including a new cloud gaming platform.
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Vodafone Business co-pilots private 5G for Lufthansa
Apparent pragmatic row-back on opposition to private spectrum allocation.
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Microsoft acquires Affirmed Networks
Microsoft agreed a deal to acquire Affirmed Networks, a wireless infrastructure solutions vendor and Vodafone investment.
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T-Mobile US grabs more mmWave spectrum but not gung-ho
TMUS spends much less than Verizon and AT&T in auction of 37GHz, 39GHz, and 47GHz frequencies. NatCo’s total spending on mmWave spectrum exceeds $1.7bn in little more than a year. COVID-19 pushes back CBRS auction by a month.
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T-Mobile US confirms withdrawal from Vodafone IoT partnership
TMUS confirmed it is no longer involved in an IoT partnership with Vodafone.
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T-Mobile US set to fight $91m FCC fine
T-Mobile US (TMUS) is preparing to fight a whopping $91.6m (€85.6m) fine proposed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for the sale of real-time customer location data to third parties.
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Products & Services
NetMotion Software bags Deutsche Telekom VPN deal
NetMotion Software secured a deal to build on the range of virtual private network (VPN) solutions Deutsche Telekom (DT) offers enterprise customers.
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Microsoft to acquire Affirmed Networks
Microsoft agreed a deal to acquire Affirmed Networks, a wireless infrastructure solutions vendor and Deutsche Telekom (DT) investment
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Telefónica Mexico partners ring alarm bells after AT&T network sharing deal
Concerns were raised by Telefónica Mexico partners over how the operator’s late-2019 network-sharing deal with AT&T might affect their businesses.
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AT&T, Singtel, Telefónica partner on cybersecurity data
AT&T, Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel), and Telefónica partnered on sharing of cybersecurity threat data.
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Vodafone parts ways with TMUS on IoT
Vodafone confirmed the closure of an Internet of Things (IoT) partnership with T-Mobile US.
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Movistar, AT&T sign Mexican network-sharing deal
Following the signing of its network-sharing deal with AT&T in late-2019 (Telefónicawatch, #140), Telefónica Mexico (Movistar) will relinquish its spectrum frequencies in the 800MHz and 1.9GHz bands.
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Telefónica admired by Fortune
Telefónica Group was the most highly rated European telecoms operator in Europe within Fortune magazine’s annual ranking of The World’s [300] Most Admired Companies.