All articles by Deutsche Telekomwatch – Page 18
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Partnerships & AlliancesDT backs launch of Europe’s GAIA-X cloud project
DT on team of 22 founding members as GAIA-X unveiled, albeit with technical snafu. Initiative talked up as “starting point of a European data ecosystem”.
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Network & InfrastructureT-Mobile Netherlands using AI to clean clogs
CTIO Larsen says Anodot’s automation tech being used to see network problems coming well before they hit service quality.
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Venturing & InvestmentsDeutsche Telekom makes proxy quantum leap with IDQ
DT-backed quantum security player’s latest family of QRNG chips targets massive base of IoT devices and smartphones.
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Network & InfrastructureDT expands private 5G partnerships
Deutsche Telekom’s campus network push gets another four partners in AR, automation, and hardware.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom Europe & US people movements, June 2020
Janice Kapner gets CCO job at TMUS. Sumesgutner gets CTO Europe job, leaving TDE. Changes in Croatia with new Directors Runje and Graovac.
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PremiumT-Systems people movements, June 2020
Thomas Deeg gets new remit. New Head of AI; VP of IoT. Airbus and Shell account leadership swaps.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom alumni movements, June 2020
Obermann and Swantee join up at Warburg Pincus. TMUS 5G SVP leaves for Dish.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom Group people movements, June 2020
VP change-ups include new Smart-City; Supply Chain; and B2B Digital Business. Christine Knackfuss-Nikolic joins DT from Accenture.
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Partnerships & AlliancesDroniq gets off to a flyer
Deutsche Telekom’s drone joint venture goes beyond line-of-sight.
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Venturing & InvestmentsDTCP dials up investment in Aircall
Fund II backs France-based SaaS contact-centre outfit.
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Innovation (R&D)Operators prep for 5G reality with Qualcomm
Qualcomm’s OEM certification programme expected to enable establishment of a new XR device category. European operators predict performance and sports content rights can be leveraged to create popular new applications that will showcase 5G’s worth.
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Strategy & ChangeDT CSO Tschersich on security in an emergency
DT Chief Security Officer Thomas Tschersich: video conferencing here to stay, but widespread remote working will only work if there is increased trust between enterprise and cloud partners.
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Strategy & ChangeDT says no layoffs through carrier services switch
Transfer of international comms operations rescheduled for October, and seen as growth rather than pure cost-cutting play.
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Content & TVCOSMOTE TV eyes 4K expansion with Synamedia
Synamedia boasts another telco contract, this time with the Greek incumbent. Cosmote looks to pursue 4K streaming and growing OTT proposition with deployment of scalable, edge solution.
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Partnerships & AlliancesNreal teams with hubraum for Mixed Reality accelerator
MR developer and DT tech partner Nreal ties-up with incubator hubraum to find “the next killer MR app” ahead of its Nreal Light commercial launch. hubraum feeding its XR startup obsession.
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Network & InfrastructureDeutsche Telekom CEO lobbies for full-blown open RAN
Höttges calls for hardware and software disaggregation across all radio bearers, not just 5G. DT working toward a “Chinese-free” core network but awaits recommendations from Berlin on Huawei’s RAN gear.
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Public AffairsGreek mobile players face fresh scrutiny
Independent review finds cause for concern in mobile market competition. Talks underway looking to enforce rate reduction in market dominated by DT’s Cosmote.
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Strategy & ChangeDT’s Höttges hints at hybrid office future
Höttges floated the prospect of a hybrid office setup for WFH employees, potentially reducing DT footprint beyond just its retail presence.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom Q1/FY20 first take: only mild symptoms, so far
Upbeat executives comfortable enough to keep guidance and dividend unchanged, despite some COVID-19 impact on B2B projects and consumer sales.
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Suppliers & SCMDeutsche Telekom exec vents ecosystem frustrations
Chair of ETSI’s ZSM ISG calls for more purposeful collaboration between SDOs and open source communities. Frets that smaller software suppliers are excluded from standards input.