Telecoms Partnerships & Alliances
All the latest insight, news and analysis on telecoms partnerships and alliances including BT, Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica and Vodafone.
Partnerships & Alliances
One in, one out as SBA shakes up tower portfolio via M&A
US-based wireless infra group puts Philippines business up for sale after netting a 7,000 tower buy from Millicom in central America.
Partnerships & Alliances
Virgin Media O2 to anonymise mobile geodata for brand owners via Blis’ Audience Explorer
UK operator signs three-year exclusive deal with data platform to give marketers insight into mobile brand engagement, as VM O2 remains keen to expand market for O2 Motion offering…
Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica Tech adds China’s NSFOCUS to growing digital defence ecosystem
Digital B2B services unit Telefónica Tech works with cloud-based cybersecurity provider to launch DDoS prevention solution in Brazil.
Operations
DT turns to GenAI to help navigate its own data
Californian player Glean joins Perplexity and OpenAI on DT’s GenAI roster, as Group refreshes partner base for billion-euro tech ‘impact’ push.
Partnerships & Alliances
German telcos team up on 5G ‘Gigabit train line’
Country’s four mobile network operators put heads together to bring Gigabit speeds to Hamburg–Berlin line, as they seek to navigate economic and technical challenges associated with improving railway connectivity…
Innovation (R&D)
Telefónica hits R&D accelerator with TU expansion
All next-gen bases covered: Chema Alonso presents bounty of fresh AI, blockchain, crypto and quantum services housed under TU digital innovation brand.
Network & Infrastructure
Openreach advances network architecture revamp with Nokia Altiplano deployment
Altiplano SDN toolkit being deployed as Openreach pursues “one network platform”.
Weekly Briefings
Telefónicawatch Weekly: Group has new AI friend, Colombia pressure rises, API JV needs reach
Operator backs Perplexity’s AI engine with funding, a trade deal, and fresh TV services. Group also joins calls for more players to get on board with Ericsson API joint venture. Read more…
Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica, Orange call for more telcos to back API venture
Telcos seeking to onboard new collaborators for API joint venture with Ericsson, while affirming partnerships beyond telecoms sphere are essential to success.
Strategy & Change
Accenture execs switch to Vodafone services venture VOIS as business resets
VOIS CEO Gary Adey talks up VOIS’ graduation from ‘back-office support to strategic partner of choice’, with new Accenture expertise in leadership positions.
Partnerships & Alliances
Perplexity wins another telco fan with Telefónica funding and sales tie-up
Group becomes next telco to partner with and invest in GenAI-powered search engine. Fresh, TV-focused services harnessing Perplexity’s platform now live, as operator seeks to advance strategic objectives. Read more…
Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica gives TU platform a quantum security upgrade
Group adds post-quantum cryptography solution to expanding array of security offerings, partnering with Halotech Digital Services to showcase potential to improve worker safety. Read more…
Partnerships & Alliances
Deutsche Telekom tackles consumer app downtime via Dynatrace tie-up
Deployment of US analytics vendor’s tech said to have helped smooth challenges stemming from major digital platform revamp.