EMEA Telco Leaders – Page 103
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Partnerships & AlliancesOpen Future joins startup exchange programme in Portugal
Agreement supports Telefónica Open Future’s aim to promote disruptive startups.
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M&ATelefónica ‘confirms interest in UK towers stake’
Cornerstone joint venture parents looking at potential divestment from towers business.
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Partnerships & AlliancesMovistar Prosegur Alarmas CEO leaves JV on a customer growth streak
Enrique Garcia Lopez reportedly going back to retail roots with move to new role at El Corte Inglés.
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Strategy & ChangeDeutsche Telekom plays off the T with fresh ‘international’ logo
DTAG preps new visual element for global marketing armoury.
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PremiumTelefonica Q3 FY22 guidance: Group hitting its marks, apparently
Sales, income, and capital intensity all within range, despite macro buffeting.
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PremiumTelefonica Q3 FY22 headlines: a stable ship in choppy waters
Group seeing underlying growth in most markets.
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PremiumTelefonica Q3 FY22 spend: no strategy is entirely immune from tough times
Telefónica stresses Group is well prepped for energy crisis, although no strategy can be entirely immune from tough times.
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Financial & PerformanceTelefónica Q3 FY22: Telefónica stays serene in the storm
Telefónica highlights the foresight and successes of its overall strategy. Heading towards a strong full-year performance, despite continued buffeting by global events.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom people moves: C-suite changes in Tech and Austria
CFOs at Technology & Innovation, Magenta, and Telekom B2C all among the movers.
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Partnerships & AlliancesFinancing now an option for users of Telefónica–Repsol solar JV
Agreement with Banco Sabadell will allow Solar360 to offer financing for photovoltaic installations.
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Innovation (R&D)DT supports ‘Europe’s first’ real-time immersive telepresence project
Project brings together host of partners including AWTG, Ericsson, and Imec.
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Public AffairsBT keen on India visa overhaul to support technology transformation
Group CTO Howard Watson calls on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to “fix” visa processes to free up BT’s “many great engineers”.
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Vendor VoiceAccount Team Spotlight: Celfocus on Vodafone Tech 2025 alignment
EMEA telecoms SI talks to TelcoTitans about the changes it has made to its Vodafone client team to ensure it is in lockstep with the Group’s Tech 2025 strategy.
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Network & InfrastructureSafaricom targets December for full 5G mobile debut
Snag over iPhone compatibility expected to be unravelled shortly. Late-October debut focused on fixed-wireless only, but consumer mobile plans and private network trials now being prepped. Ongoing affordability questions seem likely to dictate pace of 5G expansion.
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PremiumBEE revamp further erodes Group’s Vodacom holding
Overhaul of Vodacom’s BEE ownership arrangements dilutes Vodafone’s stake to 60.5%.
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PremiumH1 FY22–23: BT “on the front foot” as Jansen battles cost and competitive pressures
Jansen confident of a BT “on the front foot” and bullish on upped cost‑saving measures. Efficiencies making headlines (for management) as Group‑wide programmes bear fruit. Macro influences affecting strategy.
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Public AffairsBT reports 40k broadband user hit from industrial action
Openreach broadband base down 89,000 in Q2, with strikes having significant impact.
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Network & InfrastructureVi looks beyond Indus Towers for site tenancies
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners reveals its India tower business has sealed a “commercial deal” with Vi.
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Innovation (R&D)Elisa Polystar among fresh batch of Tomorrow Street residents
Five incoming partners flagged for Vodafone–Luxembourg joint innovation play, spanning contact centre, analytics and intelligence, telco software, and development platforms.
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PremiumTanzanian share buyout looks to move on a step
Deal would strengthen Vodacom control over Tanzanian subsidiary, at a time when market consolidation is bubbling under.