EMEA Telco Leaders – Page 252
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Partnerships & AlliancesDeutsche Telekom and Orange join at IP
Operators’ international wholesale divisions collaborate on new IPX proofs of concept.
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Partnerships & AlliancesDT signs up to IBM’s blockchain buyer group
Trust Your Supplier consortium, launched in 2019, aims to ensure sellers are who they say they are.
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Network & InfrastructureVodacom doubles down on smart-site tech
With access network emissions continuing to grow, subsidiary IoT.nxt’s technology being expanded to most of Vodacom’s SA sites. Vodafone interested for other markets.
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PremiumBT Global people movements, June 2020
Changes across BT Security include a new Head of Voice and Sales Director.
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PremiumBT Consumer and Enterprise people movements, June 2020
New relationship manager for retail partner (and rival) Dixons Carphone.
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PremiumBT Group people movements, June 2020
Outsiders appointed to internal Group communication, culture and organisational design roles.
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PremiumBT Group alumni people movements, June 2020
Former EE CEO Swantee gets on private equity train.
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PremiumEE could face longer wait for spectrum
Now-traditional inter-operator squabbling threatening to create months of delays to availability of new low- and mid-band spectrum for service delivery and development.
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PremiumGame on as Virgin swoops for Three backhaul contract
Virgin Media is positioning itself as a BT backhaul alternative, but appeal may be curbed by O2 links.
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PremiumBT to face bona fide converged challenge from VM–O2
Liberty Global and Telefónica Group creating a UK “connectivity champion” that will leapfrog Sky to become a close second competitor to BT Group. BT confident in its lead in the convergence race, and upbeat on consolidation opportunities, but Spanish fibre know-how and comparable digital portfolio could present new threat. ...
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PremiumBT executives: teamwork key for new normal
Closer partnerships with customers and more collaboration with key suppliers viewed as especially key in post-COVID-19 era. Hyperscalers looming large as a challenging market presence but also as potentially valuable partners. Response to current disruption is providing BT with food for thought on how it can move fast and ...
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PremiumBT drives climate plan with electric vehicle commitment
Telco continues to add to its carbon reduction plans through partnership with climate groups. Lifting up green-focused startups though a new accelerator programme expected to foster innovation.
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PremiumBT FY19–20: Looking on the bright side with new transformation plan
A new five-year plan, building on the transformation programme introduced in May 2018 was heralded by the Group.
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PremiumBT FY19–20: Fibre target raised — in theory…
BT is upping the target for full-fibre to 20 million premises passed by the ‘mid- to late-2020s’.
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PremiumBT FY19–20: SME coronavirus pain hits BT early
BT did not overly dwell on the impact of the Coronavirus crisis, highlighting areas where it has assisted, as well as where it has benefited and sees potential opportunities.
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PremiumBT FY19–20: Headline results reflect the ‘old normal’…
BT presented its headline financials as having been on track, COVID-19 crisis excepted. On an ‘adjusted’ basis, revenue and EBITDA were each down around 3% for the FY.
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Public AffairsDT tracing COVID app finally set for take off
German authorities muse a ten-day earlier hand-off to DT and SAP could have seen Germany’s tracing programme accelerated by up to three weeks. T-Systems’ staff beta testing app, while DT contact centres will manage manual test result communications.
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PremiumBTwatch roundup — June 2020
Key news from the past month from across BT and Openreach: Updated NCSC guidance welcomed by BT; European telcos join COVID track-and-trace effort; Consumer faces coronavirus response kickback; Enterprise gets HMRC contract.
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PremiumBT FY19–20: Jansen leading through the gloom
Managed services revenue slumps at Global, while mobile fails to prove itself a panacea across corporate divisions. Guidance for the year largely achieved, but post-COVID-19 uncertainty prompts Group to hold off on future forecasts. Transformation ambitions uprated on internal IT overhaul and redoubled commitment to invest in next-generation networks, ...