EMEA Telco Leaders – Page 53
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OperationsOrange ‘shutters Silicon Valley base’ amid strategic refocus
Operator reported to have closed Silicon Valley offices after more than 20 years as part of cost review.
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Public AffairsState of emergency provokes Safaricom Ethiopia network shutdown
Operator shuts down sites in Ethiopia’s second most populous region, Amhara, after conflict breaks out between military and Fano militia.
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Strategy & ChangeHöttges gives BT a year, but ‘all ideas’ on the table
Deutsche Telekom Chief Executive Timotheus Höttges sets expectations for incoming BT CEO Allison Kirkby as rumours circulate about the future of Deutsche Telekom’s BT stake.
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Network & InfrastructureDT’s Höttges slams fibre overbuilding “myth”
Group CEO hits back over altnet complaints that DT is overbuilding on their networks.
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Network & InfrastructureDT plots more tower moves with Slovakia in crosshairs
Timotheus Höttges confirms that Slovak towers are being carved out.
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Partnerships & AlliancesVi goes extra mile on data centre colocation and cloud services
Operator’s enterprise arm reaches agreement with Yotta Data Services to expand data centre colocation and cloud services portfolio.
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PremiumBT links up with Evolve on payment processing
Partnership enables IT and managed networks provider to offer card transaction routing to its customers in Europe and UK.
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Suppliers & SCMDeep dive: Telefónica engages suppliers to fight Scope 3 emissions
Keynoting at Achieving Net Zero in the Telecoms Industry, Daniel Santana lifted the lid on Telefónica’s initiatives to actively tackle emissions across its value chain. Learn more about how this impacts its supply chain, where hundreds have been tagged ‘high risk’, and its ‘circular criteria’, SME outreach, peer comparatives… ...
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Enterprise (B2B)IoT at forefront of latest Vodafone Americas evolution
Vodafone Americas Director David Joosten details the unit’s work to evolve its indirect channel and IoT sales capabilities.
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PremiumCourt dismisses ‘fanciful’ BT claims in VM O2 dispute
High Court throws BT case out after criticism of evidence and consistency regarding EE’s MVNO agreement with VM O2.
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Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica renews pay-TV satellite deal with SES
Telefónica to use SES’s Astra satellites for TV broadcasting until at least 2030.
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M&AVodacom’s fibre plans knocked back by SA antitrust findings
South Africa’s Competition Commission recommends against regulatory approval, but Vodacom assures investors that the altnet consolidation plans are not finished.
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PremiumVodafone Peoplewatch: Vantage recalibrates board, elects new Chair
July 2023 update: Vantage Towers downsizes Supervisory Board, with Pierre Klotz replacing Rüdiger Grube as Chairman.
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Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica widens satellite horizons with Starlink
Operator charts expansion of Starlink services to cover six markets by the end of 2023.
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Suppliers & SCMT-Mobile turns to Amdocs for FWA customer support
T-Mobile signs up for Amdocs’ Home Operating System to support 5G Home Internet.
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PremiumBT Q1 FY23–24 Headlines: revenue boosted as price hikes pay off
Revenue up across every division; EBITDA follows suit in all but Business.
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Public AffairsIn depth: “Betrayed” Drahi firewalls Altice corruption claims as impact gets personal
Speaking to investors, Altice owner reiterates position of business as a victim of corruption scandal in Portugal, emphasising major personal financial crossover. Read more about how role of ‘co-founder’ Armando Pereira and fallout for strategic BT and Vodafone tie-ups are being downplayed, implicated vendors already being axed, and ...
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Partnerships & Alliances1&1–Vantage dispute rolls on despite Vodafone roaming deal
Dommermuth clear that national roaming deal with Vodafone not synonymous with clean break from O2 Germany.
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PeopleLatest Orange people moves: new CFO recruited in Luxembourg
Adrien Pottier named finance chief at Orange Luxembourg after more than 12 years with the operator.
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Strategy & ChangeOTE still seeking to stabilise Romania biz ahead of any sale
Telekom Romania Mobile continues to weigh heavily on Group results, but future remains open.