EMEA Telco Leaders – Page 69
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PremiumDT’s Höttges dares to hope for housing association breakthrough
DT CEO “more optimistic” now that cableco ‘rental privilege’ will be abolished from July 2024. Boost expected for TV services, with Euro 2024 TV rights an added attraction.
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PremiumBT people moves: Networks leadership revamp reveals Whitley successor
Gabriela Styf Sjöman to succeed outgoing R&D Chief Tim Whitley this June.
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Strategy & ChangeDeutsche Telekom CEO lays down AI gauntlet to management
Höttges tasks different Group business units to share top ideas on how to exploit AI. CEO has high hopes for more AI-driven cost reductions, greater productivity, and speedier software development. Artificial Intelligence Competence Centre to act as AI “teaching unit” for rest of Group.
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PremiumSafaricom granted licence for Ethiopian M-PESA launch
Ethiopian national bank hands Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia its mobile money licence, breaking state monopoly.
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Network & InfrastructureDeutsche Telekom comes clean on low FTTP take-up
Group blames its own vectoring success for low utilisation of FTTP networks. Reveals German FTTP customer numbers for the first time.
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PremiumO2 Germany hangs up on 1&1’s call for 5G national roaming
Dogged by 5G rollout delays, Germany’s fourth mobile operator explores a regulatory option for faster coverage expansion.
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Premiume& deepens Vodafone ties, adds CEO to board
Vodafone has entered a “strategic relationship” with its largest shareholder.
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Strategy & ChangeLiberty open to shedding Virgin Media O2 stake
Liberty CEO Mike Fries labels VM O2 and VodafoneZiggo as “interesting candidates” for listing. Group sees opportunity to list any of its operating entities given the right circumstances.
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PremiumElsewhere in USA: TMUS denies cutting staff post Sprint merger
TMUS denies cutting staff post‑Sprint merger, despite the numbers.
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PremiumT-Sys gets moving on Manufacturing-X with VDMA
Living Lab platform combines with data exchange initiative from German Mechanical and plant Engineering Association to explore future potential of factory floor production.
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PremiumFutureNet World: Orange puts case for collaboration and the telco cloud
Group CTO cites need for ‘horizontal’ platform, elimination of silos. Calls on more operators to join Project Sylva initiative. Telus counterpart calls 5G NSA one of industry’s “biggest travesties”, with all complicit.
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M&ABrazil’s Vivo remains primed for digital M&A
Telefónica’s local operating business open to acquisitions, JVs, and VC action as it seeks to build out its ecosystem in areas such as health, education, and IT.
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PremiumDT opens its largest flagship shop in Hamburg
New store promotes operator’s more regional approach in Germany.
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PremiumElsewhere in Deutsche Telekom Group: DT seeks to put stamp on ‘Magentaverse’
DT seeks to put stamp on ‘Magentaverse’; new chapter for Blinkist.
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PremiumINWIT untroubled by Voda-Iliad rumours as new opportunities open up
Prospect of market consolidation seen as more good news than bad for Vantage Towers’ Italian JV.
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Strategy & ChangeBT’s Division X repositioned in latest B2B rework
Marc Overton to exit in June as Enterprise “growth engine” Division X gets swallowed by BT Business’s Product function.
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Network & InfrastructureThe end of an era as Vodafone UK details 3G sunset plans
Network will be switched off across the cities of Hull, London, and Oxford this June.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom Q1 FY23 Guidance: all on track
US optimism sees uprating of the already big jumps in earnings and cash flow DT expects to generate in FY23.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom Q1 FY23 Spend: inflation prompts DT-wide brainstorm on savings
Macro pressures see executives highlight new workstreams on AI and fibre roll out efficiency.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom Q1 FY23 Headlines: underlying consistency
All segments maintain forward movement on revenue and earnings.