Europe – Page 16
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Network & Infrastructure
AI-equipped drive-bys help Deutsche Telekom snip fibre costs
Group continues to shop around for cost-saving innovations and lauds AI as a way to drastically reduce FTTP planning times and costs.
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Network & Infrastructure
Allianz emerging as Telefónica’s German fibre buddy
Report suggests that project ‘Beethoven’ aims to exploit Telefónica’s Spanish fibre expertise.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Telefónica Infra-Tech: ElevenPaths partners Subex; TIWS taps Hivelocity
TIWS links with Hivelocity; Telefónica backs airport digitalisation; Enovate brings utility-focused AI to Colombia.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica renews Deutsche Telekom deal as fibre plans accelerate
Renewed and expanded wholesale volume deal will remove the handbrake on Telefónica’s broadband products, and drive TDE investment. While DT network currently focused on urban areas, Telefónica’s plans for a €5bn rural fibre network are reportedly nearing completion.
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M&A
Telefónica ponders surrendering Telxius majority
CFO Abasolo reportedly open to the idea of letting go of direct Telxius control to enable faster growth as an independent business.
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Elsewhere at Telefónica Infra-Tech: ElevenPath growth and cybersecurity prominence
ElevenPaths busy on portfolio expansion as Telefónica Tech ups cybersecurity game. German tower transfer to Telxius begins in earnest.
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Partnerships & Alliances
OTE hums and haws over Greek rivals’ new tower JV
Group prevaricates about throwing its lot in with Vantage Towers Greece, the new JV between Vodafone Greece and Wind Hellas.
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Elsewhere in Group: DTCP takes co-control of UK-based Community Fibre
DT backs another horse in the UK telecoms race, raising further questions over the longevity of its relationship with incumbent BT Group.
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Strategy & Change
Italy’s INWIT: we’re Mercedes of tower race
CEO sees refresh of INWIT’s internal operations, instigated following meld of Vodafone Italy towers, as basis for industry leadership and stepping stone to expansion into new markets.
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Network & Infrastructure
TDE targets more business parks with fibre
NatCo in sixth tranche of fibre buildout to industrial zones.
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Elsewhere in Germany: O2 targets infra smart meters
Smart meters to cut O2 energy bills, Sky deal for pay-TV expanded.
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Vodafone people moves: European towercos get new leadership
Three new managing directors at European infrastructure spin-offs in Germany, Ireland, and Spain. VfUK CEO Nick Jeffery joins COVID-19 Recovery Commission. Vodacom and Safaricom find temporary replacements for outgoing execs.
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M&A
Spanish altnet MÁSMÓVIL hits takeover turbulence
Activist investor tries to foil private equity buyout.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone pushes ahead with tower IPO
Vodafone has invited pitches for an IPO of its European towers, to be listed by 2021. €10bn–€20bn valuation, with €2bn+ targeted for minority stake.
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Network & Infrastructure
DT seeks to lean out with full-fibre platform
Capgemini, T-Systems Russia, and Red Hat help redesign OSS/BSS for more “agile” FTTP deployment. Target to cover all businesses in Stuttgart by 2025, and 90% of households by 2030.
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M&A
Telefónica Deutschland confirms tower switch
German operating business to transfer 10,100 sites to Telxius for €1.5bn. Transaction to reduce Telefónica’s net debt by €500m between 2020 and 2021, but won’t slow down its accelerated capex drive. Telxius portfolio has doubled since 2016.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone sets up new Czech TowerCo
Creation of new business is latest move in Vodafone’s M&A and business improvement plan for European sites.
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M&A
TIM enters talks on INWIT sell-down
TIM wastes no time kick-starting efforts to dilute its fledgling tower relationship with Vodafone. Telco enters negotiating tunnel with group of infrastructure investors.
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Italian tower meld completed
Fusion represents a key milestone in Vodafone’s infrastructure separation and cash-raising plan, but does not come without exposure.