Germany – Page 12
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PremiumElsewhere in Telekom Deutschland: flagship Cologne store reopened after renovations
TDE signs on dotted line for Adobe document management partnership; Kekz tunes into headphones distribution tie-up.
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Network & InfrastructureDT’s Jacobfeuerborn gives ‘flying towers’ up to ten years to take off
DT-backed SPL is seeking Series B funding. Second edition of GSMA white paper on HAPS due to be published in early 2022. Jacobfeuerborn sees HAPS as the ‘missing link’ between terrestrial and satellite networks.
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PremiumLebara departs for O2
TDE’s longstanding deal with ‘ethnic’ MVNO comes to an end. Migration of customers expected to commence in 2022.
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Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in Telekom Deutschland: TDE ties with Trumpf
Elsewhere in Telekom Deutschland: TDE ties with Trumpf Source: Mathias Konrath / Unsplash Nick Read, Chief Executive (CEO) at Vodafone — taking a leaf, perhaps, out of the Deutsche Telekom (DT) and Telefónica full-fibre playbook — said he is open to joint ventures and other off-balance ...
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PremiumTDE continues post-flood efforts with Eutelsat deal
Agreement brings improved broadband connectivity to areas in Germany with poor signal. Pilot underway in city of Heimerzheim, which was badly affected by July’s flooding.
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PremiumOperators sign second mobile pact for NRW
North Rhine-Westphalia steps up ambitions to be Germany’s leading 5G location. TDE hails 5G network expansion in Germany’s most populated state. German MNOs agree to build more sites in exchange for faster permit approval processes.
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PremiumMobiledgeX Edge–Cloud enables cross–operator R&D
DT spinout MobiledgeX’s Edge-Cloud platform leveraged for DT–Telefónica and DT–KDDI collaboration on edge compute proof of concepts. AR tour guides trialled with KDDI; traffic collision avoidance tech demoed with Telefónica Deutschland. Both solutions demonstrated under the auspices of GSMA’s Telco Edge Cloud pre-commercial trials initiative.
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Network & InfrastructureHöttges seeks to bring balance to future tower tie-up
Deutsche Telekom CEO seeks to lure tower partner with promise of hands-off approach to managing the business, allowing it to flourish “independently”. Picky operator unenthusiastic about approaches taken by rivals to tower extraction, including Vodafone’s Vantage Towers IPO earlier in the year.
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Partnerships & AlliancesDT and SK Telecom’s Techmaker JV launches first product
Indoor Booster 5G goes on sale in Bavaria initially. SK Telecom completes reorganisation into SKT and SK Square.
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PremiumDT heads down under for fibre mate
Australia’s IFM named as Gigabit investment partner following long period of speculation. Move adds to TDE CEO Gopalan’s box of tricks as he seeks to pragmatically accelerate the Group’s slow-building fibre deployment. Startup JV embedded with various protective measures for DT, such as balance sheet deconsolidation, and long-term/standalone strategic ...
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Network & InfrastructureDT said to be closing in on partner for fibre JV
Report names Brookfield, CDPQ, and IFM as among potential investment partners. In the region of €6bn could be injected into Telekom Deutschland’s FTTP funding pot.
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Network & Infrastructure“A tremendous task ahead”: DT continues post-flood rebuild
All mobile network and 93% of fixed lines now recovered. 35,000 new fibre connections to be built in worst-hit areas.
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Network & InfrastructureDeutsche Telekom’s Choi sees open RAN deployments from 2023
Group’s tech boss likens RAN disaggregation complexity to landing a space rocket booster. Delayed SD-RAN trial one of many remaining legs on “journey” towards open RAN maturity. DT acknowledges geopolitical challenges around O-RAN ecosystem. Call-to-action made on collaboration.
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PremiumDT starts mobility-as-a-service ecosystem build
Telekom Mobility Solutions taps Siemens on mobility-as-a-service app development. Bonn deployment scheduled for mid-2022, with local DT employees getting first dibs. Wider German rollout expected to follow soon after, subject to platform popularity.
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Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in Telekom Deutschland: Microsoft’s Operator Connect launched
Group launches Microsoft’s Operator Connect service in Germany, as an exclusive offering (for now).
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Strategy & ChangeDeutsche Telekom’s OneApp to launch in Germany
Germany will be tenth market to deploy the self-service customer care app. OneApp is key product in the Group’s IT harmonisation programme.
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Suppliers & SCMTDE's Yext engagement bears fruit
German NatCo flags digital customer support improvements. Yext says telco is a user of its Listings and Reviews products, among others.
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Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in Deutsche Telekom Group: Deutsche Funkturm flags mast deal
DT adds TripleA to tower-building team; real estate “right-sizing” takes effect.
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Strategy & ChangeGopalan highlights pros and cons of pure data reliance
Telekom Deutschland CEO warns against drawing wrong conclusions from internal data-gathering.
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Public AffairsTelekom Deutschland’s regional fibre JV rocked by court ruling
Düsseldorf court backs claims by Vodafone and rival altnet that Deutsche Glasfaser is “hindering competition” in FTTP space. 2019 regulatory clearance overturned. Operations progressing as normal, however.