All Germany articles
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Suppliers & SCM
Final hearing on DT’s €80m outsourcing dispute tabled for July
ISS, DT’s facilities management supplier in Germany, updates on long-running disagreement centring on major, long-term deal gained with operator in late-2010s. Danish outsourcer caveats cash flow forecast for FY25 amid uncertainty over proceedings’ outcome. Final arbitration hearing now tabled for July.
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Strategy & Change
Euro data centres: infra crunch driving investors to new tier of hub cities — report
Consultancy Eight Advisory highlights rise of emerging challengers to Europe’s dominant ‘FLAP-D’ metros, aided by greater availability of power, land, and labour resource elsewhere. Learn more…
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Suppliers & SCM
T-Mobile US grabs Red Hat for telco cloud journey
Operator adopts vendor’s OpenShift Platform Plus solution as foundation for core and edge infrastructure revamp.
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Network & Infrastructure
DT’s fibre build pace picks up after 2024 crash
Operator reports “strong” rollout result in January, comfortably beating homes passed numbers from previous years, but FTTH build still hampered by planning hurdles, inflation, and focus shift…
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Network & Infrastructure
RAN optimiser brown-iposs takes on UX automation challenge
In the age of real-time expectations, the Bonn, Germany-based specialist is removing significant friction from operational data delay and privacy compliance for RAN automation. Discover how the AI-enhanced CARAT solution employs digital twinning to accelerate fault resolution, assisting operators with critical challenges of user experience, multi-vendor complexity and lock-in…
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Weekly Briefings
Deutsche Telekomwatch Briefing: political tremors and quake alerts
As one part of DT flags experiments with fibre-based earthquake monitoring, ructions of a different kind will be on the minds of Group leadership as elections loom and geopolitical heat rises. Read more…
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People
DT switches telco API leadership as Aduna advances
Deutsche Telekom appoints Dr. Chathurangi Wickramasinghe as new API supremo, replacing Peter Arbitter, who has transferred to Aduna, the telco API joint venture he has helped set up. Arbitter takes on responsibility for getting Aduna’s commercial plans up and running amid level of scepticism over the initiative’s likely market impact.
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Network & Infrastructure
German spectrum fracas latest: regulator urged to revise rules
A new twist has emerged in Germany’s ongoing spectrum saga as the Federal Cartel Office criticises the telecoms regulator’s plans for licence extensions this year, leaving mobile operators in doubt about the shape of their future spectrum holdings.
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Financial & Performance
Vodafone’s German problems take root as OpCo flounders
Q3 FY24–25: insipid performance of largest OpCo overshadows promise elsewhere, spooking investors, with forced cable TV unbundling only part of mushrooming problems. There is light at the end, if management is believed, but tunnel keeps getting longer…
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Weekly Briefings
Orangewatch Weekly: Signs of MásOrange’s masterplan emerge
MásOrange is reportedly juggling a number of projects as it explores ways to drive growth and reduce debt, with the aim of turning itself into an investment-grade operation in the eyes of Standard & Poor’s.
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People
DT reshuffle: Höttges retained while Gopalan heads state-side
Deutsche Telekom’s Board shores up strategic ambitions by securing the signature of CEO Tim Höttges on a two-year contract extension, and parachuting key lieutenant Srini Gopalan into its increasingly dominant T-Mobile US business to oversee digital reshaping and customer groups.
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M&A
Boldyn enters German market with private 5G biz buy
UK-based neutral host player bulks up private 5G network offering with acquisition of Germany’s Smart Mobile Labs. Agreement comes as Boldyn looks to expand in private 5G sector, having participated in several projects over the past year…
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Venturing & Investments
Telefónica adds Weecover to stable of insurtech startups
Telefónica bets on embedded insurance with investment in Spain-based startup Weecover, following service launch in Germany.
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Weekly Briefings
Vodafonewatch Weekly: AI in action paying off
Latest from Vodafone and its ecosystem, including CX benefits of AI deployments in Europe, Africa; Vi’s renewed optimism; M-PESA’s banking partnership push; Latvian IoT; more…
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Suppliers & SCM
Orange signs up cybersecurity specialist Cyan for three more years
Munich‑based supplier signed its first group deal with Orange in 2018.
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Partnerships & Alliances
DT unifies video analytics tech with NPAW tie-up
Operator enlists Barcelona-based analytics tech vendor to help cut out video glitches across eight European territories.
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Weekly Briefings
Deutsche Telekomwatch Briefing: US spends, Europe saves
A roundup of turn-of-year news from Deutsche Telekom, with another tale of DT’s Atlantic divide when it comes to willingness to spend. As cash-rich T-Mobile US continues an acquisition spree, to bolster its growth platform, new data puts the spotlight back onto the Group’s slow shift towards next-gen wireline infra in Germany and other European markets. Read more…
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Network & Infrastructure
TowerCos, MNOs co-pilot Franco-German 5G highway project
A consortium of TowerCos and mobile network operators is to build continuous 5G coverage along main motorway linking France and Germany in latest EU-funded project.
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Weekly Briefings
Telefónicawatch Briefing: Spain’s flip to fibre phase two
Reports highlight how Spanish telco and infra players, having established lead on push from copper to fibre, are now looking to iron out footprint imbalances across urban and rural areas. Read more…
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Network & Infrastructure
Portugal, Sweden, and Spain lead race towards copper retirement
New Copper Switch‑Off Tracker names and shames markets that are dragging their feet on legacy network closures ahead of European Commission’s 2030 target date.