All Germany articles – Page 4
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Network & Infrastructure
1&1 still rueing May’s 5G network outage
German challenger operator is seeking compensation from partners over outage that has had lasting effect on commercials and financials.
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Strategy & Change
In-depth analysis: DT Capital Markets Day 2024
Europe’s only world-scale telco puts AI-led cost reduction and efficiency at heart of refreshed medium-term strategy, with CEO Tim Höttges set to oversee wide-scale deployment of the tech personally.
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Partnerships & Alliances
O2 Germany refreshes Lebara contract to help fill 1&1 void
Operator brings new “long-term” Lebara contract to the realm of 5G, marking yet another win for O2 in its mission to strengthen its wholesale business…
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Strategy & Change
DT’s Nemat sends tech on €1bn ‘impact’ mission
Group’s Head of Technology & Innovation emphasises continuation of key Group strategies such as product scaling, automation, and AI.
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People
O2 Germany: Mallik Rao adds B2B growth mission to tech remit
After five years spearheading O2’s pathfinding cloud transformation strategy, now-CT&EO given added responsibility to bring B2B and tech teams closer together. Read more…
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Weekly Briefings
Deutsche Telekomwatch Weekly: Telco Cloud heads east
Group lays out operational and commercial ambitions based on expansion of network of cloudified network core hubs across Europe.
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Strategy & Change
Confident Leroy cranks up targets for DT’s Europe region
Regional CEO Dominique Leroy sets more bullish goals for the operator’s next strategic cycle compared to previous, more modest ambitions.
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People
Telefónica names new brand boss to lead German marketing ramp-up
Steve Plesker permanently fills Brand & Marketing Director position at O2, taking responsibility of branding from CCO Andreas Laukenmann. Appointment comes as O2 seeks to push even harder on commercial front…
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Strategy & Change
DT’s buoyant Germany boss sees room for improvement in costs and B2B
Cost burden and missed B2B opportunities at top of agenda at Capital Markets Day.
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Operations
DT turns to GenAI to help navigate its own data
Californian player Glean joins Perplexity and OpenAI on DT’s GenAI roster, as Group refreshes partner base for billion-euro tech ‘impact’ push.
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Partnerships & Alliances
German telcos team up on 5G ‘Gigabit train line’
Country’s four mobile network operators put heads together to bring Gigabit speeds to Hamburg–Berlin line, as they seek to navigate economic and technical challenges associated with improving railway connectivity…
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Network & Infrastructure
DT’s dealmaker-in-chief still harbours hopes of creating European infra giant
German operator’s Head of Group Development insists large-scale consolidation is coming — and says it is packaging up central and eastern European assets, plus targeting significant earnings growth in Germany and Austria, to improve DT’s bargaining power.
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Venturing & Investments
DT targets data centre assets via new investment push
New ‘Project Xcalibur’ initiative to see DT plough investments into data centre specialists and tap into anticipated AI-led boom.
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Network & Infrastructure
DT hits ceiling on German fibre build amid costs, red tape
Execs indicate operator will be unable to accelerate FTTH buildout over its next strategic cycle, citing planning hurdles, inflation, and sluggish uptake.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Deutsche Telekom tackles consumer app downtime via Dynatrace tie-up
Deployment of US analytics vendor’s tech said to have helped smooth challenges stemming from major digital platform revamp.
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Weekly Briefings
Deutsche Telekomwatch Weekly: refreshed T.Capital goes nuclear
Anticipated refresh of the Group’s tech ecosystem strategy sees org changes within T-Systems and Group Development.
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Products & Services
O2 Germany expands in B2B with fresh automation, rental services
Operating business widens its enterprise offerings to include workflow automation and device-as-a-service, enabled by tie-ups with Apple Financial Services and Workato. Move sees Group continue B2B revenue push as part of wider strategy…
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone Germany extends fibre offer after stitching together rival networks
German OpCo can now activate 9.5 million customers on partner networks, DT included, after ironing out technical issues.
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People
DT picks in-house exec to lead new €2bn tech M&A fund
Telekom Strategy Consulting’s Julia Kainz to switch to DT’s Group Development division, with responsibility for seeking out high-tech growth acquisitions.
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Premium
T.Capital: a dip into DT’s growing tech funding pool
TelcoTitans provides a rundown on the make-up and back story of T.Capital, DT’s evolving and expanding in-house stable of tech investments.