All Google (Alphabet) articles – Page 3
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Interview
Droniq sees pivotal role for telcos in BVLOS flight
Deutsche Telekom JV believes beyond visual line of sight essential for drone market success.
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Strategy & Change
Mehta puts BT Digital “on steroids” to power transformation
Chief Digital & Innovation Officer Harmeen Mehta relishes opportunity for dramatic change at BT, as she sets about untangling digital architecture. Google-powered Digital Brain to bolster AI and data platform. Digital jumps on cost savings bandwagon, with £500m contribution expected. Talent and recruitment drive incoming.
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Suppliers & SCM
TelcoX research finds hyperscalers ascendant but not entrenched at Vodafone
TelcoX ‘voice of the customer’ insight into how Vodafone employees perceive Techverse and Dataverse suppliers. Vodafone remains work in progress for AWS and Google. Opportunities for vendors to sharpen their differentiation. Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE retain significance despite tough externalities. Vodafone executives aligned on value of data, held ...
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in T-Mobile US: VoNR not yet ready
VoNR not yet ready; retail partnerships boost footprint; Google tie-up surfaces with new plan.
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Suppliers & SCM
Vodafone Supplier Awards 2021: winners
Winners announced across nine categories for the second – and, COVID-permitting, final – digital edition. Ciena headlines as ‘Supplier of the Year’, doubles up with ‘Outstanding Technology Performance’. Ericsson and Huawei return to form after absence in 2020.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Vodafone Africa: Google extends finance initiative support
Google arrows on Africa; XLink ties with AWS; Trend Micro extends range to Africa.
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Strategy & Change
Adobe on rise as Vodafone signals more marketing shifts
Adobe to play further role in transformation programmes over coming months. Adobe, Dentsu, Facebook, and Google point to value of symbiotic relationships with Vodafone.
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Premium
T-Systems builds German sovereign cloud with Google
New effort for data sovereignty after previous attempt with Microsoft. Offering expected to be part of Gaia-X ecosystem. In other partner news, T-Systems flags hybrid cloud solution with Lenovo.
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Network & Infrastructure
Telefónica gets nod for Colombian open RAN trial
Two Telefónica projects advance to a testing phase in Colombia’s Regulatory Sandbox initiative. Open RAN project builds on Internet para Todos rollout in Latin America. SOC targets real-time network experience monitoring.
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Premium
Elsewhere in BT Global: expanded Box partnership
Global opens fresh Box partnership; delivers Google managed security services.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Systems Solutions: T-Sys banks Caixa deal
Banking reference secured in Spain.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Vodafone Associates and JVs: Vi and Vantage on 5G
Vi and Vantage Towers Greece get involved in 5G trials.
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Suppliers & SCM
The Nucleus Option: Vodafone bets big on Google
Vodafone promises data-driven business revolution by shifting to cloud-native data management and analytics platforms. Group sees “hundreds” of opportunities for business improvement in both commercial and operations spheres. Deal will come with Hotel California concerns surrounding Google hookup. Roadmap unclear for huge undertaking. Questions yet to be answered over ...
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Telefónica Infra-Tech: Telxius lands subsea cable
Telxius plugs into Google’s Dunant cable and bulks up its own South American bandwidth.
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Venturing & Investments
Telefónica, Vodafone-backed Loon discontinued
Venture falls foul of harsh winds of reality, failing to reach commercial viability.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Telefónica Infra-Tech: ElevenPaths banks growth in Spain
Telefónica Tech’s IoT & Big Data unit tags contract extensions, while ElevenPaths expands its Spanish order book.
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Vendor Voice
Nutanix: Silicon Valley oblivious to emerging telco renaissance
Nutanix’s Tarkan Maner discusses with Vodafonewatch his take on the evolution of the cloud services sector, and the way in which digital transformation efforts demand a fundamental re-think of the misbalanced relationship between telecoms and technology players. Sector veteran Maner predicts telco fightback in the hyperscaler blind spot of ...
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M&A
Telxius prepares subsea business for sale — report
Telefónica TowerCo Telxius reportedly poking investors to see who bites. €2bn valuation for 100,000km-long submarine cable arm. Telxius’s terrestrial portion has seen continued growth, potentially readying for a pivot.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Deutsche Telekom demos flying base stations in stratosphere
DT reveals strategic investment in UK startup developing hydrogen-powered, remote-controlled aircraft to deliver broadband connectivity. Operator takes on Alphabet, SoftBank, and SpaceX with rival system in the stratosphere.
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Products & Services
Höttges defends corona app as problems emerge
Both DT and SAP management played down a glitch in their contact tracing app’s notification system as downloads passed the 16 million mark. Issues across iOS and Android devices may have slowed notifications for millions, but after fixes were issued DT promised to keep public better informed on technology ...