All Greece articles – Page 5
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Public AffairsCosmote drops the ball on call data
Greek operator under fire, locally, over vulnerability leading to large-scale loss of customer details.
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PremiumElsewhere in Vodafone’s Associates & JVs: Telenet-VodafoneZiggo merger raises concerns
New Greek towers JV cleared; VodafoneZiggo future remains in spotlight.
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Public AffairsHuawei on retreat as US dials up European pressure
German coalition cabinet reportedly approves measures in IT security bill that, if passed, will effectively ban Huawei from 5G RAN market. Revision looks set to hurt Vodafone’s planning in largest market. Vodafone Greece also looks set for disruption as Pompeo visit increases pressure for a local ban.
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Strategy & ChangeOTE head honchos propose organisational revamp
Three new spin-out specialist companies to absorb customer service, shops, and technical field operations.
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Suppliers & SCMVodafone Greece facing possible Huawei ban
OpCo appears more vulnerable than main rival Cosmote to US pressure on Greek government for a clearout of Huawei network kit.
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Network & InfrastructureRomania set to delay 5G auction
Vodafone markets Romania and UK on track for 2021 auctions. Czech auction kicks off amid operator complaints. VfCZ jumps on DSS bandwagon. Greek auction now underway.
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Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in Europe: Deutsche Telekom opens new data centres
Data centre inauguration in Romania and a banking break-up in Poland.
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Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in Deutsche Telekom's Europe: Deep Instinct added to T-Sys Poland offering
Inevitable Czech clash as ČTÚ confirms auction conditions. Hrvatski Telekom’s Optima distractions continue.
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Partnerships & AlliancesOTE 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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PremiumElsewhere in Europe: T-Mobile Poland marks a win; Slovak Telekom catches flak
Region’s B2B focus in evidence as TMPL marks a win with Gaz Systems and breaks ground at its Warsaw data centre. Slovak Telekom catches flak for Unimobile silent treatment.
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Partnerships & AlliancesDT, Telefónica, Vodafone units tackle pan-Euro BroadWay prototypes
Vodafone Portugal in one of three consortia building prototypes for pan-European public safety communication system. T-Mobile Netherlands and Telefónica I+D subbing in Consortium B.
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PremiumVodafone Greece deploys Red Hat’s Quarkus to improve boot times
Rejig painted as giving Digital eXperience Layer a speed upgrade.
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Content & TVCOSMOTE TV eyes 4K expansion with Synamedia
Synamedia boasts another telco contract, this time with the Greek incumbent. Cosmote looks to pursue 4K streaming and growing OTT proposition with deployment of scalable, edge solution.
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Public AffairsGreek mobile players face fresh scrutiny
Independent review finds cause for concern in mobile market competition. Talks underway looking to enforce rate reduction in market dominated by DT’s Cosmote.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom 5G Momentum Index — April 2020
Ericsson’s lead diminished. Samsung the most obvious beneficiary of Huawei’s misery. Nokia still lacking star quality. Qualcomm and Intel in rare face-off, with hub:raum also now a key enabler. Supporting pack reinvigorated, with TMUS-Sprint merger completion opening doors to new crowd.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom’s European division continues to improve, within limitations
CEO Gopalan given till 2024 to progress business revival plan. DT remains cautious, though, with brake held on spend. Outgoing M&A still on agenda, to help turnaround.
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Public AffairsOME-OTE settles strike action dispute
OME-OTE, the union of OTE Group employees that has recently been leading strike action against the operator, agreed a new Collective Labour Agreement with senior management.
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Strategy & ChangeVodafone Greece shutters MVNO Cyta Hellas
VfGr closed Cyta Hellas, the telco it acquired in 2018.
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PremiumVodafone Greece tests 5G networks in Trikala
VfGr began testing 5G in the city of Trikala as part of e-Trikala, the city’s digital initiative
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PremiumCosmote throws its 4G, 5G radio lot in with Ericsson
NatCo reportedly selects Swedish vendor as 4G/5G single supplier. Nokia loses out; Huawei hopes of sharing Ericsson contract apparently dashed.