All articles by Joseph Purnell – Page 29
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PremiumTelefónica Peru pays fraction of giant tax bill
Local tax authority SUNAT receives PEN 354m payment for overdue income tax.
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PremiumTelefónica people moves: O2 Germany installs new Business Sales chief
O2 Germany hands over leadership of Business Sales startup division to Lars Körner after Boris Goncharov exits.
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Innovation (R&D)Telefónica, T-Mobile partner on metaverse R&D
Operators among co-chairs of new Telecom Infra Project working group, focused on ensuring networks are ready for the metaverse.
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Financial & PerformanceBT to face continued BT Sport losses, despite new JV
New joint venture with Discovery estimated to reduce Group revenue by £300m−£350m for FY22−23, with £500m−£600m cut from future FYs.
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Partnerships & AlliancesVodafone’s giant Google Cloud migration gathers pace
Accenture, Google Cloud, and SAP to “co-shape” three-year SAP migration project.
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PeopleTelefónica tightens Hispam oversight with board recalibration
Telefónica’s Latin American division refreshes its Board of Directors, mirroring local leadership model employed at other Group subsidiaries.
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PremiumT‑Mobile retail partners continue consolidation
Arch Telecom and GP Mobile buy up peers to extend T‑Mobile store portfolios.
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PremiumDT gets BMBF funding signal for 6G take-off
Group takes lead in 6G‑TakeOff, a government‑funded project designed to integrate terrestrial and non‑terrestrial base stations in a “unified 6G architecture”.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom people moves: more IoT unit exec changes
New CFO Melanie Asshauer added to Deutsche Telekom IoT leadership team after CTO, CPO, and CCO added earlier in the year.
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Network & InfrastructureBT handed Huawei ban reprieve after extensions
The UK government has pushed back its Huawei replacement mandate following BT concerns about service disruption.
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PeopleTelefónica’s consumer lending lead exits
Cristina Perea leaves loans service Telefónica Consumer Finance after playing her part in Telefónica Renting plans.
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PeopleMovistar hires supermarket exec for digital refresh
Telefónica’s home market business seeks to up focus on customer experience improvement.
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Partnerships & AlliancesBT backs UKQuantum private–public partnership group
‘Voice of UK industry’ formed and open for new members, with BT among inaugural co-leaders.
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PremiumVodafone people moves: Group-backed TowerCos install new leadership
Widespread changes at Vodafone TowerCo affiliates Indus and INWIT, while Vantage names department leads.
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PeopleEx-BT Global chief takes consultancy presidency
One-time BT Global Chief Executive Luis Álvarez Satorre appointed EMEA President at tech consultancy NEORIS.
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Financial & PerformanceBT brings OnePhone into Division X fold as unit boosts sales
Converged comms business grows in first year under BT Enterprise.
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PremiumBT people moves: TV and Sport leadership rejigs
A number of changes in the BT TV and BT Sport propositions team follow finalisation of Warner Bros. Discovery transaction.
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Products & ServicesBT targets co-creation and consistency with Digital design labs
BT fleshes out design teams and opens User Research Labs to drive asset co-creation initiatives.
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Suppliers & SCMT-Mobile’s Assurant deal sees in-store repairs U-turn
On-site repairs service moved to Assurant stores a year after T-Mobile retail investment.
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M&ASpanish consolidation threatens Telefónica mobile leadership
Local regulator updates fixed and mobile rankings, with Telefónica retaining top-spot.