Latest Regional News – Page 108
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Venturing & Investments
Meteoric rise for Telefónica spinoff Koa
Post-investment, startup lays out growth strategy with US market now of particular focus.
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Vivo selects Ericsson for charging solution
B2B and B2C charging consolidated on vendor’s OpenStack-enabled Ericsson Charging platform. Agreement builds on 2012 BSS partnership, with an eye to deployment of emerging 5G products and use cases.
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Suppliers & SCM
Movistar MANOs up for virtualisation
Virtualisation specialist Whitestack is building up its engagement with Telefónica in Latin America.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Spain’s big three ponder JV to leverage EU recovery funds
Spain’s major operators said to be in talks on a joint proposal for delivering universal superfast coverage, building on European Reconstruction Fund financing opportunities.
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Innovation (R&D)
Shaadow steps out of Telefónica’s innovation doorway
Startup lands cash-injection after internal incubation process. Spinoff equipped with ElevenPaths patented tech. Group execs keeping close-eye on operations.
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Strategy & Change
Álvarez-Pallete gets political as challenges grow
Quiet support for a boardroom coup at Prisa indicates Telefónica’s political muscles as business priorities coincide with larger social challenges. Telefónica supporting government recovery goals, but lobbying for a more favourable investment environment as 5G auction looms. Group emphasising its Europe role as Latin America retreat sees grumbling.
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Strategy & Change
Vodacom’s Joosub dismisses Vodafone Ghana buyout talk
Acquisition of Ghanaian OpCo by Vodacom not under consideration, according to Chief Executive.
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Strategy & Change
Deutsche Telekom to ‘new-skill’ nearly a third of workforce
VP, Digital Transformation Bruné highlights skill upgrades as fundamental to success, pushing “new-skilling” to top of the Group’s strategic priority list. DT aims for 30% uptake of up-skilling programme by 2024.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Hrvatski Telekom connects Split
HT and IT services subsidiary Combis take home smart-city platform contract, building digital transformation service for the City.
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Deutsche Telekom Group ties Nextcloud for Euro-centric cloud apps
Managed Nextcloud offer taps into a rising data sovereignty sentiment in Europe, but are efforts to combat the might of US hyperscalers futile? DT said to be market leader among European cloud providers with a 2% market share.
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Magyar Telekom stumps up €124m to extend licences
MT secures 15-year extensions to 900MHz and 1800MHz concessions. Supreme Court rules NNMH acted “lawfully” in blocking Digi Communications from participating in 2020 multiband auction.
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T-Sys looks to take campus offering to next level
Ericsson relationship expanded to cover markets beyond Germany. Move appears to align with bubbling private network initiatives at Europe and US NatCos.
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Sievert envisages Sprint shutdown ramp-up in 2022
TMUS CEO says “isolated” closures of Sprint network already underway. Underlines post-merger integration progress in marketing and distribution. NatCo’s 3G shutdown reportedly pushed back until April 2022.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Deutsche Telekom Group: collaboration key for "new normal"
Deutsche Telekom kicks off 2021 with more talk of the “new normal”; emphasis on a need for collaboration; and a rise to the top of the brand value charts for European telcos.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Telekom Deutschland: 5G hits two-thirds of Germans
Cellnex to watch from German tower sidelines. TDE gets Hessen authorities on board for fibre.
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Elsewhere in Deutsche Telekom Europe: copper retirement in Slovakia
Atos talks up HT ties; Greece looks for 5G innovation uplift. Slovak Telekom to begin copper retirement.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in T-Mobile US: 5G FWA incoming
TMUS takes R&D looks into agricultural use-cases and immersive tech.
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Venturing & Investments
Elsewhere in Telefónica Venturing: Wayra buys into retail
Wayra doubles up on retail and fintech focus. Brazilian portfolio trimmed further with LinkApi exit.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Telefónica Hispanomérica: inclusive digitalisation at the fore
Colombia CEO Hernández calls for inclusive digitisation, while Peru’s Internet para Todos notches another 4G reach milestone.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Telefónica’s Core Markets: Vivo-Claro deal gets checked
Vivo’s RAN-sharing agreement with Claro gets unwanted attention from CADE amid competition concerns.