Latest Strategy News – Page 20
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Strategy & Change
Vodafone–Three merger lobby turns to 5G rollout, NHS rescue
Vodafone–Three lobbying campaign targets 5G SA, MPNs, and the future of the NHS as Chief Networks Officer Andrea Donà issues enterprise customer plea.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Cellnex seeks financial partner for Nordic operations
Spanish TowerCo appoints AZ Capital in hunt for fresh backing for assets in Denmark and Sweden.
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People
Giorgio Migliarina in for Vinod Kumar as Vodafone Business CEO
Interim replacement named as Kumar’s formal exit nears, but permanent successor yet to be found.
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Strategy & Change
Fern goes Cuckoo with refreshed broadband brand line-up
UK infra investor reshuffles brands after recent formation of combined full-fibre challenger.
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Eventwatch
Exclusive Steffen Roehn interview and DTW23 – Ignite preview: The view from TM Forum’s transformative top
Ahead of the telecoms industry’s digital transformation gathering in Copenhagen, TM Forum chair and visionary Steffen Roehn shares key perspectives on partnering hyperscalers (and leveraging B2B in Europe), Asia-the-innovator, un-learning the past, ‘greenfield in the mind’, software-or-extinction, the Forum’s own reset and new CEO Playbook and much more…
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Partnerships & Alliances
BT goes ‘smarter, greener’ with Johnson Controls strategic tie-up
Group enters strategic collaboration with smart buildings specialist to drive down operational emissions, and elevate green solutions from “business-complement” to “business-critical”.
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Strategy & Change
Vodafone UK to ship customer care overseas
Portion of customer care operations set to be transferred to _VOIS Egypt and contact support specialist Webhelp in South Africa.
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Marketing
DT chief hints Greece’s OTE may adopt ‘T’ logo
Höttges hails hanging of Group logo as “strong sign of belonging” at Greek operator.
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Interview
Interview: Sitetracker chief sees “no limits” for driving telco infra efficiencies
In an interview with TelcoTitans, CEO Giuseppe Incitti positions Sitetracker to support telcos in delivering their ”next year of efficient operations”, as well as discussing new directions the infrastructure asset and project manager is taking. Adding to ‘scale’ clients, the provider has now opened its doors to smaller innovators ...
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M&A
DTCP hails LeanIX exit as “great indicator” of Europe catching USA in enterprise SaaS
Thomas Preuss, DTCP Managing Partner, claims agreed sale to SAP shows growing maturity of both Germany’s and Europe’s tech ecosystem.
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Strategy & Change
T-Mobile US CEO spells out cost of demand for device subsidies
Higher device costs appear to have been a contributary factor to latest round of job cuts.
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Strategy & Change
T-Mobile US plots more shareholder rewards as DT holds firm
Deutsche Telekom intends to retain majority shareholding in American NatCo.
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People
New CEO takes helm at Building Digital UK
Dean Creamer oversees Project Gigabit and Shared Rural Network as new head of Building Digital UK.
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M&A
stc buys a “friendly” 9.9% stake in Telefónica
Saudi Arabia’s stc becomes Telefónica’s largest shareholder.
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Innovation (R&D)
DT beefs up quantum research to protect networks from qubit-computer attacks
“Quantum Lab” opened in Berlin, overseen by Deutsche Telekom’s research arm T-Labs; various partners from academia and business involved.
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Interview
Interview: CMC chief exec on keeping Africa in business despite energy supply woes
In an interview with TelcoTitans, CEO of Carlyle-controlled connectivity player CMC Networks describes doing business on the continent as tough but “super exciting”.
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Strategy & Change
BT’s Mehta: ‘deep use’ of AI driving transformation at pace
CDIO Harmeen Mehta says Google Cloud migration has reached 80%, will finish by the end of the year.
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Strategy & Change
Telekom Deutschland scopes out strategies to drive green progress
German mobile network operators exploring how to balance energy-saving measures with a good network experience.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodacom brands new TowerCo business as Mast
Vodacom sticks with simplicity in branding its new South African tower spinoff.
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Financial & Performance
DT CEO seeks help from AI and T-Mobile in bid for €150bn+ valuation
Group’s CEO plays the tease as his strategy team begins to flesh out next medium-term plan. One aim will be to add €50bn–€70bn to DT’s market cap by winning over sceptics regarding industry growth prospects.