More Insight on Orange – Page 16
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PremiumOrange-backed SoundHound helping Deutsche Telekom find voice
New buddy for DT’s vaunted ‘voicification’ strategy.
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PremiumBT España sale in final phase
Spanish challenger operator MÁSMÓVIL is now thought to be among four bidders remaining in the final phase of the sale of BT España, alongside US private equity firm Carlyle and Spanish venture capital firm Portobello Capital.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom Group People Moves, October 2019
Latest people movements include: Jörg Weber, Beatrice Felder, Stefan Hofbauer, Khalid Sharaf, Jochen Appel, Laurent Donnay, Angela Maragopoulou, Tibor Megyeri, Gema Ortiz, Peter Ruppel, Randy van Essen.
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PremiumDigi in for Romanian mobile network assets – report
Digi’s part-interest adds to sense of a convoluted Romanian exit for DT.
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PremiumTelefónica España’s broadcasting revenue to increase
Telefónica España could rake in additional revenue from Mediaset as part of its agreement to allow the broadcaster to air La Liga, Europa League, and Champions League matches on its new Mitele Plus pay-TV service.
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PremiumOrange sells remainder of shares in BT Group
Orange, DT’s partner in former UK joint venture EE, sold the remainder of shares received in BT Group as part of the deal that saw the UK incumbent acquire EE in 2016.
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PremiumBuyIn flagged to have set up a Middle East and Africa unit
DT procurement joint venture BuyIn was flagged to have set up a MEA-dedicated unit to serve its co-parent Orange.
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Strategy & ChangeTMPL completes two-year convergence reboot
Polish NatCo’s transformation moves forward with long-awaited fibre bundles. NatCo still has point to prove, to rise into Group’s Converged Leader category.
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Innovation (R&D)TM Forum champions APIs as telcos battle web giants
More big hitters are joining TMF’s Open API programme, although numbers remain lower than anticipated. Ongoing focus on standardisation and consistency saw a pause in API development to ensure strong foundations. Adoption of SDN and virtualisation is blurring the remit of traditional standards bodies.
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Innovation (R&D)TM Forum DTW19: 2019 Catalysts spark pragmatic innovation
Rundown of key Catalysts, joint initiatives. More than 30 joint technology projects demoed, with assurance, partnering, and customer experience to fore. Operator preoccupations ahead of 5G include profitability and effectiveness of network slicing. Drones, emergency services, and healthcare among focus verticals.
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EventwatchTM Forum’s DTW19 event underlines need for collaboration and speed
The telecoms industry’s annual pilgrimage to Nice on the French Riviera is set to take on a somewhat different tone in 2020. France has become inextricably linked with the flagship TM Forum (TMF) event – apart from two forgotten years in Dublin – but, following its rebranding as Digital Transformation World in 2018, the event now looks set to transfer to Copenhagen, apparently in order to provide more space.
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PremiumVodafone Group gets more NFV vim from VMware
Vendor’s telco cloud infrastructure active in 15 Vodafone markets. Vodafone hatches plans with Orange to make VNF onboarding easier.
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Products & ServicesV by Vodafone family gets on bike
Offering looks to tread familiar ground of vehicle-monitoring.
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PremiumVodafone extends network reboot to Spain
Timely deal for Group leadership ahead of annual update.