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Financial & PerformanceTelefónica FY22: foundations ready, vision to follow
No surprises as the Group rounds off year hitting targets as expected and promising steady future progress. Little indication given of future strategy evolution, but a focus on opening infrastructure and network-as-a-service looks set to feature strongly. Consolidation the talk of the analyst call, with altnets on radar and ...
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PremiumEnergy cost concerns weigh on operator 5G decisions
Operators want energy-efficient solutions, says Ericsson.
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PremiumBT’s Sutton highlights timing issues with open RAN
Group’s Principal Network Architect says vRAN will need “hardware assistance” to deal with timing and sync between different components.
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PeopleOrange people moves: new home market head
Martin Bergner and Vincent Garnier take up Chief Data Officer roles at Orange’s rebranded business unit.
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PremiumHöttges claims 1&1 has ‘lost eligibility’ for auction participation
DT CEO hits out at challenger 1&1 arguing it has “lost the eligibility for participating in an auction” after limited coverage increases.
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PremiumT.Capital to supercharge DT’s strategic investments
Strategic investment activity is independently branded as T.Capital and gets set to play bigger role in Deutsche Telekom’s innovation drive.
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M&ASchüler ‘open’ to altnet M&A as VMO2 builds fibre base
Virgin Media O2 CEO states altnet consolidation is possible, citing “very low” penetration rates among fibre providers.
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PremiumBT calls for more ecosystem support for multicast
Telco, alongside sports media company DAZN, calls for more aid to fully transition to mABR.
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PremiumElsewhere in BT Group: BT launches tender offers worth £2.18bn
BT launches tender offers worth £2.18bn following disappointing results
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PremiumBT says UK on edge of investment precipice
Urges government to rethink rise in corporation tax and scrapping of the Super Deduction investment scheme.
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PremiumDT’s Europe boss gets new deal as division rides out regional turmoil
DT hands a fresh, five-year contract to Dominique Leroy, two years into her stint at Group. Reappointment offers reward for ex-Proximus boss, following success maintaining momentum in Europe’s increasingly challenging telecoms market.
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PremiumDT’s facilities partner ISS initiates arbitration over deal dispute
Outsourcer indicates contractual disagreement with DT over huge FM deal not yet resolved, and entering arbitration. Dispute overhangs progress being made by ISS in turnaround of hitherto-unprofitable contract. Breakeven achieved on DT engagement in FY22, on schedule — removing long-running drag on ISS financial performance.
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PremiumTelefónica says situation ‘normal’ at German FibreCo, despite reports
Parent operator’s boss suggests press reports of headaches at Unsere joint venture Grüne Glasfaser overblown.
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PremiumAltice, Vodafone given EC go-ahead for infra JV
European Commission clears Vodafone’s plan for fibre JV with French group Altice.
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PremiumCompetition watchdog reviewing BT’s planned Pelipod sale
Sale of ‘smart locker’ enabler, announced at end of 2022, comes under CMA microscope.
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PremiumT-Mobile US ties with AWS on enterprise 5G edge
Operator augments 5G Advanced Network Solutions with AWS edge compute. ·Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile among cohort supporting new Integrated Wireless on AWS programme. ·AWS taps telcos to sell private mobile services to enterprises.
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PremiumTelefónica-Allianz fibre JV ‘on course’ with rollout plans
Unsere Grüne Glasfaser remains bullish in the face of negative reports.
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Network & InfrastructureRakuten Symphony: Open networks create a new game, with new security rules
Security must be embedded into the operator mindset as well as new cloud‑native network architecture, says Rakuten Symphony and O-RAN Alliance security lead Nagendra Bykampadi.
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PremiumVirgin Media O2 ‘ponders Trooli acquisition’ amid altnet struggles
Moves for UK altnet said to be under consideration at numerous rivals, including Telefónica and Liberty’s UK operating business.
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PremiumElsewhere in BT Technology: Adastral Park eyes up a share of space tech cluster funding
Adastral Park eyes up a share of space tech cluster funding