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Partnerships & AlliancesT-Mobile taps Zyter for telehealth play
Preferred partnership sees remote healthcare specialist Zyter offer its products to T-Mobile customers, leveraging the provider’s 4G/5G networks. T-Mobile for Business EVP Mike Katz sets his ambition for automated, remote diagnostics as an alternative to hospital trips.
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Partnerships & AlliancesT-Mobile US teams with Lumen for B2B edge services
TMUS makes inroads to more enterprises with Lumen. Collaboration brings together 5G, fibre, and edge computing.
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Partnerships & AlliancesTMUS nears launch of FamilyMode upgrade
Smith Micro signals that the SafePath 7-based product will be called FamilyMode 3.0. Acquisition of Avast family safety services brings in Sprint legacy products.
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Products & ServicesTMUS hits the 5G FWA trail
5G Home Internet service available to 30 million homes at launch. NatCo aims for more than seven million FWA subscribers within five years.
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Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in T-Mobile US: 3G sunset backlash
MVNO decries 3G shutter plans; prospective merger partner makes cuts to workforce.
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PeopleT-Mobile execs fill pockets after Sprint merger success
SEC filings show a bumper pay-day for new CEO Sievert and CFO Osvaldik. Predecessors Legere and Carter picked up sizable severance packages.
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PeopleDeutsche Telekom moves: Werner named Zesch’s Magenta B2B successor
New Magenta CCO confirmed as Zesch readies to take CEO role elsewhere. Simone Wamsteker takes third seat at Detecon’s top-table as HR lead. T-Mobile US Chief of Staff heads off, as does Digital Security SVP.
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PremiumFY20: Deutsche Telekom taxis for cash flow take-off
DT expects post-Sprint upwelling of cash flow to begin during current fiscal year, laying basis for next phase of investments. Europe now conquered, says Group CEO as he sets sights on American leadership too. Group’s top line passes €100m with further growth expected in FY21.
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PremiumHeadline data: COVID covered
COVID-19 impacts figures but massively outweighed by Sprint deal and tempered in Europe by NatCo resilience. Group juggernaut rolls on as all key forecasts comfortably surpassed. Höttges goes NSFW to stress DT’s outsized strength versus atrophying European rivals.
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PremiumSpend: investment taps kept open, despite pressure
New TDE CEO Gopalan to search behind sofa for capex and opex savings for fibre push.
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PremiumGuidance: all levers set to growth mode
Earnings growth expected from both US- and Europe-side businesses. Sprint-boosted revenue base forecast for further expansion. TMUS to fuel revival from cash flow dip.
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PremiumTDE moves into next phase of 5G journey with SA call
Telekom Deutschland conducts 5G SA video call between antenna-site near Munich to Bonn. Recorded latency times of 13ms. Nemat views the tech as essential if network slicing and edge computing are to realise full 5G potential.
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PremiumSievert, Ray gloat after C-Band auction
Execs claim AT&T and Verizon still playing 5G catch-up after “spending tens of billions of dollars they didn’t have”. NatCo’s Virtual Analyst Day emphasises much higher deployment costs facing rivals if aiming for “meaningful nationwide coverage” with newly-acquired 3.7GHz assets. Ray estimates TMUS’s cost per 5G GB could be ...
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Suppliers & SCMRimini Street brought in to address TMUS SAP overspend
Contract tackling support shortfall on inventory management and financial reporting.
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Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in Vodafone Group: Tomorrow Street partner bags investment
Innovation partner SecurityScorecard lands more cash; TiVo maintains TV relationshi
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Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in Vodafone Partner Markets: du builds Nokia 5G ties
Developments from around Vodafone’s soft-power network: du expands 5G ties with Nokia; new CEO at MTS; Rogers to subsume rival Shaw.
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Strategy & ChangeQ4 FY20: TMUS highlights DT’s ‘positive headache’
Group leadership relaxed on quandary of when to push button on re-acquisition of majority control in powerhouse NatCo. TMUS on track with Sprint integration, emphasising huge cash flow potential DT could tap into for expansion across Group.
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Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in T-Mobile US: Georgia partnership for 5G incubator
Jay-Z reportedly buys back T-Mobile US’s stake in digital music player Tidal; T-Mobile Accelerator in growth mode.
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PeopleDeutsche Telekom movers: T-Mobile US names trio of CxOs
T-Mobile US appoints Callie Field Chief Customer Experience Officer, one of three new C-suite appointments. T-Mobile Czech Republic CEO brings in old friend Bellassai to replace outgoing Bóna as Commercial lead. Networks! rejigs Advisory Board.
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PeopleT-Mobile CIO Cody Sanford exits amid IT–digital reshuffle
Cody Sanford, Chief Information Officer and Chief Product Officer at T-Mobile US, is set to leave to pursue “external opportunities”. Chief Operating Officer Brian King steps into CIO vacancy. Wider reshuffle flagged to support new digital strategy.