All Open API articles
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Strategy & ChangeOrange’s Leboucher: Collaboration is key to drive platform play
CTO sets out horizontal ambition at OSS/BSS Summit co-hosted with Ericsson, encompassing autonomous networks, telco cloud-native, slicing, 5G SA, SD-WAN, SASE, IoT, and of course AI and APIs. Read more from this in-depth report…
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Weekly BriefingsTelefónicawatch Weekly: Spanish incumbents remain under siege; VM O2 executes on digital strategy
Q3 financials acknowledge tough domestic competition, notably rising menace Digi. Across the water, Virgin Media O2 doubles up on digital with a range of fresh services (and a new network)…
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Strategy & ChangeOrange preps new business unit to drive telco APIs
CTIO hints that Orange will follow Deutsche Telekom’s example and set up a separate go‑to‑market network API unit.
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Partnerships & AlliancesBT’s Campbell McClean: ‘common lexicon’, shared vision at the heart of modern telco–vendor collaboration
Chief Architect speaking with Blue Planet counterpart, and drawing on wide-ranging career, says BT’s Digital and Networks teams operate with vendors in ‘grey space’, drawing on language underpinned by TM Forum initiatives to support customers’ goals. Read more…
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Partnerships & AlliancesSpanish MNOs, and Vodafone, tie on Europe’s ‘first’ Open Gateway API lab
MásOrange and Telefónica tout benefits of an “innovation environment” in driving API adoption.
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Weekly BriefingsTelefónicawatch Weekly: Group seeks R&D boost, CEO comfy in GSMA chair, fresh startup investment
Telefónica goes to market with new AI, blockchain, cybersecurity, and quantum computing services. Meanwhile, German telcos lend each other a hand to get Gigabit 5G services on the rails.
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PeopleTelefónica CEO to stay in GSMA chair for two more years
Álvarez-Pallete extends contract to serve in GSMA top spot until end of 2026. Appointment comes alongside overhaul of GSMA’s Board of Directors, which now includes representatives from BT, Liberty Global, and more…
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Innovation (R&D)Telefónica hits R&D accelerator with TU expansion
All next-gen bases covered: Chema Alonso presents bounty of fresh AI, blockchain, crypto and quantum services housed under TU digital innovation brand.
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Weekly BriefingsTelefónicawatch Weekly: Group has new AI friend, Colombia pressure rises, API JV needs reach
Operator backs Perplexity’s AI engine with funding, a trade deal, and fresh TV services. Group also joins calls for more players to get on board with Ericsson API joint venture. Read more…
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Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica, Orange call for more telcos to back API venture
Telcos seeking to onboard new collaborators for API joint venture with Ericsson, while affirming partnerships beyond telecoms sphere are essential to success.
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Partnerships & AlliancesDT wants more telcos to join ‘non-exclusive’ API club
Network X: German group’s API supremo Peter Arbitter keen for broader support for new aggregator business in bid to extend proposition beyond current twelve-telco membership.
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Weekly BriefingsDeutsche Telekomwatch Weekly: another 100 AIs are born
Group Chief Executive uses Digital X to re-stress commitment to AI-enabled digital transformation.
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Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica said to expand API push with Microsoft distribution tie-up
Close partners reportedly finalise deal to market Spanish group’s network APIs on Azure Marketplace.
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Public AffairsDraghi’s EU vision prompts mixed response from telcos
Regional grandees Ericsson, Nokia, Orange, Telefónica, and Vodafone among those praising EU’s vision on improving competitiveness on the global stage, but others not so keen on the strictures it lays out. Register to read more…
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Partnerships & AlliancesEricsson unites telco A-list on network API joint venture
JV set to come together in early-2025, marking next step as top operators try to seize a supposed multi-billion dollar global revenue opportunity in selling CAMARA APIs to developers. Includes AT&T, DT/TMUS, Orange, Telefónica, and Vodafone. Google sneaks in as hyperpartner alongside Vonage…
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Weekly BriefingsDeutsche Telekomwatch Weekly: Group calls in the B2B backup in Germany
Telekom Deutschland continues efforts to inject some go-to-market oomph in broadband and B2B, with new marque and products.
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Network & InfrastructureTelefónica, Meta ally to upgrade short-form video delivery
Pair seek to expand trials of 4G and 5G network configurations to optimise video content delivery beyond Spain.
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Products & ServicesTelefónica injects automation into network slicing strategy
DTW24 – Ignite: Group seeks to implement automated network slicing across its core markets to bring in new enterprise customers, drive revenue growth, and expose network functions to developers.
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Weekly BriefingsDeutsche Telekomwatch Weekly: 2Gigs intro’d to rock fibre rivals
Group continues to arrow in on broadband business performance in Germany, revamping full-fibre pricing and releasing a new top-level tariff based on XGS-PON tech.
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Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica expands 5G API options with Nokia deal
Group plans to deploy Nokia’s Network Exposure Function in Germany and Spain.