Partnership News – Page 69
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Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica Empresas adds SAP to cloud “dream team”
Madrid data centre is data sovereignty key to partnership with SAP Spain. Agreement bolsters Telefónica Empresas multicloud strategy.
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Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica partners to promote digital pathology
Operator bringing connectivity, storage and security capabilities to a partnership fostering an accelerated path to medical diagnoses in Spain.
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Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica brings Erictel IoT to Brazil and UK
Erictel IoT tech at the core of LUCA offerings. To be supported in more Telefónica markets as close links with Ericsson spin-off intensify.
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PremiumElsewhere in TMUS: Uncarrier network failures and further bedding in
Politically untimely network failure riles FCC as TMUS seeks to bed in Sprint merger.
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Partnerships & AlliancesDT, Telefónica, Vodafone units tackle pan-Euro BroadWay prototypes
Vodafone Portugal in one of three consortia building prototypes for pan-European public safety communication system. T-Mobile Netherlands and Telefónica I+D subbing in Consortium B.
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PremiumBT joins the i3forum carrier club
BT set to benefit from collaborative initiatives to combat fraud, as well as future blockchain initiatives.
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Network & InfrastructureVodafone makes candid open RAN admissions
Tenorio says industry “not scratched the surface” on systems integration. Achieving lower TCO, compared with large-scale traditional vendors, an enormous task. O-RAN Alliance doing “great job”, but smaller vendors disadvantaged. Ambition of sub-$1000 RRH pushed back until 2021. Tech still not ready for prime time in urban ...
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PremiumBT Sport turns to arch-rival Sky for media sales
Launch partner Channel 4 displaced after seven years.
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Partnerships & AlliancesDT taking Precise Positioning to ten markets, maybe more
Precise Positioning service for autonomous vehicles to reach eight more European markets by early-2021. DT and partners back ‘state space representation’ open standard to enhance accuracy of satellite positioning.
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Suppliers & SCMDigital Procurement Garage: BT gets new canary for supply chain risks
Macro risk consultancy PRISM joins BT’s fledgling Digital Procurement Garage. Another symbol of how global trade tensions and COVID-19 have given telcos major supply chain resilience jitters. First non-UK member.
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Partnerships & AlliancesVodafone deepens engagement with UK 5G testbed
Vodafone UK positions itself to benefit from 5G-related opportunities around traffic management.
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Innovation (R&D)BT opens DigiTech doors
BT and longstanding partner the University of Suffolk launched the DigiTech Centre, to train 145 apprentices and 500 students.
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PremiumTelefónica deepens Google Cloud ties in Spain
Partnership aims to “accelerate” digital transformation for Spanish businesses. Focus is on joint development of mobile edge computing solutions for 5G. Telefónica Tech slated for service delivery. Deal comes on heels of similar arrangement with Microsoft.
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PremiumTelefónica sets eyes on COVID restart; announcements across all markets: Telefónicawatch roundup June-July 2020
Telefónica joined Restarting Together COVID-19 recovery programme, absent from ETSI’s E4P scheme, and one of 53 large companies to take a Bank of England emergency loan. TIWS test LEO satellite; ElevenPaths gets AWS security certification. Announcements across Telefónica’s core markets include ongoing 5G/China drama in the UK; Brazilian network-sharing ...
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Partnerships & AlliancesVodafone Idea to trial drone-based food delivery
VfI joins ClearSky consortium to test BVLOS drone operations with Airmap, Curl Analytics, TechEagle, and Zomato. Indian regulator targets commercialisation of drone flights with 13 POCs from cross-industry consortia.
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PremiumVodafonewatch roundup — June 2020
Deals and updates from across the Vodafone Group include the latest CNTT release, Vodafone Business partnership with Energy Web, and a coordinated Track and Trace effort from European telcos. Vodafone Idea flagged collaborations with Nokia, Red Hat, and Mavenir. Vodafone Greece launched ToBi; Ireland expanded its relationship with Exclusive ...
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Partnerships & AlliancesKenyan waterco taps Safaricom for IoT data stream
Safaricom provided network connectivity for Kenyan utilities provider, monitoring water flow with IoT devices to improve efficiency and management.
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Partnerships & AlliancesDroniq goes long-range with UAV control
Sky Drone tie-up adds to new JV’s ”command and control” product suite.
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Partnerships & AlliancesT-Mobile Netherlands taps Telindus for automation
TMNL partnered with automation provider Telindus for network maintenance, monitoring, and security.
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Partnerships & AlliancesDeutsche Telekom and Orange join at IP
Operators’ international wholesale divisions collaborate on new IPX proofs of concept.