Partnership News – Page 82
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Suppliers & SCM
Qualitest secures 5G and ESN testing role
ESN collaboration proving an opportunity to expand remit to 5G for software-testing company Qualitest.
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BT Enterprise launches Counter Drone Solution
Partnership with DroneShield to provide proactive response to the threat of drone disruption for Enterprise customers.
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BT demos 8K, but easing focus on technology
Amidst showcase of new network and broadcast technology, BT Sport stressed the importance of customer experience over technology bragging rights. Value of 5G emphasised for more efficient and agile production capabilities.
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Sky goes by the BUUK for new build challenge
BT rival Sky entered an agreement with BUUK Infrastructure, a utility network provider for new build development, that will see the pair offer full-fibre broadband in new-build residential properties.
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Vodacom Tanzania partners Smart Lab to launch Digital Accelerator incubation programme
Vodacom Tanzania (VdT) partnered with local innovation hub Smart Lab to launch Vodacom Digital Accelerator, an incubation programme intended to support early- and growth-stage technology startups.
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Vodafone Idea partners with Google India to offer customers voice search functionality
Vodafone Idea (VfI) was said to have partnered with Google India to offer its customers voice search functionality without the need for an internet connection or data usage.
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Vodafone Italy adds Serie A football to TV package
Vodafone Italy (VfIt) began offering coverage of Serie A football matches as part of its Vodafone TV Sport Plus television package.
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Palo Alto Networks and Exclusive Networks partner Vodafone Ireland on cybersecurity
Vodafone Ireland (VfIr) revealed it had recently entered into partnership with two cybersecurity specialists: US-based Palo Alto Networks and France-headquartered Exclusive Networks.
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Products & Services
Hatch and Ubitus tie-ups activate Vodafone 5G gaming push
Edge-based gaming begins to make an appearance in Vodafone’s 5G strategy. New services come from Group leadership’s One More Service playbook. VfIt takes both technical and commercial partnership routes.
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Vodafone Ireland extends sponsorship agreement with Irish RFU
Vodafone Ireland (VfIr) extended its sponsorship agreement with the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU).
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Vodafone Germany teams with Signify to light up 5G
Trulifi prepped for IoT and connected-car use cases.
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Vodafone Germany 5G in planes, trains, stadiums, and automobiles
Partnerships with Airbus, Thales, and North Rhine-Westphalia help VfD target different 5G markets. Network slicing and edge computing underpin various use cases of the next-gen tech.
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Vodafone Zambia demise confirmed by national regulator
Zambia’s telecoms regulator confirmed the demise of Vodafone Zambia, the local unit of Vodafone’s defunct regional Partner Markets’ associate Afrimax Group.
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Strategy & Change
Vodafone’s analytics team starts looking outward
Vodafone ready for long-trailered Location Intelligence services expansion. Five-year IT and organisational update ensures so-called ‘single version of truth’. IoT and security use-cases also in focus.
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T-Mobile US partners Microsoft on Project xCloud game-streaming service
T-Mobile US (TMUS) revealed it was working with Microsoft on the software giant’s beta release (or “preview”) of Project xCloud, an Xbox games-streaming service for smartphones and tablets.
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T-Mobile US files application to add US cities to 5G Innovation Partnership Zone
T-Mobile US (TMUS) was said to have filed an application with Washington State authorities to designate parts of Bellevue, Redmond, and Seattle as a 5G Innovation Partnership Zone.
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T-Systems Switzerland to offer services via SIX’s SOC
T-Systems Switzerland (T-Sys CH) is to offer services via cybersecurity specialist SIX’s Security Operations Centre (SOC), aimed particularly at the country’s financial services sector.
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T-Systems adds VeloCloud to SD-WAN team
Parent VMware makes gains in unit’s ongoing partner and portfolio refit.
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Kudelski Group joins Deutsche Telekom’s nuSIM ecosystem
Swiss digital security technology player Kudelski Group joined the ecosystem behind nuSIM — Deutsche Telekom’s (DT) integrated SIM-based design format for Internet of Things (IoT) devices, unveiled at February 2019’s Mobile World Congress (Deutsche Telekomwatch, #81).
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ZTE provides Deutsche Telekom’s CarConnect solution with a new terminal
ZTE provides “completely revised” terminal for Deutsche Telekom’s CarConnect solution.