All SoftBank articles
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Weekly Briefings
Infrawatch Weekly: EU to invest in quantum, subsea, and 5G; hurricanes accelerate LEO clearance
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK and beyond, including a new data centre for Manchester; Starlink sat‑to‑cell cleared for hurricane relief; EU heralds €865m spending plans, and plenty more…
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Partnerships & Alliances
DT runs rule over South Korean B2B tech
Ahead of strategy refresh, Group’s Europe B2B boss travels to east Asian market for meetings with innovators in enterprise tech, including web giant Naver and close partner SKT.
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Strategy & Change
Deutsche Telekom’s Hafez peels open AI layers to explore challenges ahead
DT’s Vice‑President of Technology Strategy highlights need to keep testing a mix of telco‑friendly LLMs because they are continually changing.
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Venturing & Investments
DTCP joins Porsche to steer into mobility tech
Deutsche Telekom said to again act as anchor as affiliated investment group closes a third growth fund and sets up a mobility venturing vehicle with Porsche.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Deutsche Telekom backs AI LLMs that ‘speak our lingo’
DTW24 – Ignite: DT’s AI lead highlights need for large language models that know telco products and services.
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M&A
German state trims Deutsche Telekom stake to 27.8%
Government intends to invest funds raised from DT share sale in Germany’s railways.
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Products & Services
DT seeks to break Germany’s fintech barriers with Greek payment app
German telco is piloting payzy, the digital wallet offering developed by its Greek NatCo OTE, in a rare sign of interest in the financial services world.
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Products & Services
DT’s AI lead sees chatbots becoming user support ‘experts’
Powered by newly-developed large language model platform, operator plans to give Frag Magenta AI assistant a much freer role in terms of interacting with customers and internal functions, as well as extending the bot across its European footprint, says Group AI lead.
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Strategy & Change
DT bosses tap into Asian experience on customer-centricity and tech development
Group’s Chief Executive Timotheus Höttges cites visit to tech partner SK Telecom as highlight of trip to region, while Europe Head Dominique Leroy travels to India to meet with software development partners.
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Deutsche Telekom Peoplewatch: new CIO for Europe
August 2023 update: DT’s Europe segment names Stefan Schloter as CIO.
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Bullitt fires first shot in sat-to-phone messaging battle
Service unveiled at MWC now live, enabled through tie-up with new space player Skylo Technologies.
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Partnerships & Alliances
DT flexes muscle with new European partner scheme
Magenta Advantage loyalty scheme sees Group step up its partnering game for likes of Booking.com, Disney+, and TIER Mobility.
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Claure’s investor eye falls back on home region LatAm
Former SoftBank exec Marcelo Claure has plans for his personal billions
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High-flying towers reach new development heights
Deutsche Telekom-backed Stratospheric Platforms gears up with BT trial and Series-B fund raising.
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People
1NCE taps Vodafone know-how for Europe and APAC expansion
Two former execs of the UK group appointed to lead regional growth plans, including strategic partnership in APAC with SoftBank.
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Deutsche Telekom Innovation & Venturing: 1NCE launches in Japan
DT‑linked 1NCE leverages SoftBank backing for Japan launch.
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Elsewhere in Vodafone Partner Markets: VfNZ rolls out smart water meters in Auckland
Vodafone NZ, Landis+Gyr roll out smart water meters.
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Partnerships & Alliances
DT, T-Mobile bring Skylo onto T-IoT team
Operators plan to use Skylo’s space-based Narrowband IoT platform to “enhance” flagship international connectivity service, jointly launched earlier this year.
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Deutsche Telekom people moves: healthcare unit shuffles leadership
Hans Jan Pijbes and Dianne Seesink appointed co-MDs for DT Healthcare Solutions.