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M&A
‘Pragmatic’ Cellnex open to full exits to boost debt repayment drive
Spanish group’s exit from private networks business could be followed up by more deals, to boost programme of financial strengthening.
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Financial & Performance
Telefónica’s ‘Core Four’ concoct plan to address wholesale decline
Q3 FY23: Group seeks to leverage FibreCo spinoffs, defend against uncertain market conditions, and create new revenue streams to offset forecast wholesale revenue decline over next three years.
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M&A
Telefónica’s Bluevía acquires sliver of Spanish fibre from Excom
Operator’s Spanish fibre joint venture makes first M&A move to expand footprint in Andalusia.
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M&A
Spain mulls Telefónica stake buy, as stc ‘backs off’
Spanish government seeks to gain greater control of “strategic” Telefónica in light of stc’s bid to increase stake.
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Financial & Performance
Telefónica’s connected-security JV flags progress in profit pivot
Operator’s three-year-old joint venture with Prosegur highlights improvements in churn, user spend, and profitability after switching focus away from growth-above-all strategy seen in its startup phase.
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M&A
In depth: Vodafone concedes defeat in Spain, billions poorer, in latest bid to ‘right-size’
Cutting and running from yet another once sunny market now beset by unbearable competitive storms, will Vodafone ever find a downsize that fits?
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M&A
Vodafone said to near Spanish exit as Zegona preps finance
Reports indicate takeover deal is nearly complete, with Zegona said to have raised debt funding from bank syndicate and Vodafone itself.
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Premium
Vodafone Peoplewatch: former execs take to the boardroom
October 2023 update: vast array of alumni moves, including board appointments for Hannes Ametsreiter, Vittorio Colao, and Michel Combes.
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Public Affairs
Wait goes on for EC’s investment revival ‘vision’
European Commission guidelines for new Digital Networks Act expected before June 2024, but draft legislation not until 2025.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone looks to 6GHz spectrum to counter ‘capacity crunch’
Trials for use of upper 6GHz frequency band successfully completed by Vodafone engineers in Spain.
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Financial & Performance
Orange confident of MÁSMÓVIL merger clearance in 2023
Christel Heydemann hopes to complete merger deal in Q1 FY24.
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People
Cellnex appoints new finance chief as reorg continues
Raimon Trias joins TowerCo after José Manuel Aisa Mancho seeks new horizons.
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Enterprise (B2B)
Vodafone Spain dials up enterprise efforts in hunt for growth
Vodafone Spain moves to revamp business unit in battle for revival, with new management in to support growth strategy.
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Public Affairs
Telefónica ‘presents’ job cut plans to Spanish unions
Operator set to reduce headcount by up to 5,000 through new Individual Contract Suspension Plan.
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Interview
Interview: Sateliot places operators at heart of satellite-IoT growth strategy
Sateliot CEO Jaume Sanpera sees MNO relationships with the likes of Telefónica as key to competing in the satellite-IoT market.
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Premium
Elsewhere in EU Cluster: Vodafone Czech Republic deploys IPv6
Vodafone Czech Republic deploys IPv6.
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Network & Infrastructure
Telefónica Tech launches new Spanish node for VDC service
Telefónica Tech sets up new node for Virtual Data Center service in Barcelona, harnessing tech from VMware and Zerto.
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Premium
SpaceMobile calls in Vodafone for 5G satellite pilot
Vodafone‑backed satcomms player showcases 5G direct‑to‑device call ahead of planned commercial launch.
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Network & Infrastructure
Spain kicks off 5G SA funding call
Spain opens bidding for UNICO-5G Redes Activas programme, providing €543.8m to accelerate 5G standalone rollout in rural areas of the country.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone signs Arm to bolster open RAN chipset development
British firm to underpin another line of Vodafone R&D in open RAN silicon after Intel deal earns expansion.