All Strategy & Change articles – Page 23
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M&A
Telefónica ‘weighs up’ Tech stake sale
Group said to be considering partial sale of B2B digital services arm, with the unit valued at more than €2bn.
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M&A
Apollo joins Vodafone Spain takeover race
USA’s Apollo Global Management reportedly partners JB Capital to enter contention to acquire Vodafone Spain.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone part-breaks with tradition through expanded radio kit supply contest
Open, disaggregated tech gets key role as Vodafone confirms plans for Europe- and Africa-wide, 170,000-site RAN supplier refresh.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Beyond Now seeks deeper relationship with Deutsche Telekom
DT partner aims to help its customers achieve more than €1bn of revenue across their platforms.
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Premium
Deutsche Telekom Peoplewatch: top-level rejig in Germany
January 2024 update: Telekom Deutschland’s Business Customers unit takes on new MD, following departure of Hagen Rickmann.
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Eventwatch
Interview: CityFibre strives to shift the dial on UK fibre safety standards
Connected Britain 2023: In an interview with TelcoTitans, Sarah Parsons, Director of Compliance at CityFibre, shares how the altnet is evolving its safety standards to keep pace with its fibre rollout, and how it collaborates with peers in the SHiFT group to compete to do better.
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Public Affairs
DT’s Europe chief lashes out at proposal to regulate EU intra-call pricing
Dominique Leroy argues EU parliament’s proposed amendment to Gigabit Infrastructure Act is unnecessary.
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Eventwatch
Rural fibre business case “getting stronger” as UK altnets look to boost take-up
Connected Britain 2023: UK fibre builders warming up to rural rollout as private funding becomes harder to access. Perspectives from Lothian Broadband, County Broadband, CityFibre, Openreach, and CommScope.
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Eventwatch
Interview: UK altnet Hyperoptic boosts CX in full-fibre take-up drive
In an interview with TelcoTitans, Dana Tobak, founder and CEO of Hyperoptic, shares how financial discipline guides the UK altnet.
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Strategy & Change
BT bats away backlash against all-IP switchover
Campaign group withdraws from Digital Voice Advisory Group, claims that it has been “hoodwinked” by BT over promises to safeguard older customers.
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Eventwatch
T-Mobile will ‘lean into’ wireless partnerships, vows wholesale chief
T-Mobile Wholesale chief says it is “open for business” for Wireless-as-a-Service tie-ups, targeting IoT players, MVNOs, and startups. Partner-focused tech stack readied after BSS overhaul with Netcracker. AI- and Web3 - enabled services seen as offering fresh wave of growth opportunity. Alongside IT revamp, T-Mobile has refined go-to-market ...
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Public Affairs
EU urges action as 2030 digital infra targets are “far from assured”
European Commission calls on EU member states to pick up the pace on digital infra rollout, estimating up to €227bn required to meet 2030 goals.
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Eventwatch
Interview: Chema Alonso on building Telefónica’s API place
Telefónica’s Chief Digital Officer expects Open Gateway APIs to begin having revenue impact in current fiscal year, with first products being launched in Brazil.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica teams with Ericsson to develop cloud RAN
A new collaboration agreement will see pair roll out trial deployments of cloud radio access networks in Europe using open APIs.
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M&A
Orange Business boosts healthcare arm with dual acquisition
Enovacom doubles size of workforce and revenue through latest acquisitions.
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M&A
Zegona talks spark speculation that Vodafone Spain might ‘disappear’
Spanish business press sees break-up of Vodafone Spain the most likely outcome if UK investment firm succeeds in takeover.
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Eventwatch
Orange’s Vermeulen advises telcos to get early start on GenAI
Group CIO says GenAI will be a gamechanger for telecoms.
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M&A
Zegona eyes Vodafone Spain for reverse takeover deal
Virgin Media veterans consider returning to Spanish market after successful sale of strategic stake in Euskaltel in earlier market consolidation.
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Products & Services
EE in-home connectivity backed by ‘evolved’ Qualcomm deal
BT taps Qualcomm relationship to trail Wi-Fi 7 services for EE customers.
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Strategy & Change
BT quashes talk of Openreach split
Connected Britain 2023: Howard Watson and Clive Selley say structural separation is not on the agenda; BT focused squarely on driving full-fibre deployment.