All Strategy & Change articles – Page 36
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Safaricom, Vodacom drop more cash into Ethiopian kitty
Share issue by parent vehicle opens up more funds for Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia’s startup rollout
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Fern’s band of UK local altnets being packaged into ‘national’ fibre challenger; branding TBC
Top-ten fibre altnet investor plots nationwide wholesale access network to eke out spot in competitive market, with support from (aspirational) CityFibre, Openreach partnerships.
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Wibergh joins network-multiplier Cohere as board adviser, in latest post-Vodafone sinecure
Wibergh presents Cohere’s MU-MIMO software as a “game changer”.
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Telefónica’s thriving physical security JV poaches replacement CEO from rival — market rumour
Security plays central role in Telefónica’s revenue diversification strategy, with Movistar Prosegur Alarmas partner Prosegur eager for further in-country tie-ups.
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Vendor Voice
Pega: Bridging the Digital Skills Gap Faster with Low-Code
Operators are correctly pursuing digitalisation strategies, but continued siloing risks customers becoming “stuck” between teams or channels, warns Pega.
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Ofcom to review Openreach price tactics — as controversial Equinox 2 provisionally cleared
Regulator minded to permit Openreach’s Equinox 2 upgrade to its incentivised wholesale pricing strategy for SPs, which is ostensibly intended to accelerate fibre adoption and copper shutdown.
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Partnerships & Alliances
DT’s German fibre JV eyes new partners in 2023; lauds open access model
CEO Ralf Greßelmeyer hails benefits of open access approach.
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Vantage Towers: CEO Badrinath scarpers as Vodafone TowerCo charts KKR-fuelled ‘next phase’
Vivek Badrinath, three-year founding CEO at Vantage, unexpectedly leaving by the end of year to head back to family in France. Exit comes amid change of ownership (and, likely, reset), as Vodafone cedes control of European TowerCo to private equity.
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UK altnet Trooli hires restructuring guru as sale talk resurfaces
Kent-based fibre challenger adds former EY Restructuring Partner David Duggins to Board as talk of an equity sale resurfaces.
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Safaricom installs KCB’s Waititu as fintech lead
Operator brings in Esther Waititu as Chief Financial Services Officer.
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Vodafone: EMS “slows everything down” in 5G cloud network; calls on vendors to fix
Operator network consultant says typical Element Management System is a blocker to OSS automation.
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Financial & Performance
Q3 FY22–23: no frills at BT, but fireworks to come before the year’s up
BT’s Q3 reflects a troubled three months of inflationary pressures, union challenge, and heightened competition.
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T-Mobile US keeps options open on fibre play
No decision made on adding wireline to complement fixed-wireless home broadband offering.
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A year on, Vantage reassures ops overhaul ‘is working’
TowerCo remains on “journey” when it comes to realigning its production function, and smoothing out logistics challenges arising from the global supply chain crunch.
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Telefónica and DT suspend legal dispute over ‘T’ logo
Operators mutually agree to end 18-month-long clash over branding.
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Orange France brings in Fallacher as CEO
Orange Group continues streak of executive changes with new leader for its French NatCo.
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BT’s Mehta seeks savings with Kyndryl-supported IT refresh
US IT infrastructure specialist will drive mainframe application migration to the cloud.
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BT procurement rethink providing robust base for inflation battle
Work of new procurement finance team at BT said to have provided an important buffer against the impact of escalating inflation.
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Digital Barriers: take two for surveillance-as-a-service mobile video scaleup
UK video surveillance tech scaleup has refreshed ambitions following a capital injection by 3i and new product platform for expansion alongside key partners Vodafone and Intel.
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Vodafone closes Newbury HQ sale
Operator to lease portion of the campus but vacate three buildings.