All Strategy & Change articles – Page 38
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Strategy & ChangeCityFibre: service problems are inevitable; failing your customers is not
The real mettle of a business is often exposed when something goes wrong for the customer.
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PeopleVodafone’s international partner boss exits, joins infra investment group
Partner Markets and Carrier Services CEO Diego Massidda leaves Group to lead Arqiva and Verne Global investor Digital 9.
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Strategy & ChangeAn MNO no-no? TowerCos tread fine line on active equipment
The shift from renting out passive infrastructure to owning or managing active equipment is being explored by TowerCos as a path for growth, but the way is fraught and uncertain. Investor/InfraCo perspectives from Brookfield, Cellnex, INWIT, Nokia, Phoenix, TowerXchange EMEA, Vantage.
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OperationsHrvatski Telekom does U-turn on net maintenance ownership
Croatian operator to re-insource construction and maintenance tasks when contract with Ericsson Nikola Tesla expires.
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Venturing & InvestmentsWorld Bank investment arm swoops for stake in Safaricom Ethiopia
World Bank’s IFC to take minority stake in STE with $157.4m equity investment in parent Global Partnership for Ethiopia.
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PeopleWolfgang Metze returns to Deutsche Telekom
Wolfgang Metze set to re-join old stomping ground after seven-year hiatus from the Group. Replaces André Almeida, who takes new position at DT’s investment-focused, centrally based Group Development unit. Metze seen as rising star and has been billed as potential future CEO of Telekom Deutschland.
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Products & ServicesVodafone’s IoT momentum slows despite glut of new partnerships
Series of recent tie-ups show promise, but connections growth hits first single-digit slow-down for the home-grown, now revenue-unicorn IoT business.
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Strategy & ChangeMaintaining innovation while improving sustainability in the telco industry
Joe Baguley, Chief Technology Officer, EMEA at VMware, explores how rapid innovation in telecoms is fuelling energy overconsumption, and the steps that the industry can take to tackle the issue. Telco industry has become one of the largest consumers of energy, accounting for 4% of all global usage. This ...
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Network & InfrastructureDT’s fibre progress marred by overbuild complaints, cabling jungle
Group FTTP network now passes almost six million premises. Rivals maintain criticism of overbuild tactics. Trenching techniques adding to Germany’s subterranean cabling jungle.
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M&ATelefónica ‘gears up’ for Peruvian fibre sale
Telefónica Peru said to have recruited Deloitte to help manage partial sale of PangeaCo.
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Strategy & ChangeFreshwave rides DigitalBridge advantage to new infrastructure models
CEO Simon Frumkin talks to TelcoTitans at TowerXchange Meetup Europe. Ambitious young neutral host infrastructure-as-a-service provider taps knowledge and experience of fellow DigitalBridge portfolio companies.
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Strategy & ChangeAmerican Tower exits Poland
Relatively small tower portfolio sold to local player Emitel.
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Strategy & ChangeCopper shutdown a ‘game changer’ for Deutsche Telekom, says Höttges
CEO says pilots have been run to test migration approaches. DT’s fibre take-up hampered by its own vectoring success. But Germany does not yet have a firm date for its copper switch-off.
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Strategy & ChangeOrange grapples with challenging agenda to go green
Speaking at DSP Leaders event, Orange Poland Director Daniel Piechocki highlights how the operator is on track to meet decarbonisation goals. Group leadership concedes that sunsetting legacy networks is no easy task.
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Strategy & ChangeNewbie GD Towers sheds “dinosaur” image, looks east for tower expansion
CEO Bruno Jacobfeuerborn revels in GD Towers’ independence at TowerXchange Meetup Europe. TowerCo confirms organic and inorganic growth are on the agenda, and signals more Deutsche Telekom asset carve-outs in the pipeline.
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Strategy & ChangeTelefónica emphasises collaboration and cloud in API strategy
Speaking at DSP Leaders event, SVP Juan Carlos Garcia Lopez says Telefónica is placing collaboration at the forefront of its API strategy to avoid past industry traps.
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EventwatchOrange’s Vamparys joins cloud-native dots
Speaking at DSP Leaders event, CTIO for Europe sets out approach to cloud native.
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InterviewInterview: open source advocate Ensarguet applies enterprise IT credentials to techco challenge at Orange
New VP of Software Engineering follows his technology “north star” from Orange Business Services into wider group. Major proponent of open source collaboration to ensure telcos can focus on what makes them unique.
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Network & InfrastructureBT’s Watson urges “scared” telcos to embrace innovation, but efficiently
Solving the conundrum of driving innovation while managing energy efficiency will demand operators get a grip on legacy technology says BT networks chief, speaking at DSP Leaders event.
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PremiumT-Mobile US CEO trumpets enterprise, rural gains
Mike Sievert outlines “methodological approach” to building share in underpenetrated areas. Highlights Verizon’s role as “great benchmark” to mark enterprise progress.