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BT set to miss out on £895m ESN services deal — report
IBM–Samsung bid expected to be preferred over BT–Leonardo for Emergency Services Network IT services contract. Public sector remains BT Business’s biggest earner, but management notes impact of new government…
Weekly BriefingsThe Deutsche Telekomwatch Briefing: no macro alarms, yet
Reporting Q3 numbers, DT execs delight in strong performance of Europe-side businesses and calm concerns over any bumps from political and economic developments in Germany and the USA.
PeopleBT Peoplewatch: high-profile exits at Group, Openreach, amidst digital imports
20+ senior and strategic changes at BT, including a transformation guru brought in from KPN to lead Business recovery; policy and regulation in focus at Group level; IT architecture swaps at Digital; and convergence expertise imported to support EE ambitions…
Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica Tech, IBM launch fresh B2B toolkit for AI acceleration
Operator works with longstanding partner to deploy new SHARK.X platform, uniting multiple analytics and data management tools to help enterprise customers accelerate AI rollout.
Products & ServicesVodafone’s TOBi chatbot gets a generative AI makeover from Microsoft
Vodafone reveals early progress with applying GenAI to advance customer experience transformation as part of strategic tie-up with Microsoft.
Suppliers & SCMTelefónica to ‘drastically’ cut IT suppliers from 40 to four or five
Report says operator is close to finalising new IT contracts worth up to €500m.
PremiumElsewhere in Telefónica Group: Operators continue to bang ‘fair share’ drum
Operators continue to bang ‘fair share’ drum.
Innovation (R&D)DT beefs up quantum research to protect networks from qubit-computer attacks
“Quantum Lab” opened in Berlin, overseen by Deutsche Telekom’s research arm T-Labs; various partners from academia and business involved.
Suppliers & SCMDeep dive: Telefónica engages suppliers to fight Scope 3 emissions
Keynoting at Achieving Net Zero in the Telecoms Industry, Daniel Santana lifted the lid on Telefónica’s initiatives to actively tackle emissions across its value chain. Learn more about how this impacts its supply chain, where hundreds have been tagged ‘high risk’, and its ‘circular criteria’, SME outreach, peer comparatives… ...
Partnerships & AlliancesVodafone’s Economy of Things venture takes flight, onboards customers
Vodafone Digital Asset Broker CEO Jorge Bento lays out EoT future as Group carves out influential role in blockchain-based transactions.
Partnerships & AlliancesT-Systems extends foray into quantum realm
Deutsche Telekom’s enterprise arm signs MoU with IQM Quantum Computers to offer access to cloud quantum computing services and training, with a Europe-based focus. Deal builds upon similar tie-up with IBM earlier this year, expanding its quantum services to a “multi-cloud quantum landscape”.
PremiumTelefónica Tech bolsters security offers with F5 and IBM
Partnerships expand cybersecurity capabilities in Spain and UK.
Network & InfrastructureThe Backfill: Equitix bulks up Gigaclear with fibre funding
Infra investor Equitix boosts Gigaclear’s fibre rollout with new financing.
PremiumT-Sys ties with IBM on cloud-based quantum computing
T‑Systems to offer access to IBM quantum computing services through the cloud.
PremiumElsewhere in Systems Solutions: T‑Systems recognised for cloud networking prowess
T‑Systems recognised for cloud networking prowess by AWS.
PeopleT-Systems cloud SVP moves to Skaylink as CEO
Frank Strecker becomes CEO and MD of cloud service provider Skaylink.
PremiumBT sets sights on Scope 3 emissions with tracking tools
Multinational customers offered carbon and energy monitoring tools to cut Scope 3 emissions.
PeopleArch 2022: Timuray calls on sector to face up to diversity challenge
Ensuring diversity and inclusion is just good business, says Serpil Timuray.
Public AffairsAI and IoT in sport: helping hand or threatening force?
Carlsen–Niemann chess scandal kindles debate around how to combat combined, nefarious use of capabilities of AI and wearables.
PremiumTelefónica Tech pens fresh cloud deal with IBM, Red Hat
Trio partner to co‑create multi‑cloud enterprise solutions and services. TROS represents evolution of Telefónica Tech’s Cloud Garden and Red Hat’s OpenShift hybrid cloud Kubernetes platform.
PremiumBT, Palo Alto Networks launch managed SASE
New product incorporates Prisma SASE and Prisma SD-WAN from the security specialist.