Network & Infrastructure
Deep dive: Virgin Media Ireland’s fibre switch-up enabling 5Gbps and faster launches
Virgin Media leaps ahead on path to 10G. Strategic move driven by customer demand and enabled by €200m IT/network transformation, positioning Ireland as pacesetter in Liberty Global’s NetCo-ServCo fibre (r)evolution. TelcoTitans talks to commercial chief Paul Higgins. Read more…
Sky pinches tech boss from Liberty Global
Liberty gives European B2B services business a new name and mission
Vodafone–Three merger ‘releases the handbrake’ on UK telecoms, but at what cost?
Telefónica CEO to stay in GSMA chair for two more years
T-Mobile happy to sit on Polish fibre sidelines and munch whole-buy gains
Orange Belgium reportedly plans to drop VOO brand
VM O2 chief Lutz Schüler takes leave of absence
Deep dive: What UK FibreCos want from Labour gov’t
M&A
Liberty seeks strategic partner to fuel B2B services expansion plan
Execs lay out strategy to build out, and eventually monetise, outsourced services businesses Liberty Blume and Liberty Tech.
Financial & Performance
Fixed-up VM O2 looks to bounce back in 2025
UK operator forecasts a return to growth in the current year after spending much of 2024 strengthening its foundations.
Financial & Performance
Liberty Global targets $200m+ in savings through AI
The European group has quantified how much it expects to save in operating costs from deploying artificial intelligence across its telecoms assets over the next three years.
M&A
Virgin Media O2 said to attract first offers in £1bn NetCo stake sale
Spanish media reports Virgin Media O2 owners Telefónica and Liberty Global have received non-binding offers from investors for a 40% stake in the planned NetCo carve out, with BlackRock and CPP Investments in the mixer.
Telefónicawatch Report #190 - February 2025
Key stories include: JMAP era comes to abrupt halt | Telco API business christened | Airwave uncertainty in Germany | Spain’s Big 3 take a (price) hike | Exit talk reaches Argentina, Peru
Telefónicawatch Report #189 - January 2025
Key stories include: CEOs demand quicker EU change | Autonomous tech to surface in 2025 | ExCo rejig sees Evans, Blanco exit | Telefónica lands more UNICO cash | Virgin Media O2 moves home
Telefónicawatch Report #188 - December 2024
Key stories include: stc secures Telefónica stake buy | Utiq heads across the Atlantic | Investors ‘keen’ on new Spanish FibreCo | VM O2 keeps cool on Vodafone-Three approval | Peru fibre deal set to fall through