All TelcoTitans Industry Content articles – Page 20
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Suppliers & SCM
BT Sourced turns to AI agent for easier, faster supplier negotiations
BT Group Chief Procurement Officer Cyril Pourrat says “don’t be afraid” of AI as the buying unit employs digital agent from German startup nnamu, saving time and money in supplier negotiations.
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Network & Infrastructure
Short-term delays in NI, but Project Gigabit readying for leap forward across devolved nations
Northern Ireland Executive confirms slight delay in procurement, but confident Project Stratum success can be replicated as paths cleared for Project Gigabit progress in Scotland, Wales…
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Strategy & Change
Vodafone Business hiring spree set to rev service growth in Germany
Vodafone’s B2B push gets underway in Germany with 120 new jobs to drive growth in cloud, connectivity, cybersecurity, and IoT.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Deutsche Telekom IoT taps into Bridge Alliance for APAC access
Group continues efforts to make T‑IoT the “one-stop shop” for global IoT coverage.
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Financial & Performance
Indus Towers recovers more Vi past dues, but new payment plan yet to be agreed
Q1 FY24–25: Indus Towers got a boost to profitability and free cash flow from debt-laden key client Vi and fellow Vodafone-affiliate continuing to pay down outstanding bills.
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Financial & Performance
Safaricom scaleup Circle Gas restructures, but yet to soar
Sharp jump in revenue as demand for pay-as-you-go gas rises, but restructuring for future expansion weighs on net losses.
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M&A
Brazil’s Vivo keeps watch on digital M&A opportunities
Q2 FY24: Telefónica’s Brazilian operating business continues to analyse opportunities to expand its digital B2B service portfolio in cloud, cybersecurity, and IoT.
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M&A
Australia’s TPG puts fibre back on the table in new Vocus talks
Macquarie-backed fibre operator Vocus in early talks with TPG Telecom as fibre assets put back on the table…
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Financial & Performance
Brazil’s Vivo sails past 100m mark for mobile accesses
Brazilian OB reaps success of upselling tactics as postpaid mobile share expands.
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Venturing & Investments
UK Infrastructure Bank gives fibre sector another financial leg-up
National infra financing organisation backs another rural fibre altnet as Quickline secures a £250m debt package to support rollout in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
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Strategy & Change
Cellnex puts real estate asset sale plan ‘on hold’
European tower group wants to keep full ownership of its new land management business, highlighting its financial and strategic importance when it comes to controlling real estate cost and protecting against sharp practice by third-party aggregators.
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Financial & Performance
INWIT expects Italian consolidation to unlock 5G spend
INWIT sees brighter future for mobile operator infra investment in Italy after dust settles on M&A activity as the TowerCo reported “resilient” Q2 results.
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Financial & Performance
T-Mobile has ‘little appetite’ for further fibre deals, for now
CEO Mike Sievert says T‑Mobile remains open minded but indicates that there are no current plans to bulk up fibre diet.
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M&A
Telefónica heads for Colombian exit with Millicom deal
Group set to further reduce its presence in Latin America with sale of stake in Colombian operating business to Millicom.
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M&A
Vodafone Spain partners Telefónica on second FibreCo in two weeks
Telefónica España and Vodafone Spain to create joint FibreCo with a 3.5 million premises footprint, as Telefónica shores up wholesale revenue and Vodafone continues infra retreat.
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Financial & Performance
Prosegur backs Telefónica security JV as it passes 500k subs
Spanish operator’s home security partner talks up the value of their joint venture, and wider connected-alarms business, despite ongoing profit drain of commercial spend to fuel user base expansion.
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Financial & Performance
BT Q1 FY25 Highlights: Kirkby claims solid start despite performance wobbles
CEO Allison Kirkby assures of a ‘solid’ start to the FY, but trouble at Business and Consumer suggest challenge ahead.
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Network & Infrastructure
German law to accelerate network rollout receives muted response
Draft TK‑NABEG act moves to next stage, with telecom networks elevated to status of “overriding public interest”.
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Network & Infrastructure
BT lands 5G role in UK film and tech scheme
BT wins million-pound deal to provide 5G private network to support national labs for virtual production R&D.
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People
Ex-BT CEO Philip Jansen named WPP chair
Advertising giant WPP appoints Jansen to Non-Exec Chair role, amidst rumours of Rentokil buyout…