All TelcoTitans Industry Content articles – Page 79
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ruhrfibre brings in another ex-Vodafone Germany exec
Ex-Vodafone exec Christian Klein joins ruhrfibre in double role as COO and CIO.
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Burger brings in Global allies to inaugural BT Business leadership team
CEO Bas Burger confirms top-table of BT’s newly merged £8bn+ B2B division: 25 incumbents and 2 incomers whittled down to an ExCo baker’s dozen.
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InfraVia, Iliad close out deal for Polish fibre JV
InfraVia Capital Partners acquires 50% of Iliad Group’s PŚO, which aims to cover “half of all Polish households”.
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BT shines light on ‘UK-first’ medical delivery drone trial
BVLOS trial takes place between NHS Trust sites in Coventry and Rugby, involving 130 flights across more than 1,900km.
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BT calls for flexibility as operators up fair share pressure
Major operators united in demanding a more telco‑friendly regulatory framework for the European Union, while still trumpeting growing commercial alliances with US Big Tech.
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Infra investor people moves: KKR swaps EMEA chair
KKR brings in Johannes Huth as new Chairman of EMEA.
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Vodafone heralds Golden Cluster in latest open RAN call to arms
James Grayling, Vodafone’s Head of Open RAN Product Integration & Performance, talks up roll out of interoperable tech in West Country’s Golden Cluster.
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Telefónica looks to build spectrum base in busy year for LatAm operators
Group notes spectrum up for grabs in five Latin American markets, prepares to spend to ensure foundations for network expansion.
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Trooli set to become latest in UK altnet consolidation
Founders of fibre challenger resign, making way for director appointments by anticipated buyer, Vauban Infrastructure Partners.
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Vodafone Germany to trim management and hire new sales staff
CEO Philippe Rogge flags “restart” with 1,300 full-time jobs, mainly in management and admin, in line for the axe.
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VodafoneZiggo caught in Dutch data breach
Data compromised at Dutch OpCo through ‘supplier-of-a-supplier’ software breach.
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Strategy & Change
BT and Three go “unilateral” in MBNL refocus
Sites to be upgraded independently in pursuit of autonomy, efficiency.
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Rakuten + Rocky Linux = open RAN economics and sustainability at scale
Switching lanes from Red Hat to Rocky Linux for its cloud telco OS is designed to keep Rakuten’s disaggregated network model sustainable at scale.
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BT people moves: former BT personnel dominate altnet C-suite
Broadway Partners hires experienced ex-BT men Vincent Sagua and Pete Buckle as CFO and COO, respectively.
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Nabiax offloads ex-Telefónica data centres to Actis
Asterion–Telefónica JV shifts operational focus to Spain with sale of North and Latin American data centres to investment firm Actis.
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BT looks beyond UK with broader AWS alliance
BT Digital beefs up AWS partnership with expanded IoT remit.
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Ofcom under fire for sanctioning bumper price hikes
Regulator criticised for allowing major telcos to push ahead with mid‑contract price rises this April and May, some as high as 17.3%.
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‘Not all overbuild is equal’: Vorboss CEO seeks foothold in London fibre future
Tim Creswick, CEO at London altnet Vorboss, says that sharing geographical space does not mean network equivalency. Decries incumbents’ “national technical debt” in UK and elsewhere in Europe.
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UK government cements Infrastructure Bank bill in law
UK Infrastructure Bank commits to further infra investment, as new bill solidifying its objectives is granted Royal Assent.
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Telefónica integrates data analytics for 5G network monitoring
Telefónica incorporates new network data analytics function to analyse and make predictions on network operations.