All TelcoTitans Industry Content articles – Page 97
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Operations
Telecoms pay falling behind inflation despite union efforts
Workers’ wages growing slower than inflation, even with recent pay hike successes.
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Network & Infrastructure
Astrocast strengthens constellation with new satellites
Four new spacecraft launched to increase constellation to 14 satellites.
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Network & Infrastructure
Haas: O2 on “home straight” with 5G targets
Telefónica Deutschland CEO confident of reaching 98% household target for 100Mbps speeds.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica joins SpaceMobile’s MNO crew
Partnership confirmed with closely watched New Sat startup ahead of late-2023 launch.
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Public Affairs
BT and CWU look to bury the hatchet with “cost-of-living pay rise”
From 1 January 2023, all BT workers in the UK earning less than £50,000 a year will receive pay rise of £1,500.
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Products & Services
Safaricom releases M-PESA for teens
M-PESA Go aims to help deliver financial literacy for children in Kenya.
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Strategy & Change
BT targets overlap with potential Enterprise–Global merger
BT aims to find efficiencies in B2B divisions as part of wider cost savings.
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Operations
Telefónica speeds up closure of copper exchanges
Higher energy prices increase urgency of replacing copper accesses with more energy-efficient fibre.
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People
B2B product boss departs BT
Chief Product & Digital Officer Hriday Ravindranath decides to leave operator after a decade helping drive portfolio development.
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Premium
BT people moves: architects and service leads brought in at Networks
John Morgan appointed BT Enterprise Finance Director after stint as interim Corporate & Public Sector Finance Director at Enterprise.
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Products & Services
M-PESA extends DRC consumer finance services
M-Pesa Rallonge to provide “instant” overdrafts for mobile transactions and balance top-ups.
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Network & Infrastructure
Openreach’s Selley: FTTP ‘not slowing down’ as connections become priority
Openreach prioritising net adds over premises passed as primary KPI for full-fibre rollout programme.
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M&A
Helios Towers warms up for Middle East kick-off
All boxes ticked in infra company’s long-delayed buyout of Omantel’s towers.
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Innovation (R&D)
BT opens Digital Industries Innovation Hub at Adastral Park
Newly launched hub hoped to support innovation and collaboration with technology partners, industry bodies, and academia.
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Partnerships & Alliances
COPTRZ training will see BT drones take flight
Drone solutions provider will train BT staff in drone piloting.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone Spain beefs up broadband play with 5G FWA
Speeds of “up to 1Gbps” promised, but average throughput likely to be much lower.
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Partnerships & Alliances
UK landowners, operators launch alliance ahead of ECC reform
Openreach, Cellnex, Cornerstone, and MBNL among inaugural members of National Connectivity Alliance, alongside landowner groups.
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People
T-Mobile hails Tazi as new product innovation boss
Omar Tazi, Deutsche Telekom’s Magenta Advantage and product development point-man, installed at American NatCo at EVP level.
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Innovation (R&D)
UK calls up a 25% rise in telecoms product R&D
ONS stats show spend on telecoms product innovation rising sharply in 2021.
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Network & Infrastructure
Telefónica preps new venture for programmable networks
Operator creates new brand to invest in making programming networks more efficient.