All TelcoTitans Premium Content articles – Page 107
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Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in Deutsche Telekom's Europe: Deep Instinct added to T-Sys Poland offering
Inevitable Czech clash as ČTÚ confirms auction conditions. Hrvatski Telekom’s Optima distractions continue.
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Strategy & ChangeQ2 FY20: Un-Carrier quickly finds stride after H1’s bumps
New CEO and CFO team remain bullish on business growth opportunities, despite challenges of Sprint integration, COVID-19, and change of leadership. TMUS moots a period of commercial aggression against rivals in H2, working off economic downturn and 5G differentiation. B2B expansion also back (yet again) on agenda. Reported surpassing ...
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PremiumGuidance: Deutsche Telekom shows off its super-sized stats
Up-sized Group sees earnings coming in above €30bn.
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Strategy & ChangeQ2 FY20: Gopalan backed to solve Germany paradox
Transferred from Europe segment, new CEO is being asked to bridge multiple, competing business objectives at Telekom Deutschland, as Group takes a fresh look at how to move its European-based businesses forward. Höttges’ comments suggest efficient fibre rollout remains a puzzle the operator has yet to get to the ...
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Strategy & ChangeQ2 FY20: Steadying European ship now a top DT priority
With the appointment of Dominique Leroy to lead Europe segment, DT appears to be ensuring it can attack regional revival from all sides. An outsider but not a maverick — Group continues ‘internationalisation’ of upper hierarchy but evidently does not want to rock boat in a time of crisis. ...
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PremiumSpend: Deutsche Telekom enters de-leveraging phase
Höttges could reach for famed cookie jar to help bring down borrowing after US splurge.
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PremiumHeadline numbers: relying on US
USA growth now an even more dominant part of DT’s world. Management remain keen to ensure strength in Europe is not overlooked.
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Strategy & Change
Green sees ‘correction’ in TV sports rights prices
BT is attempting to turn down the heat on expectations for broadcast sport auctions in a market that has already seen signs of cooling.
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PremiumBT TV: A tale of two UIs
The evolution of BT TV reflects a BT journey from an outward-looking “buy” approach to new technology, to a more self-reliant “build” mindset. Divisional BT architects said to have re-focused on project delivery, with strategically-minded enterprise architects taking a Group-wide perspective.
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PremiumBT takes charge of 5G factory floor
BT collaborates with Worcestershire 5G (W5G) testbed and Ericsson to install ‘live’ 5G factory. Runs and manages private 5G network for Worcester Bosch. Takes technology lead at W5G to accelerate UK adoption of smart-manufacturing.
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PremiumGuidance: what’s the worst that can happen?
Outlook on revenue and EBITDA implies little good news for rest of FY20–21. Earnings growth anticipated in FY21–22, as regulatory headwinds fade and efficiency gains come into play.
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PremiumDivisional highlights: the value of fibre
Management ready to look at ways to bring out the value of BT’s emerging fibre infrastructure. Beyond the current crisis and recession fears, BT Global advancing down the path to recovery. Sudden freeze of live events underlines the importance of BT Sport to Consumer division financial performance.
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PremiumNumbers: no sport and shut businesses take their toll
While whole Group faces headwinds, Consumer and Enterprise take the brunt of COVID-19 impact. The “usual” working capital payments on top of slumping earnings result in negative cash flow for the quarter.
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PremiumBT takes lead on new TIP OpenRAN subgroup
Influential BT researcher in a pivotal role between operators, technologists, and standards groups on Open RAN implementation.
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PremiumSpending: capex surge still around the corner
Lockdown slows network rollout, but capex remains on track to ramp up from next year. Existing cost cutting to be coupled with pandemic-driven spending reviews for additional sustainable savings. New Huawei rules said not to add to BT’s swap-out burden.
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PremiumBT continues to mull post-COVID-19 working options
Jansen seeks a return to normality. Changes to practices are afoot, however: Work Your Way flexible working initiative launched; distributed working pros and cons explored.
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PremiumBT Group Q1 FY20–21
First full COVID-19 quarter sees a sharp decline in revenue and EBITDA. Outflow of cash as network investment continues. Group CEO Jansen claims mists are clearing, enabling Group to issue guidance for the year — although BT anticipates little improvement until 2021. Openreach progress is the main positive for ...
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PremiumElsewhere in BT Consumer: Brexit prep and ESN progress
Brexit preparations; fairer price commitments; ESN deployment progress.
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PremiumElsewhere in Openreach: FTTP progress trumpeted
Fibre rolls past three million; weather and robbers cause disruption; fleet goes electric.
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PremiumElsewhere in BT Enterprise: MedTech roll outs and a win with Mavenir
BT expands R&D efforts with NHSX, and adds Medic Bleep to its NHS offering. Enterprise expands its connected worker portfolio with Onsight from Librestream.