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DT Q4 FY21: Europe spend still on pause despite more decent data
New regional CEO Dominique Leroy kicks off leadership with a full FY of earnings growth. Nonetheless, DT remains unwillingly to up investment in region. Executives give downbeat assessment of regulatory and macro climate. Greece’s OTE and Austria’s Magenta Telekom among top performers.
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Vodafonewatch Report #204 – March 2022
Key stories include: M&A? Read’s all about it | Talks underway on Indus sale | MTS relations suspended | Vodafone Portugal on “terrorist” cyberattack | Safaricom preps Ethiopia launch
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DT names partners for expanded unified comms service
RingCentral, Unify, and Zoom on the partner list for DT’s ‘X powered by Telekom’ communications-as-a-service propositions. Expanded partnerships signed with attention on the public sector, security, and remote working.
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Elsewhere in Deutsche Telekom Group: Inmarsat takeover facing opposition
Illek wary on Drahi’s BT intentions; Nemat urges sector to “be human”; Inmarsat deal said to be causing UK ructions.
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DT signs up first customer for 5G SA campus network
Prinzhorn picks DT and Ericsson based on their international reach. Low device availability highlighted as bottleneck for campus network deployment. DT joins German state-backed CampusOS project to drive open 5G campus networks.
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DT Q4 FY21: Strengthening TDE nails targets
Telekom Deutschland stays ‘in the zone’ with twin-track sales and profit growth during FY21. NatCo maintains commercial momentum in broadband arena. Executives downplay threat of inflation to fibre mega-project. Ongoing growth expected in FY22.
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Deutsche Telekom Innovation & Venturing: startups targeted in Hong Kong
Hong Kong startups targeted; DTCP makes customer service investment and partners with everphone.
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DT gears up for 5G SA and network slicing
Cross-border PoC with Ericsson puts ‘E2E’ 5G SA network slicing through its paces. TDE aims to launch 5G SA in 2022. RTL pilot looks to 5G’s future role in live broadcasting.
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Nemat confirms 2023 open RAN target
DT is now looking for vendor partners as open RAN gets ready for primetime. The Group remains convinced of the need for both mobile and fixed-access disaggregation.
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DT Q4 FY21: Leadership of Europe? Done that, got the T-shirt
Another strong year of growth for Group, led by USA. As Sprint integration progresses, DT targets €10bn in free cash flow for current year. Unfortunate clash with Ukraine invasion dulls shareholder reaction. Executives stress openness and flexibility when it comes to a big TowerCo deal, but want full recognition ...
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DT Q4 FY21 Headlines: cash flow back on course, before spectrum
Headlines: cash flow back on course, before spectrum Source: Aaron Burden / Unsplash The Group’s FY21 results again drove home the dramatically increased scale and power of DT’s Transatlantic platform, following the Sprint takeover. DT ended the FY strongly, recording a 4.7%-rise in net revenue, to €28.9bn, ...
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DT Q4 FY21 Spend: strategy on track
Spend: strategy on track Source: Wolfgang Rottmann / Unsplash Spending-wise, FY22 appears set for more of the same, with DT expecting to continue increasing capital expenditure (capex) during the current year, driven by mega-projects at TDE and (particularly) TMUS. It is forecasting €19.3bn in capex during the ...
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Setback for Vodacom in Please Call Me legal battle
High Court orders operator to pay inventor 5% of Please Call Me revenue. 20-year dispute not over yet, but end is in sight.
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Elsewhere in Vodafone Africa: Little Cab launches in Addis Ababa
Safaricom out to block CA mobile tariff slash; Little Cab arrives in Ethiopia.
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Safaricom builds up for Ethiopian launch
Ethiopian OpCo signs up VMware as telco cloud partner, and flags Huawei and Nokia as main network suppliers. Second data centre opened. Talks begin with rival Ethio on network access. Ethiopia’s Ministry of Finance anticipates service launch “sometime in April”.
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Joosub says ‘all systems go’ for spectrum auction
Telkom secures court hearing dates in April 2022, after the auction is due to take place. President Cyril Ramaphosa says auction will start by early-March 2022. Six operators apply to take part, including MTN, Telkom, and Vodacom.
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Elsewhere in Vodafone Europe: Spain overtakes Orange in retail
Spanish OpCo reclaims second spot from Orange in retail sector.
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Elsewhere in Vodafone Associates & JVs: Vantage bags new infra partnerships
Vodafone Foundation Australia given makeover; Vantage flags two new infra partners; Vi welcomes Mobile Streams services.
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Vodafone Q3 FY21–22 Guidance: Déjà vu as Group eyes “sustainable growth”
Top brass remains optimistic as COVID-19 recovery continues.
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Vodafone Q3 FY21–22 Spend: CPI+ a “necessary logic”
Price rises planned across Europe, in response to rising costs. Della Valle outlines strategy, but remains vague on details. CPI+ formula embedded in five markets, with more to follow.