All Timotheus Höttges articles
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Network & Infrastructure
German operators respond cautiously to BNetzA’s proposed spectrum auction compromise
Three existing MNOs, which have been loudly complaining over spectrum access cost burden, would pay just under €600m for five-year rights extension under new BNetzA proposals.
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M&A
Greece’s OTE says talk of tower sale ‘premature’
National telco reiterates interest in wireless infra spin-out, to trim down the costs of managing wireless infra and boost share price.
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Public Affairs
Deutsche Telekom workers stage strike ahead of ‘decisive’ pay talks
German union organises two days of industrial action to set scene for a fourth round of negotiations on wage increases.
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Financial & Performance
1&1 continues to push back against calls for German auction rethink
German challenger is at odds with established MNO rivals over how to allocate soon‑to‑expire spectrum rights.
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Public Affairs
Deutsche Telekom fails to win over unions despite ‘highest ever’ pay offer
Several days of strike action prompt Group to come up with an offer on pay rises, but unions still want more.
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Weekly Briefings
Deutsche Telekomwatch Weekly: Germany’s Gigabit goals in spotlight
Group CEO Höttges weighs in on infra policy, highlighting slow pace of mobile challenger 1&1’s network rollout at Group AGM. Telekom Deutschland’s Srini Gopalan also goes on regulatory offensive, reiterating calls for removal of bureaucratic hurdles in German fibre rollout, as questions begin to be asked about the country’s long-term Gigabit goals…
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Network & Infrastructure
Telekom Deutschland faces uphill task to pass ten million premises in 2024
Group confirms that the ten million fibre rollout target remains valid.
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Content & TV
Telekom Deutschland targets tenants with UEFA EURO campaign
Commercial puts focus on the ability to switch TV providers with football as an additional incentive.
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Weekly Briefings
Infrawatch Weekly: CTOs to the fore as industry reshuffles, DT disses 1&1, BDUK springs forward
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK and beyond, including big Project Gigabit wins for Quickline, Wessex Internet, and Wildanet; a first appearance in the wild of a DSIT-funded 4G mast; DT taking a swipe at its newest mobile rival; people moves, and plenty more…
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Weekly Briefings
Telefónicawatch Weekly: Shareholder dance continues with growing Spanish flavour; O2 presses on with 5G experiments
Spanish banking foundation pops up as Telefónica top shareholder, as Spanish government seperately said to be seeking spot on board as it builds its own national interest stake. Elsewhere: O2 gets 5G projects on the move; refinancing in Peru; VM O2 resumes digital landline project…
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Network & Infrastructure
Deutsche Telekom boss decries 1&1 5G network as ‘huge white spot’
Timotheus Höttges takes another swipe at rival during AGM speech.
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Financial & Performance
Ten years into mission, Höttges’ DT is on cruise
FY23: Deutsche Telekom keeps growth going in landmark — but largely business-as-usual — twelve months for its long-serving CEO.
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Financial & Performance
Deutsche Telekom FY23 spend: unfinished business on cost control
FY23 session sees ongoing evidence of Group leadership qualms in the area of cost control, amid macro and regulatory uncertainties. Read more…
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Financial & Performance
Deutsche Telekom’s Europe success story — under-appreciated, under-valued (and awkwardly off-narrative)
Exclusive analysis: quietly, the transatlantic behemoth that is Deutsche Telekom is countenancing a slight increase in capital outlay in its ten-territory Europe division, despite the remorseless downer its execs lay on the region’s lack of global investment appeal. Investors still value rump DT very poorly compared to T-Mobile US, however. Read more…
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Public Affairs
Telefónica’s Rao adds to calls for German auction rethink
O2 Germany’s CTIO helps maintain pressure as BNetzA considers next move on spectrum rights.
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Financial & Performance
DT hits sales targets in Germany but yet to earn FTTH bonus
Group’s home market business continues to outdo its key rivals on commercial and financial numbers, as well as comfortably hitting mid-term internal goals.
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Public Affairs
Union demands 12% wage hike at Deutsche Telekom
Negotiations on 2024 collective wage agreement likely to run until May, if not longer.
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Network & Infrastructure
Greece’s OTE exploring tower spin-off
National telco wants to trim down the costs of managing wireless infra by creation of a dedicated (but 100%-owned) subsidiary.
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Eventwatch
AWS: the buzz at MWC is the sound of getting things done
Another full-on Mobile World Congress proved itself to be about far more than just talk as we saw operators and their partners coming together with exciting proofs that the sector is ready to reap the benefits of all the intense network and ecosystem investment. Generative AI was a bright thread ...
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Weekly Briefings
Deutsche Telekomwatch Weekly: MWC gives Europe one in the AI, ISS dispute escalates
Barcelona sees Group CEO Tim Höttges join European peers to reiterate calls for new thinking on regional telco development. New T-Systems CTO, Europe NatCos expansive on fibre, M&A…