All TPG Telecom articles
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People
Vodafone Peoplewatch: Vantage Towers top-brass change in Spain, Germany
25+ senior and strategic movers, including new regional MDs at Vantage; brand strategy appointment in the UK ahead of Three combination; market positioning in focus at soon-to-be sold Vodafone Italy; a B2B drive on ‘emerging tech’; plus plenty more in DRC, Germany, Hungary, India, Tanzania, elsewhere…
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone backs AST SpaceMobile with commercial tie-up
Vodafone put a ring on its relationship with SatCo startup AST SpaceMobile with an exclusive, long-term commercial agreement for offering direct-to-device services.
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Weekly Briefings
Vodafonewatch Weekly: Vantage Towers taps old assets for new opportunity
Latest from Vodafone as Vantage Towers looks to monetise in new ways; the Group begins to walk the GenAI walk; APIs go intercontinental; and hopes rise as Vi prepares for good news from government…
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People
Vodafone Peoplewatch: c-suite changes across the footprint
30+ senior and strategic changes at Vodafone and its partners, including more as shared operations resets; interim Business boss exits; board rotations at Investments operators; C-suite appointments in Germany and Czechia; and a familiar face brought in at Safaricom Ethiopia…
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Weekly Briefings
Infrawatch Weekly: TowerCos face churn, altnets’ £800m losses, TalkTalk rapped
Latest from the digital infra scene in the Europe and beyond, including another £16m on the £800m UK altnet losses pile; £6bn datacentre boost; European TowerCo consolidation mooted, and plenty more…
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Weekly Briefings
Vodafonewatch Weekly: Group taps mega-deals with Accenture, Google, e&, more
Latest from Vodafone and its ecosystem, including an extended deal with Google for GenAI deployment; Accenture-backed reset for shared services operation VOIS; e& tie-up feeds into UAE IoT contract…
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M&A
TPG secures fibre sale to Macquarie-backed Vocus
AUD 5.25bn deal will see Vocus pick up fibre network assets and a chunk of TPG’s enterprise, government, and wholesale business.
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Weekly Briefings
Vodafonewatch Weekly: ups and downs for Group M&A projects
Latest from Vodafone and its ecosystem, including: green light for Italian sale, news from wannabe acquisition Nowo, and TPG’s fibre assets still in the shop window; Fries weighs VodafoneZiggo future; Vi bags networks deal in latest turnaround attempt…
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People
Vodafone Peoplewatch: regulatory affairs newcomers; divestment strategy prompts change
35+ senior and strategic changes across the Group and its investments, including: several regulatory affairs appointments; procurement changes under Kenny Graham; divestments principal brought in to lead Spanish and Italian exits; more across Group interests in Europe, India, Africa, Australia…
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Weekly Briefings
Vodafonewatch Weekly: UK merger turns a corner, Italian sale hit with fresh challenge
Latest from Vodafone and its ecosystem, including: closer scrutiny for Vodafone Italy sale to Swisscom; TPG cuts down, adds roaming partner; satellites in focus in African markets, just as SpaceMobile takes flight in US; more from Africa, Europe, and beyond…
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M&A
American Tower offloads property assets in Australia and New Zealand
American Tower continues its retreat from the Asia/Pacific region with the sale of property assets in Australia to Waveconn and in New Zealand to Connexa, following its exit from India.
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Network & Infrastructure
TPG’s long-coveted RAN sharing deal is good to go
Australia’s TPG Telecom and Optus got a regulatory thumbs up for their regional network and spectrum sharing deal that will double TPG’s mobile reach.
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Financial & Performance
‘Tough decisions’ ahead for Australia’s TPG amid cost-cutting
CEO Iñaki Berroeta announced jobs are going as latest part of multi-year cost-cutting programme.
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Public Affairs
Safaricom ‘calls for’ mandated MNO–SatCo partnerships as Starlink expands in Africa
Reports indicate Kenyan operator is pushing local Communications Authority to consider blocking solo foreign SatCo entrants and oblige them to form partnerships with licence-holding MNOs.
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Weekly Briefings
Vodafonewatch Weekly: fibre sale, B2B investment, UK merger delay
Latest from Vodafone and its interests, including: quarterly and full-year results in India that show positive movement; B2B recovery work begins in Germany; TPG puts fibre assets back up for sale; and plenty more in Europe, Africa, Asia, beyond…
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M&A
Australia’s TPG puts fibre back on the table in new Vocus talks
Macquarie-backed fibre operator Vocus in early talks with TPG Telecom as fibre assets put back on the table…
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Weekly Briefings
Infrawatch Weekly: Europe aims for SatCo breakthrough, Hyperoptic joins £1bn club, DT ponders more TowerCos
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK and beyond, including: EU efforts to support connectivity on Earth and above the skies; UK public sector stoking the fire of fibre investment; musings on the merits of more TowerCos; and plenty more…
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Weekly Briefings
Vodafonewatch Weekly: transforming CTOs call for telco-vendor relationship rework
Latest from Vodafone and its network of partners and interests, including: CTO Scott Petty joins peers to call for telco-vendor relationship rethink; a TowerCo stake sell-down as Vodafone looks to cut Vi debts; and executive newcomers at Vodafone Business…
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Weekly Briefings
Vodafonewatch Weekly: nip and tuck all part of the plan, as CEO evinces optimism
In-depth analysis of FY23−24 results as Margherita Della Valle attempts to paint rosy picture of shrinking Group. Storm still to come in Germany, but Spanish exit secured, and confidence around UK merger prospects. Significant developments across (re-shaped) footprint include: changing leadership; strategic partnerships; and an M-PESA spin-off update…
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Weekly Briefings
Vodafonewatch Weekly: ups and downs in Group’s network-sharing tie-ups and M&A; RAN mega-tender KO
Latest from Vodafone and its ecosystem, including: commencement of massive RAN tender; regional network-sharing in Australia; and UK merger with Three competition concerns mount. Elsewhere: Vodafone Business seeks role in edge compute innovation; Vodacom Tanzania facing legal action; and more consolidation prospects in the Netherlands and Spain explored…