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Interview
From telecoms to national security: Orange DD&S champions dual-use tech with Drone 360º detection
Interview: As Direction Défense & Sécurité celebrates its one-year anniversary, Director Nassima Auvray speaks with TelcoTitans Orangewatch about the Business division’s sovereign counter-drone ecosystem solution for critical infra, and what’s up next…
Featured
Telefónica said to reboot sale of subsea cable interest Telxius
MásOrange denies Vodafone Spain RANco project amidst reports of further talks
From bitter critic to anchor investor: Xavier Niel replaces e& as Vodafone’s largest shareholder
Eutelsat/OneWeb: UK’s £500m LEO satellite bet loses two-thirds of value in six years
Telco can tame ‘wild dogs of AI’ and rediscover growth — TM Forum Chair
Digital twins for digital wins: US telcos scale use of drones for next-gen mobile infra modelling
Reality check: assessing telco claims of Europe’s High-Risk Supplier crackdown cost — Strand Consult
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Network & Infra
Openreach’s fibre roll slows to 2021 levels
Q1 FY26–27: rollout pace declines sharply as 25 million threshold nears, while customer adds ramp up to become primary Openreach preoccupation, as BT keeps post-2026 build playbook hidden…
Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone extends Satellite Connect Europe ties into Portugal
Vodafone Portugal to offer direct-to-device connectivity through Satellite Connect Europe tie-up. Deal adds another Vodafone Group market to SatCo’s coverage plans, although launch troubles at AST SpaceMobile have pushed back commercial go-live…
Strategy & Change
KPN may rethink fibre ambition after Delta buy blocked
Dutch incumbent’s Chief Executive Joost Farwerck calls watchdog’s decision to thwart bolt-on purchase of fibre assets from rival Delta “very strange”, and warns it may prompt a rejig of its footprint expansion goal for 2030.
TelcoTitans TV
Mavenir CEO eyes Snowflake playbook to power telcos’ AI charge
Interview: telcos possess the infrastructure driving the revolution but lack the technological stack to monetise it. Cloud-native software NEP’s Pardeep Kohli outlines a strategic toolkit to transform operators into central players within the enterprise AI ecosystem. Watch/read more…
Mavenir CEO eyes Snowflake playbook to power telcos’ AI charge
UK fibre: TiVo’s Freely momentum unlocks altnet multiplay
Digital twins for digital wins: US telcos scale use of drones for next-gen mobile infra modelling
Telco can tame ‘wild dogs of AI’ and rediscover growth — TM Forum Chair
DTW26: How two TM Forum Catalysts hope to tidy telcos’ AI model muddle
The quest for autonomy: how agentic AI can deliver real ROI — new report
Capita: rewired for agentic AI, and inviting telcos onboard
From danger zone to digital powerhouse: Kearney maps Europe’s path to telecom recovery
Gamma’s Edge Migrate: turning the UK’s PSTN switch-off into a strategic channel opportunity
The network autonomy dividend (when telcos replace tech milestones with business outcomes)
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Deutsche Telekomwatch: mapping out German mobile
Vodafonewatch: tower turbulence and AI acceleration
EMEA Infrawatch: pressured European infracos rethink ownership models
Orangewatch: SFR takeover becomes a very French affair
Telefónicawatch: core market cutbacks
Vodafonewatch: Xavier Niel places multibillion-pound bet on Vodafone’s transformation story
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Telefónicawatch Analyst Report #204 – June-July 2026
Vodafonewatch Analyst Report #248 - July 2026
Deutsche Telekomwatch Analyst Report #155 - June-July 2026
Telefónicawatch Analyst Report #203 – June 2026
BTwatch Analyst Report #375 - June 2026
Vodafonewatch Analyst Report #247 - June 2026
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VM O2 advances Giga Site rollout amidst UK network upgrade race
UK fibre: TiVo’s Freely momentum unlocks altnet multiplay
Regulation drives innovation as Vodafone ‘cherry picks’ AI tools at pace
Reality check: assessing telco claims of Europe’s High-Risk Supplier crackdown cost — Strand Consult
Wayra backs MITO AI as it pursues value-focused vision
Vodafone avoids court in no-admission settlement with UK franchisee claimant group
Telefónica said to reboot sale of subsea cable interest Telxius
DT keeps lead role in EU quantum networks build
UK infra body sees Project Gigabit progress as DSIT ups budget
UK Infrawatch: CMA weighs nexfibre–Netomnia options; CityFibre strengthens Vodafone ties
UK gov plots £330m boost to subsea cable protections
UK’s CityFibre exits off-net as O’Hagan readies for ‘serious’ wholesale expansion
CMA uprates Netomnia–nexfibre investigation to Phase 2 as altnets call for ‘urgency’
Bezos trumps Musk on home turf as Amazon Leo signs South African satellite deal
Digital twins for digital wins: US telcos scale use of drones for next-gen mobile infra modelling
Ericsson chief signs off, claims network revival nearing
France’s Scaleway bulks up cloud platform with Qarnot buy
EMEA Infrawatch: satellite operator ‘space race’ heats up
Peoplewatch
Orange Peoplewatch: Group reconfigures AI and cloud leadership
July 2026 edition: 25+ recent senior and strategic leadership changes at Orange, including the Group switching out its AI chief, a series of moves to fill out the newly created Unified Cloud Platform division, and an Executive Committee overhaul at Orange Jordan.
Deutsche Telekom Peoplewatch: top exec rejigs in USA, Detecon, NetWorks, and Austrian B2C
Openreach commercial exec joins nexfibre as CCO
Top T-Mobile exec Mike Katz to leave in latest rejig
BT Peoplewatch: UK rivals trade Networks R&D and SMB leaders
Telefónica Peoplewatch: recalibrating O2 adds strategy chief; VM O2 bolsters B2C
Orange–T-Mobile Poland tower-sharing venture selects new CEO
BT research expert Maria Cuevas joins rival Virgin Media O2
Vodafone Peoplewatch: another German reset
Deutsche Glasfaser CEO steps down as altnet finally wraps up financing
Telefónica said to reboot sale of subsea cable interest Telxius
EC cedes oversight of SFR takeover to French authorities
Spanish upstart Digi goes public, nets €150m for expansion
Ericsson chief signs off, claims network revival nearing
France’s Scaleway bulks up cloud platform with Qarnot buy
From bitter critic to anchor investor: Xavier Niel replaces e& as Vodafone’s largest shareholder
Telefónica absorbs Altostratus in latest B2B rejig
Orange Peoplewatch: Group reconfigures AI and cloud leadership
Digital twins for digital wins: US telcos scale use of drones for next-gen mobile infra modelling
Spain’s MásOrange puts rapid RoI at top of its AI priority list
Telefónica fibre partner Atelco said to file for bankruptcy after Spanish contract loss
Ericsson chief signs off, claims network revival nearing
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TelcoTitans Eventwatch calendar: the industry events that matter
TelcoTitans Eventwatch highlights the key events to look out for in 2026 that really matter, and those we will be covering, attending, and associated with as an official media partner.
EU’s DNA faces pushback, with MVNOs wary of spectrum rule changes
giffgaff preps fintech side hustle as new CEO eyes deeper customer ties
O2 readies Marvel-inspired Jarvis AI platform for summer launch
Vodafone breaks out of PoC jail with autonomous networks ‘killer app’
Agents of change: Orange CIO Vermeulen spells out risks and rewards of AI
TelcoTitans TVMavenir CEO eyes Snowflake playbook to power telcos’ AI charge
Interview: telcos possess the infrastructure driving the revolution but lack the technological stack to monetise it. Cloud-native software NEP’s Pardeep Kohli outlines a strategic toolkit to transform operators into central players within the enterprise AI ecosystem. Watch/read more…
Products & ServicesUK fibre: TiVo’s Freely momentum unlocks altnet multiplay
Interview: As customer retention becomes paramount, UK fibre service providers are re-evaluating the strategic value of multiplay. Several altnets are at contract stage with streaming TV platform provider TiVo as sell-out success of the Freely-enabled Aero puck helps make the case for convergence…
Deep DiveDigital twins for digital wins: US telcos scale use of drones for next-gen mobile infra modelling
Deep dive: AT&T, Verizon, and American Tower have now collectively flown hundreds of thousands of drone missions in the USA, as part of a behind-scenes push to create full-fledged virtual replicas of their vast network estates. Senior execs at the three telco giants ran TelcoTitans through the top- and bottom-line benefits of drone- and digital twin-led automated asset management…
TelcoTitans TVTelco can tame ‘wild dogs of AI’ and rediscover growth — TM Forum Chair
DTW Ignite 2026: Interviewed by TelcoTitans TV, Dr. Steffen Roehn urges the industry to seize AI-driven opportunities for growth and create a “trusted AI enforcement layer” to help drive monetisation.
EventwatchDTW26: How two TM Forum Catalysts hope to tidy telcos’ AI model muddle
Up till now, many telco deployments of AI agents have been loosely coordinated and delivered mere ‘bolt-on’ point solutions for isolated use-cases. Two TM Forum projects driven by the likes of Telstra, DT, Jio, and Vodafone aim to bring some order to the chaos by creating frameworks for model consumption and agent governance.
Network & InfraThe quest for autonomy: how agentic AI can deliver real ROI — new report
Research provides telcos with a pathway to delivering real value from agentic AI, featuring Tier 1 use cases and recommendations to help bridge “the autonomy chasm” to reduce operating costs, improve service reliability, and increase network agility.