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Technology & IT
From reactive to proactive: Ericsson and AWS bring agentic intelligence to OSS/BSS
Playbook: Legacy billing environments increasingly imperil CSP agility, yet ungrounded autonomy poses intolerable operational risks. Through an expanding collaboration with AWS, Ericsson is embedding governed, multi-agent artificial intelligence into production systems. Read how CSPs are already executing migrations and accelerating go-to-market…
Featured
Fastweb + Vodafone turns merged network into ‘city map’ for autonomous operations
ROVA unboxed: telco-native endpoint platform emerges from stealth mode
BT: ‘national champion’ initiates saviour-mode for TalkTalk rescue
BT networks R&D chief passes the baton
Network APIs find their market, but where’s the money?
CMA flags substantial competition concerns as nexfibre/Netomnia dealt major blow
US telcos’ space platform venture is a go
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Network
German telco trio target broadcasting with latest network API trial
O2, Telekom, and Vodafone mark latest collaboration on network APIs, working alongside broadcaster RTL to show how network slicing and the Quality on Demand API can help improve TV production processes.
Technology & IT
VodafoneThree’s mega IT meld advances in ‘critical year’ for synergy delivery
As VodafoneThree’s networks integration project rolls on at pace, the complex dismantling of legacy IT has begun — and progress so far has brought confidence that the UK operator’s efficiencies and synergies programme can deliver more value than initially planned.
Finance & Strategy
CityFibre looks to future as consumer uptake lags
The UK’s largest fibre altnet has reported another period of strong revenue and EBITDA growth, but questions emerge over whether its momentum can be sustained in a fast-changing UK fibre market — and what would change if a counterfactual CityFibre–Substantial Group combination were to follow.
Analysis
What the EU’s critical communications plan means for telcos — Strand Consult
Guest analysis: Strand Consult examines how the EU’s proposed multibillion-euro, 2030–36 critical communications framework could create new mobile network demand, while raising questions over investment, remuneration, and excising High-Risk Suppliers.
Network API Special Report
Special ReportNetwork APIs find their market, but where’s the money?
Special Report #1/4: in the first part of a four-part series on network APIs, we look at the scale (or otherwise) of operator revenue from the interfaces and the main use-cases driving it: namely fraud prevention and identity authentication.
Special ReportExposing network APIs was the first step — building the business model is harder
Special Report #2/4: telcos still have a lot of work to do to develop API-based offerings that resonate with the requirements of users, observers say.
Special ReportAduna’s Peter Arbitter explains API JV is ‘not in it for the money’
Special Report #3/4: Aduna was created to give developers an easier way to access telcos’ network APIs globally. But the Ericsson-backed joint venture is discovering that aggregation is only part of its job as it wrestles with performance, getting operators to expose enough useful APIs, and turning the interest using them into telco revenues.
Special ReportThe ‘B2AI’ question: are telcos ready to sell trust to machines?
Special Report #4/4: Longer term, telcos believe AI agents could become a major new source of demand for network APIs, extending their business beyond user authentication and fraud prevention.
TalkTalk: BT takes the spoils, private equity takes a bath
In-Depth Analysis: The collapse and swift sale of TalkTalk has thrust BT into an unprecedented role as self-appointed industry saviour, ‘safeguarding’ millions of customers while attracting scrutiny from regulators, rivals, and policymakers — and highlighting the shortcomings of TalkTalk’s brief private equity ownership.
iQmetrix: Intelligent Commerce Address and Announcements
Virtual event: See where telecom commerce is headed with exclusive insight into the trends reshaping telecom retail right now. Register now.
Orangewatch: Is Orange in M&A talks in Africa?
EMEA Infrawatch: subsea vulnerabilities in the spotlight
Telefónicawatch: election news jolts play for home advantage
BTwatch: BT plays its hand as the UK broadband game evolves
Vodafonewatch Analyst Briefing: Kenyan takeover thrown into doubt
Deutsche Telekomwatch: DT shores up its base
BTwatch: focus on the fibre end-game
UK Infrawatch: altnet consolidation quarrels, TV multi-play bets
Telefónica posts solid H1 but two-speed progress persists - Sep26
Vodafone AI, mergers, and market shifts reshape Group strategy - Sep26
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DT sets 2030 Level 4 autonomy targets as agents get scalable
The ‘B2AI’ question: are telcos ready to sell trust to machines?
DT secures NVIDIA deal for Munich AI hub expansion
Fastweb + Vodafone turns merged network into ‘city map’ for autonomous operations
BT Peoplewatch: ExCo shake-up signals strategic shift
DT gains another fibre M&A leg-up with Essen infra buy
TalkTalk: BT takes the spoils, private equity takes a bath
BT networks R&D chief passes the baton
Nscale’s IPO comes at a precarious time for AI infra companies
Beyond BDUK: Openreach sets clock ticking on connecting hardest-to-reach
UK government, industry push partnerships to speed space innovation
UK fibrecos gasping for air as Openreach discounts ‘take oxygen out of the system’
ITS promotes collaboration before ‘toolkit’ consolidation in “tough market”
Spain’s Indra melds defence and space units as part of strategy refresh
Orange Business lands leading role in EU fibre backbone upgrade
Subsea sector may look to next gen satcos for backup
Spanish gov selects Telefónica, Vodafone Spain for defence network upgrade
EMEA Infrawatch: satcos build up regional manufacturing
Peoplewatch
BT Peoplewatch: ExCo shake-up signals strategic shift
October 2026 edition, including a deep strategic rewiring at the highest level, with legal, corporate affairs, and strategy chief changes. Elsewhere, networks R&D handover, network API monetisation, and preparing the ground for the next phase of BT International.
BT networks R&D chief passes the baton
Spain’s Indra melds defence and space units as part of strategy refresh
Telefónica Peoplewatch: Spain/centre rebooted; Virgin Media O2 continues shake-up with B2B/B2C swaps
Vodafone Peoplewatch: network leadership rotations, fresh Greek renewal
Deutsche Telekom Peoplewatch: Greek tech chief switches to lead B2B
France Peoplewatch: Orange names new cloud lead; Bouygues’ B2B reorg
Telefónica picks Lenovo exec to drive new Spanish device business
Orange Belgium’s consumer chief departs to head up state broadcaster
Spain’s Lyntia picks former Bluevía chief as CEO
CMA flags substantial competition concerns as nexfibre/Netomnia dealt major blow
BT: ‘national champion’ initiates saviour-mode for TalkTalk rescue
SoftBank closes out $3.1bn DigitalBridge buy to scale in AI infra
UK fibreco Hyperoptic rejects wholesale as retail focus starts to pay
Telefónica remixes home-market and Group responsibilities in latest reorg
Telefónica plots intricate course towards Venezuelan exit — reports
Telefónica posts solid H1 but two-speed progress persists - Sep26
SoftBank closes out $3.1bn DigitalBridge buy to scale in AI infra
Digital Infra Peoplewatch: Deutsche Glasfaser names CISO; Cellnex shuffles Polish leaders
Telefónica remixes home-market and Group responsibilities in latest reorg
Telefónica plots major reorg in ongoing bid for revival – report
Subsea sector may look to next gen satcos for backup
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TelcoTitans Eventwatch calendar: the industry events that matter
TelcoTitans Eventwatch highlights the key telco and digital infrastructure 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.
The ‘B2AI’ question: are telcos ready to sell trust to machines?
Fastweb + Vodafone turns merged network into ‘city map’ for autonomous operations
UK fibreco Hyperoptic rejects wholesale as retail focus starts to pay
Beyond BDUK: Openreach sets clock ticking on connecting hardest-to-reach
UK government, industry push partnerships to speed space innovation
Technology & ITFrom reactive to proactive: Ericsson and AWS bring agentic intelligence to OSS/BSS
Playbook: Legacy billing environments increasingly imperil CSP agility, yet ungrounded autonomy poses intolerable operational risks. Through an expanding collaboration with AWS, Ericsson is embedding governed, multi-agent artificial intelligence into production systems. Read how CSPs are already executing migrations and accelerating go-to-market…
NetworkFastweb + Vodafone turns merged network into ‘city map’ for autonomous operations
Open access: Swisscom Italian OpCo is building a real-time network digital twin as foundation for reaching Level 4 autonomy by 2030. With systems integrator Celfocus, the operator set out how pairing agentic AI with this foundation is already delivering results.
Technology & ITROVA unboxed: telco-native endpoint platform emerges from stealth mode
After quietly powering management and cross-selling for millions of enterprise and consumer devices for a US telecom titan, ROVA Software is stepping out of the shadows to bring its telco-native platform to the rest of the world with the launch of ROVA Europe and a mission to reinvent how other operators maximise endpoint experience and value-add.
InterviewiQmetrix to telco: ‘Your next customer may not be human’
Interview: Jason Raymer explains why a better strategy is needed for omnichannel retail, and why an architectural “system of intelligence” is required to bridge digital and physical operations for operators to differentiate on service.
NetworkWhy satcos and MNOs must collaborate to scale and monetise hybrid networks
In a new age of orbital disruption, a telco-satellite summit hosted by Celfocus explored how MNOs and non-terrestrial operators must embrace proactive collaboration and open standards to eliminate friction, putting seamless customer experience at the heart of space-age connectivity.
NetworkWildanet joins fibreco multiplay push with TiVo
Open access: Latest UK challenger to broaden proposition in competition dogfight. TiVo/Freely UK-first advances natural evolution from broadband provider to multi-service operator. “Expect more from us”, commercial chief Simon Hughes tells TelcoTitans…