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Vodacom DRC offices “sealed”, accounts “seized” in tax dispute

Public Affairs

Spain ‘to extend’ Telefónica shield as macro headwinds build

Suppliers & SCM

T-Mobile VoIP buddy Ooma tees up growth to come

People

Latest Telefónica people moves: New M&A & Strategy Director joins from Microsoft

FTTP buyer’s guide: consolidation rife among UK altnets

Fibre-building upstarts and established incumbents target multimillion-premises infrastructure within next several years, putting M&A on agenda for many.

BT’s Allera backs Vodafone–Three merger

Marc Allera says arguments against consolidation are “out of touch with the reality today”.

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Rakuten: the one secret every transformative operator should know

Guest OpEd from Geoff Hollingworth CMO Rakuten Symphony

The shift of gravity away from hardware is inescapable. It’s the entire telecom business that is being digitalised.

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Eventwatch: TelcoTitans coverage of Fÿuz and Arch Summit

Fÿuz 2022: TIP parades rise of neutral host provider

Fÿuz panel highlights significant growth in neutral host NaaS deployments worldwide.

Arch 2022: Vodafone partners on renewable power challenges

Four companies selected to enable telco’s Renewable Power Challenge.

Fÿuz 2022: Metaverse-grade networks are revolutionary

Rakuten’s Amin shows the way; Orange and Telefónica on the case.

Arch 2022: Wibergh signs off, stresses exit as “non-event”

Outgoing Vodafone CTO uses conference to highlight smooth handover of reins, citing succession planning, reorg, and strategic refresh.

Fÿuz 2022: Integration tops open RAN issues for operators

Generally optimistic view on open RAN despite integration challenges.

Arch 2022: Timuray calls on sector to face up to diversity challenge

Ensuring diversity and inclusion is just good business, says Serpil Timuray.

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Monthly Deep Dives: Premium Telcowatch Digital Reports

Deutsche Telekomwatch Report #119 – November 2022
Key stories include: Group holds firm on German, US strength | Office pal ISS cites DT ‘disagreement’ | German tech gets centre-aligned | Telekom goes digital in B2B reset | T-Mobile plans to up fibre intake
Deutsche Telekomwatch Report #118 – November 2022
Key stories include: Regulators dig in on platform charges | Group looks to meld air-ground networks | C-suite drawn to infra security concerns | OTE hands off facilities management | Romanian exit speculation resurfaces
Telefónicawatch Report #168 – November 2022
Key stories include: McKinsey in for Group strategy reset | Europe digs in against telco M&A | Telefónica Tech moves into SASE | Vivo presents as in-Group fibre lead | UK telcos get break on Huawei swap

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BTwatch

Public Affairs

BT wants more D&I influence on commercial agenda

Group management lays out plans to build diversity and inclusion programmes into BT growth strategy.

BT scouts green manufacturing startups

Scottish islands’ fibre upgrade is a wrap

Interview: BT Chief Researcher John Davies on realising the robotics revolution

BT faces up to threats with ‘nation state-level’ security force

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Vodafonewatch

Partnerships & Alliances

Vodafone partners with Dubber on recording and AI services

Recording and AI capabilities to be integrated across multiple European markets, initially for Vodafone business customers in Germany and the UK.

Safaricom releases M-PESA for teens

M-PESA extends DRC consumer finance services

Vodafone Spain beefs up broadband play with 5G FWA

M-KOPA lands debt finance from IFC

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Deutsche Telekomwatch

Partnerships & Alliances

Plusnet signs up for Glasfaser Nordwest fibre access

Partnership between Plusnet and DT fibre JV to market fibre products to consumers and businesses.

Okta touts T-Mobile’s app security gains

DT to launch 5G campus localisation solution in 2023

Magyar Telekom picks ThinkAnalytics for user-targeted content

T-Mobile taps Salesforce for ‘next-generation’ CX vision

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Telefónicawatch

Partnerships & Alliances

Telefónica ‘appeals to hyperscalers’ for support on network API push

Operator reportedly in negotiations with Amazon, Google, and Microsoft to support API marketing.

Internet para Todos ‘half-way there’ on rural 4G

EC clears Telefónica’s Bluevia fibre JV

Haas: O2 on “home straight” with 5G targets

Telefónica joins SpaceMobile’s MNO crew

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TelcoFutures

Vodafone: Testing times and the 90:10 ratio to advance ORAN integration

Vodafone’s ORAN leader highlights need for collaboration.

Gaia-X hopes for ‘year of growth’ with launch of first services

SK Telecom to undergo transformation into “AI company”

Fÿuz 2022 recap: disaggregation advancing; metaverse the ultimate use case; monetisation TBC

Fÿuz 2022: Metaverse-grade networks are revolutionary

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Interviews, Profiles, and Opinion

Interview: BT Chief Researcher John Davies on realising the robotics revolution
By Harry Padoan
Davies speaks to TelcoTitans about the operator’s Robot Highways project and the place of robotics in addressing employment shortages.
Rakuten: the one secret every transformative operator should know
Guest OpEd from Geoff Hollingworth CMO Rakuten Symphony
The shift of gravity away from hardware is inescapable. It’s the entire telecom business that is being digitalised.
Account Team Spotlight: Celfocus on Vodafone Tech 2025 alignment
Sponsored by Celfocus
EMEA telecoms SI talks to TelcoTitans about the changes it has made to its Vodafone client team to ensure it is in lockstep with the Group’s Tech 2025 strategy.
TIP’s Tenorio on the state of open RAN
By Alex Birkhead
Organisation’s chair says open RAN’s highest purpose for operators can be considered ‘optionality’.
Arch Summit 2022 — the (chief) executive briefing
By Alex Birkhead, Richard Agnew
Tomorrow Street CEO briefs Vodafonewatch on what to look forward to at October’s third Arch Summit being hosted by Tomorrow Street and Luxembourg.
BMC: IT streamlining will drive network value creation
By Vodafonewatch
The more virtualised telco networks become, the more relevant IT experience in overseeing complexity becomes.

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