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Public Affairs
UK telcos lobby for government assistance on energy bills
Execs from BT and VodafoneThree call for a major rethink on network power fees to reflect telcos’ Critical National Infrastructure responsibilities.
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Event-driven evolution: Boost Mobile and Wavelo pioneer the composable telco
iQmetrix: Intelligent Commerce Address and Announcements
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
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B2B
Telefónica ties with NOS to drive defence push at European level
Telefónica and NOS are combining 5G, edge, AI and secure communications expertise for defence applications, reflecting a wider European telco push to turn existing technology capabilities into new business as governments increase military investment.
Consumer (B2C)
Vodafone set for £215m bonus as Talkmobile rises
Once headed for the exit, Talkmobile is becoming an increasingly useful Vodafone asset as customer, ARPU, and profit growth accompany a £215m dividend — and the operator-owned value brand becomes one of many gaining strategic importance in the competitive UK mobile market.
Partnerships & Alliances
Allianz lends Telefónica a hand on digital alarms sales
Movistar Prosegur Alarmas secures sell-through deal with insurer’s Spanish business in latest bid to expand uptake of its connected alarms for homes and businesses.
Operations
Tech Mahindra completes large-scale takeover of Orange B2B teams
Indian services giant indicates major new outsourcing and tech development relationship with Orange Business is now up and running, boosting top line and headcount.
6G: European telco leaders lay down migration markers
In depth: Deutsche Telekom, Orange, and Vodafone set out their conditions for 6G at Network X, mapping how Europe’s leading operators are converging on a pragmatic vision to protect 5G investments, minimise hardware disruption and making economics drive migration, albeit with differences remaining over spectrum sharing, core architecture, and timing…
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Vodafonewatch: raising UK ambitions as network priorities shift
UK Infrawatch: BT bails TalkTalk, CMA throws Netomnia roadblocks, CityFibre readies for action
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
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German fibre: 1&1 is GlasfaserPlus’ new plus one
Netherlands: Odido’s private equity parents de-couple
Telefónica’s German fibre JV enters debt talks — reports
6G: European telco leaders lay down migration markers
France’s Scaleway bulks up to meet demand for sovereign AI
Revolut picks O2 for expansion into German mobile
Orange Peoplewatch: Group crowns cloud platform lead
Vodafone lights up core for Express Capacity launch
CityFibre looks to future as consumer uptake lags
TalkTalk: BT takes the spoils, private equity takes a bath
CMA flags substantial competition concerns as nexfibre/Netomnia dealt major blow
BT: ‘national champion’ initiates saviour-mode for TalkTalk rescue
UK Infrawatch: altnet consolidation quarrels, TV multi-play bets
What the EU’s critical communications plan means for telcos — Strand Consult
EMEA Infrawatch: subsea vulnerabilities in the spotlight
Etisalat goes back to its roots with major rebrand
Telco CEOs press Brussels for certainty as EU works through regulatory changes
SoftBank closes out $3.1bn DigitalBridge buy to scale in AI infra
Peoplewatch
Orange Peoplewatch: Group crowns cloud platform lead
October 2026 edition: 25+ senior and strategic leadership changes at Orange, including Adrienne Jan taking the top spot at new Unified Cloud Platform, a B2B leadership revamp at Orange Belgium, and a new enterprise chief in Poland…
BT Peoplewatch: ExCo shake-up signals strategic shift
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
Telefónica, KKR said to initiate sale of Chilean fibre venture
VodafoneThree’s mega IT meld advances in ‘critical year’ for synergy delivery
CityFibre looks to future as consumer uptake lags
UK’s Tesco Mobile hits six million customer mark
Telco CEOs press Brussels for certainty as EU works through regulatory changes
DT gains another fibre M&A leg-up with Essen infra buy
TalkTalk: BT takes the spoils, private equity takes a bath
Orange Peoplewatch: Group crowns cloud platform lead
Orange advances European ‘AI highways’ with subsea cable expansion
BT turns to Microsoft for security as a service proposition
Orange’s Alok Srivastava advises against big bang shift to 6G
Bridge Alliance pushes global frontiers with Aduna tie-up, Americas talks
DT ramps up security with Cloudflare tie-up
Telefónica Peoplewatch: Spain/centre rebooted; Virgin Media O2 continues shake-up with B2B/B2C swaps
Orange Business lands leading role in EU fibre backbone upgrade
O2 remixes B2B mobile portfolio in bid for value uptick
DT plants flag in eSIM roaming territory with T-Travel launch
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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.
Event-driven evolution: Boost Mobile and Wavelo pioneer the composable telco
From reactive to proactive: Ericsson and AWS bring agentic intelligence to OSS/BSS
Exposing network APIs was the first step — building the business model is harder
Aduna’s Peter Arbitter explains API JV is ‘not in it for the money’
The ‘B2AI’ question: are telcos ready to sell trust to machines?
Technology & ITEvent-driven evolution: Boost Mobile and Wavelo pioneer the composable telco
Case study: When Boost migrated nearly eight million subscriber accounts to an event-driven architecture, the operational priority was absolute invisibility. The stealthy overhaul unexpectedly also delivered telecom’s current top prize: an auditable, composable foundation capable of executing agentic AI without risking the core ledger…
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.