Latest on Telco AI
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Analyst BriefingEMEA Infrawatch: German altnet investment struggles
Analyst Briefing: Latest on EMEA digital infra, including Germany’s BREKO highlighting decline in fibre investment from altnets; fresh developments on the ground and in the sky for European satellite systems; and Vodafone and MTN unveiling new data centre developments.
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Products & ServicesDT extends AI voice value-add push to business clients
Operator flags plans for release of new range of AI-powered services in coming months, principally targeting Germany’s vast SME market. Mistral AI, AudioCodes, and n8n are among DT’s supporting tech partners.
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Network & InfraEC earmarks Greenland as AI infra base
Greenland mulls data centre construction — alongside enhanced satellite connectivity and other digital infra projects — as investment target using fresh European financing, as businesses keep watch on the territory as a geographically advantageous region for new digital infra…
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Network & InfraVodafone signs pair of data centre deals in $1bn AI bet on Egypt
Vodafone Egypt enters into potential $1bn data centre joint venture with Cassava Technologies and Elsewedy Electric, plus separate Cassava tie-up for NVIDIA-supported AI Factory collab.
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Analyst BriefingDeutsche Telekomwatch: Board lines up next generation
Analyst Briefing: Reviewing tumultuous few weeks at DT as Group makes remuneration concession and enacts top-level leadership change on both sides of the Atlantic, to shore up stakeholder base and prep for new era. Execs also allow a rare major M&A move in Europe and add more names to DT’s AI transformation line-up.
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Network & InfraVodafone Turkey triples budget for joint data centre project
A $100m investment has brought Vodafone Turkey’s new Izmir data centre online, and the ‘scalable’ facility is set to attract another $200m in the coming years to quintuple capacity and establish a ‘Mediterranean hub’.
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PeoplewatchDeutsche Telekom Peoplewatch: change-at-the-top in finance, infra, and tech
July 2026–August 2026 update: The latest roundup of DT people movement, including a Board of Management rejig that brings new faces into the operator’s tech and finance leadership; changes in the senior layer of infra businesses GD Towers, Deutsche Telekom Technik, and GreenScale, plus Deutsche Telekom Security and T-Mobile US; and new post-DT career steps by high-profile former execs Omar Tazi and Wolfgang Metze.
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PeoplewatchGenerational shift: DT brings in AWS’ Hofmeyr for AI/network amid wider refresh, CFO exit
In-depth analysis: German giant looks outside its own ranks to bring in AWS’ telco industry boss Jan Hofmeyr to build out its AI-Team as part of a wider leadership refresh. Group is also bidding farewell to its CFO in a move that could be clearing the path to a CEO refresh as DT also approaches its next strategic supercycle.
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Products & ServicesVodafoneThree makes small screen debut with TV launch, as UK convergence battle intensifies
VodafoneThree has entered the UK TV market with platform designed to take challenge to BT/EE and Virgin Media O2 beyond connectivity. Whether it can crack the convergence code remains to be seen…
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Network & InfraMTN advances ‘integrated’ infra vision with data centre JV
Operator firms up data centre joint venture with Emirati data centre investor, with initial plans to build capacity in Nigeria and South Africa. Move sees MTN advance data centre expansion plans as part of Ambition 2030 strategy.
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Network & InfraTrusted agentic AI: DT and Vodafone automate identity management for sovereign-ready network compliance
Translating dense legal jargon into network access rules with telco-grade IAM (identity and access management) traditionally takes weeks of manual engineering with error risk. Explore how Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone are applying ‘governed intelligence’ and a “Legal LLM” to shrink this critical infrastructure compliance latency to hours, with zero trust and human-in-the-loop, unlocking efficiencies and new high-value sovereign revenue streams.
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B2BVodafoneThree adds Tech Mahindra to growing ‘specialist partner’ ecosystem
Vodafone signs co-innovation and collaborative go-to-market deal with Indian conglomerate weeks after comparable TCS deal as it deepens its partner pool, chases UK B2B revival.
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InterviewInterview: Outgoing T-Mobile exec Mike Katz on the Un-carrier’s evolving ‘challenger spirit’
Exclusive: Top T-Mobile US lieutenant Mike Katz has had the inside track on the Un-carrier’s remarkable resurgence over the past 15 years. Now preparing to end a near-30-year career at T-Mobile, he speaks to TelcoTitans about the bold moves that powered the operator’s turnaround, the leadership inspirations he gleaned from key Un-carrier architects John Legere and Mike Sievert, and why the next era of competition for T-Mobile will be defined by AI.
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M&AMTN secures IHS deal approvals, moves closer to African towers take-back
Nigerian competition authority among multiple regulators to greenlight the deal, which could see MTN take back control of previously sold tower assets. Telco highlights IHS buy as among ‘selective’ investments in digital infra during H1, as it boasts a strong set of financial results for the period…
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Network & InfraTelefónica venture freed to make Gigafactory bid
Operator gains EC nod to establish AI data hub joint venture with Spanish partners including Santander, Multiverse Computing, and ACS.
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Analyst BriefingOrangewatch: now-consolidated MásOrange quick to make mark
Analyst Briefing: bringing together the latest on Orange from around TelcoTitans and beyond, including Group execs being upbeat on MásOrange despite competitive pressures; a new data centre joint venture with Morrison; and MásOrange denying rumours of ‘RANco’ plans with Vodafone Spain…
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Venturing & InvestmentsLiberty gets creative in push into AI
Telco group’s corporate venturing arm adds content generation scaleup to its growing AI investment stable.
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M&ATalkTalk Business to merge with ARO, bolster managed IT services strategy
Provider agrees to merger with ARO to create scaled-up managed IT services entity with £200m in annual sales. Deal could see TalkTalk Business advance its strategy to transition from enterprise connectivity player to cloud and IT solutions partner, following separation from TalkTalk Group.
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OperationsBT says 75% of legacy fixed OSS retired after decade-long SRIMS overhaul
Now advanced on fixed-network inventory, data and process unification and simplification, digital OSS chief Ravi Ramachandran has set out how the operator’s graph-based SRIMS platform is intended to underpin automation/AI, digital twins, and NaaS revenue.
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InterviewInterview: euNetworks chief Marisa Trisolino’s fibre build blueprint
A year on from taking over as Chief Executive of euNetworks, Marisa Trisolino talks TelcoTitans through how she plans to take the regional digital infrastructure business to the ‘next level’, leveraging rising demand for high-end connectivity from Europe’s main data centre hubs. Although now equipped with new capital and a refreshed exec team, euNetworks will remain ‘selective’ and ‘clinical’ on expansion, she stresses.