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         Products & Services Products & ServicesTelefónica Tech bulks up Spanish enterprise portfolio with Microsoft techOperator harnesses Microsoft’s AI and cloud technology to deliver automation, business management, and customer experience tools in Spain, following launches in other markets. Move advances commercialisation of Tech’s ‘global service lines’, which form part of revenue growth strategy… 
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         Strategy & Change Strategy & ChangeSnowflake: Building a telco space where data exchange can thriveVodafone, AT&T, Snowflake and Amdocs come together to explore telco operational and business realities and the breadth of possibilities for the age of data, digitalisation and AI when everything is connected. Learn more about how data environments are being transformed to get fundamentals right internally, for customers, and for wider collaboration… 
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         Analyst Briefings Analyst BriefingsVodafonewatch Weekly: African infra in spotlight, Spanish retreat completeLatest from Vodafone and its partners and interests as Spanish exit completes, Shared Ops leadership adjusted, and climate plans pushed back. In Africa, infra-sharing is on the cards, but Vodacom’s in-progress South African fibre deal faces backlash… 
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         People PeopleBT Peoplewatch: Data & AI leadership redrawn at BT DigitalSenior swaps include new Data & AI leader after Zoë Webster exits the Group, leaving a legacy of AI adoption and foundations for scaling. BT Business changes include senior shuffles for Central Government accounts, while Openreach opts to leave Corporate Affairs & Brand unfilled after Catherine Colloms departs. Plenty more across the Group… 
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         Analyst Briefings Analyst BriefingsTelefónicawatch Weekly: core markets press on with digital infra M&AWork with co-owner Asterion on Nabiax data centre sale reportedly coming to a head, while Brazilian operating business confirms interest in rival fibre assets. AI and network-sharing passion remains, with expansion of Google Cloud deal and Millicom highlighting new JV with Telefónica as an ‘inflection point’ for Colombia. Read more… 
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         Partnerships & Alliances Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica extends Google Cloud deal into realm of AIGroup frames three-year extension and expansion of cloud services relationship with hyperscaler as a means to expand in B2B and accelerate digital transformation. 
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         Products & Services Products & ServicesVodafone’s TOBi chatbot gets a generative AI makeover from MicrosoftVodafone reveals early progress with applying GenAI to advance customer experience transformation as part of strategic tie-up with Microsoft. 
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         Analyst Briefings Analyst BriefingsTelefónicawatch Weekly: Shares, spectrum, and security in the spotlightSpanish state hits 10% Telefónica stake target after two-month ramp-up. Fresh alliances with Microsoft and domestic operator rivals bolstering cybersecurity, AI, and rural mobile initiatives. Elsewhere, UK prepares for mmWave spectrum auction. Read more… 
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         Partnerships & Alliances Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica adds cybersecurity dimension to Microsoft allianceTelefónica Tech integrates generative AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot for Security with its portfolio. 
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         Financial & Performance Financial & PerformanceTelefónica Q1 FY24 Spend: investments made, efficiencies gainedContinued investment in AI, automation, and sustainability highlighted . Read more… 
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         Interview InterviewBrace for ‘AI tidal wave’: Kao Data urges UK data centre step changeNext-gen specialist discusses Manchester Data Centre of the North investment sweetspot, need to prep for AI-fuelled tsunami of demand (nowhere in Europe ready). Read more… 
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         Analyst Briefings Analyst BriefingsDeutsche Telekomwatch Weekly: it’s all set to kick off in Germany’s broadband marketTelekom Deutschland amps up promotions and advertising as it preps pincer movement on cable rivals, using coming weeks’ regulatory changes and Euro 2024 tournament. Meanwhile, T-Mobile US makes its first move in long-anticipated fibre M&A strategy, tying with Swedish investment giant EQT to take joint ownership of infra player Lumos. 
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         Network & Infra Network & InfraDeutsche Telekom live with AI-based RAN “sleep mode” efficiency trialsFutureNet World: cost and sustainability benefits of tests flagged. Part of wider AI strategy, with other efficiency applications at various stages of testing… 
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         Analyst Briefings Analyst BriefingsTelefónicawatch Weekly: Spain continues stakebuilding; Group gets bogged down with brand legalsSpanish government brings itself level with CriteriaCaixa as Telefónica’s largest shareholder, increasing stake (through SEPI) to 5%. Elsewhere, Group gets to working through ‘huge’ DT brand dispute file dump; Virgin Media O2 taps Starlink for rural connectivity boost; Group seeks to keep closer watch on AI impact… 
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         Partnerships & Alliances Partnerships & AlliancesTomorrow Street adds AI and automation smarts to Vodafone’s scaleup acceleratorNewest members of VPC/Technoport Luxembourg hub: Emplay, Squirro, and Workato. 
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         Financial & Performance Financial & PerformanceDeutsche Telekom FY23 spend: unfinished business on cost controlFY23 session sees ongoing evidence of Group leadership qualms in the area of cost control, amid macro and regulatory uncertainties. Read more… 
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         Partnerships & Alliances Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica Tech deepens Tenable ties to drive security expansionUnit incorporates Tenable One exposure management platform into growing NextDefense-VRM portfolio, also furthering AI and cybersec credentials, guided by parent’s GPS revenue-rich, M&A-light strategy… 
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         Opinion OpinionAgents of change: how not to be a dinosaur in the digitised MNO eraItai Karelic, CRO of AI‑powered asset digitisation solutions provider vHive, is calling upon MNOs to step up and shape their future by becoming true agents of change. By taking decisive steps to leverage the benefits of digital twin solutions across tower estates, Karelic says MNOs can unlock the promise of network performance and operational efficiency. 
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         Network & Infra Network & InfraBlue Planet: Re-making telcos as platform heroesBlue Planet is calling on operators to build new platforms that rise above the existing tangle of legacy technologies and unlock the revenue and innovation opportunities promised by a fully automated ‘no ops’ future. 
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         Analyst Briefings Analyst BriefingsTelefónicawatch Weekly: Group gets its infra in order post-MWC, FY23 resultsGroup exploring wholesale network access and infrastructure-sharing deals in Spain and the UK, while testing new mobile infra in the latter to drive efficiencies. Operator seeks to take O2 Germany private, while talks over fresh IT supplier deal and M&A reportedly roll on in its home market… 
 























