Amazon (AWS)
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Partnerships & AlliancesAduna goes big on Brazilian B2B with deeper Vivo tie-up
Partnership is aimed at scaling API availability and diversifying into new industries.
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Analyst BriefingsEMEA Infrawatch Analyst Briefing: fresh fibre financing; space infra upgrades
Latest on EMEA digital infra: fixed acquisitions, expansion initiatives, and financing deals announced across the region, including key updates from 4iG and United Fiber; Indus Towers makes first move beyond domestic market; satcos progress LEO constellation developments…
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Analyst BriefingsBTwatch Analyst Briefing: Kirkby marches on with international pullback
Latest from BT as the group continues to offload international assets with the sale of financial services unit and completion of Irish divestment; AWS ties expanded as the operator seeks further network autonomy; Openreach ups lobbying for UK fibre regulatory change; more…
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Analyst BriefingsEMEA Infrawatch Analyst Briefing: AI infra competition ramps up; infra carve-out trend continues
Latest on EMEA digital infra: Vodacom secures another regulatory win for Maziv fibre JV; Kenyan gov mulls Safaricom infra separation; OpenAI ponders play in GPU-as-a-service segment; fresh DCs and subsea cable links across EMEA…
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Partnerships & AlliancesDT strengthens Perplexity ties to expand AI Phone capabilities
Operator brings scaleup’s Comet AI browser to Germany for Perplexity Pro subscribers, with support through DT’s ambitious AI Phone devices, advancing the pair’s pre-existing collaboration (and investment)…
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Products & ServicesOpenAI eyes AI infra services play, taking on hyperscalers
Amidst estimates of a $50bn GPUaaS market accessible to telcos and Europe, and trillions in wider global AI investment, CFO Sarah Friar considers potential of OpenAI challenging hyperscalers from its own data centres, building infra experience, reducing reliance on third-parties, and retaining IP…
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Partnerships & AlliancesBT expands AWS deal for five more years
The cloud services giant flags the latest strategic agreement with BT as a critical step towards network autonomy.
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Strategy & ChangeT-Systems bullish on sovereignty shift; untouched by tariff ‘turmoil’
Q2 FY25: Deutsche Telekom says enterprise IT business on track to meet FY25 guidance and longer-term targets.
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PeopleDeutsche Telekom Peoplewatch: in-flight boss is Amazon-bound
The latest strategic and senior changes at Deutsche Telekom, including the appointment of new execs to drive network technology evolution in the AI era and direct its in-flight comms business — plus leadership switches around B2B in Poland, ‘Beyond Core’ diversification, and product design.
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B2BVodafone building SecOps platform with $1bn partner Google Cloud
Group cybersecurity architecture lead Emma Smith updates on the $1bn deal with Google Cloud as the pair work on security operations services for both internal and commercial users.
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Network & InfraCase study: Telenet adopts network digital twins to break automation glass ceiling
How can operators achieve genuine network autonomy? Telenet’s Stijn Eeckhaut and Celfocus’s Carla Penedo reveal their phased approach, leveraging network digital twins and a cognitive operations layer, as well as empowering engineers to build trust in new data-driven processes.
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B2BDeutsche Telekom’s T Cloud sharpens sovereignty focus
T Cloud is the new brand wrapper for Deutsche Telekom’s cloud activities and will be jointly marketed by T-Systems and Telekom Deutschland in Europe with more emphasis on digital sovereignty.
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TechnologyCarla Penedo interview: Celfocus’s network AI evangelist charts path forward
Exclusive insights from network AI leader on navigating complexities of converging networks, integrating legacy systems, and leveraging network digital twins, Agentic AI, and AIOps for measurable impact. In-depth interview reveals strategies and partnerships redefining telco transformation in cloud-native, AI-enabled era. Humans included…
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Analyst BriefingsBTwatch Weekly: public cash, automated networks, and UK exceptionalism
Latest from BT, including reports of an overseas B2B carve-out; a new Chief Digital Officer incoming; Reza Rahnama’s evolving ‘Dark NOC’ vision; and a setback in Openreach’s attempt to reform MDU access rights…
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Analyst BriefingsEMEA Infrawatch Briefing: resilience under the microscope; TowerCos face up to ‘land banks’
Power outage in parts of Europe and the aftermath of USA’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs give digital infra players food for thought on data sovereignty and resilience. Meanwhile, TowerCos come face-to-face with land aggregation firms after expressing concerns that the latter could stockpile land assets.
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Network & InfraBT casts a Dark NOC vision for future network ops
Mobile Networks MD Reza Rahnama has cast a “vision” for BT’s Dark NOC future, with foundational work with AWS underway.
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PeopleAmazon poaches T-Mobile exec to lead Project Kuiper marketing
Clint Patterson joins Amazon’s satellite startup Project Kuiper as Chief Marketing Officer after an eleven-year “epic ride” at T-Mobile USA.
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B2B‘The year it comes to life’: BT readies for network edge maturity
BT Wholesale’s Mark Toman lays out expectations for network edge in 2025 as early hype gives way to real-world deployments.
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Operations25 years in the making: Celfocus primed for telco AI era
As Celfocus marks 25 years of bridging telco and tech, CEO Álvaro José Ferreira shares insights on AI’s transformative wave, including how the EMEA systems integrator empowers SPs through data-driven innovation, automation, and strategic partnerships with hyperscalers like AWS and Google.
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Analyst BriefingsUK Infrawatch Weekly: CityFibre turns positive, HS2 gets connected, GoFibre Gigabit win
Project Gigabit, a Sky alliance, and the XGS-PON upgrade were all flagged as positive signs of CityFibre progress as it presented its latest annual results.