All Automotive vertical articles
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OperationsFormer BT Fleet folded into rebranded Rivus
Rivus Fleet Solutions and Pullman Fleet Solutions to be combined. Graeme Lumley is new BT account director.
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Enterprise (B2B)
Elsewhere in BT Enterprise: BT links up with TIM & Telefónica in Turin
BT Enterprise ties with Italian telcos for connected cars and the University of Hertfordshire for smart city solutions.
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Venturing & Investments
Deutsche Telekom Innovation & Venturing: Cellwize earns HPE investment
Group adds to Heap and everphone backing; DTCP investment Cellwize catches HPE’s eyes; e‑charging tie‑up in Hamburg for future taxis.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Vodafone Group: Massidda on international telco relationships
Massidda speaks on value creation of international telco relationships; Vodafone’s open RAN small‑cell moves nearer to market.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Hrvatski Telekom onboards ALD for e-vehicle push
Croatian operator to deliver electric vehicle management services to fleet operator. HT leverages country’s largest EV charging network for single point of contact enterprise offering.
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Partnerships & Alliances
T-Sys takes a driving role in Zukunftswerkstatt 4.0
T‑Sys to support new ‘innovation showcase’ near Stuttgart. Workshop first identified as platform for collaboration at the end of 2020.
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Partnerships & Alliances
MobiledgeX Edge–Cloud enables cross–operator R&D
DT spinout MobiledgeX’s Edge‑Cloud platform leveraged for DT–Telefónica and DT–KDDI collaboration on edge compute proof of concepts. AR tour guides trialled with KDDI; traffic collision avoidance tech demoed with Telefónica Deutschland. Both solutions demonstrated under the auspices of GSMA’s Telco Edge Cloud pre‑commercial trials initiative.
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Network & Infrastructure
BT enables Azure data farm at Rolls‑Royce testbed
BT infrastructure installed at Rolls‑Royce’s Testbed 80 site, linking sensors to analytics tools provided by Microsoft’s Azure.
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Operations
Openreach’s Selley slams “shambles” of UK EV charging market
UK’s second-biggest van owner buying electric vehicles from Spain because of lack of domestic commercial electric van manufacturing. Openreach CEO bemoans thin and unreliable charging network; says UK “behind game”. Just 600 of Openreach’s 28,000 commercial vans currently electric. CEO regards hydrogen as likely candidate for heavy vehicles.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in BT Group: BT Sourced launches
BT and friends enter electric vehicle endeavour; BT Sourced opens its doors.
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Products & Services
Magenta Telekom stops offering CarConnect to new users
Austria becomes second market where offering is quietly retired. Unclear whether or not equivalent services in Czech Republic, Poland, and the USA face a similar fate.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone signs HERE for traffic warning R&D
5G‑enabled real‑time traffic warning system in development. Partnership takes in HERE Technologies and Porsche. Precision location and edge computing utilised. 5G Mobility Lab hosts R&D project, adding to a growing list of V2X partnerships.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Telefónica Infra-Tech: Telefónica Tech Ventures expands into IoT
Telefónica Tech Ventures expands into IoT; roads, manufacturing, and tourism targeted as Group continues to build “ smart ” business-to-business alliances.
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Innovation (R&D)
Vodafone steers Sony 5G test drives
Vodafone Germany is providing the 5G network for Sony’s connected‑car trials. “ Database on wheels ” the ambition, with constant communication required over stable, high‑speed network.
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Network & Infrastructure
Movistar deploys traffic management solution from Enea
Network efficiency and quality-of-service in focus as video usage grows.
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People
Colao dismisses Ferrari driving seat rumours
Unexpected departure of Ferrari’s CEO sets the rumour mill in motion, with former Vodafone boss Colao mooted as one potential successor. Reports said to be baseless by source close to Colao.
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Innovation (R&D)
Mobius: malware tracker tackles new use‑cases
Geospatial intelligence tool is being trialled to support security efforts across BT’s physical assets, moving beyond its CAV origins. Epidemiological methods used to model and monitor the spread of malware.
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Venturing & Investments
Telefónica on board with 5G emergency comms project
AI to be leveraged by EC-funded research group as a means of providing enhanced 5G network coverage for emergency services. Group building ecosystem around responsible use of AI. Another example of operator working the axis between e-health and connected-vehicles.
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Partnerships & Alliances
T‑Systems joins GAIA‑X Automotive Alliance
T‑Sys joins five others in cloud‑based GAIA‑X supply chain project. Investment in vehicle market interoperability and sustainability.
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Innovation (R&D)
Telefónica-backed vehicle-testing lab flags new intake
V2X lab being put to use, with startups testing LiDAR , AI, and blockchain-based solutions in the hope of accelerating path to market. Telco affiliation part of five-strong cohort.
