All Claudia Nemat articles
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Partnerships & AlliancesDT expands SKT tie‑up to metaverse and beyond
Deutsche Telekom and SK Telecom map out new areas for cooperation. Tests of SKT’s metaverse platform expected in Germany by end 2022.
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Suppliers & SCM
DT to judge suppliers on their climate ambition
German operator looking for early win as it turns attention to vast — and growing — problem of supply chain emissions. Hardware vendors will be first to come under environmental spotlight as DT tweaks its RFP scoring system. Move comes following joint project with buying partner Orange.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Deutsche Telekom Group: Inmarsat takeover facing opposition
Illek wary on Drahi’s BT intentions; Nemat urges sector to “be human”; Inmarsat deal said to be causing UK ructions.
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Network & Infrastructure
DT signs up first customer for 5G SA campus network
Prinzhorn picks DT and Ericsson based on their international reach. Low device availability highlighted as bottleneck for campus network deployment. DT joins German state‑backed CampusOS project to drive open 5G campus networks.
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Network & Infrastructure
DT gears up for 5G SA and network slicing
Cross‑border PoC with Ericsson puts ‘E2E’ 5G SA network slicing through its paces. TDE aims to launch 5G SA in 2022. RTL pilot looks to 5G’s future role in live broadcasting.
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Network & Infrastructure
Nemat confirms 2023 open RAN target
DT is now looking for vendor partners as open RAN gets ready for primetime. The Group remains convinced of the need for both mobile and fixed‑access disaggregation.
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Public Affairs
Tearful DT tech boss urges sector to “be human”
Claudia Nemat calls for industry to step up on sustainability and human‑centred tech development, amid wave of global crises. DT adapts MWC presence in light of Ukrainian situation. “Intensive discussions” took place over event withdrawal. Robbie Williams demo cancelled.
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Enterprise (B2B)
T‑Mobile expands beyond US, goes transatlantic on IoT
DT and American NatCo pick a safe, greenfield side‑line of cross‑border IoT as first target for international B2B collaboration plan they flagged in 2021. Move comes with T‑Mobile quietly beginning to look beyond USA for opportunities, raising strategic questions for DT and its own international B2B interests.
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Products & Services
T-Systems and Google sovereign cloud ready for launch
Ahead of schedule, initial offering will launch in March with phased rollout over next three years. First result of latest tie-up between Google and T-Systems and a positive sign for Europe’s Gaia-X project.
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Products & Services
DT closes cloud gaming play after less than two years
MagentaGaming closing due to poor take‑up. Streaming partner RemoteMyApp acquired by Intel. Service was not available on Apple iOS mobile devices.
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People
DT moves AI beyond the lab with new lead
DT’s new head of AI, Jan Hofmann, signals broadening approach. Predecessor Claudia Pohlink takes on new role at Deutsche Bahn. Emphasis increasingly placed on AI-infused voice technology as a business enabler. Nemat giving thought to AI implications for society and suggests there should be a ‘Hippocratic Oath’ for AI ...
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Innovation (R&D)
DT’s Nemat puts focus on the human factor at heart of AI
Nemat suggests there should be a ‘Hippocratic Oath’ for AI software engineers. DT programmes in place to reduce energy consumption and bias when training machines.
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Strategy & Change
Deutsche Telekom reveals new CTO; Choi switches to R&D
Head of Technology & Innovation Claudia Nemat making a New Year refresh of her top team. Open RAN point man Abdurazak Mudesir takes over as CTO as Group increases bet on network disaggregation. Current CTO Dr. Alex Jinsung Choi moves to a potentially more free-wheeling position overseeing R&D and ...
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Network & Infrastructure
Fluent Gopalan flexes on fibre and 5G
Telekom Deutschland Chief Executive Srini Gopalan continues to emphasise need for network‑building partnerships. DT has not given up on under-scrutiny Glasfaser Nordwest JV. Group tech boss Claudia Nemat maintains environmental messaging — and surprises with a musical demo of 5G SA.
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Strategy & Change
DT joins European telco call for open RAN help
Group signs off on Analysys Mason report recommending that European policymakers financially stimulate the region’s open RAN ecosystem. Report also backed by Orange, Telecom Italia, Telefónica, and Vodafone. Awkwardly, a week prior to report publication, DT announces government funding for new Berlin lab to test and validate open networks. ...
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Deutsche Telekom Group: Nemat hits double figures
Nemat into double figures at DT; DT boosts network with Cisco routers implementation.
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Network & Infrastructure
DT, Ericsson demo “on-demand” 5G network slicing
Bonn lab showcases “network exposure” capabilities over 5G SA. Purportedly allows “slice service on‑demand”, whereby app performance requirements are configured automatically. Choi says proof of concept lays “technical foundation for 5G service innovation”. Keen to explore further “customer‑centric network‑as‑a‑service models”.
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Strategy & Change
DT looking to Russia to crack digital code
Group moots coming expansion of its St. Petersburg software development facility by two-thirds. Hiring plan aimed at supporting key IT challenges such as fibre roll out planning and management, customer experience improvement, and open RAN deployment.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions ties with AWS for DevOps focus
New taskforce to adopt agile working methods with AWS engineering support. First project will focus on AI‑based customer assistance solution from November.
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Innovation (R&D)
DT: Open RAN not there yet, but developing fast
Deutsche Telekom’s view on open RAN state of play. Mixed bag: encouraging pace of development, but complexity reigns. Programmability capability is two to three years away. “Must have” automation needed to tackle integration challenge.
