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Suppliers & SCM
Digital Procurement Garage: BT gets new canary for supply chain risks
Macro risk consultancy PRISM joins BT’s fledgling Digital Procurement Garage. Another symbol of how global trade tensions and COVID‑19 have given telcos major supply chain resilience jitters. First non-UK member.
Innovation (R&D)
BT opens DigiTech doors
BT and longstanding partner the University of Suffolk launched the DigiTech Centre, to train 145 apprentices and 500 students.
Strategy & Change
BT to face bona fide converged challenge from VM–O2
Liberty Global and Telefónica Group creating a UK “connectivity champion” that will leapfrog Sky to become a close second competitor to BT Group. BT confident in its lead in the convergence race, and upbeat on consolidation opportunities, but Spanish fibre know‑how and comparable digital portfolio could present new threat. ...

Partnerships & Alliances
DT taking Precise Positioning to ten markets, maybe more
Precise Positioning service for autonomous vehicles to reach eight more European markets by early-2021. DT and partners back ‘state space representation’ open standard to enhance accuracy of satellite positioning.
Partnerships & Alliances
Droniq goes long-range with UAV control
Sky Drone tie-up adds to new JV’s ”command and control” product suite.
Partnerships & Alliances
T-Mobile Netherlands taps Telindus for automation
TMNL partnered with automation provider Telindus for network maintenance, monitoring, and security.

M&A
EU: Vestager nod set to prompt regional consolidation race
Vestager distracts from four‑to‑three merger demands by highlighting potential for creation of pan‑European big beasts. But is this feasible in any imminent iteration of Europe, beyond cross-border infrastructure ventures envisaged by Orange?
Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica deepens Google Cloud ties in Spain
Partnership aims to “accelerate” digital transformation for Spanish businesses. Focus is on joint development of mobile edge computing solutions for 5G. Telefónica Tech slated for service delivery. Deal comes on heels of similar arrangement with Microsoft.
M&A
Fries on VM-O2 merger: don’t mention the tax breaks
Liberty Global anticipates substantial opportunities for savings by injecting Virgin Media tax losses into O2, but Fries wary that such behaviour may not chime with goal of creating new UK “national champion”.

M&A
EU: Vestager nod set to prompt regional consolidation race
Vestager distracts from four‑to‑three merger demands by highlighting potential for creation of pan‑European big beasts. But is this feasible in any imminent iteration of Europe, beyond cross-border infrastructure ventures envisaged by Orange?
Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone deepens engagement with UK 5G testbed
Vodafone UK positions itself to benefit from 5G‑related opportunities around traffic management.
People
Boddy to give Vodafone Ventures a pump?
Strategy Director’s addition to Vodafone Ventures board poses the question: what exactly is Vodafone’s strategy when it comes to technology VC?