All Deals (supplier) articles
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Suppliers & SCMOpenreach enlists CommScope for full‑fibre support
CommScope’s NOVUX platform to enable Openreach to hit FTTP deployment goals. US‑based vendor added to a growing list of rollout programme partners.
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Strategy & Change
BT bets on Sisal lottery bid
National Lottery licence up for grabs, with three challengers to Camelot incumbency. Sisal, with BT as technology supplier, faces competition from Allwyn and its partner Vodafone UK. Digital transformation top of the ticket for tender adjudicators.
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Products & Services
Vodafone and Celfocus tackle AI‑based automation for IoT
Former Vodafone Portugal investment Celfocus has taken on its fourth cognitive automation project for the Group Network Operations (GNO) organisation. Further solutions and use-cases are already being explored to reap benefits of automation throughout the Group.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Germany: TDE targets 90% 5G coverage by end-2021
TDE heralds 5G and LTE rollout progress; fibre expansion continues .
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Openreach: Ciena flags optical kit win
Ciena gains an optical kit win; progress update on USO; copper stop‑sell orders issued in further 77 exchanges.
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Partnerships & Alliances
UK government hands WAN win to BT
Five‑year, £23m contract signed for network access services to the DWP. BT’s Strategic Supplier standing consolidated.
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Enterprise (B2B)
Elsewhere in BT Enterprise: Hosted Communications suite bulked up
Webex added to Hosted Communications ; seven new MNVO’s running on EE ’s network.
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Network & Infrastructure
EE adopts Nokia’s SON
Operator implements Nokia’s Self‑Organizing Networks software in a bid to improve customer experience on its mobile networks. Nokia hails the deal as evidence of the strength of its BT account, which is said to have taken on a “ continuous development ” model.
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Suppliers & SCM
Vodafone UK lands on Ciena’s Blue Planet
VfUK automates RedStream transport network in legacy overhaul. Blue Planet provides orchestration software in first deal with Vodafone. New Chief Network Officer Andrea Donà reiterates “ network‑as-a‑platform ” ambition.
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Suppliers & SCM
Vodafone puts Kenmei on network analytics team
Spanish vendor positions itself between network and Vodafone’s new, cloud-based analytics platforms, being overhauled with Google.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vivo assembles partners for 5G core
Brazilian operating business appears to be pinning down vendors for its 5G standalone network, although Huawei’s role in the country remains unclear.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica Tech adds protective layer to TrustOS
Next‑gen services arm strengthens TrustOS offering with data encryption services from new‑found friend Entrust.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Hispam taps Vubiquity for Movistar Play content
Amdocs Media company expands Telefónica footprint from Brazil to Hispam. Vubiquity provides content acquisition for Movistar Play .
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Partnerships & Alliances
O2 adopts ‘conversational’ AI-based platform
Operator purchases three-year licence, with AI tech set to support long-term aim of becoming CX “ champion ”.
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Partnerships & Alliances
BT heads to the quantum cloud with Arqit
Group backs QuantumCloud developed by UK startup, which purports to provide QKD security protection to end‑point devices over the cloud. BT named exclusive reseller of Arqit’s products in the UK.
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Suppliers & SCM
Slovak Telekom signs transponder deal with Intelsat
Slovakian operator and pay-TV subsidiary DIGI increasingly reliant on 1° West satellites. Move also supports launch of new TV channels in the Czech Republic. Longstanding relationship bolstered.
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Suppliers & SCM
Atento targets ‘reshaped’ Telefónica relationship
Contact centre operator Atento claims largest share of Telefónica CX spend. As Atento‑Telefónica MSA expiration nears, the priority is to “ earn ” business from the operator going forward. Telefónica eyes CX digitalisation in ongoing operational efficiency drive.
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Partnerships & Alliances
T‑Systems joins crypto party with Celo
T‑Sys MMS to provide infrastructure and validation services for blockchain ecosystem provider Celo as DT ups its interest in the technology. Strategic investment fund TIP tapped for “ significant ” purchase of CELO crypto‑assets.
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Suppliers & SCM
HT Mostar renews ENT ties
New arrangement will underpin the “ further modernisation ” of telco’s mobile network.
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Suppliers & SCM
Telefónica Chile signs PPA with Acciona
Sustainable energy supplier offers renewables leg‑up to Chilean OB, with significant cuts to CO2 expected. Existing Telefónica–Acciona relations expanded, with telco pursuing vendor engagement strategy. Telefónica Mexico quietly reaping rewards of PPA too.
