All Deals (supplier) articles – Page 10
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PremiumElsewhere in BT Enterprise: Wholesale’s Plan and Wireless Logic deals
Wholesale signs MVNO deals with Plan and Wireless Logic; next generation of Street Hubs unveiled with ultrafast Wi-Fi built-in.
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PremiumTelefónica sets wheels in motion for UNICA Next
IBM, Juniper Networks, and Red Hat tasked with deploying cloud-native 5G core network platform as UNICA focus evolves from virtualisation to modularisation. First data centres slated for rollout in October 2021. Unclear how far initial division of UNICA Next labour is split between public and private cloud.
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Suppliers & SCMOracle picked for Telefónica’s on-prem cloud migration
Telefónica España expands relationship with Oracle with a switch to on-premises cloud infrastructure for mission-critical BSS/OSS. Architecture consolidation and simplification the primary motivator, but cost savings and data regulation also benefits. Wider public cloud migration potentially on the cards.
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Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in Deutsche Telekom Group: Deutsche Funkturm flags mast deal
DT adds TripleA to tower-building team; real estate “right-sizing” takes effect.
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Suppliers & SCMTelefónica inks three (more) PPA deals
Spanish OpCo procuring just shy of 600GWh of electricity through fixed-priced PPAs. Acciona key player in Group-wide carbon-cutting push.
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PremiumTPG Telecom dials up 3.5GHz spectrum holdings
Australian operator ups 5G pace via acquisition of 29×5MHz concession from Dense Air, in return for 2.6GHz licences. Deal sees TPG subsidiary adsorb assets of Dense Air’s local business.
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Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in Telekom Deutschland: “long-term” Sky partnership
Management refresh at congstar; Sky and TDE build up partnership; operator shops at Aldi for home tie-up.
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Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in Telefónica Infra-Tech: Tech forms Zoom partnership
IDT highlights expansion of ties with Telefónica wholesale and multinational customers subsidiary; Cornerstone JV enhances legal spend management.
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PremiumBT Pension Scheme completes Hermes exit
Federated Hermes actions call option to acquire BTPS’s residual shareholding in fund manager. BT on track with pension deficit recovery plan.
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Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in Vodafone Europe: partnerships secured to showcase 5G
Vodafone OpCos secure partnerships to showcase 5G use-cases in Germany, Greece, and Italy.
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Partnerships & AlliancesAldi enters smart home space with DT tie-up
Entry-level SmartHome Magenta package to be made available on online shelves. Tie-up with Germany’s discount supermarket chain will no doubt be watched closely by smart-home rivals.
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PremiumVodafone and Amdocs go again on CX improvement
Group-wide partner tapped to deliver CRM upgrade for Spanish OpCo. Tie-up marks an expansion of previous CX-oriented arrangement. Focus on helping facilitate Vodafone Spain’s “TechCo” transition and cost reductions.
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Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in Openreach; expanded FTTP rollout
Openreach expands FTTP rollout, and expands cablelaying contracts to support the plans.
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Suppliers & SCMJob cuts coming as ISS works to solve DT deal losses
Manager of Group’s German facilities working through “long list” of restructuring measures, with aim to reach breakeven on flagship deal. Stage one complete as key IT milestone hit. Staff and subcontractor cutbacks coming as ISS seeks to squeeze out more costs.
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Suppliers & SCMGreek TowerCo ramps up tenancies with Sigfox deal
Sigfox taps Vantage’s Greek business for infra support in “nationwide” IoT deployment programme. Ten-year strategic agreement to increase mast tenancies by more than 250 over next three financial years.
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PremiumVodacom optics take off with Nokia tech
South African optical network trials hailed as a success, with Nokia hardware enabling long-distance, high-capacity data transmission. Testing seen as a proof of concept for wider rollout and 5G services expansion.
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PremiumVodafone hosts Dixons Carphone mobile play
Retail group set to launch MVNO proposition in the near future on Vodafone UK’s network. Dixit’s MVNO wholesale strategy making its mark.
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PremiumBT 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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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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Products & ServicesVodafone 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.