All Deals (supplier) articles – Page 16
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PremiumUniversal dropped from BT TV
Universal dropped from BT TV Source: Universal TV The Universal channels will be removed from BT TV packages from 27 January 2020. In a letter to its subscribers, BT said “this decision is out of our control and is driven by Universal’s decision to remove the channel ...
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PremiumVodafone Hutchison Australia taps Nokia for 5G launch
Nokia lands five-year deal in Australia’s post-Huawei landscape. Berroeta lauds the Finnish vendor’s “advanced 5G roadmap”. 5G launch slated by 30 June 2020.
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PremiumVodafone gives Hadoop the heave-ho, turns to Google
Vodafone nearly half-way through migrating its Hadoop-based big data analytics platform, serving eleven countries, onto Google Cloud Platform. “Cloud-native” Neuron systems leans on Google’s expertise in AI and ML. Full migration from Hadoop to Neuron slated before 31 March 2020.
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Suppliers & SCMVodafone Idea rallies the supplier troops
Mavenir, Nokia, Optiva, Red Hat, and TCS engaged via integration plan. CTO reasserts June 2020 deadline for accelerated programme.
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PremiumVodafone Idea partners with WebBuddy provider
Vodafone Idea forms tie-up with US-based Deluxe to provide its WebBuddy product.
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PremiumJuniper extends Telefónica Fusión Red role to UK
Juniper is taking a strategic partnership role in the UK, building on its work in Telefónica Group’s home market. Potential noted for Juniper to expand its influence on additional markets, and reinforce existing deployments across the Telefónica footprint.
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Suppliers & SCMO2 Germany picks Infinera for 5G open transport
Infinera, a long-term Telefónica partner, picked up a new contract to upgrade Telefónica’s mobile transport network in Germany.
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Suppliers & SCMEzentis trumpets latest Telefónica contract wins
Ezentis maintained its drumbeat of deals, highlighting its ongoing infrastructure management relationship with Telefónica across Latin America.
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PremiumNetcracker lands a win in Telekom Deutschland automation drive
Efficiencies drive expands to provisioning, optimisation, and orchestration.
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Suppliers & SCMQualitest secures 5G and ESN testing role
ESN collaboration proving an opportunity to expand remit to 5G for software-testing company Qualitest.
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PremiumTimeline Television selects Tedial’s MAM platform for BT Sport’s facilities
Production facilities specialist, and existing BT Sport broadcast partner, Timeline Television selected media asset management (MAM) provider Tedial’s Evolution MAM platform to handle and orchestrate media processing and workflow archiving at BT Sport’s facilities in Stratford and the BT Tower in London.
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Suppliers & SCMFujikura wins Openreach deal after ribbon pilot
Openreach trials of a new type of ribbon fibre cable to speed deployment of fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) in the UK appear to have culminated in a contract for manufacturer Fujikura, which participated in the trial with cable installer CBS Products (BTwatch, #303).
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PremiumAltran ties with Vodafone Portugal on AI and data science
French engineering and industrial consultancy Altran flagged a tie-up with Vodafone Portugal (VfP) that aims to “increase the skills and know-how” of the two partners in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and data science.
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Suppliers & SCMOld guard re-enlisted for Vodafone TV consolidation push
Wins for existing cross-OpCo suppliers Kaltura, Nagra, and TiVo. Continued emphasis on cloud, security, and deeper user understanding. Lightweight, low-capex focus: Kaltura says it is now possible to roll out Vodafone TV in a new country within seven months.
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PremiumTelefónica España’s broadcasting revenue to increase
Telefónica España could rake in additional revenue from Mediaset as part of its agreement to allow the broadcaster to air La Liga, Europa League, and Champions League matches on its new Mitele Plus pay-TV service.
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PremiumVodafone Spain secures sublicensing deal to broadcast top-tier Spanish football
Vodafone Spain (VfS) struck a sublicensing deal with Mediapro, the existing rights holder of La Liga, UEFA Champions League, and Europa League football.
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PremiumBT Global to connect 500 sites worldwide for Schindler
New contract apparently omits some next-generation added-value services, but appears to offer opportunities for supporting cloud migration.
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PremiumDeutsche Telecom Capital Partners invests in Heap
Deutsche Telecom Capital Partners (DTCP), the investment management arm of DT, participated in a $55m (€49.6m) Series-C funding round in Heap, a US-based analytics specialist.
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Strategy & ChangeTimotheus Höttges plays hard-to-get after Vodafone Group tower overtures
Focus increasing on German infrastructure reshaping as cash-strapped European operators seek to extract asset value. Group yet to be convinced to draw up the tower bridge and help Vodafone’s consolidation plan. Telefónica Deutschland relationship a possible plan-b for Vodafone.
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PremiumVodacom South Africa enabling Telkom access to network
Telkom South Africa’s customers can now use VdSA’s 2G, 3G and 4G networks.