All Deutsche Telekom Group (DTAG) articles – Page 65
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Network & InfrastructureDeutsche Telekom takes rain-check on full-fibre target
Rethink on mix of German next-gen deployment will see Group need a year more than expected to get up to full roll out speed.
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Products & ServicesDT’s Comfortcharge passes 100 in fast-charging station rollout
Deutsche Funkturm startup gradually moving toward 2021 footprint target. 2020 has seen operator tweak approach in e-mobility with sale of GET CHARGE offering to Switzerland’s Alpiq.
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Suppliers & SCMISS expects write-off over Deutsche Telekom deal setbacks
Deutsche Telekom’s FM partner expects to record cost write-off as COVID-19 continues to throw spanner in works of its service ramp-up for Group. New CEO remains confident about future profitability of contract. ISS to present ‘strategy refresh’ in December.
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Venturing & Investmentshubraum continues XR bet with three way investment
Tech incubator closes 5G Consumer Entertainment Program with trifecta investment. XR identified as key consumer use-case.
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PeopleDeutsche Telekom moves: India digital ops expansion
Bedding-in of new Global Business Solutions organisation continues. India-based development unit Deutsche Telekom Digital Labs remains in build-out mode, with Bharti Airtel alumni being tapped. Detecon executives off to form new venture. William Tal given digital strategy remit at T-Mobile for Business.
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Network & InfrastructureAccenture added to Deutsche Telekom’s Campus Network ecosystem
Industry 4.0 applications deployed at industrial technology testbed. DT’s campus 5G portfolio continues to grow. Once-dissenting German operators now planning to use licence-based campus networks for service and technology development. Steady growth in 5G local frequency allocations maintained, reaching 88 organisations in the first year. ...
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Suppliers & SCMDeutsche Telekom to harness machine learning-based buying
DT’s finance and human resources shared services unit builds process mining expertise with Celonis. By 2025, DTSE aims to have machine learning-based recommendations for “Procure-to-Pay” process.
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Partnerships & AlliancesDeutsche Telekom sheds its TIP spectator tag
Group backs OpenBNG, a new transport initiative from OOPT project group, champions new O-RAN/TIP lab in Berlin, and involved in technical RFI for OpenSoftHaul solution. DT is absent, however, from new Solution Groups, focused on “end-to-end” virtualised networks.
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PremiumUK 5G innovation: EU 5G PPP
A joint initiative between the EC and European industry. In its third wave of projects after launching in June 2018. Telefónica present via its R&D entity Telefónica I&D. Deutsche Telekom also involved in several projects via Group and Greek subsidiary; BT present in UK-focused projects.
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Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in Deutsche Telekom Europe: Hrvatski upgrades to Prime; B2B Europe partners Versa Networks
Partnerships with Logate, Skroutz Food, and Versa Networks trumpeted.
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Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in Deutsche Telekom Group: Simpel in the shopping basket
Navigation patents on the block; vendors urged to open up; T-Mobile Netherlands keeps it Simpel with proposed re-takeover.
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Partnerships & AlliancesOperators test TIP’s tricks in backhaul
Increasingly familiar group of vendors named in results of technical RFI for OpenSoftHaul solution, run by Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica, and others.
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PeopleBuyIn’s Pyrtek heads into consulting
Joint venture’s former CEO moves on quickly and secures advisory roles at Oliver Wyman and INKEF. Procurement know-how leveraged alongside telco experience.
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Network & InfrastructureAI-equipped drive-bys help Deutsche Telekom snip fibre costs
Group continues to shop around for cost-saving innovations and lauds AI as a way to drastically reduce FTTP planning times and costs.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom people moves: Group’s Ashouriha in as NGMN Chairman; T-Mobile US builds up third pillar
Arash Ashouriha gets unanimous vote for Chairman spot at NGMN Alliance. Another DTCP Senior Advisory addition. T-Mobile US makes further changes in Emerging Products, and reworks T-Mobile for Business strategy.
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Partnerships & AlliancesDeutsche Telekom demos flying base stations in stratosphere
DT reveals strategic investment in UK startup developing hydrogen-powered, remote-controlled aircraft to deliver broadband connectivity. Operator takes on Alphabet, SoftBank, and SpaceX with rival system in the stratosphere.
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OperationsMagyar Telekom looks for lodgers in new HQ
Operator looking to mitigate overheads after opting to permanently shift to a hybrid working model. 5,500-strong workforce largely remote since spring, bar brief return. Sub-letting to partners on the cards. Wider Group-level philosophy changes take effect.
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Public AffairsCosmote drops the ball on call data
Greek operator under fire, locally, over vulnerability leading to large-scale loss of customer details.
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Partnerships & AlliancesGovernment comes clean on SAP–T Systems corona app costs
Health Ministry reveals that some costs were lower than expected but encounters criticism in parliament over how the contracts were awarded to SAP and T-Sys.
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PremiumVodafone emerging as TIP’s most valuable player
Leads way in sourcing ‘open’ radio hardware suppliers. Targets DU/CU disaggregation and white-box base stations. Involved in raft of new TIP initiatives, including Solution Groups, OpenBNG, and MUST. Tenorio insists commercial deployments to date are “tip of the iceberg”.