Deutsche Telekom Group
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Enterprise (B2B)
Deutsche Telekom’s T Cloud sharpens sovereignty focus
T Cloud is the new brand wrapper for Deutsche Telekom’s cloud activities and will be jointly marketed by T-Systems and Telekom Deutschland in Europe with more emphasis on digital sovereignty.
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Strategy & Change
Deutsche Telekom targets German brands with T-Advertising venture
Group sets up new business in Hamburg with mandate to fashion adtech into fresh strategic growth area beyond core telco and IT.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Hungary’s 4iG is latest telco entrant into European arms race
Hungarian telecoms and tech player set to take a 75% stake in military-focused holding business, dubbed N7 Defence, becoming the latest telco to target growth from increased security spending.
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Venturing & Investments
DTCP eases liquidity crunch with Pinegrove $80m ‘continuation vehicle’
Digital Transformation Capital Partners can now free up cash sooner for investors, including Deutsche Telekom, thanks to $80m injection by Brookfield-backed special situation investor Pinegrove.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Deutsche Telekom to handle the land infra for EU’s IRIS2 satellite system
As Europe’s flagship satellite project gets underway, Deutsche Telekom shares initial plans to support the design of ground-based infrastructure for the space connectivity programme.
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Financial & Performance
Q1 FY25: Broadband glitch prompts DT to step up its tech game
Q1 FY25: DT results backdropped by rare reversal on German broadband user trends and signs of increased competitive pressure elsewhere in group’s footprint, adding to buildup of market and macro uncertainty amid management and stakeholders.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Deutsche Telekom joins bid to build EU-backed mega AI data centre
Group is part a five-player consortium that hopes to win a piece of the EU’s €20bn budget to build an “AI Gigafactory” in Germany, as Europe unlocks funding for AI and digital infrastructure.
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Premium
OTE sees light at end of Romanian escape tunnel
Greek operator says it could be a “couple of months” away from completing a deal to offload Telekom Romania Mobile after a four-year effort to offload the business.
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Venturing & Investments
DTCP joins space race with investment in US rocket maker
Investment group acquires an interest in US player Stoke Space, via Incharge JV with Porsche.
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Technology
T-Mobile Czech Republic finishes billing upgrade with Amdocs
Operator has completed the upgrade of its billing and charging systems without disrupting customer services, and claims the upgrade will enable it to execute “faster, more agile, and reliable service delivery”.
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Marketing
OTE dons parent’s T in brand switch-up
With adoption of ‘Cosmote Telekom’ as new commercial marque, outlying NatCo finds compromise with parent Deutsche Telekom that preserves local brand equity while unlocking more efficiencies from being part of DT family.
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Network & Infrastructure
Hrvatski Telekom bags rural fibre funding
Operator gets fresh backing for one-year fibre expansion project in rural parts of the country, contributing to government rollout targets through the national ONP scheme.
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Technology
DT taps McKinsey to build AI training engine
Deutsche Telekom rolls out personalised training and coaching for employees using AI-powered engine designed by McKinsey’s QuantumBlack.
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Financial & Performance
Subs growth propels Deutsche Telekom’s congstar into €1bn revenue club
Figures from Telekom Deutschland’s discount brand support Group strategy to use separate brands to target different consumer segments.
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Financial & Performance
Germany’s sparring telcos are yet to lay a glove on DT
FY24: Telekom Deutschland keeps a firm grip on user acquisition and retention numbers despite Germany’s emergence as a hotbed of tariff competition and promotional offers over the past year or more.
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Consumer (B2C)
Magyar Telekom, 4iG backtrack on price hikes amid state pressure
As Hungarian government puts the squeeze on national telcos in bid to control inflation, Magyar Telekom and 4iG agree to freeze prices until mid-2026, ostensibly after the national election.
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Financial & Performance
DT highlights T-Systems’ ‘relevance’ as B2B telco clouds gather
FY24: Group says long-challenged enterprise IT division is fit-for-purpose and properly aligned to meet B2B client demand in an ever-murkier macro environment.
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Financial & Performance
DT quietly loosens purse strings in Europe, despite qualms
FY24: Buoyed by competitive wins and progress on cost extraction, DT’s leadership has freed managers to up spend in Europe this year and next.
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Network & Infrastructure
T-Mobile tops spending in Poland’s latest airwave sell-off
Polish operator boosts its 4G/5G platform by snapping up two of seven frequency blocks.
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Financial & Performance
Klopp-backed AI sports tech player files for insolvency
Sporttotal, partner of Deutsche Telekom on automated action tracking system, applies to open insolvency proceedings as funding dries up.