Deutsche Telekom Group – Page 6
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Network & Infra
DT embraces common APIs for wholesale broadband framework revamp
Group is participating in a TM Forum Catalyst project that aims to create a global standard for the wholesale broadband access market.
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Partnerships & Alliances
DT and Orange plot joint developer platform for time-to-market gains
DT and Orange describe early efforts to improve developer productivity by streamlining and utilising their respective CI/CD platforms.
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Public Affairs
EU trains regulatory spotlight on e& over CEE expansion plans
European Commission opens probe into UAE‑based operator’s planned PPF transaction amid “alleged subsidies” concerns.
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Network & Infra
T-Mobile Poland piggybacks its way to ten million-home fibre footprint
Deutsche Telekom’s Polish business remains happy to pursue a partnerships-led approach to broadband and converged services expansion, activating deal with Iliad-InfraVia venture Polski Światłowód Otwarty.
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Network & Infra
DT’s Arbitter seeks realism on network API aspirations
DT’s API supremo damps down what should be expected from network APIs.
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M&A
German state trims Deutsche Telekom stake to 27.8%
Government intends to invest funds raised from DT share sale in Germany’s railways.
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Network & Infra
Magenta Telekom Infra rebrands, seeks distance from ex-MNO parent
Austrian TowerCo drops colour scheme associated with Magenta Telekom, as it seeks to stress independence and broaden client base.
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Network & Infra
Hrvatski Telekom assessing carve-out of wireless infra
Croatian operator becomes second Deutsche Telekom business in recent weeks to flag interest in a tower spin-off, after Greece’s OTE.
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Financial & Performance
Deutsche Telekom Q1 FY24 Spend: German fibre costs continue to irk Illek
Group concerns over cost control in German fibre buildout remain evident, as home market capex jumps more than 25% and CFO warns of more contract pain to come.
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Network & Infra
Telekom Deutschland picks up pace on fibre after slow start to 2024
Deutsche Telekom’s home market business adds 190,000 homes to its fibre footprint in April, leaving it with 1.6 million to go to hit its 2024 target.
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M&A
Digi lands fresh role in OTE’s Romanian exit saga
OTE has signed an MoU with West Network Invest, said to be majority owned by Digi Romania.
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Network & Infra
DT bosses not wild about BNetzA’s rights extension conditions
BNetzA proposals, outlined last week, would let Germany’s three major mobile players avoid a lot of the cost of re-acquiring licences due to expire next year.
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Public Affairs
DT agrees ‘painful’ compromise with German unions
Management averts further strikes by securing deal giving home market workers a 6% pay rise, as well as easing stance on collective agreement coverage and timeframe.
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Financial & Performance
Gains-hungry DT gives German business a fresh fibre sales goal
Telco’s home market business looking to break through upselling obstacles and add 450,000 new homes to FTTH plans by the end of 2024.
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Financial & Performance
DT’s Höttges unworried by uptick in German mobile competition; lets rivals ‘do their shit’
Deutsche Telekom CEO sees increasingly intense battle for customers, sparked by strategy shift at Telefónica Deutschland, taking place outside of German NatCo’s higher-value ‘sweet spot’, and therefore not a cause for concern.
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Public Affairs
Union rejects Deutsche Telekom’s second ‘record’ pay offer
Talks between operator and worker representatives extended to end of the week after union rejects DT’s fresh proposals as “insufficient”.
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Network & Infra
German operators respond cautiously to BNetzA’s proposed spectrum auction compromise
Three existing MNOs, which have been loudly complaining over spectrum access cost burden, would pay just under €600m for five-year rights extension under new BNetzA proposals.
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M&A
Greece’s OTE says talk of tower sale ‘premature’
National telco reiterates interest in wireless infra spin-out, to trim down the costs of managing wireless infra and boost share price.
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Public Affairs
Deutsche Telekom workers stage strike ahead of ‘decisive’ pay talks
German union organises two days of industrial action to set scene for a fourth round of negotiations on wage increases.
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Financial & Performance
1&1 continues to push back against calls for German auction rethink
German challenger is at odds with established MNO rivals over how to allocate soon‑to‑expire spectrum rights.