Deutsche Telekomwatch News – Page 86
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Strategy & Change
Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone clap €130bn German stimulus
Massive €50bn pot set aside for ‘future’ technologies, including 6G, open RAN, AI, and quantum computing. New, €5bn mobile infrastructure company appears to take heat off mobile operators. Thinly veiled threat issued to network suppliers over ‘openness’ and interoperability.
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DT Group Q1 FY20: Höttges calls post-lockdown power-play
Upbeat executives comfortable enough to keep guidance and dividend unchanged, despite some COVID-19 impact on B2B projects and consumer sales. Typically energetic Höttges gets pro-active in post-COVID-19 politics, positioning DT as key enabler for socio-economic recovery and dismissing cable rivals’ broadband platform as illusory. Messages differ across Atlantic, with ...
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DT Group Q1 FY20 outlook: zero-touched
Display of strength extends to DT’s decision to leave guidance unchanged.
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Deutsche Telekom Q1 FY20 headlines: Trans-Atlantic platform coming together
Slow-and-steady recovery continues in Europe, at least ahead of lockdown. Major boost as broadband momentum regained in Germany.
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Deutsche Telekomwatch roundup — June 2020
Deutsche Telekomwatch roundup — June 2020 Source: Deutsche Telekomwatch #94 Group Partnerships MobiledgeX, Deutsche Telekom’s edge computing platform spin-out, unveiled what it called a “demand-side” initiative, branded Seamster. The aim, said MobiledgeX, was to capture and model enterprise use-cases surrounding 5G and edge computing, and accelerate ...
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Partnerships & Alliances
Can new telco group bridge COVID tracing’s digital divide?
New rapid response specifications group, E4P, aiming to facilitate interoperability across European track-and-trace apps through a focus on privacy and security, with standards ready by end-summer 2020. Conflict between centralised and decentralised approach to developing tracing apps may prove a stumbling block, however.
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TMUS doubles down on 5G innovation
NatCo sets up 5G Open Innovation Lab with Intel, NASA. Sprint Accelerator programme relaunched.
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Partnerships & Alliances
DT backs launch of Europe’s GAIA-X cloud project
DT on team of 22 founding members as GAIA-X unveiled, albeit with technical snafu. Initiative talked up as “starting point of a European data ecosystem”.
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Network & Infrastructure
T-Mobile Netherlands using AI to clean clogs
CTIO Larsen says Anodot’s automation tech being used to see network problems coming well before they hit service quality.
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Venturing & Investments
Deutsche Telekom makes proxy quantum leap with IDQ
DT-backed quantum security player’s latest family of QRNG chips targets massive base of IoT devices and smartphones.
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Network & Infrastructure
DT expands private 5G partnerships
Deutsche Telekom’s campus network push gets another four partners in AR, automation, and hardware.
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Deutsche Telekom Europe & US people movements, June 2020
Janice Kapner gets CCO job at TMUS. Sumesgutner gets CTO Europe job, leaving TDE. Changes in Croatia with new Directors Runje and Graovac.
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T-Systems people movements, June 2020
Thomas Deeg gets new remit. New Head of AI; VP of IoT. Airbus and Shell account leadership swaps.
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Deutsche Telekom alumni movements, June 2020
Obermann and Swantee join up at Warburg Pincus. TMUS 5G SVP leaves for Dish.
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Deutsche Telekom Group people movements, June 2020
VP change-ups include new Smart-City; Supply Chain; and B2B Digital Business. Christine Knackfuss-Nikolic joins DT from Accenture.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Droniq gets off to a flyer
Deutsche Telekom’s drone joint venture goes beyond line-of-sight.
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Venturing & Investments
DTCP dials up investment in Aircall
Fund II backs France-based SaaS contact-centre outfit.
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Innovation (R&D)
Operators prep for 5G reality with Qualcomm
Qualcomm’s OEM certification programme expected to enable establishment of a new XR device category. European operators predict performance and sports content rights can be leveraged to create popular new applications that will showcase 5G’s worth.
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Strategy & Change
DT CSO Tschersich on security in an emergency
DT Chief Security Officer Thomas Tschersich: video conferencing here to stay, but widespread remote working will only work if there is increased trust between enterprise and cloud partners.
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Strategy & Change
DT says no layoffs through carrier services switch
Transfer of international comms operations rescheduled for October, and seen as growth rather than pure cost-cutting play.