Deutsche Telekomwatch News – Page 93
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Strategy & ChangeTelekom Deutschland to close nearly 100 stores in digital shift
NatCo goes omnichannel; pushes button on reorganisation around digital. Few details offered but recalibration looks significant for people, organisation, and technology. Union agreement firmed up pre-announcement.
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PremiumTelekom Deutschland tries out fibre-sharing with Deutsche Glasfaser
First pilot in Lüdinghausen covers households and businesses. Harmonisation of technology and processes underway. Similar collaboration in other municipalities if pilot proves successful.
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Venturing & InvestmentsMagenta Telekom gets spot on Vienna 5G team
Startups tap into smart-city-themed 5G ecosystem building at NatCo.
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PremiumT-Systems adds Splunk to big data analytics portfolio
Unit still sees mileage in role as enterprise data sherpa.
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Strategy & ChangeHrvatski Telekom puts Optima stake on table
Five-year babysitting job could be nearing completion.
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Products & ServicesT-Mobile Poland deploys ‘lightweight’ EPC for FMS
NatCo achieves first “production rollout” of Open Mobile Evolved Core. TMPL stresses more control means more responsibility. Intel notes ‘open’ does not mean ‘free’.
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PremiumAppsFlyer becomes ‘a unicorn-and-a-half’
AppsFlyer raised $210m (€191m) in a Series-D funding round. Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners.
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Public AffairsEuropean Court of Justice rules on StreamOn
Telekom Deutschland will have been watching with interest as a long-running legal dispute over its StreamOn media service was taken to the European Court of Justice.
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PremiumBNetzA renews m-payments legislation
Germany’s BNetzA introduced new rules designed to make m-payments for subscription services and one-off purchases more secure and transparent.
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Discovery, Telekom Romania in deadlock
Telekom Romania remained at loggerheads with media and TV group Discovery over the nature of their commercial partnership.
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PremiumSoftware AG promotes Deutsche Telekom IoT partnership
Sanjay Brahmawar, Chief Executive of Software AG, talked up progress in pushing through the application provider’s recent industrial Internet of Things (IoT) partnership with Deutsche Telekom IoT (DT IoT).
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PremiumT-Systems will open second Open Telekom Cloud HQ in Amsterdam
T-Systems intends to open a second European Open Telekom Cloud location in Amsterdam, extending beyond its original regional hub in Biere, Germany.
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Suppliers & SCMT-Mobile, Sprint merger impact on Ericsson
T-Mobile US suppliers note softness from Sprint merger delays.
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PremiumGerman government opts to acquire Toll Collect
German government paid €87m to acquire Toll Collect, the former joint venture (JV) between Deutsche Telekom (DT), Daimler, and Cofiroute.
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PremiumKryon Systems teams up with Deutsche Telekom for workspace improvements
Kryon Systems, a US-based robotic process automation specialist, flagged it was working with Deutsche Telekom (DT) on an upgrade to customer service staff’s “workspace environment”.
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PremiumIoT heated jacket from Deutsche Telekom partnership
Deutsche Telekom collaborated with Red Bull-founded fashion house AlphaTauri and textile manufacturer Schoeller to release a temperature-controlled jacket.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom unenthusiastic about 6G
Deutsche Telekom gave a less-than-overwhelmingly-enthusiastic acknowledgement of 6G’s entrance into the industry zeitgeist.
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Premium5G security policies in the works
Deutsche Telekom involvement was flagged in a research paper detailing an emerging, policy-based system to cover vulnerabilities in security systems for 5G heterogeneous networks.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom VP of Patent Strategy welcomes policy revision drafts
Stephan Altmeyer, Vice-President of Patent Strategy & Defense at Deutsche Telekom (DT), made positive noises regarding proposed changes to Germany’s patent legislation.
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PremiumFormer Partner Market member Swisscom joins FreeMove alliance
Deutsche Telekom-backed roaming and enterprise services alliance FreeMove gained another member in the form of Swiss incumbent Swisscom.