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Partnerships & AlliancesDeutsche Telekom Group ties Nextcloud for Euro-centric cloud apps
Managed Nextcloud offer taps into a rising data sovereignty sentiment in Europe, but are efforts to combat the might of US hyperscalers futile? DT said to be market leader among European cloud providers with a 2% market share.
- Innovation (R&D)
DT’s NGMN tenure collides with first 6G project
Group yet to fully embark on its own 6G agenda.
- Partnerships & Alliances
TDE to boost Vodafone Gigabit range with new accord
Expanded wholesale deal encompasses TDE provision of wholesale fibre access. Deal ties in with Group goals of delivering an efficient accelerated fibre rollout in Germany.
- Network & Infrastructure
Magyar Telekom stumps up €124m to extend licences
MT secures 15-year extensions to 900MHz and 1800MHz concessions. Supreme Court rules NNMH acted “lawfully” in blocking Digi Communications from participating in 2020 multiband auction.
- Partnerships & Alliances
T‑Sys looks to take campus offering to next level
Ericsson relationship expanded to cover markets beyond Germany. Move appears to align with bubbling private network initiatives at Europe and US NatCos.
- Network & Infrastructure
Sievert envisages Sprint shutdown ramp‑up in 2022
TMUS CEO says “isolated” closures of Sprint network already underway. Underlines post-merger integration progress in marketing and distribution. NatCo’s 3G shutdown reportedly pushed back until April 2022.
- Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in T-Mobile US: 5G FWA incoming
TMUS takes R&D looks into agricultural use‑cases and immersive tech.
- Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Systems Solutions: Corona-Warn-App hits 25 million downloads
SAP talks up Corona‑Warn‑App agility as downloads pass 25 million.
- Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Deutsche Telekom Europe: copper retirement in Slovakia
Atos talks up HT ties; Greece looks for 5G innovation uplift. Slovak Telekom to begin copper retirement.
- Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Telekom Deutschland: 5G hits two-thirds of Germans
Cellnex to watch from German tower sidelines. TDE gets Hessen authorities on board for fibre.
- Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Deutsche Telekom Group: collaboration key for "new normal"
Deutsche Telekom kicks off 2021 with more talk of the “new normal”; emphasis on a need for collaboration; and a rise to the top of the brand value charts for European telcos.
- Network & Infrastructure
Elsewhere in Systems Solutions: T-Sys covid app spreads to enterprise
Corona‑Warn‑App goes B2B.
- Network & Infrastructure
Elsewhere in T-Mobile US: politics, security, and 5G
T‑Mobile US plugs 5G into racing drones.
- Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Deutsche Telekom Group: Supervisory Board chairman search continues
Ex‑BMW CEO Krüger said to have turned down chairmanship. Audit swap said to hit politics. Group gets wind of energy startup MOWEA.
- Network & Infrastructure
Elsewhere in Germany: Tele Columbus gets takeover offer
Another private equity play in Germany’s telecoms market, with Tele Columbus buyout adding a new competitive consideration for TDE around fibre and convergence.
- Network & Infrastructure
Elsewhere in Deutsche Telekom Europe: ENT broadens Hrvatski Telekom partnership
Magenta does a deep dive into voice quality; Ericsson Nikola Tesla widens Croatia engagement into microwave, while helping out on quake response.
- Partnerships & Alliances
T‑Systems blockchain goes mainstream with Flow tie‑up
T-Sys MMS seeks to tap plans to create “blockchain for the masses”. Unit expands blockchain portfolio to support consumer apps on Flow. Deal builds on array of blockchain initiatives emerging across DT.
- Partnerships & Alliances
DT reveals first Campus Network Program members
Group continues to steadily build out solution partnerships, with emphasis on connected-robotics. Network rollouts spreading out beyond Germany and into major European markets. DT confirms hubraum ecosystem programme will have a bearing on Group products development.
- Network & Infrastructure
Robots aren’t taking over just yet, says T‑Mobile’s Larsen
CTIO Kim Larsen looks beyond the hype to deliver a realistic assessment of the road to network autonomy and guides on early incremental opportunities. Still early days for OpCo’s zero-touch ambition, with Larsen seeing TMNL at stage one of five. Capabilities, experience, and data quality seen as key challenges. ...
- Network & Infrastructure
TDE gets access systems on same page as A4 goes live
2020 launch target hit for highly strategic — but evidently complex — project. No follow up details on future roadmap.
