- 5G campus network expansion
- DT launches roaming visualisation tool.
- DT is supplying SIM cards to Kässbohrer, a manufacturer of off‑road vehicles including ski piste machines. The deal means “most areas” of Kässbohrer’s international operations will be covered by DT or its roaming partners. Kässbohrer’s all‑terrain vehicles operate in some of the most impassable and hard‑to‑reach areas of the world, including in ski resorts and in extreme weather conditions, with a need for the networked vehicles to transmit telemetry data.
- Deutsche Telekom (DT) is providing a 5G campus network for semi‑autonomous cranes at the Port of Duisburg in western Germany. The key focus of the endeavour is to boost the capacity of container handling operations. The project is funded via the 5G.NRW competition held by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, and will supply approximately €1m over the next two years. There are also plans to use DT’s 5G technology to link a large number of cameras and sensors in the port area so that the handling of goods by rail, road, and water will be more transparent and easier to manage.
- Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier (DTGC) flagged a tie‑up with Brunei carrier (and wider Group partner) Unified National Networks (UNN) on international voice services. The partnership, which follows the “successful completion” of a pilot project, will see DTGC act as UNN’s preferred partner on international voice traffic, and will route outgoing and incoming calls via its gateway. DTGC’s United Voice aggregation solution and Fraud Protection service will also feature in the collaboration. DT has deeper, behind‑the‑scenes ties with UNN, with Detecon International supporting the operator in various functions and initiatives. Both Dr. Steffen Oehler, Chief Executive of UNN, and Bernd Black, its Chief Financial Officer, list themselves as Detecon executives.
- DTGC launched REX, the Roaming EXperience monitoring solution. The technology visualises data and voice information, roaming traffic figures, and performance quality rankings. The visualisation was said to be user friendly and customisable, offering a range of parameters for monitoring including roaming device type, human versus Internet of Things traffic, IMSI range, or applications. Long‑term and historical statistics can also be reviewed with the tool to optimise the management of roaming traffic.
- Telekom Deutschland joined peers Telefónica Germany and Vodafone Germany in participating in a so‑called ‘warning day’ in early‑December 2022 to inform mobile phone owners across the country about a new disaster warning system called Cell Broadcast. The warning day was enacted across all 294 rural and 107 urban districts in Germany to demonstrate the alerting process so citizens can protect themselves promptly. Cell Broadcast does not require an app to be installed, and sets off an alarm on a mobile device in conjunction with sirens and radio warnings. The development of the emergency alert system was prioritised after flash floods in July 2021 claimed the lives of 183 people in Germany, and also impacted various countries in Europe including Belgium, Croatia, Italy, and the Netherlands, causing an estimated $20bn (€19bn) in damage (Deutsche Telekomwatch, #106 and #108–#110).
