All Digi articles
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Analyst BriefingUK Infrawatch: altnet creditors take control, regional data centre AI surge
Analyst Briefing: Latest from the UK’s digital infra scene, including creditors take control of Toob, TalkTalk sheds more assets, National Wealth Fund guarantees data centre expansion plans, and plenty more…
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Network & InfraDigi teases measured approach to UK expansion as converged challenger emerges
Serial under-cutter Digi is investing cautiously, building fibre selectively, and laying the groundwork for a future fixed-mobile proposition, suggesting an aggressive land grab is unlikely.
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Strategy & ChangeOrange bets on MásOrange as Spain’s price war rages
MásOrange CEO Meinard Spenger is confident the business will hold its own in a bruising battle as rivals employ increasingly aggressive tactics.
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M&AMásOrange denies Vodafone Spain RANco project amidst reports of further talks
MásOrange says there is “currently no active project” to form a RANco with Vodafone Spain, despite reports of fresh talks emerging. Pair said to be targeting synergies and seeking to monetise more infra assets, but questions remain around potential impact on rumoured Telefónica takeover of Vodafone Spain assets…
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Financial & PerformanceSpanish upstart Digi goes public, nets €150m for expansion
Low-price disruptor Digi Spain bolsters its challenge to rivals Telefónica, MásOrange, and Vodafone Spain with an over-subscribed stock market float.
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Strategy & Change‘We’re built different’: how disruptive Digi is putting unorthodox group ethos into practice in Spain
In depth: Digi Spain has adopted its parent group’s ‘radical pricing model’ and industrial approach to build a vertically integrated challenger to Spain’s three established telecoms players. The result has been successive years of 20%-plus top line growth, an expanding share of the market, and a platform for the group to extend its disruptive playbook to other European markets.
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Strategy & ChangeDigi plots UK MVNO to drive ‘nationwide’ convergence ambitions
European telecoms disruptor flags UK MVNO plans as it prepares convergence play to build on “step-by-step” UK expansion…
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Strategy & ChangeArch-disruptor Digi teases UK landfall — is £15 fibre here to stay?
In depth: expansive Romanian telco disruptor teases ultra-low pricing that has shaken up EU markets and now threatens to redraw UK fibre market’s economics and put further pressure on already fragile altnet ARPU… next stop mobile?
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Partnerships & AlliancesProximus, Telenet firm up Belgian fibre-sharing pact
Belgian duo firm up long-awaited fibre collaboration to help accelerate rollout while dodging overbuild. Deal marks milestone in national telcos’ work to strengthen the country’s lagging FTTP coverage relative to European neighbours…
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Analyst BriefingUK Infrawatch: CityFibre questions nexfibre maths; data centres earn investment boost
Analyst Briefing: Exclusive first interview with CityFibre CEO as altnet and peers prepare for life under new TAR rules; NScale backed for UK growth; Starlink reliance prompts worries; and plenty more…
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Network & InfraAfter fibre tie-ups, Vodafone Spain sounds out MásOrange and Telefónica on RANco idea
Zegona CEO indicates he is discussing shifting Vodafone Spain’s mobile network to a shared grid with either Telefónica or MásOrange, as part of aggressive transformation of the MNO since 2024 buyout. Eamonn O’Hare said it is fully focused on RANco discussions as two fibreco deals near completion, and addresses Vodafone Spain sale speculation and its fraught historical relationship with Vantage Towers…
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M&ADigi confirms mulling part-sale of Spanish unit
Romanian group confirms recent reports that it has appointed advisors to explore an IPO of its fast-growing, disruptive Spanish unit.
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Analyst BriefingVodafonewatch Analyst Briefing: pragmatic Vodafone finds subsea ‘niche’
Latest from Vodafone, including the Group’s latest subsea venture “off the beaten track” as the operator concedes transatlantic routes to hyperscalers; UK fibre challenger Netomnia chooses VodafoneThree for imminent MVNO; and more open RAN vendors shout about Vodafone deals following Spring 6 procurement…
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M&ADT goes converged-only in Europe after OTE Romania exit wrapped up
OTE’s departure from Romania is officially complete, following recent regulatory green lights and formalisation of deals with buyers Digi and Vodafone. Group is now nearly exclusively focused on its home market after a near-15-year regional rollback. Parent DT has also now reached full fixed-mobile nirvana in Europe.
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Analyst BriefingTelefónicawatch Analyst Briefing: strategy refresh date set
The latest news and developments at Telefónica as a second strategy update in two years is put in the Group’s schedule for early-November. Read more…
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M&AVodafone, Digi seal Telekom Romania takeover deal
OTE Group exits Romania, with Digi taking €40m worth of assets and Vodafone Romania splashing €30m on the rest.
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Analyst BriefingOrangewatch Analyst Briefing: MásOrange’s grand plans, 2G sunset in France, and OpenAI in Africa
From finalising the French 2G sunset and expanding its OpenAI partnership for African markets, to navigating a complex competitive landscape in Spain, Orange Group is again making significant strategic moves. We break down the key developments in this essential briefing for Orange insiders.
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M&ATelefónica ‘green-lit’ for Vodafone Spain feeding-frenzy
Following Zegona’s spectacular 350% financial gains from Vodafone Spain buyout in just 15 months, muscling-up Telefónica has apparently been cleared to bid for assets, signalling a market-shaking break-up that could set a new precedent for European consolidation. Vodafone again left pondering ‘what could have been…’
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M&ADigi seeks to regain momentum in Belgium after taking control of local JV
Things have not gone as planned for Digi Belgium in its first six months of operation, but its parent group hopes a recent “simplification” of its management structure (and assumption of majority control of the unit) will put it back on track…
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Financial & PerformanceQ2 FY25: DT looks ahead to life without Romania
DT’s leadership hails progress on European M&A as the sale of unwanted Romanian mobile business gains approval.