Digital Transformation – Page 11
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Partnerships & Alliances
Amdocs to overhaul Hispam’s IT support systems
Multi‑year agreement will see modernisation of BSS and OSS for Telefónica subsidiaries in Argentina, Chile, and Peru.
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Strategy & Change
SK Telecom to undergo transformation into “AI company”
Operator states intent to become “top AI company” in South Korea by 2026.
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Enterprise (B2B)
DT siphons off another T-Systems unit to aid turnaround
Srini Gopalan’s Germany segment takes over T-Systems Multimedia Solutions via in-house transaction, furthering dismantling of challenged enterprise IT division.
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Vendor Voice
Account Team Spotlight: Celfocus on Vodafone Tech 2025 alignment
EMEA telecoms SI talks to TelcoTitans about the changes it has made to its Vodafone client team to ensure it is in lockstep with the Group’s Tech 2025 strategy.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica and Metrotel forge Argentinian infra alliance
Tie‑up gives 400,000 customers access to download speeds of up to 1Gbps.
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Eventwatch
Arch 2022: Vodafone partners on renewable power challenges
Four companies selected to enable telco’s Renewable Power Challenge.
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Eventwatch
Fÿuz 2022: Metaverse-grade networks are revolutionary
Rakuten’s Amin shows the way; Orange and Telefónica on the case.
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Eventwatch
Arch 2022: Wibergh signs off, stresses exit as “non-event”
Outgoing Vodafone CTO uses conference to highlight smooth handover of reins, citing succession planning, reorg, and strategic refresh.
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Eventwatch
Fÿuz 2022: Integration tops open RAN issues for operators
Generally optimistic view on open RAN despite integration challenges.
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Venturing & Investments
hubraum and Founders Factory bring new venture studio to Berlin
JV to support startups in advertising, commerce, data privacy, IoT, and telecoms.
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Strategy & Change
Telefónica plotting new strategy as macro headwinds bite
Group reportedly calls in McKinsey to overhaul strategic plans.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone’s giant Google Cloud migration gathers pace
Accenture, Google Cloud, and SAP to “co-shape” three-year SAP migration project.
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Network & Infrastructure
BT’s Mehta gets the architects in for IT rebuild
Trio of architecture directors assigned to BT’s customer-facing units as part of Harmeen Mehta’s organisational changes.
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People
Opinion: Networks’ succession the final piece in recasting ‘New BT’
Domineering Chief Architect understood to be moving on; ironically, next stop rumoured to be IT-land. (Departure not yet officially confirmed, but follows months of rumours.) Updated to include coverage of Neil McRae’s own chronicle of his time and achievements at BT.
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People
McRae exits as BT hits Networks refresh
Forthright Chief Architect rumbled as first big name departure ahead of BT Networks refresh.
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Special Report
Deep dive: Vivo sets example for Telefónica peers on fibre-focused growth
Vivo presented to investors as market leader on digital in a fast-growing, young country.
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Strategy & Change
BT aims for ZeroOps in service transformation
Service management overhaul underway across the Group.
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People
Movistar hires supermarket exec for digital refresh
Telefónica’s home market business seeks to up focus on customer experience improvement.
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Public Affairs
AI and IoT in sport: helping hand or threatening force?
Carlsen–Niemann chess scandal kindles debate around how to combat combined, nefarious use of capabilities of AI and wearables.
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Vendor Voice
BMC: IT streamlining will drive network value creation
The more virtualised telco networks become, the more relevant IT experience in overseeing complexity becomes.