DT Venturing
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Venturing & InvestmentsDeutsche Telekom begins hunt for network sustainability startups
Innovation hothouse hubraum closed applications for its Network Sustainability Award , being run in partnership with Solar Impulse Foundation. Microsoft, Orange, and SK Telecom also in support. Green network management and energy production among the focuses as Deutsche Telekom ups its climate protection endeavours.
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M&A
Tele2 reaffirms planned T‑Mobile exit as lock‑in nears its end
Tele2 Group reiterates plans to exit the Dutch market “ over time ”. Agreement with Deutsche Telekom opens offload option from January 2022. Rumours of a DT exit remain fresh.
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Venturing & Investments
DTCP-backed Lookout and CipherCloud become one
CipherCloud subsumed into Lookout. Two legacy T‑Venture investments integrate technologies to drive sales in expanding SASE market. Long-term ambition is to create unified platform which tackles cyber-crime at device endpoints and in cloud apps.
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Venturing & Investments
DTCP debuts in South Korea with Catenoid investment
Fund joins Series‑C round for online video platform provider that has ties with KT. The startup becomes DTCP’s first South Korean interest since landing in 2019.
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Venturing & Investments
Deutsche Telekom TIPs more cash into SME security player Cynet
$40m total funding raised in Series‑C round. DT adds another undisclosed sum to startup’s funding pot, with latter eyeing growth opportunities.
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M&A
T-Mobile US casts off from Sprint remnant Tidal
New majority owners for Jay-Z -founded music business after artist reportedly buys back T‑Mobile’s stake.
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Partnerships & Alliances
‘Techmaker’: DT’s South Korean 5G JV surfaces
New venture’s executive team to build 5G innovation pipeline from South Korea to Europe. JV initially aims to build go-to-market around 5G in‑building solutions, and then spread to import and development of other systems. Working name chimes with mandate to commercialise Asian 5G tech in western markets. ...
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Partnerships & Alliances
Deutsche 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 .
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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.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Hrvatski Telekom connects Split
HT and IT services subsidiary Combis take home smart‑city platform contract, building digital transformation service for the City.
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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.
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M&A
Germany mulls selling stake in Deutsche Telekom
Coalition government considers “ scaling back ” state holdings in various companies, including Deutsche Telekom. Pandemic-induced financial pressures taking their toll.
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Venturing & Investments
Sitetracker: DT backs Vodafone scale‑up partner
High‑volume project management platform provider Sitetracker raises $42m in latest funding round, with Deutsche Telekom‑backed TIP fund in the mix. Sitetracker topped off 2020 with Vodafone Supplier Awards win.
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Partnerships & Alliances
DT teams with Cellnex for European tower expansion
Two groups firm up relationship following a long courtship. Dutch unit T‑Mobile Infra to be DT’s anchor investment in new Digital Infrastructure Vehicle. Move releases DT to join European TowerCo gold rush, but while keeping options open on future ownership of its own infrastructure assets.
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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.
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M&A
Credit Suisse to lead Hrvatski Telekom’s Optima exit
Investment bank brought in to lead stake sale for Hrvatski Telekom and ZABA, with deadline of mid‑2021 looming. Contractual obligations satisfied, but divestment not yet complete.
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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.
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M&A
DT said to be upping ante on Dutch sale talks
Possible sale of T‑Mobile Netherlands could square with long‑rumoured plan to buy KPN in order to bolster the Group’s convergence strategy.
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M&A
Viasat buys out T‑Mobile partner RigNet
Maritime connectivity provider RigNet acquired by satellite specialist Viasat in $222m deal. T‑Mobile US partnered with RigNet in July 2019, but COVID ‑related issues have pegged back progress.
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M&A
T-Mobile ties up another Sprint loose end with Swiftel buy
US NatCo buys Sprint ‑branded wireless assets operated by Swiftel Communications, leaving Shentel as the last remaining Sprint affiliate.
