Telco Ecosystems
All the latest news, insight and analysis from across the entire ecosystems of tier-1 telcos, including BT, Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica and Vodafone's vast supplier and partner ecosystems.
Startup health “intimately linked” to telco relationships
Changes to competition, funding, and processes required to support startup ecosystem, TEG finds.
Sees.ai flies high with Boeing backing
Vodafone partner picks up $100,000 funding from the aerospace giant.
Vi mulls exit from Wi‑Fi joint venture
Indian operator goes cool on Firefly joint venture with Airtel, set up in 2015.
DT taps Netcracker for B2B automation
Netcracker recruited to automate DT’s B2B services. Hosted on AWS, Netcracker Service Orchestration will support operator’s services across LAN, WAN, and Wi‑Fi. TDE targeting new revenue streams in “multiple” B2B segments.
BT continues “dramatic simplification” with cloud-first AWS deal
Five‑year agreement adds to recent contract with Google Cloud to advance operator’s digital transformation and simplification drive. AWS named preferred cloud provider for internal applications.
Wind River claims spotlight for new role at intelligent edge
Decisive moves to embrace disaggregated networks by global leaders including Vodafone and Verizon are creating opportunity for Wind River to seize an enabling role for MEC and 5G services.
Oracle: Cloud evolution must be business‑led for digital SPs
For many years, the telecoms industry has been attempting the balancing act of managing the decline of traditional services while extracting the full value of decades of massive investment in the operational systems that enable them. The challenge of escaping this ‘technology debt’ has now been heightened by a ...
Interdependence Day — taking testing out of the lab
Test and assurance specialist Spirent spoke to TelcoTitans’ Vendor Voice and highlighted how the ongoing reinvention of telecoms networks is necessarily being accompanied by a reset regarding resilience. With cloud‑native services and applications becoming the new standard as next‑generation networks gain prominence, Spirent is urging operators to ‘take testing ...
Elsewhere in Deutsche Telekom Group: Staex secures €1.65m in funding
Decentralised IoT spinout Staex resurfaces; DT to debut design-orientated smart home device collection in Milan.
Hrvatski Telekom rides Q1 shocks but ‘ready to adjust’
Croatian operator says Ukraine war exacerbating supply disruption challenges and inflation. No change to FY22 guidance but management watching developments. Telco still keen on M&A to expand regional footprint.