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.
Vodafone sees sales dip from international tie-ups
Revenue from Group’s Partner Markets federation falls back amid pandemic and footprint reduction. Vodafone’s flow of cash from Africa takes a drop following rework of M‑PESA business.
DT’s RAN buddy Cellwize gets HPE investment
Automated RAN platform provider and Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners’ investment Cellwize takes cash injection from Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Pathfinder venturing programme.
BuyIn boasts transatlantic tech sourcing footprint
Purchasing JV indicates it is widening strategic sourcing scope in North American vendor ecosystem. Comments come with DT seeking to build closer strategic links with its American growth engine.
Movistar preps 5G backhaul with SIAE Microelettronica
Italian supplier scores another microwave deal in Latin America. Another building block for coming 5G launch.
DT ties with China Mobile on international connectivity
Deutsche Telekom wholesale division ties with China Mobile International for connectivity services in Asia and Europe. Agreement launches point of presence at CMI’s German data centre. Ciena technology leveraged for access and transport services.
Teradata: Telcos can’t afford to wait on CX digitalisation
Telco investment in best‑in‑breed tools has embedded data silos that need to be opened to complete the customer picture in a data‑driven environment. Recent financial sector experience demonstrates that focus on a holistic and cloud-enabled view of the customer, and not individual product lines, is an essential element of ...
Teradata: balanced data foundation critical to digital transformation
If AI and ML are your future, make sure the data foundations are in place. Requirements and applications change but the need for a solid data base does not. Your data vision should be holistic, released from the complexity and inefficiency of hundreds and even thousands of siloes. Use ...
Celfocus: Agile mindset and precision key to digitalisation
In an interview with Telefónicawatch, Paulo Trigo, CEO of European telco SI Celfocus, outlines a belief that operators must think more nimbly as they engage in strategic transformation programmes. IT implementation needs greater influence to enable digital transformation. Agile is more than a buzzword and must to be part ...
BT forms team to target strategic startup investments
Group getting back in funding game, focusing on startups in North America and Europe. New Digital division’s focus on platforms and partnerships at centre of push.
Adobe on rise as Vodafone signals more marketing shifts
Adobe to play further role in transformation programmes over coming months. Adobe, Dentsu, Facebook, and Google point to value of symbiotic relationships with Vodafone.