Telecoms Partnerships & Alliances

All the latest insight, news and analysis on telecoms partnerships and alliances including BT, Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica and Vodafone.

German OpCo works with Huber+Suhner and Aurora Networks to support efforts to tap traditional cable stronghold, with fibre playing a supporting role.

Partnerships & Alliances

Telefónica Tech adds Spanish trio to growing quantum ecosystem

Operator brings Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech, QCentroid, and Multiverse Computing into the quantum computing fold, with a view to accelerate time-to-market, optimise processes, and streamline operations for enterprise customers.

B2B

New chapter opens for Orange Business with new products, and a new partner

Orange Business has unveiled a wave of AI‑driven products and a major new partnership with Tech Mahindra, signalling a shift toward sovereign cloud, trusted AI agents, and next‑generation collaboration tools…

Strategy & Change

Vodafone Portugal playbook: transforming telecom payments from utility to strategic differentiator

Case study explores how Vodafone Portugal partnered CMAS to overhaul legacy back office infra with w2bill streamlining workflows, securing sovereign data, accelerating time-to-market, and driving a thousandfold increase in monthly digital transactions.

Partnerships & Alliances

Orange’s Trabbia stresses importance of diversity in D2D partnerships

Orange was one of a number of telcos to announce a direct‑to‑device (D2D) collaboration with a satellite provider on the first day of Mobile World Congress, as it steps up efforts to provide connectivity to “every customer, everywhere, all the time”.

Partnerships & Alliances

O2 targets drivers with ADAC marketing tie-up

Operator ties with major German automobile association to develop fresh offerings and discounts for its 20 million-plus members. Partnership advances O2’s strategy of developing “tailor-made” tariffs for specific groups, as it aims to increase fixed and mobile penetration and improve loyalty…

Venturing & Investments

Deutsche Telekom rejigs charging infra venture

The telco’s EV charging point side-business Comfortcharge once had grand ambitions for a national-scale buildout, but has now been reassigned within its corporate centre, in a reflection of reduced scope and refocus.

Interview

CEO interview: Sateliot eyes piece of European defence pie

Spanish satellite IoT player discussing defence projects with three European governments. Speaking to TelcoTitans, Sateliot CEO Jaume Sanpera highlights other markets of interest, and a possible role for the satco in the EU-backed IRIS² scheme…

Interview

Battle scars and skin in the game: VOIS breaks out from Vodafone’s captive shared services

Deep dive: by stepping out of the shadow, the once-captive telco shared services business is rewriting the playbook for commercial enterprise ‘shared intelligence’ as a standalone powerhouse. With Accenture on side, and tapping Vodafone Business and others for go-to-market, leaders Gary Adey and Chris Meads tell TelcoTitans that VOIS is an increasingly ‘big lever’ for its parent to pull…