Telecoms Partnerships & Alliances
All the latest insight, news and analysis on telecoms partnerships and alliances including BT, Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica and Vodafone.
Venturing & Investments
DT rewards another AI supplier with VC injection
DT’s corporate venturing arm T.Capital closes out 2025 with the addition of another AI tech partner to its investment portfolio: Swedish app development platform player Lovable.
Partnerships & Alliances
O2 makes latest AI move with refreshed Capgemini deal
Operator to implement AI solutions from Capgemini under renewed agreement, seeking to develop new services and drive user experience improvements…
Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica said to advance defence push with NATO innovation tie-up
Telco reportedly set to provide access to R&D infrastructure, including The ThinX lab and quantum comms network, through the defence org’s innovation scheme. Development expands Telefónica’s NATO relationship, as it looks to ramp up defence investment…
Partnerships & Alliances
Airtel Africa looks to the stars for rural coverage with Starlink deal
Telco set to bring direct-to-device satellite services to customers in all of its markets, starting in 2026, with goal of boosting rural coverage. The move also sees Starlink continue to expand into Africa despite regulatory scrutiny in several markets…
Products & Services
Vodafone seeks to rebuild trust in voice with network APIs
Vodafone has launched a caller ID network API in the UK, with US voice security partner Hiya ‘buying in’ to Group’s ‘novel’ standards-based approach to building consumer trust…
Network & Infra
Can AI-RAN succeed without open RAN? ‘Yes and no’, says Alliance Chair Choi
Interview: AI-RAN Alliance Chair (and ex-DT CTO) Dr. Alex Jinsung Choi assures that operators have a route to scaled adoption of the tech — no matter their level of legacy. T-Mobile US is seen as having ‘unique’ springboard for AI-RAN rollout given its ‘greenfield-like’ position in 5G era, post-Sprint, and is expected to use the 2028 Olympics to showcase early wins.
Network & Infra
SpaceMobile strategy chief: satco spectrum buys will have ‘profound implications’ for D2D evolution
Scott Wisniewski says spectrum licences will define the next decade of direct-to-device satcomms, but AST SpaceMobile will stick by its beginnings as an MNO partner…
Partnerships & Alliances
DT to co-create new AI products with OpenAI
Deutsche Telekom is to get early access to an ‘alpha‑phase’ OpenAI model, although details remain scarce.
Network & Infra
BT seeks to bring self-healing network vision to life, with a little help from AWS
Mobile networks lead Reza Rahnama says earlier attempts to deploy AI in the network fell short, but programmable 5G SA, with AWS architecture, means intent-based networks will soon be a reality…
Network & Infra
SFR Business turns to Cloud Temple for sovereign service
The French operator’s B2B unit says it plans to enrich its own Cloud Agility service with partner offerings.
Partnerships & Alliances
Boldyn moves on German expansion plan with 5G private tie-ups
After targeting Germany through Smart Mobile Labs buy and redefining its European segment throughout 2025, Boldyn unveils “double-digit million euro” Deutsche Bahn project among several other deals to expand in-country…
Partnerships & Alliances
European telcos’ call to arms: DT in defence collab talks with Rheinmetall
In depth exclusive: Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger envisions his firm as the “Deutsche Telekom of defence”, but a real-world alliance with the telco giant is also now in play, targeting Germany’s €35bn space-defence allocation. The move signals broader trend of European telcos pivoting toward military-grade connectivity and national resilience to capture new spend…
Partnerships & Alliances
Germany: O2 refreshes Nokia RAN deal for five more years
Operator to implement new solutions and continue using equipment from Nokia in its RAN until 2030. The contract is the latest that has been firmed up by a major European operator in recent months, and comes as Germany seeks to clamp down on 5G equipment from ‘high-risk’ vendors…