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Telecoms Partnerships & Alliances
All the latest insight, news and analysis on telecoms partnerships and alliances including BT, Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica and Vodafone.
Partnerships & Alliances
Germany’s O2 finds new friend in EWE, after 1&1 breakup
Operator forms wholesale mobile access partnership with EWE, building on a series of MVNO client adds to aid with recovery from 1&1 contract loss. O2 and EWE can now boast multi-layered relationship that also encompasses enterprise market collaboration and infrastructure expansion…
Partnerships & Alliances
BT gets in on sovereign frontier AI as gov pitches UK as ‘AI maker, not taker’
BT enters the sovereign AI breach as one of a cohort supporting Cosine’s Lumen Sovereign project to build and train a frontier AI model exclusively on UK soil. Government gets in on the action by providing crucial sovereign compute resource, along with a wave of parallel sovereign AI announcements…
Partnerships & Alliances
Virgin Media O2 trials telco cloud voice-enhancement with Mavenir
Mobile core network software seeks to improve call clarity for users with hearing loss as well as enhancing customer experience. Move sits within £1.4bn Mobile Transformation Plan and backdrop of other operators also turning to 5G standalone and AI to restore voice as a value add…
Products & Services
DT adds n8n’s workflow software to growing AI enterprise portfolio
Operator adds AI-powered workflow automation platform from investment n8n to its enterprise portfolio, as the Group continues push to create “full suite” of AI products for business customers.
Partnerships & Alliances
Germany’s O2 taps OQ to kick off direct-to-device trials
Operator lays out D2D testing plans with OQ, seeking to explore how non-terrestrial networks could help it to overcome tower rollout challenges in hard-to-reach areas. Tie-up adds OQ to Telefónica Group’s growing roster of “digitally sovereign” satellite partners …
Network & Infra
Viasat sees inflight comms ties with DT as ticket to EC spectrum extension
Satco’s CEO suggests European Aviation Network clientele and partnerships could back up its bid to retain expiring 2GHz spectrum rights in region, as European Commission prepares sovereignty-flavoured contest. Inflight broadband platform could be modernised if frequencies are secured, Viasat suggests.
Partnerships & Alliances
Spain: Telefónica lands role as Google Cloud’s compliance lookout
Telefónica becomes “trusted sovereignty partner” for Google Cloud in Spain, with plans to ensure the hyperscaler remains compliant with Spanish data sovereignty requirements. Partnership builds on existing relationship in other technological areas…
Partnerships & Alliances
Sateliot ties with Telenor in latest prep for IoT services launch
Spain’s Sateliot and Norway’s Telenor form ‘strategic’ partnership to meld terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks for IoT applications. Tie-up follows series of other recent endeavours between Sateliot and European telcos, as it gears up for commercial services launch…
Network & Infra
DT heads into open access in bid to regain fibre momentum
German incumbent inks two sizeable wholesale relationships in north-east of the country, in another reflection of the sharper competition it is facing from sales-hungry altnets. Moves come amid wider pivot by DT aimed at regaining grip of go-to-market in its domestic broadband market.
Partnerships & Alliances
Open Dutch Fiber outsources infra management in strategy shift
Dutch altnet offloads responsibility for passive infra management in north of the country to services group Circet. The deal is the provider’s second outsourcing deal in 2026, as it seeks ways to deliver fibre more efficiently and direct freed resource towards go-to-market…
Network & Infra
1&1 expands fixed wholesale play with Tele Columbus pact
German challenger to reach a further 1.2 million homes through latest open access agreement, after 1&1 CFO Sascha D’Avis affirmed there are “still more” wholesale deals to come. Move also sees Tele Columbus advance fixed broadband growth strategy, with open access playing a key role…
Partnerships & Alliances
BT Business launches AIOps offensive with Accenture
Telco fires starting gun on ‘multi-year’ programme with longstanding IT partner, seeking to overhaul business processes and develop new AI-powered enterprise products. Pair aiming to build on BT’s prior work in AIOps to deliver improved resilience and new capabilities, both internally and externally…
Partnerships & Alliances
DT forms counter-drone defence pact with Rheinmetall
Telco to create German defence “shield” with Rheinmetall, seeking to defend critical telecoms and other infra assets from digital and physical threats. Move marks latest advance in the Group’s push into the defence sector…