Telecoms Partnerships & Alliances

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

T-Mobile agrees “long-term” extension of wholesale platform relationship with Netcracker, including plans to shift partner stack into the cloud …

Financial & Performance

Vodafone doubles Partner Markets revenue as M&A and restructuring make an impact

Strategic telco alliances secure 120% revenue growth in a year, while brand licensing falls sharply to reflect evolving Vodafone footprint.

M&A

Orange JV HexaDone rounds out offering with Hyvilo buy

HexaDone snaps up French startup to add analytical elements to its digital platform for public data processing.

Marketing

DT to bring ‘T-Satellite’ brand to Europe

German group applies to register T-Satellite brand, already used for direct-to-device services in the USA, as a trademark in Europe.

Venturing & Investments

Vodafone bets on Cohere’s open RAN tech in venturing return

Exclusive: Vodafone Ventures sputters back to life with in-the-works equity investment in open RAN collaborator Cohere Technologies, joining fellow telco investors Bell and Telstra in betting on the Californian vendor’s Universal Spectrum Multiplier tech…

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…