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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: O2 fibre-ups its broadband plan with Deutsche Glasfaser deal
Amid intense competition, German operator is switching focus away from cable/DSL and onto higher-value full-fibre, adding Deutsche Glasfaser to its roster of broadband whole-buy partners.
Partnerships & Alliances
Neos sees market opportunity in fibre uncertainty, AI bandwidth ‘explosion’
Neos Networks is leaning into its position between fibre carrier and aggregator, pitching access choice as the wholesale market consolidates while its national backbone targets an AI-driven “explosion” in bandwidth demand.
Network
Orange Spain looks to AI to unlock the next phase of its 5G edge platform
Private 5G provides the connectivity and edge provides the compute, but Orange Spain now sees AI as the missing layer needed to turn its Conecta 5G platform into a more valuable enterprise proposition.
B2B
Vi taps PwC for agentic AI push
Vodafone Group’s Indian affiliate Vi has teamed up with PwC India to launch an AI lab pitched at “agentic enterprises”, as the operator looks to build out its B2B credentials after securing long-await clarity and relief on its government dues.
Network
Ericsson gets VodafoneThree’s AI-RAN moving
UK operator puts hardware underneath its AI-RAN ambitions, installing Ericsson’s latest massive MIMO kit and readying AI-powered radio optimisation tests to exploit its substantial mid-band spectrum advantage.
Innovation
Telefónica turns to R&D to reinforce space platform credentials
The operator is participating in two R&D schemes that focus on integrating terrestrial and orbital networks and may provide tech backup for the operator as it jostles for a major supporting role in delivery of next-gen satellite services.
Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone rekindles Polkomtel flame with shared services link-up
Polkomtel is back in Vodafone’s off-footprint orbit more than a decade after their previous Partner Markets relationship went quiet, with the pair targeting AI-led customer improvements and new B2B revenue opportunities.
Technology & IT
Orange tests D2D appetite as Europe eyes satellite sovereignty
Orange is using its first commercial direct-to-device offering to test customer appetite rather than chase mass adoption, while trials with AST SpaceMobile and the battle over European MSS spectrum point towards a broader satellite strategy built around multiple technologies and partners.
Venturing & Investments
Telefónica buys 10% of Seville-based AI specialist OGA
Telefónica España has taken a 10% stake in Seville-based AI and operational research specialist OGA, in the latest of a series of targeted deals that allow the operator to bolt on technical expertise to its B2B portfolio.
Innovation
Telefónica and IQM take quantum computing to Madrid
Telefónica has again teamed up with Finland’s IQM Quantum Computers, this time to deliver the Community of Madrid’s first quantum computer, as the telco strengthens its foothold within Spain’s emerging quantum infrastructure and builds out its “sovereign” quantum ecosystem.
Venturing & Investments
Vivo targets Brazilian SMEs with Squad.com agentic AI tie-up
Brazilian operator again deploys corporate VC vehicle as vanguard on B2B partner development, preparing a commercial tie-up with Squad.com off the back of investment in business.
B2B
Telefónica ties with NOS to drive defence push at European level
Telefónica and NOS are combining 5G, edge, AI and secure communications expertise for defence applications, reflecting a wider European telco push to turn existing technology capabilities into new business as governments increase military investment.
Partnerships & Alliances
Allianz lends Telefónica a hand on digital alarms sales
Movistar Prosegur Alarmas secures sell-through deal with insurer’s Spanish business in latest bid to expand uptake of its connected alarms for homes and businesses.