Telecoms Partnerships & Alliances

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

Operator’s partner happy to sit on fast-growing alarm joint venture, despite signals that its worth may have more than trebled since being formed six years ago. The success of rival Verisure’s recent IPO has been noted but will not prompt a similar move by Prosegur in the short term, CFO indicates.

Partnerships & Alliances

Virgin Media O2 ties with Starlink on direct-to-device services

Operator to launch its first direct-to-device satellite services in partnership with the US LEO constellation provider, deepening the pair’s existing relationship while seeking to keep pace with rivals already exploring the segment…

Analyst Briefing

Vodafonewatch Analyst Briefing: pragmatic Vodafone finds subsea ‘niche’

Latest from Vodafone, including the Group’s latest subsea venture “off the beaten track” as the operator concedes transatlantic routes to hyperscalers; UK fibre challenger Netomnia chooses VodafoneThree for imminent MVNO; and more open RAN vendors shout about Vodafone deals following Spring 6 procurement…

Network & Infra

‘Not invented here’: overcoming the obstacles to telco digital twin deployments

Is the ‘not invented here’ mindset holding back digital twin adoption in telco? Major satco and long-time practitioner SES joined SI partner Celfocus to argue that strategic collaboration is key to unlocking transformative potential and accelerate journey towards network autonomy.

Network & Infra

SES pencils in early-2030s for enterprise quantum comms rollout

Capacity Europe 2025: Satco preparing “fully fledged constellation” for QKD services, with launch of EAGLE-1 satellite quickly approaching. However, SES’ Emin Allagui notes the industry must address capacity and security concerns to bring the technology to maturity…

Partnerships & Alliances

T-Mobile says joint OpenAI platform now live, ‘paying dividends’

The Un-Carrier’s tie-up with OpenAI is now ‘touching customers’ and said to be bearing fruit by optimising handset upgrades…

Partnerships & Alliances

Lifecycle Software pulls up on Tomorrow Street

Billing solutions provider with an MVNO focus the latest name to join the Vodafone‑backed incubator’s Scaleup X programme.

Partnerships & Alliances

Telco execs invest in industry fintech player Glow

Device financing partner of BT, and others, secures $65m to expand its international reach and build out its software platform for handset payments, insurance, and upgrades. Investors include several industry heavyweights such as John Malone, Niek Jan Van Damme, and Glenn Lurie.

Strategy & Change

Telefónica doing the maths on 1&1 tie-up: report

Report indicates the Spanish group is considering reigniting links with 1&1, Germany’s fourth telco, in a bid to revive its local fortunes. But both face a bewildering range of options (and challenges) as they seek to regain growth…

Network & Infra

Europe moots UK tech tie-up on new-gen IRIS² satellite system

European Space Agency official signals openness to UK direct involvement in €10bn+ IRIS² regional satellite mega-project and Starlink rival, which also has a defence aspect…

Analyst Briefing

Telefónicawatch Analyst Briefing: Murtra wants a New Deal on new deals

The latest news and developments from around Telefónica, as Executive Chair Marc Murtra reiterates call for European authorities to free telcos to merge, and gain scale against global rivals. Unions, meanwhile, begin to take an interest in what the operator’s coming strategy refresh could mean for its workforce in Spain. Read more…

Partnerships & Alliances

Telefónica taps OpenAI to give German customers an AI boost

Operator kicks off partnership with OpenAI with free, limited-time ChatGPT Plus subscriptions for existing customers, with plans to expand its relationship with the AI giant “in the coming months”…