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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.
Strategy & Change
Vodafone Portugal playbook: transforming telecom payments from utility to strategic differentiator
Case study explores how Vodafone Portugal partnered CMAS to overhaul legacy back office infra with w2bill streamlining workflows, securing sovereign data, accelerating time-to-market, and driving a thousandfold increase in monthly digital transactions.
Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica Tech adds Spanish trio to growing quantum ecosystem
Operator brings Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech, QCentroid, and Multiverse Computing into the quantum computing fold, with a view to accelerate time-to-market, optimise processes, and streamline operations for enterprise customers.
B2B
New chapter opens for Orange Business with new products, and a new partner
Orange Business has unveiled a wave of AI‑driven products and a major new partnership with Tech Mahindra, signalling a shift toward sovereign cloud, trusted AI agents, and next‑generation collaboration tools…
Partnerships & Alliances
Orange’s Trabbia stresses importance of diversity in D2D partnerships
Orange was one of a number of telcos to announce a direct‑to‑device (D2D) collaboration with a satellite provider on the first day of Mobile World Congress, as it steps up efforts to provide connectivity to “every customer, everywhere, all the time”.
Partnerships & Alliances
O2 targets drivers with ADAC marketing tie-up
Operator ties with major German automobile association to develop fresh offerings and discounts for its 20 million-plus members. Partnership advances O2’s strategy of developing “tailor-made” tariffs for specific groups, as it aims to increase fixed and mobile penetration and improve loyalty…
Venturing & Investments
Deutsche Telekom rejigs charging infra venture
The telco’s EV charging point side-business Comfortcharge once had grand ambitions for a national-scale buildout, but has now been reassigned within its corporate centre, in a reflection of reduced scope and refocus.
Interview
CEO interview: Sateliot eyes piece of European defence pie
Spanish satellite IoT player discussing defence projects with three European governments. Speaking to TelcoTitans, Sateliot CEO Jaume Sanpera highlights other markets of interest, and a possible role for the satco in the EU-backed IRIS2 scheme…
Interview
Battle scars and skin in the game: VOIS breaks out from Vodafone’s captive shared services
Deep dive: by stepping out of the shadow, the once-captive telco shared services business is rewriting the playbook for commercial enterprise ‘shared intelligence’ as a standalone powerhouse. With Accenture on side, and tapping Vodafone Business and others for go-to-market, leaders Gary Adey and Chris Meads tell TelcoTitans that VOIS is an increasingly ‘big lever’ for its parent to pull…
Network & Infra
Cellnex steps in as telcos seek energy backup
With grid and battery constraints front of mind for telcos, Spanish wireless infra group says it is discussing tie-ups with ‘several’ European MNOs on new power resiliency offering, and has signed up Telefónica on initial deployment.
Network & Infra
Vodafone Turkey–DAMAC data centre project nears go-live despite 50% surge in costs
Izmir data centre project set to enter operation imminently, a year behind schedule and with investment jumping $50m on initial estimates.
Products & Services
Vodafone’s Pairpoint JV enters ‘next wave’ with quantum-secure IoT
Vodafone–Sumitomo joint venture launches Pairpoint Secure for a post-quantum security ‘injection’. Last year’s ‘strategic realignment’ bears first fruit…
Products & Services
Turkey: Vodafone repositions ahead of ‘largest 5G launch yet’
MWC26: Vodafone Turkey CEO Engin Aksoy says infra is in place, focus now on repositioning commercial approach to leverage 5G once live.
Partnerships & Alliances
DT picks Greece as first stop for Syntelligence AI venture
MWC26: DT already putting its new AI joint venture to work, highlighting integration of Trust Platform fraud prevention solution at OTE. AI competence lead Jan Hofmann highlights Syntelligence as another step towards the Group’s ambition of developing a “full suite” of AI services.