Telecoms Partnerships & Alliances

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

German operator cites energy cost and security benefits as it firms up a 15-year power purchase agreement for electricity from massive new He Dreiht farm.

Eventwatch

UK government, industry push partnerships to speed space innovation

The UK’s new £7.8bn space strategy places sovereignty at its core, but industry leaders argue that international partnerships, open standards, and multinational ecosystems will be critical if the country hopes to compete at meaningful scale.

Partnerships & Alliances

Netherlands’ two largest altnets team up

DELTA Fiber to offer first off-net fibre services in 2027, using wholesale deal with Open Dutch Fiber. Move forms part of a plan at DELTA to drive broadband services take-up, following leadership refresh…

Partnerships & Alliances

Prosegur finds a new home security ally, in Vodafone

Vodafone Portugal set to become latest telco to delve into the residential alarms market, forming a commercial relationship with Spain’s Prosegur. Deal is a win for long-running telco business development push at Prosegur.

Network & Infra

Telxius taps Nokia for latest terrestrial cable upgrade

Telxius to upgrade terrestrial transport network to support speeds of up to 800Gbps using Nokia technology, with goal of slashing network expansion and energy costs while improving service quality. Installation is latest in a series of ongoing projects aimed at increasing network capacity…

Partnerships & Alliances

BT takes drone-in-a-box tech mainstream with police deployment

Telco seeks to accelerate decision-making during emergency railway incidents through ‘routine operation’ of drone tech with British Transport Police, marking latest evolution from experimentation to commercial deployment for BT.

Partnerships & Alliances

SES and Elveo Mobile extend tie-up into satellite manufacturing

Pair of satcos build on infra-sharing relationship with new agreement to expand manufacturing capabilities in Europe. Deal to support SES with executing its multi-orbit strategy, and follows recent completion of MEO constellation…

Partnerships & Alliances

Space42, Viasat to spend $1bn to get satellite JV off ground

New platform venture Equatys’ co-parents prep fund for first phase of manufacturing and deployment, while moving to secure additional capital from third parties. Financing brings the JV a step closer to launching “space tower” proposition…

Network & Infra

Why satcos and MNOs must collaborate to scale and monetise hybrid networks

In a new age of orbital disruption, a telco-satellite summit hosted by Celfocus explored how MNOs and non-terrestrial operators must embrace proactive collaboration and open standards to eliminate friction, putting seamless customer experience at the heart of space-age connectivity.