Telecoms Partnerships & Alliances

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

Operator to implement new solutions and continue using equipment from Nokia in its RAN until 2030. The contract is the latest that has been firmed up by a major European operator in recent months, and comes as Germany seeks to clamp down on 5G equipment from ‘high-risk’ vendors…

Analyst Briefing

Orangewatch: AI takes centre stage at third edition of Orange OpenTech

Orangewatch Analyst Briefing: bringing together the latest from around TelcoTitans and beyond. Orange’s annual OpenTech event takes place for the third time, with senior execs going on stage to talk up under-the-hood transformation of the operator’s platforms.

Partnerships & Alliances

Vodacom partners Google Cloud on AI-focused services overhaul

Telco to migrate its data platforms onto Google Cloud infra with the goal of developing new generative AI-based services in Africa, with customer service and network optimisation among initial focus areas…

Products & Services

Orange gears up for D2D messaging launch in December

Orange France has teamed with Skylo to launch Message Satellite service before the end of 2025.

Network & Infra

Vodafone playing the satco market despite $1bn SpaceMobile bet

R&D lead Luke Ibbetson talks up billion-dollar investment in SpaceMobile, but Vodafone is playing matchmaker, not kingmaker, with ‘pragmatic’ approach to telco-satco partnerships determined by customer demand and technical requirements…

Partnerships & Alliances

DT seeks ‘strong partners’ for German AI mega-hub pitch

Co-investors sought to add financial and strategic firepower behind bid for EC-led AI Gigafactory in Germany. Execs keen to spread (and play down) risk of what would be a major new strategic direction for the operator…

Venturing & Investments

DT adds agentic AI biz Decagon to venturing portfolio

DT’s corporate venturing arm T.Capital continues to expand its AI investment portfolio by backing Decagon’s Series-C fundraise, with the operator launching a commercial pilot in parallel…

Partnerships & Alliances

Cellnex reinforces telco M&A defences with France, Italy moves

Cellnex renews access agreement with Fastweb+Vodafone and moots a potential RFI from Iliad to build new towers in France, as CEO Marco Patuano has reaffirmed that the towerco is well positioned to navigate telco consolidation…

Partnerships & Alliances

Vodafone-SpaceMobile choose Germany for SatCo JV’s mission control

European joint-venture advances with a Satellite Operations Centre in Germany and disclosure of security preparations for in-region sovereign services, ahead of 2026 launch plan. Vodafone stake in SpaceMobile could now be worth $1bn…

Analyst Briefing

Vodafonewatch: satellite deals, towers sales

Latest Vodafone Analyst Briefing: including moves in satellite and direct-to-device; a progress report from VodafoneZiggo on performance and a planned wireless infra divestment; installation of a new CEO at Vantage Towers; and more share price volatility at Vi…

Network & Infra

DT ties with NVIDIA and SAP on €1bn AI data centre

Deutsche Telekom is transforming an existing Munich data centre through the installation of 10,000 NVIDIA GPUs.

Partnerships & Alliances

Iridium highlights ‘strategic’ value of DT space link-up

Satellite operator emphasises its role as a “stable partner” for telcos navigating alliance options in the rapidly shifting New Sat landscape, following its recent tie-up with Deutsche Telekom on next-generation hybrid connectivity through the NTN Direct platform.