Telecoms Suppliers
All the latest insight, news and analysis on telecoms supplier activity with BT, Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica and Vodafone.
Suppliers & SCM
Telefónica says continuity vital in 5G SA supplier selection
Operator confirms longstanding network partners Ericsson and Nokia as 5G SA radio suppliers. CTIO claims provider has the “best technology partners” that can help develop 5G “at the highest level of quality”.
Suppliers & SCM
BT, Vodafone “actively pushing” procurement collaboration
BT and Vodafone procurement chiefs back Trust Your Supplier to bring harmony to telco purchasing. Vodafone eventually to “mandate” Trust Your Supplier use. Collaboration between operators key to simplification and digitalisation of the industry, claim Cyril Pourrat and Ninian Wilson.
Suppliers & SCM
DT burnishes green credentials with Fairphone, Samsung partnerships
Group places focus on ensuring sustainability throughout the supplier chain. Nemat emphasises need to retire legacy equipment to save energy and become more economically viable.
Suppliers & SCM
Openreach enlists CommScope for full‑fibre support
CommScope’s NOVUX platform to enable Openreach to hit FTTP deployment goals. US‑based vendor added to a growing list of rollout programme partners.
Strategy & Change
BT bets on Sisal lottery bid
National Lottery licence up for grabs, with three challengers to Camelot incumbency. Sisal, with BT as technology supplier, faces competition from Allwyn and its partner Vodafone UK. Digital transformation top of the ticket for tender adjudicators.
Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in BT Group: Procurement adopts spend management system
Procurement adopts tail spend management system; new stakeholder engages workers union; BT’s future HQ under new ownership.
Suppliers & SCM
Ericsson targets African gains on back of Vodafone reorg
Swedish vendor has been punching below weight within Vodafone’s African operations. Tech 2025 organisational changes and geopolitical flux could create openings to grow regional account.
Vendor Voice
Teradata: balanced data foundation critical to digital transformation
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Products & Services
Vodafone and Celfocus tackle AI‑based automation for IoT
Former Vodafone Portugal investment Celfocus has taken on its fourth cognitive automation project for the Group Network Operations (GNO) organisation. Further solutions and use-cases are already being explored to reap benefits of automation throughout the Group.
Suppliers & SCM
VPC’s Wilson says Tech 2025 bringing clarity
Chief of Vodafone Procurement Company expects speedier decision-making, faster onboarding of new suppliers, and stronger drive to standardisation across Group OpCos. Ericsson says it will be “happy” to pass on greater cost efficiencies to Vodafone.
Strategy & Change
DT, Vodafone push vendors to clean up emissions
Vodafone sends letter encouraging suppliers to step up support for its net zero emissions pledge. DT inserting stricter criteria into supplier assessments. Tackling climate change bringing commercial incentives for more fleet‑footed telcos. Supply chain emissions an elephant in room for telcos as they talk up energy efficiency progress.
Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in T-Mobile US: TMUS on the prowl for e‑health startups
TMUS on the prowl for e‑health startups; SyncUP product portfolio expanded; get-go for Hometown grant scheme.
Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Germany: TDE targets 90% 5G coverage by end-2021
TDE heralds 5G and LTE rollout progress; fibre expansion continues.
Teradata: balanced data foundation critical to digital transformation
Celfocus: Agile mindset and precision key to digitalisation
Blue Planet urges operators to take the digital leap
Teradata: telco leaders must step up to seize data opportunity
Nutanix: Silicon Valley oblivious to emerging telco renaissance
Salesforce Industries: bringing cloud Vlocity to telco CX
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