All Enterprise (B2B) articles
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Strategy & Change
VM O2 unifies fixed wholesale in latest B2B rejig
Operator combines consumer and business wholesale functions into a single entity in a bid to reduce complexity and ease customer journeys.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Aduna goes big on Brazilian B2B with deeper Vivo tie-up
Partnership is aimed at scaling API availability and diversifying into new industries.
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B2B
Zen enters ‘next phase’ of B2B with new leadership, evolving strategy
Ex-TalkTalk Business exec Jon Nowell steps in to lead Zen Business with a mission to disrupt, urges UK enterprises to reconsider status quo.
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M&A
Radianz becomes latest unit to go in BT’s international retreat
Emblem of BT’s turn of the century global ambitions to be offloaded to TNS as group pursues UK-focused strategy.
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Products & Services
DT adds 5G slices onto emergency comms menu
Tie-up with Motorola Solutions sees 5G-based MCX solution brought into operator’s portfolio for public safety organisations.
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Financial & Performance
TPG: Vodafone up for £360m windfall as Oz outpost splashes the cash
Following the multi-billion-dollar sale of its fixed assets, TPG Telecom is initiating a major capital return. The “novel and complex” AUD 3bn plan is designed to reward major shareholders while courting minority investors and improving the telco’s stock exchange and credit profile. It also boasted a cracking H1…
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B2B
T-Mobile US ups B2B challenge with SuperMobile network slice plan
US NatCo extends it aggressive play for the enterprise market with its new SuperMobile plan, leveraging its 5G Standalone and 5G Advanced network lead to combine network slicing with cybersecurity and T-Satellite connectivity. Progress lauded, but actuals remain scarce amidst latest reorg…
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Interview
T-Systems’ Jonczak revs AI engine for position as “trusted powerhouse” in Europe and beyond
Deep Dive: T-Systems is targeting a step-change in AI-driven B2B revenue growth through 2027, and also pivotal to Deutsche Telekom’s goal of €800m in internal ‘impact’. Moving beyond “Santa Claus-style” product push, new AI chief Magdalena Jonczak is leading transformation towards co-creation, and establishing division as Europe’s “trusted powerhouse” in sovereign AI. Learn more…
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Innovation
BT Active Intelligence: Solving customer problems through mobility insights
Interview: From telco startup to data scale-up, the BT Group data science unit is transforming mobility insights into commercial and societal value. Leader Steve Wiley explains how his team is applying a startup mindset and partnership model to unlock the power of geospatial data for enterprise clients, creating actionable intelligence from 25 billion daily data points. Learn more…
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People
T-Mobile US: Almeida takes on mega-Growth; Saw top-Tech
Deep Dive: Significant leadership update brings in new head of Growth, promotes CTO. Almeida to marshal M&A war chest, lead pursuit of new revenue streams beyond core mobile business, particularly adtech, B2B and fibre.
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Financial & Performance
Q2 FY25: DT moves to put more fibre in T-Mobile diet
Deutsche Telekom sees potential for more ‘clean, incremental’ buyouts in American fibre space, to keep growth engine at T-Mobile US stoked. Comments come as T-Mobile ups expectations for FY25 on back of takeover spree, string of new industry tie-ups, and further customer base expansion.
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Products & Services
UK’s One Touch Switch accelerates to 1.5 million, preps B2B extension
Eleven months in, TOTSCo now switching around 5k broadband consumers daily with more to come, as BT and VM O2 trial new B2B capability, and Netomnia’s Chelot steps down from board…
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B2B
Netomnia enters UK fibre wholesale fray with new platform — starting with B2B
Altnet’s platform joins increasingly crowded and competitive wholesale marketplace, emphasising streamlining, top-four fibreco scale credentials, and 50G future-proofing. Dark fibre, too…
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M&A
Telefónica’s Hispam sell-off: next offload expected in weeks
Based on comments by buyer Millicom, Telefónica can expect to complete sales of Hispanoamérica operating businesses in Uruguay this quarter, Ecuador next quarter, and Colombia in first quarter of 2026, as speculation rises for potential deals in Chile and Mexico.
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B2B
Telefónica|Vivo advances B2B goal with landmark €600m São Paulo IoT contract
Brazilian OB is deepening its enterprise footprint with a major municipal smart metering project. The deal exemplifies strategic focus on B2B as a high-growth differentiator, supported by realigned Telefónica Tech joint ventures.
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Financial & Performance
Guidance: Telefónica enjoys FY25 free hit
Telefónica confirms it is on course to meet FY25 guidance, although current goals offer limited visibility into Group’s financial or strategic outlook, amid ongoing wait for completion of strategic review…
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Financial & Performance
Telefónica Q2 spend: copper maintenance drops off the bill
Telefónica’s home market OB gains the spotlight for cost efficiency efforts linked to completion of copper shutdown during Q2…
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Financial & Performance
Telefónica Q2 in-depth: more ‘core one’ than ‘core four’
Spain and Brazil continue to form a strong base for Telefónica during second quarter, but currency weakness and competitive challenges dent takings elsewhere, and back up new leadership’s desire to ring in major changes…
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Financial & Performance
Telefónica remains in wait for Murtra Grand Plan
Q2 FY25: Telefónica’s latest quarterly numbers underpin the change agenda of the operator’s new leadership team. The Group continues to perform well in Spain and Brazil, but weaker figures elsewhere back up execs’ plans for a portfolio restructure, with Hispam downturn continuing and UK and Germany stuck in turnaround mode. A shift to ‘industrial’ decision-making also looks set to see a change in course around infra ownership.
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Financial & Performance
Q1 Guidance: BT unmoved by early trouble
Q1 FY25–26: Management reconfirms full-year guidance, with defiance made easier thanks to pessimistic outlook as laid out three months prior. Vague notions of ‘growth’ remain the target by the end of the decade…