All Enterprise (B2B) articles
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Partnerships & AlliancesVivo selects Ericsson for charging solution
B2B and B2C charging consolidated on vendor’s OpenStack ‑enabled Ericsson Charging platform. Agreement builds on 2012 BSS partnership, with an eye to deployment of emerging 5G products and use cases.
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M&A
BT to take full OnePhone ownership
Swedish technology partners to be bought out after nine years, bringing the mobile PBX proposition fully under BT umbrella. OnePhone previously flagged as a quiet success of Enterprise portfolio, and now seemingly turning a profit.
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Venturing & Investments
Payflow banks Wayra backing
Salary-on-demand startup Payflow added €400,000 to its Seed round via a strategic investor trio including Wayra. Wayra family grows but with scaleups now in the crosshairs.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone readies AWS distributed edge launch in Q1
Vodafone Business updates commercial launch plan for AWS Wavelength distributed edge on 5G. First services available in UK in Q1, German launch “ coming soon ”. Edge Innovation Programme kicks off this week to stimulate MEC use cases.
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Enterprise (B2B)
Deutsche Telekom takes Corona-Warn-App into B2B space
New T‑Systems offering takes flagship track and trace app’s functionality onto a local level, to give business customers an early warning system for coronavirus infections.
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Products & Services
Telefónica teams with IBM to re-wild Cloud Garden
Operator gives digitisation platform a spruce up with Red Hat OpenShift technology. Update provides ‘lingua franca’ to support smooth adoption of digitalisation strategies by Telefónica’s corporate customers.
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Enterprise (B2B)
T‑Systems eager to flag trio of “mega” renewal deals
Underperforming division, starved of good news recently, claims trio of deals provides “ foundation ” to grow its portfolio in cloud, digital services and security. Contracts include work in “ new growth areas around digital transformation ”.
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Products & Services
BT to launch Eagle‑i security as statement of intent
New cybersecurity platform to debut in coming months, as a flagbearer for Global’s re‑energised and evolving digital portfolio. Creation of internal digital, threat, and network units within Global enabling integration of new solutions across traditional and cloud‑based services. Workflow platform provider ServiceNow namechecked as a crucial partner. ...
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Venturing & Investments
Wayra plants further capital in Ireland’s SalesOptimize
Ireland-based startup given (another) leg-up by Telefónica’s incubator hub.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone bolsters Partner Markets federation with MTS renewal
Russian group flags extension to long-standing Partner Markets agreement. Existing relationship billed as fruitful, with eyes now on further “ joint projects ”.
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Enterprise (B2B)
Elsewhere in BT Enterprise: churn risk targeted
Division continues effort to nudge businesses and CPs away from legacy voice, and towards its own next‑gen offerings .
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Enterprise (B2B)
Elsewhere in BT Enterprise: NTT renews wholesale deal
Transatel set to enable more EE features for UK MVNOs; Wholesale claims 5G rollout lead .
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Products & Services
BT enhances cloud phone platform with RingCentral
RingCentral‑based unified comms service is given bigger remit and brand refresh.
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Enterprise (B2B)
Elsewhere in BT Enterprise: full fibre rollout takes on public sector sites
IDNet migrating analogue voice to Hosted Communications ; Smart Messaging adds Google RBM.
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Vendor Voice
Salesforce Industries: bringing cloud Vlocity to telco CX
As the CRM giant sharpens its focus on telco transformation, Salesforce Industries highlights the need for operators to lose legacy baggage, embrace cultural change, and focus on collaboration to move at digital pace. Experience of acquisition Vlocity demonstrates three trends in telco transformation, from gradual evolution to enthusiastic ...
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Financial & Performance
BT Enterprise dials down on B2B costs
BT Enterprise flags more cost-cutting measures are being implemented as COVID‑19 disruption adds to the broader challenges it faces in the digital era. As ever, partner and supplier consolidation and change is part of the plan. CEO Jansen presents enterprise 5G as bright spot amid ...
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Strategy & Change
IoT.nxt rejigs management to further exploit Vodafone links
Vodacom acquisition anticipates faster international growth, prompting operational changes along territorial lines. Among the trio of internal appointments is Mark Beets, handed responsibility for developing business with Vodafone’s Partner Markets organisation.
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People
Deutsche Telekom moves: India digital ops expansion
Bedding-in of new Global Business Solutions organisation continues. India‑based development unit Deutsche Telekom Digital Labs remains in build-out mode, with Bharti Airtel alumni being tapped. Detecon executives off to form new venture. William Tal given digital strategy remit at T‑Mobile for Business.
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Products & Services
Telekom quietly retires CarConnect service
End of road coming in 2022, when partner Mojio hints revamped offering might emerge. Unclear whether or not equivalent services in Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, and the USA face a similar fate.
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Enterprise (B2B)
Elsewhere in BT Enterprise: Qualcomm gets 5G praise
Qualcomm 5G access role praised, Wholesale gets Gigabit ‑ready.
