All Enterprise (B2B) articles – Page 30
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BT’s H1 FY19–20 divisional round up
BT is continuing its balancing act of underlining the importance of being competitive in retail markets while not being dragged downwards on pricing. Jansen appears ready to fight all comers, while Consumer Chief Executive Marc Allera spends more time emphasising building services that can justify charging a premium.
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BT’s H1 FY19–20: Jansen warns this might sting a little…
In-line performance, and commitments to keep building transformational momentum, but medicine may have short-term side effects. Fibre acceleration revving up, but uncertainty, both political and regulatory, acting as a brake. Lowth committed to prudence, but open to upping investment. Consumer getting more combative, Enterprise hoping to ride the waves ...
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Openreach delays on-boarding full-fibre know-how
Openreach stalls boardroom re-jig to add more full-fibre expertise amid concerns of growing BT influence. Strategic thinker Sherman considered a risk to Openreach independence by key CP customers, although Ofcom management said to be on board.
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BT Enterprise carries out live 5G demo in health sector
BT is highlighting the use of a live commercial network in its trials to underline the potential of delivering new services over 5G.
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Openreach wins all three lots of Scottish R100 contract
While superfast service gaps still need to be plugged, Openreach will be bringing full-fibre to remote regions as part of latest Scottish deals. Lack of contract competition underlines need for government-driven action to deliver connectivity to remote areas.
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BT takes a hit as Virgin Mobile swaps EE for Vodafone
Virgin Media to end MVNO agreement with BT Enterprise, as Vodafone UK swoops. Liberty Global CEO ominously described current £200m-a-year deal with BT as “big number”, but BT unwilling to accommodate new demands to maintain contract.
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BT Ireland trumpets terabit speeds ahead of 2020 launch
BT Ireland claims to have reached speeds of 1.2Tbps in latest tests ahead of launch.
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Cisco and BT nab police contract
Close working relationship with GMP enables BT to promote a degree of good news for its public sector business.
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BT first up as MSP for Microsoft-Nokia tie-up
US and Finnish suppliers club together on cloud and SD-WAN. Azure-Nuage combo could provide a more compelling alternative to Cisco in the BT Dynamic Network Services portfolio. BT Global wheels out IXOM as customer of the integrated solution.
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ContactEngine and BT Enterprise in award-winning partnership
BT Enterprise and ContactEngine, in partnership to create AI-based conversations, win at UK Customer Experience Awards 2019.
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Openreach in the running for huge Northern Irish broadband deal
Openreach was reportedly shortlisted for a £165m deal with Northern Ireland’s (NI) government to roll out superfast (30Mbps+) broadband to 98,000 premises in rural areas across the country.
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Products & Services
VodafoneZiggo launches Wifi Assistant
Dutch OpCo releases tool to track and improve Wi-Fi performance in homes and offices.
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Vodafone goes IoT value-chain building with grandcentrix
Planned IoT partnership targets SME customers. grandcentrix will continue to operate as separate entity if anti-trust authorities give green light.
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Vodafone Idea rallies the supplier troops
Mavenir, Nokia, Optiva, Red Hat, and TCS engaged via integration plan. CTO reasserts June 2020 deadline for accelerated programme.
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Vodafone usurps EE with Virgin Media tie up
Another signal of Read stepping out from Colao’s shadow. 5G capacity boost appears to change Group thinking.
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Vodafone under pressure to rethink CityFibre partnership
CityFibre wants end to VfUK exclusivity to capture more business. Openreach turns VfUK’s head with generous FTTP discounts.
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Vodafone Business signs seven-year agreement with Ryanair
Business unit will be Ryanair’s technology communications partner in Europe.
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Vodafone bolsters play in European e-sports scene
Vodafone Spain cements e-sports strategy with sponsorship deal, Vodafone Germany follows suit.
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Vodafone Idea provides IoT to electric bike manufacturer
Vodafone Idea’s enterprise arm signs deal to provide IoT services to Revolt Intellicorps.
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Amdocs signs NFV deal with VodafoneZiggo
VodafoneZiggo has agreed to a new contract with telecoms software supplier Amdocs to provide network functions virtualisation technology.