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Network & Infrastructure
German MNOs face “Herculean” flood recovery projects
O2, Telekom Deutschland, and Vodafone make headway in respective network restoration efforts after flash floods take out networks. Portable base stations plugging gaps left by damaged fibre.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vantage Towers CEO dismisses bond proxy tag
Vivek Badrinath enthuses about “exciting business model”. Sees scope for innovation and expansion through greater non-operator engagement. Always on the lookout for M&A opportunities, but existing markets take priority if going down consolidation route.
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Deutsche Telekom people moves: German sales rejig
1NCE co-founder departs for Truphone. Former DT IoT CFO confirms his move to Telekom Deutschland. Renewed sales leadership in Germany. T-Mobile MONEY lead exits for insurtech player.
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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”.
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People
TPG sets out vision with refreshed exec line-up
Three senior appointments look to drive TPG growth ambitions in fixed wireless, enterprise, and customer experience improvement. Expertise drawn from TPG Corp. and Vodafone’s European OpCos.
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Network & Infrastructure
Deutsche Telekom joins the 6G conversation
Operator shares vision for 6G and desire to shape the evolution. DT view: 6G will be sustainable, carbon-neutral, and human-centric. More 6G funds available as Germany invests €685m and EU allocates €900m.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Deutsche Telekom Group: Höttges’ Euro warning
Höttges warns of European vulnerability in fragmenting world.
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Products & Services
Magenta Telekom stops offering CarConnect to new users
Austria becomes second market where offering is quietly retired. Unclear whether or not equivalent services in Czech Republic, Poland, and the USA face a similar fate.
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Strategy & Change
TMNL extends 5G into the North Sea
T-Mobile Netherlands took home a 20MHz block of 700MHz spectrum to take its 5G network offshore.
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Suppliers & SCM
Nokia wins Dutch managed services deal
TMNL opts for automation-infused Network Services Platform upgrade.
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DT launches open RAN in Germany with massive MIMO
Operator switches on O-RAN Town in Neubrandenburg. Dell, Fujitsu, Intel, Mavenir, NEC, and Supermicro all part of vendor mix. DT emphasises automation as “must have” to manage complexity. “Vendor-independent” service management and orchestration framework developed. DT heavily involved in NGMN work at plugging R&D “industry gap” in determining best ...
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Telefónica people moves: rivals join O2 Germany
O2 Germany draws in talent from rivals Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone. Infra adds partnerships lead with M&A know-how. VM–O2 firms up networks and technology leadership. Martinez takes Di Meo’s old CIO spot at Movistar Argentina.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Telekom Deutschland: flooding impact exposed
Network impact laid bare as flash floods that hit Europe during July 2021 receded.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Shell G&PD, T-Sys to share green energy smarts
Transatlantic agreement benefits multiple DT domains. Renewed MSA signed in 2020 extended by MoU, as Shell and T-Systems aim for respective environmental targets. Smart city tech also in the works.
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Network & Infrastructure
DT and BNetzA lock horns over private 5G licences
Deutsche Telekom spectrum expert says frequency ‘set-asides’ risk limiting the success of 5G in Europe. BNetzA says campus networks a ‘success story’ in 3.7GHz/3.8GHz band.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Systems Solutions: T-Sys banks Caixa deal
Banking reference secured in Spain.
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Products & Services
DT, 1NCE, and AWS team up for simpler IoT
A bundle of connectivity, IoT platform, and cloud services for enterprises. Trio aims for IoT that’s “simple as a click”.
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People
Deutsche Telekom moves: T-Mobile names national security lead
Letitia Long, former US intelligence lead, joins T-Mobile Board of Directors as Director of National Security. Deutsche Telekom IoT gets a new CFO in Claudia Moritz. OTE veteran Tzimea adds Sustainability to her remit. Evolution of the Hungarian T-Systems division gets closer to completion.
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Strategy & Change
Group Technology toes line on “new-gen” plan
Top-down flavour to Tech 2025 initiatives as Group Finance (again) steals a lot of the Group Technology thunder, keeping ambitions in check with fiscal targets. Programme kept closely in line with Group leadership’s medium-term, twin-track ambition to refuel its commercial engine while keeping a tight rein on investment. Headline ...
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Vodafone’s energy analytics platform rollout progresses
60,000-plus sites across operations in twelve markets now benefiting from eSight-enabled energy management tech. Operator’s emissions clean-up intensifies.