Global Telco News
All the latest regional insight, news and analysis from inside and across BT, Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica and Vodafone globally.
5G refarming ‘requires incentivisation’
Backup batteries drain Vodacom funds and dent ESG targets
Dish and T-Mobile agree new roaming terms
Vi nears funding target as state equity conversion looms
Telefónica dragged to fringes of Colombian election fraud claims
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Network & InfrastructureBT onboards Microsoft for flagship Belfast port project
New phase of port digitisation project focuses on edge and cloud infrastructure, automation, and application development.
- Enterprise (B2B)
BT sees public deals erode as IT giants rise
BT sees its share of government telecoms revenue slide as Virgin Media O2 gains ground.
- Strategy & Change
UK’s new Digital Strategy ‘lacks long-term vision’
TechUK claims new strategy would need to be updated in 2024 to ‘remain relevant’.
- Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica, NTT Data automate logistics robots via 5G
Partners manage autonomous robots at CIE Automotive facility in Spain.
- Network & Infrastructure
5G refarming ‘requires incentivisation’
Telefónica’s Javier Domínguez Lacasa flags unacceptable lack of certainty on licence duration.
- Public Affairs
Telefónica dragged to fringes of Colombian election fraud claims
Spain’s far‑right political party Vox has called into question the role of integrator Indra Sistemes in Colombia’s elections, also bringing other Spanish companies into the spotlight.
- Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Hispanoamérica: Mexico to reap rewards of AT&T migration from November
AT&T network migration to start making cost savings for Telefónica Mexico from November 2022.
- Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica signs OneWeb to strengthen rural coverage
Low‑Earth orbit satellite provider OneWeb signs MoU with Telefónica Global Solutions to deliver cellular backhaul in Europe and Latin America.
- Network & Infrastructure
Backup batteries drain Vodacom funds and dent ESG targets
ZAR 683m ploughed into project Energiser to deploy backup power to mitigate load shedding risk.
- Products & Services
Vodacom takes zero‑rating international
ConnectU services launched in DRC, and readying for release in Lesotho, Mozambique, and Tanzania.
- Network & Infrastructure
Vodacom in network-sharing talks with Axian in Tanzania
Discussions kick off after Axian Telecom’s recent acquisition of Millicom’s mobile network operations. Axian talks of “significant investment” in Tanzania over next five years.
- Partnerships & Alliances
Dish and T-Mobile agree new roaming terms
$3.3bn deal said to resolve “outstanding disputes”.
- M&A
Viasat under fire from US rivals over Inmarsat deal
Amazon‑owned Kuiper Systems and Elon Musk’s SpaceX file FCC complaints.
- Network & Infrastructure
Comcast’s shadow over FWA, but Sievert bullish
Cable operator CEO says T-Mobile’s 5G FWA service has had no impact on churn.
- Financial & Performance
Vi nears funding target as state equity conversion looms
Cash‑strapped Indian joint venture closes in on INR 200bn fundraising target.
- Network & Infrastructure
5G auction finally going ahead in India
Set to commence after two-year delay.
- Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone NZ targets independence with SAP integration
New Zealand operator and Vodafone Partner Markets ally flags SAP cloud solutions migration.
