Germany – Page 18
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Public AffairsRivals still sore over in building broadband
Compromise yet to be found in fibre/vectoring clash.
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Strategy & ChangeTele Columbus bats off TDE housing association rivalry
Rival suggests NatCo’s long-expressed ambition to attack bulk broadband market is still some way away from having an impact.
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Network & InfrastructureTelekom unveils ambitious 5G coverage target
NatCo aims to cover more than half the German population by end-2020. Counts on antenna upgrades and dynamic spectrum sharing to achieve goal. Huawei question still hangs in air.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom Europe people movements, May 2020
Deutsche Telekom Europe people movements, May 2020 Source: T-Mobile Poland Frederic Perron announced he would leave T-Mobile Poland. CompanyExecutiveActivityDetails Source: DT, various. Germany Katrin Brodersen New role Katrin Brodersen was ...
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Network & InfrastructureDeutsche Telekom finds on-campus chemistry with BASF
Chemicals group concocting a 5G-based upgrade to network at major plant, with DT involved in pilots. Exec talks up need for low-latency IIoT applications; on-message with DT digitisation push.
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Strategy & ChangeDeutsche Telekom calls Camunda to orchestrate RPA and APIs
Camunda CEO: “RPA is a painkiller not a cure”. DT Service leans on business process management specialist to manage bots across multiple RPA platforms. Exec regrets not putting in place a process orchestration layer at start of RPA journey. Strategic goal is to shift from front-end RPA to APIs ...
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom and SKT amplify their 5G love-in
SKT’s 5G repeaters “upgraded” for indoor testing in Germany. DT and SKT to analyse customer feedback as part of their 5G tech JV. No timeframe for commercial launch.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom eyes wider role for Magenta brand
DT is signalling plans to license the Magenta brand to create new strategic alliances that could compete with Vodafone’s Partner Markets arrangements.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom starts legal action over Vodafone’s Unitymedia deal
DT and cablecos Netcologne and Tele Columbus file ‘actions for annulment’. Dominance of TV services for the housing market remains a thorn in DT’s side.
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PremiumEfficiency now name-of-game in German FTTP rollout
Average cost-per-premises passed dips below €1,000, with further efficiencies anticipated. Agile IT and advance fibre planning supporting an accelerated rollout and streamlined back-office processes. Höttges ready and willing to buy wholesale and collaborate to build fibre momentum with progress on EWE and Stuttgart partnerships flagged.
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PremiumVodafone promotions put Gigabit ball back in Telekom Deutschland’s court
Slowdown in Telekom Deutschland broadband user growth evidently concerning leadership and stakeholders. Focus increases on whether FTTP plans need a rethink, to strengthen position.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom Europe people movements, April 2020
TDE CEO Wössner departing, while Europe CEO Gopalan gets a vote of confidence.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom continues campus network partnerships
More DT campus networks cropped up as NatCos continued to forge links with clients and academia.
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PremiumDTAG to remain in state ownership
DT looked set to remain under partial state ownership for the foreseeable future after the Bundesministerium der Finanzen reaffirmed the national security benefit of retaining at least a blocking minority (25%–50%) in DT.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom Capital Partners backs Keepler Data Tech
Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners (DTCP) pledged further funding to Keepler Data Tech, a cloud-enabled artificial intelligence and machine learning data analytics developer, in a Series-A funding round
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PremiumTelekom Deutschland IoT partner 1NCE initiates global expansion
TDE IoT partner 1NCE expanded its service to a further 60 countries beyond Germany, moving beyond Europe for the first time.
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PremiumTelefónica Deutschland resilient despite Vodafone, Telekom tie-up
Telefónica Deutschland indicated increasingly convoluted network-sharing machinations in the country are not yet done and dusted, despite the recent provisional infrastructure tie-up between Vodafone Germany and Telekom Deutschland.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom, Swift Navigation partner for enterprise CAVs
Deutsche Telekom partnered with Swift Navigation, a positioning solutions provider for autonomous vehicles, to offer services to enterprises.
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Network & InfrastructureMagenta Telekom quietly sets up own TowerCo
Group coy on plans but move opens up partnership and monetisation opportunities.
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Public AffairsOperators own up to 2015 coverage target misses
NatCo claims to have met household coverage targets set at 2015 auction. None of Germany’s three MNOs meets 100% targets along transport routes. BNetzA yet to test operators’ coverage claims.