All Germany articles
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People
Vodafone Peoplewatch: Italian migration, Balkans CxO swaps
20+ senior and strategic changes across the Vodafone Group footprint, including a wave of changes following creation of Fastweb + Vodafone in Italy; ExCo changes in Albania, Czechia, and Greece; a swift return for Vi’s CTSO; more in Africa, Group HQ, elsewhere…
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Strategy & Change
DT seeks savings with merger of wholesale businesses
Group to meld domestic wholesale unit and international connectivity business T-Global Carrier, creating new arm with more than 1,000 industry clients.
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Public Affairs
Ball in German authorities’ court after 5G defeat
Germany’s BNetzA reported still to be mulling over its response to service providers’ remarkable court victory over 2019 auction terms.
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Weekly Briefings
Vodafonewatch Weekly: Italian deal done to kickstart 2025
Latest from Vodafone and its ecosystem, including the Italian divestment; more federal funding in Germany; a reprieve in India for embattled Vi; and a significant Chinese tie-up in Egypt…
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Weekly Briefings
The Deutsche Telekomwatch Briefing: Constellations and consternation
New-style satcomms ventures take a step forward on both sides of the Atlantic, with IRIS² contracts now signed and T-Mobile Starlink service opening for business.
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Network & Infrastructure
O2 Germany begins IT infra migration after inking ‘long-term’ Tele Columbus deal
Tele Columbus data centre operator PŸUR Business wins O2 custom as Telefonica OB seeks to establish a unified colocation area in Leipzig.
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Products & Services
DT refines its 5G sports video pitch
Operator ties with German football association to market 5G action streaming tech from partner Sporttotal.
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Weekly Briefings
The Deutsche Telekomwatch Briefing: no macro alarms, yet
Reporting Q3 numbers, DT execs delight in strong performance of Europe-side businesses and calm concerns over any bumps from political and economic developments in Germany and the USA.
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Network & Infrastructure
Nokia confirms primary role in DT’s German open RAN buildout
Finnish vendor and Fujitsu picked for next phase of DT’s open RAN plan, covering about 3,000 sites in home market.
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Financial & Performance
Highlights: Over-powered DT presents headache for Europe’s telco club
Q3 FY24: Quarter sees Group put on another display of financial strength, fed by growth in USA and Europe — prompting some City analysts to question whether it should go easier on competitively challenged rivals in its home market.
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Financial & Performance
Guidance: DT doubles up on EU-US earnings
Q3 FY24: Jointly-driven earnings guidance uplift gives DT a welcome chance to underline how its business is not just about T-Mobile US.
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Financial & Performance
In-depth: DT’s show of strength creates analyst anxiety
Q3 FY24: DT continues to leave European rivals behind with strong growth throughout P&L and across geographies, creating apparent signs of concern among sector stakeholders.
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Content & TV
DT questions Vodafone’s cable TV defence tactics
Deutsche Telekom says slow disconnection of German users freed from bulk contracts by recent law change is dulling move’s intended competitive benefit.
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Financial & Performance
Highlights: Vodafone soon to emerge from ‘year of transition’
H1 FY24−25: Group CEO Margherita Della Valle confident the worst is behind her as evolving Vodafone nears final form.
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Financial & Performance
In-depth: battling Vodafone moves in the right direction
H1 FY24−25: Lowest ebb of Vodafone Germany not enough to dent management optimism of Group prospects, but MDU impact still felt…
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Financial & Performance
Spend: capex shifts to central functions as Vodafone OpCos rein in spend
H1 FY24−25: investments made in shared services, but in-market spend shrinks.
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Financial & Performance
Guidance: evolving Vodafone nears final form, still on track
Outlook reiterated after solid first half, with management painting bright prospects post-MDU and M&A impact…
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Financial & Performance
Vodafone a ‘happy wholesaler’ as German fibre churn kicks in
Q2/H1 FY24–25: Vodafone confident on Germany’s post-MDU trauma recovery plan, with fixed strategy underpinning the return to health.
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Network & Infrastructure
1&1 still rueing May’s 5G network outage
German challenger operator is seeking compensation from partners over outage that has had lasting effect on commercials and financials.
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Strategy & Change
In-depth analysis: DT Capital Markets Day 2024
Europe’s only world-scale telco puts AI-led cost reduction and efficiency at heart of refreshed medium-term strategy, with CEO Tim Höttges set to oversee wide-scale deployment of the tech personally.