All Germany articles
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Finance & StrategyVodafone offers SocGen guarantees on OXG value in Germany’s new fibre market reality
Vodafone has rewritten the financial model underpinning its German fibre JV amid changing market dynamics and economics, offering new partner Société Générale downside protection as the operator keeps the seven-million-premises build ambition alive.
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Finance & StrategyVodafone Germany cuts go deeper as AI reshapes operations
Vodafone Germany broadens its restructuring drive, resets operating model, and outsources more to AI. Management indicates that despite progress in the OpCo’s revival, competitive pressures mean revenue-per-employee productivity needs to accelerate for Vodafone to keep pace with rivals…
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Finance & StrategyO2’s deal with Lars Hinrichs mobile startup ‘not very helpful’, says DT chief
Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Höttges is irked by impending launch of a disruptive, high-tech mobile venture by entrepreneur and former DTAG Supervisory Board stalwart Lars Hinrichs.
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B2BDT and Telefónica win digital euro contracts in sovereignty drive
German and Spanish incumbents win roles building the connectivity layer for Europe’s planned digital euro, putting telcos at the heart of another sovereignty-driven infrastructure project as Brussels looks to reduce reliance on non-European payments technology.
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B2BVodafone plots cloud-like future to crack 5G SA monetisation
Vodafone wants to move 5G standalone beyond selling customers an ‘insurance policy’, using digital twins and greater network observability to support a more cloud-like, on-demand commercial model.
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Technology & ITOrange tests D2D appetite as Europe eyes satellite sovereignty
Orange is using its first commercial direct-to-device offering to test customer appetite rather than chase mass adoption, while trials with AST SpaceMobile and the battle over European MSS spectrum point towards a broader satellite strategy built around multiple technologies and partners.
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PeoplewatchDeutsche Telekom Peoplewatch: Verizon takes another dip into DT talent pool for new digital chief
October 2026 update: DT’s former Digital and AI supremo Jonathan Abrahamson resurfaces at T-Mobile US rival, a few weeks after exit from DT. Elsewhere, GlasfaserPlus moves back to a dual-MD format by upping the seniority of CTO Thomas Müller; and T-Mobile US, Verizon, and AT&T appoint an interim boss for their fledgling satellite platform joint venture.
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Analyst BriefingTelefónicawatch: Operators link up on European defence
Analyst Briefing: Spanish incumbent forms tie-ups with European peers DT, Orange, Vodafone, and NOS as it seeks to cement its industrial credentials and gain a leading role in sovereign regional satcomms and defencetech. Also in focus are MVNO partnerships, AI and APIs, and fibre M&A.
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Analyst BriefingDeutsche Telekomwatch: space invasion and AI vision
Analyst Briefing: Amid morphing competitive threats, German giant shores up its foundations in satcomms, fibre, and AI, with new infrastructure partnerships, and lays out a refreshed set of goals for efficiency and go-to-market through automation and tech.
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InfraUK debate over how to power AI infra escalates
Microsoft’s withdrawal from Nscale’s Essex project has reignited questions about whether the UK can deliver AI infrastructure on commercial timelines.
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OperationsDT boss says ‘shit MVNOs’ are most at risk in era of AI buying
Deep dive: Transatlantic group’s execs say transparency and communications will be key as they ponder disruptive power of AI assistants as analysers and buyers of broadband, mobile and TV retail services — and claim smaller discounters will be at most disadvantage.
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NetworkOrange puts AI-RAN through its paces as NVIDIA, Nokia hail momentum
Orange’s AI-RAN scepticism is giving way to live network experimentation, with the operator testing whether spectrum efficiencies and shared edge compute can justify deployment. NVIDIA and Nokia now count nearly 20 telcos among their AI-RAN collaborators, with BT, DT, and Elisa among those advancing the tech towards commercialisation.
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InfraVodafone warms to EU’s AI Gigafactory potential — report
Group linked to a Hochtief-led application under the EU’s €30bn hyperscaler data centre programme. Appetite for the scheme differs among Vodafone’s European telco peers…
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NetworkEuropean telco giants step up united front against US satco threat
Telekom, Telefónica, Orange, and Vodafone are preparing a collective grab for satellite spectrum as operators and policymakers confront the prospect of Starlink and other non-EU players disrupting the market.
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B2BGerman fibre: 1&1 is GlasfaserPlus’ new plus one
New wholesale agreement gives Telekom Deutschland fibre JV a handy and potentially substantial RoI boost while also helping 1&1 address flat performance in Germany’s cutthroat broadband market.
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Finance & StrategyTelefónica’s German fibre JV enters debt talks — reports
Unsere Grüne Glasfaser enters talks with creditors over difficulties with managing debt pile, switching from plans to pursue a refinancing plan. Rumours mark latest signs of financial troubles in the German fibre broadband market.
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Partnerships & AlliancesRevolut picks O2 for expansion into German mobile
Fast-expanding fintech brand brings disruptive virtual mobile service to another European market, launching single, app-native data plan over O2 network.
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Analyst BriefingVodafonewatch: raising UK ambitions as network priorities shift
Analyst Briefing: the UK turnaround story gathers momentum, with IT up next; an antitrust double act shakes the major broadband market; change afoot in Italian digital infra; DOCSIS 4.0 gains in Europe; plus more from across the Vodafone footprint…
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NetworkVodafone lights up core for Express Capacity launch
As demand for AI infrastructure accelerates, Vodafone is targeting a spot at the intersection of cloud expansion, digital sovereignty, and international connectivity with a faster, more automated transport service.
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Public AffairsEuropean altnet associations unite on call for copper-to-fibre migration certainty
European fibre associations unite under the Digital Networks Alliance banner, advocating for firm copper-to-fibre migration timelines and regulation to prevent anti-competitive practices from major operators. Trio of German organisations among founding members, as the country grapples with its fibre regulatory framework…