All Germany articles – Page 7
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Weekly Briefings
Infrawatch Weekly: fibre routes to retail; TalkTalk’s latest rejig; Asia’s infra ownership overhaul
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK and beyond, including TalkTalk’s last-minute refinancing, investment boosts for the satellite sector, Japan’s moves towards greater infrastructure sharing, and plenty more…
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Partnerships & Alliances
Germany’s Freenet rejigs MNO partnerships as discount competition hots up
The German player has signed new agreements with all three MNOs but says O2 deal offers greater revenue-share benefits.
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Network & Infrastructure
DT sees bright future for Access 4.0 project after Linux Foundation swap
DT says the Linux Foundation is well equipped to support former ONF network disaggregation initiatives.
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Financial & Performance
1&1 claims build momentum despite more network snags
German operator has now installed antennas and fibre connectivity at 546 sites, although supply challenges remain. Read more…
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Network & Infrastructure
Greek fibre: OTE lines up wholesale deals with rivals Vodafone and Nova
Incumbent’s new CEO Kostas Nebis flags pair of strategically significant wholesale tie-ups are imminent, as OTE seeks to accelerate commercialisation of flagship, €3bn fibre investment programme.
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Strategy & Change
Vodafone Business hiring spree set to rev service growth in Germany
Vodafone’s B2B push gets underway in Germany with 120 new jobs to drive growth in cloud, connectivity, cybersecurity, and IoT.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Deutsche Telekom IoT taps into Bridge Alliance for APAC access
Group continues efforts to make T‑IoT the “one-stop shop” for global IoT coverage.
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Weekly Briefings
Deutsche Telekomwatch Weekly: T-Mobile heads up for fibre seconds (but less keen on thirds)
FTTH action continues to dominate as T-Mobile US makes another expansive wireline M&A move and in-house rollouts progress in Croatia and Germany.
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Network & Infrastructure
German law to accelerate network rollout receives muted response
Draft TK‑NABEG act moves to next stage, with telecom networks elevated to status of “overriding public interest”.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone confident as giant 1&1 migration nears
Group execs indicate preparations are going smoothly for absorption of several million end-users from rival 1&1, following 2023 deal, and that delivery timeframe remains feasible.
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Partnerships & Alliances
O2 Germany seeks fibre customer boost with DT access deal
Operators update fibre access agreement as O2 seeks to benefit from quicker customer connections.
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M&A
Vodafone takes another billion from Vantage kitty
Deleveraging-focused Group sells a third stake in tower business to partners KKR and GIP, raising €1.3bn.
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Weekly Briefings
Deutsche Telekomwatch Weekly: once-reticent Europe NatCos now embrace tower spinouts
Magyar Telekom becomes latest DT business to re-consider approach to wireless infra management, and take closer look at cost-benefit match-up of tower portfolio separation.
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Network & Infrastructure
Germany reaches deal with operators to phase out Huawei and ZTE
Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone Germany signal relief that the end is in sight to a politically sensitive and protracted affair.
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Weekly Briefings
Telefónicawatch Weekly: UK mobile coverage expanded with net-sharing, rural rollout
Virgin Media O2 extends network-sharing deal with Vodafone UK, and meets first-phase Shared Rural Network coverage commitments.
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Enterprise (B2B)
Telekom Deutschland distills B2B identity down to a ‘T’
T-Business is launched in Germany as TDE releases a new set of Glasfaser-branded broadband plans for German businesses.
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Network & Infrastructure
Telekom Deutschland flags more fibre gains in May
Deutsche Telekom’s home market NatCo continues typical buildup of roll out pace throughout year, following winter lull.
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People
From magenta to red: ex-DT boss Rickmann named Vodafone B2B chief
Hagen Rickmann, Telekom Deutschland’s business customer MD until last year, will join Vodafone to lead corporate customers across Europe.
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Products & Services
Deutsche Telekom debuts ‘non-stop’ broadband with 5G failsafe
Telco reinforces reliability of fibre and DSL packages with new system featuring 5G re-routing and interference suppression tech.
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Weekly Briefings
Deutsche Telekomwatch Weekly: 2Gigs intro’d to rock fibre rivals
Group continues to arrow in on broadband business performance in Germany, revamping full-fibre pricing and releasing a new top-level tariff based on XGS-PON tech.