Harry Padoan
Harry Padoan is a Staff Reporter for TelcoTitans, with a particular focus and interest in people moves, metaverse and extended reality (XR).
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PeopleLatest Telefónica people moves: digital and data appointments at O2 Germany
Damian Beldycki, acting Vice President for Digital, Data & Solutions at O2 Germany takes up role in a permanent capacity.
- Partnerships & Alliances
Adwatch selects Telefónica Tech for blockchain-powered campaign transparency
Partnership with Spanish adtech startup intended to boost authenticity of audience metrics for marketing campaigns.
- Partnerships & Alliances
stc signs up to Telefónica Partners Program
Pair sign strategic collaboration agreement targeting “joint scale” and “presence”.
- People
BT evolves Board of Directors to fill vacancies
Maggie Chan Jones and Ruth Cairnie appointed as new Independent Non‑Executive Directors.
- M&A
TIM examining KKR’s latest bid for fixed-line infra
US private equity group puts forward non-binding offer for purchase of network infra, including Italian operator’s FiberCop and Sparkle assets.
- People
Latest Deutsche Telekom people moves: new CCO at Magyar Telekom
DT Europe’s Zoltan Pereszlényi takes up role as Chief Commercial Officer in Hungary.
- Marketing
Telefónica and DT suspend legal dispute over ‘T’ logo
Operators mutually agree to end 18-month-long clash over branding.
- Partnerships & Alliances
Orange Belgium and Telenet secure fibre double deal
Orange to gain access to Telenet’s HFC and future FTTP networks for next 15 years.
- Partnerships & Alliances
VM O2 extends facilities management contract with ISS
Renewed agreement sees ISS UK & Ireland commit to delivery of total FM service across VM O2’s UK infrastructure.
- People
Latest Vodafone people moves: Vodacom consumer chief exits
Jorge Mendes, Chief Consumer Business Officer, leaves Vodacom Group after 23 years at the operator.
- Network & Infrastructure
Vodacom lands 2Africa subsea cable in South Africa
2Africa subsea cable system extended to Vodacom network facility in Gqeberha, South Africa.
- People
DTCP Infra brings United Internet’s chairman into leadership fold
New hire brings two decades of experience in transactional law.
- M&A
American Tower eyes up potential Cellnex takeover
TowerCo could launch bid backed by Canadian VC fund Brookfield for acquisition of Spanish infra group.
- Public Affairs
T-Mobile US suffers yet another data breach
Latest cyber-attack exposes account information of 37 million customers including dates of birth, email addresses, and phone numbers.
- People
Latest BT people moves: Openreach shakeup reflects fibre building focus
National Infrastructure & Operations Director Elena Karpathakis departs as Katie Milligan rises to replace Kim Mears.
- Operations
Union “deeply concerned” over BT Sport redundancies
More than 200 BT Sport staff put at risk of redundancy following transfer to Warner Bros. Discovery.
- Network & Infrastructure
Croatian regulator initiates latest spectrum auction
Two procedures will take place via electronic bidding, covering national- and regional-level frequencies.
- M&A
Regulator to review TPG–Telstra RAN-sharing deal appeal
Formal challenge accepted after ACCC rejects proposed agreement in December.
- Products & Services
Telefónica Tech supports blockchain tourism ‘SuperApp’
Telefónica Tech’s TrustOS blockchain platform underpinning Web3 tourism SuperApp from smart city solutions specialist unBlock to provide fungible token-based incentives.
