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Operations
Russian coders to help drive T-Systems’ Spanish expansion
Around 300 staff from DT’s former St. Petersburg office reportedly shipped to Granada and Reus to support growth ambitions in Spain.
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Strategy & Change
Talk of Telefónica Tech partnership resurfaces
Executive Chairman José María Álvarez-Pallete says Telefónica Tech is outperforming, and wants the market to recognise value.
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Partnerships & Alliances
T-Systems hires Tech Mahindra to drive India ramp-up
T-Systems opens new Nagpur site with help from Tech Mahindra.
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M&A
FTTP buyer’s guide: consolidation rife among UK altnets
Fibre-building upstarts and established incumbents target multimillion-premises infrastructure within next several years, putting M&A on agenda for many.
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Strategy & Change
Vodacom plans SuperApp rollout as it closes in on Vodafone Egypt acquisition
“Progress made” in movement towards regulatory approval for Vodafone Egypt acquisition.
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Marketing
Magyar Telekom to drop T-Systems brand
Deutsche Telekom-controlled telco to meld B2B brands and functions to improve go-to-market for “convergent digital business offerings”.
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M&A
Vantage CEO says ‘game still on’ for European mega tower merger
Part-sales of DT’s GD Towers and Vodafone’s Vantage have not blocked the path to a combination between the two TowerCos and/or Orange’s TOTEM, says boss Vivek Badrinath. Cornerstone takeover of interest after Vantage’s co-parents put their stake in play.
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Financial & Performance
BT conscious of energy storm, seeks staff benefits
While CFO Lowth flags work with UK government to brace for energy shortages; CEO Jansen reserves subsidies for cost-of-living help.
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Financial & Performance
Vodafone Ireland goes into semi-austerity mode
Operator said to be cutting back on new hires, events, and staff travel.
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Suppliers & SCM
BT brings game theory-equipped AI to supplier negotiations
Group working with German startup on deal-making strategies and autonomous buying.
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Operations
DT creates Global Business unit; targets cross-border B2B ramp-up
Organisational change combines DT Global Business with Solution Sales and Engineering.
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People
Musk shoots down Legere’s bid to run Twitter
After former T-Mobile US Chief Executive suggested that he should run Twitter, Musk simply responded “No”.
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Network & Infrastructure
DT’s Höttges to “fight” regulator on spectrum auction proposals
Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Höttges makes clear his opposition to a spectrum auction proposal set to take effect in 2024, after the BNetzA calls for licence “balancing”.
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Network & Infrastructure
Ofcom assigns new spectrum and licences for satellite services
Regulator grants Starlink licences for six NGSO ‘gateway Earth stations’ to increase coverage and deliver faster responsiveness.
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Financial & Performance
Safaricom top brass lavish praise on President Ruto
Chairman Ngumi encouraged by “great support” from new government for its 5G operations in Kenya and Ethiopian investment.
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People
Gavin Patterson to leave Salesforce
Application provider says former BT Group CEO will step down from strategy leadership role in early-2023.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodacom–CIVH fibre JV gets ICASA thumbs-up
South African regulator views proposed fibre consolidation “as unlikely to negatively impact the market”.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Amdocs to overhaul Hispam’s IT support systems
Multi‑year agreement will see modernisation of BSS and OSS for Telefónica subsidiaries in Argentina, Chile, and Peru.
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People
Telekom Security rotates leadership, Tschersich steps up
New leadership to match new ownership after Telekom Security moves to Telekom Deutschland oversight.
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Suppliers & SCM
ISS pushes on with DT deal reset despite ‘disagreements’
Outsourcing giant reassures on long-running plan to bring German facilities deal into profitability.