Headlines – Page 78
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People
GlasfaserPlus hires DT veteran Meyke Florl as new tech boss
After 14 years at DT, Florl switches to joint venture with IFM Global Infrastructure Fund.
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Public Affairs
UK MPs call for changes to keep Project Gigabit and R100 on track
Ministers criticise “one-size-fits-all” approach of Project Gigabit and R100 broadband subsidy programmes in Parliament.
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Strategy & Change
Vodafone–Three merger lobby turns to 5G rollout, NHS rescue
Vodafone–Three lobbying campaign targets 5G SA, MPNs, and the future of the NHS as Chief Networks Officer Andrea Donà issues enterprise customer plea.
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Partnerships & Alliances
BT introduces partners for liquid cooling tech trials
Operator working with likes of Airsys, Iceotope, Immersion4, Juniper Networks, and Nexalus on liquid cooling solutions for networks and IT infrastructure.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Cellnex seeks financial partner for Nordic operations
Spanish TowerCo appoints AZ Capital in hunt for fresh backing for assets in Denmark and Sweden.
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Network & Infrastructure
T-Mobile purchase of Comcast spectrum ‘not out of capacity concern’
Peter Osvaldik, T-Mobile CFO, describes Comcast 600MHz spectrum purchase as “value accretive”.
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People
Giorgio Migliarina in for Vinod Kumar as Vodafone Business CEO
Interim replacement named as Kumar’s formal exit nears, but permanent successor yet to be found.
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Strategy & Change
Fern goes Cuckoo with refreshed broadband brand line-up
UK infra investor reshuffles brands after recent formation of combined full-fibre challenger.
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Eventwatch
Exclusive Steffen Roehn interview and DTW23 – Ignite preview: The view from TM Forum’s transformative top
Ahead of the telecoms industry’s digital transformation gathering in Copenhagen, TM Forum chair and visionary Steffen Roehn shares key perspectives on partnering hyperscalers (and leveraging B2B in Europe), Asia-the-innovator, un-learning the past, ‘greenfield in the mind’, software-or-extinction, the Forum’s own reset and new CEO Playbook and much more…
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People
Digital infra people moves: Arqiva, Vantage DC switch up C-suite
Arqiva simplification leader steps down, while Vantage Data Centres onboards first CISO. Elsewhere, Brightspeed appoints new CEO, and UK altnets Hyperoptic and Vorboss add new faces to senior management team. Read more…
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Network & Infrastructure
T-Mobile US to purchase Comcast spectrum for up to $3.3bn
Deal will see NatCo purchase frequencies in the 600MHz band.
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Partnerships & Alliances
BT goes ‘smarter, greener’ with Johnson Controls strategic tie-up
Group enters strategic collaboration with smart buildings specialist to drive down operational emissions, and elevate green solutions from “business-complement” to “business-critical”.
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Public Affairs
INCA blasts Ofcom for regulatory failures; calls for Openreach breakup
Altnet industry group urges government scrutiny of telecom regulator, arguing that recent decisions put fibre investment at risk.
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Public Affairs
Spain tweaks 5G funding terms amid competition concerns
Spain introduces province limitations to 5G funding programme after complaints that previous terms favoured Telefónica.
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Strategy & Change
Vodafone UK to ship customer care overseas
Portion of customer care operations set to be transferred to _VOIS Egypt and contact support specialist Webhelp in South Africa.
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Marketing
DT chief hints Greece’s OTE may adopt ‘T’ logo
Höttges hails hanging of Group logo as “strong sign of belonging” at Greek operator.
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Operations
DT consolidates European contact centre infrastructure
Group selects Sprinklr’s AI-powered contact centre-as-a-service.
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Innovation (R&D)
DT showcases “dynamically orchestrated” 5G network slicing
Proof of concept shown in multivendor environment using TM Forum open APIs.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone−Altice JV gets the ball rolling on German fibre deployment
OXG Glasfaser kicks off work to pass seven million premises over a six-year period with initial deployment in Neuss.
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Interview
Interview: Sitetracker chief sees “no limits” for driving telco infra efficiencies
In an interview with TelcoTitans, CEO Giuseppe Incitti positions Sitetracker to support telcos in delivering their ”next year of efficient operations”, as well as discussing new directions the infrastructure asset and project manager is taking. Adding to ‘scale’ clients, the provider has now opened its doors to smaller innovators ...