All articles by Joe Purnell – Page 9
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Analyst BriefingVodafonewatch Analyst Briefing: Group targets strategic spend
Latest from Vodafone and its global interests, including Procure & Connect eyeing more strategic tail spend management; one legal case replaced by another in the UK; renewable energy milestone reached in South Africa; AI in action for Vodafone via Celfocus tie-up…
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Strategy & ChangeVodafone Turkey to lean on ‘global’ expertise to move fast with 5G
Vodafone and peers in the starting blocks ahead of October auction, when 5G race will begin.
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PeoplewatchNuuday brings in ex-Vodafone IT architect to lead ServCo’s ‘harder’ next phase
Carlos Moreno Alonso appointed CTIO to lead TDC Group subsidiary’s ongoing digital transformation project.
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Suppliers & SCMSafaricom enters market for new BSS partners
Kenyan operator launches tender for vendors to support a multi-year overhaul of its BSS and CRM setup.
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B2BZen enters ‘next phase’ of B2B with new leadership, evolving strategy
Ex-TalkTalk Business exec Jon Nowell steps in to lead Zen Business with a mission to disrupt, urges UK enterprises to reconsider status quo.
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Network & InfraUK takes step closer to D2D satellite services go-live
Regulator Ofcom to launch a framework that will permit direct-to-device satellite services next year, using BT, VodafoneThree, and Virgin Media O2 spectrum.
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Network & InfraEE levels up 5G SA ahead of rival’s counterattack
UK MNOs ranked: 5G standalone battle develops as EE boasts fruit of Ericsson tie-up to help retain its leadership position. Unified VodafoneThree is set to mount an improved response once promised investment flows through, but against European peers the UK’s MNOs look behind the times…
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Network & InfraPower-play: Vodacom’s ‘game changing’ virtual wheeling system goes live
South African operator becomes the first to deploy renewable energy sourcing concept, with co-developer Mezzanine and IPP SOLA Group. Solution made available to peers as Vodacom looks to proliferate the tech…
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Suppliers & SCMVodafone’s buying platform signs up Nomia for ‘strategic’ tail spend management
Vodafone Procure & Connect has enlisted Bell Integration spin-out Nomia to manage its tail spend with a view to turn the ‘tactical’ procurement into a ‘strategic’ asset…
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Analyst BriefingVodafonewatch Analyst Briefing: Indian, Kenyan govs seek change at Vodafone outposts
India’s Vi gets knocked back as government hints at funding pullback; long-mooted split-up of Kenya’s Safaricom back in the headlines; Australia’s TPG sees recent overhaul bear first fruit…
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MarketingBT opts for Uncommon to take brand ‘beyond advertising’
New brand chief Cilesta van Doorn hails Uncommon Creative Studio as the agency of choice to cement the BT logo in “modern Britain”.
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Analyst BriefingBTwatch Analyst Briefing: BT rises to the top
Latest from BT as it surpasses Vodafone by market cap, an apparent reflection of investor confidence in the Group’s direction; BT Ireland reset means new leadership incoming; Plusnet posts downbeat numbers but is back in BT plans; more…
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Financial & PerformanceRe-booting Plusnet cuts jobs, ‘streamlines’ operations
BT’s no-frills broadband brand posts another year of decline as it resets and restructures.
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PeoplewatchVi: CEO Moondra steps aside, sets challenge for successor
Debt-laden Indian operator Vi names a new CEO in Abhijit Kishore, who has a mountain to climb if he is to complete the job of turning around a business that has been in perpetual decline for several years.
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Analyst BriefingVodafonewatch Analyst Briefing: Vodafone knocked back as rivals surge
Latest from Vodafone as a turbulent quarter sees BT claim the UK’s top telco spot, Liberty Global exits stage left, and German fibre JV OXG pushes forward with another wholesale tie-up…
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PeoplewatchBT Ireland swaps leadership to begin ‘next phase’
Carol Connolly to take over from Shay Walsh to lead BT’s in-transition Irish business.
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Partnerships & AlliancesVodacom, Airtel sign Africa’s latest network sharing deal
Operator duo sign network infra sharing agreement for DRC, Mozambique, and Tanzania as continent’s telcos join hands to expand reach, lower costs…
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PeoplewatchBT Peoplewatch: CTIO, regionals confirmed for International
20+ senior and strategic changes across BT as the group settles in with its new overseas B2B division, including: new CTIO imported from Accenture and regional leads for BT International; MBNL boardroom swapsie after BT Treasury departure; and Openreach alumnus adding Gigaclear board seat…
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Network & InfraVodafone’s Nadia Benabdallah: ‘the real leap lies in autonomous networks’
Having seen the Group’s networks evolve from 3G to 5G SA over a 30-year career, Milan-based network strategy chief says the real benefits will come with deployment of autonomous networking…
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Financial & PerformanceBT vs. Vodafone: UK has a new largest telco for the first time this century
BT Group’s resurgence under Allison Kirkby has pushed its market cap beyond that of Vodafone for the first time in 25 years, but there are plenty of caveats to both operators’ performance, and the real winner could be Sunil Bharti Mittal…