Joseph Purnell
Joseph Purnell is the BTwatch Editor and a Senior Reporter at TelcoTitans, contributing telecoms news analysis since 2019 as part of the TelcoTitans Editorial team.
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Public AffairsOpenreach earns Equinox approval despite altnet fallout
Equinox 2 wholesale pricing package gets green-lit by Ofcom after months of deliberation and consultation.
- Strategy & Change
Drahi builds BT bet as stake nears 25%
French billionaire ups BT holding via Altice UK vehicle but shushes takeover talk.
- Network & Infrastructure
“Disastrous” load shedding threatens to constrict Vodacom network ambitions
Vodacom management laments load shedding policy as investment reallocated to fund backup energy solutions.
- Financial & Performance
BT FY22–23: tough talk on jobs hides slow progress and postponed ambitions
Group CEO Philip Jansen sets sights on end-of-decade transformation as BT gets lean, builds on network strengths.
- Partnerships & Alliances
BT builds on ServiceNow ties with contact centre collab
BT extends partnership with IT simplification ally to provide Business services.
- Financial & Performance
Vodafone FY22–23: Della Valle to bring Group “back to basics” with business-first approach
New CEO wants Group turnaround to build on existing strengths in B2B while fixing customer experience declines.
- Products & Services
Safaricom granted licence for Ethiopian M-PESA launch
Ethiopian national bank hands Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia its mobile money licence, breaking state monopoly.
- Partnerships & Alliances
e& deepens Vodafone ties, adds CEO to board
Vodafone has entered a “strategic relationship” with its largest shareholder.
- Strategy & Change
BT’s Division X repositioned in latest B2B rework
Marc Overton to exit in June as Enterprise “growth engine” Division X gets swallowed by BT Business’s Product function.
- Network & Infrastructure
FutureNet World: BT, Vodafone call out 5G SA delays, urge industry rethink
BT’s Josie Smith and Vodafone’s Andrea Doná lament slow progress but remain optimistic about standalone 5G if approach changes.
- People
Vodafone people moves: new OpCo CEO amid changes in Europe
Series of changes include new Albania CEO and senior swaps in Greece and Hungary.
- Partnerships & Alliances
BT signs ‘new and improved’ FM contracts
CBRE et al earn extensions as part of Better Workplace estate revamp.
- Public Affairs
CityFibre: Openreach strategy puts UK foreign investment at risk
CityFibre execs in Manchester and Madrid warn Ofcom that Openreach’s Equinox 2 pricing model jeopardises success story of foreign direct investment in UK infra.
- M&A
VM O2 puts Cornerstone stake in shop window
Operator reportedly moving forward with plans to sell at least half of its 50% share in UK TowerCo joint venture.
- Products & Services
DT ‘liberates’ voice AI, targets interoperability
New voice‑based services launched as part of shift to device‑agnostic proposition.
- Network & Infrastructure
Hungary’s 4iG to spin-out, sell-off DIGI infrastructure
Hungarian operator will migrate DIGI customers to Vodafone Hungary network later this year, with a sale of DIGI towers imminent.
- Partnerships & Alliances
BT wants “critical” role in UK’s quantum future
Group’s Tim Whitley promotes BT’s part in UK quantum R&D as funding tranche opens up.
- Strategy & Change
Vodafone unites roaming in latest synergy-hunting rejig
Sherif Bakir takes CEO spot at newly expanded Vodafone Roaming Services division.
- Strategy & Change
One NZ extends Vodafone separation
CEO Jason Paris heralds April rebrand as evidence of owner backing and clear blue water between One and Vodafone.
- M&A
Vodafone Spain ‘attracts buyer interest’
Reports indicate suitors are lining up for struggling Spanish operator.
