Latest Deutsche Telekom Insight – Page 88
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Public AffairsRivals still sore over in building broadband
Compromise yet to be found in fibre/vectoring clash.
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Strategy & ChangeTele Columbus bats off TDE housing association rivalry
Rival suggests NatCo’s long-expressed ambition to attack bulk broadband market is still some way away from having an impact.
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PremiumInevitably, Optima stake sale hits problems
Authorities continue long search to resolve NatCo’s role as Optima babysitter, and wider broadband domination in Croatia. Another outcome of COVID-19 disruption to regulators’ plans in Europe.
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PremiumMagyar Telekom debuts 5G after just-in-time auction
NatCo puts auction gains to quick use. 5G auctions plans topple in Europe due to COVID-19.
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Network & InfrastructureTelekom unveils ambitious 5G coverage target
NatCo aims to cover more than half the German population by end-2020. Counts on antenna upgrades and dynamic spectrum sharing to achieve goal. Huawei question still hangs in air.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekomwatch roundup - May 2020
DTCP invest in SafeBreach and cash in on video conferencing software Blue Jeans; hub:raum co-led blockchain investment round in Ubirch. Tim Höttges rotates for Adel Al-Saleh on BT board. TMUS confirmed contracts with Bandwidth Inc, Avangrid Renewables, and AWS’ A2I solution.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom alumni people movements, May 2020
Former DT CEO Obermann gets Airbus Chairman job.
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PremiumT-Mobile US people movements, May 2020
Post-merger changes continue at New T-Mobile, including a new CPO in Mike Simpson and AT&T’s Amber Cordova joining the ranks.
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PremiumDTAG Systems Solutions people movements, May 2020
Fetten to take Telekom Security top-spot, Backofen moved to T-Sys to lead post-COVID-19 planning.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom Europe people movements, May 2020
Deutsche Telekom Europe people movements, May 2020 Source: T-Mobile Poland Frederic Perron announced he would leave T-Mobile Poland. CompanyExecutiveActivityDetails Source: DT, various. Germany Katrin Brodersen New role Katrin Brodersen was ...
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom Group people movements, May 2020
Group changes include Rontogianni’s departure and top-level changes at MobiledgeX.
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Financial & PerformanceTMUS’ Sievert: AT&T and Verizon privately fought Sprint merger
Q1 call sees new CEO Sievert riff on familiar Legere-era themes, taking aim at rival duo on pricing and service. COVID-19 impact still being assessed, but mixed. TMUS responds with operational “re-evaluation” but cites commercial upside too. Sprint merger: buying economies being accelerated, brands to be melded to support ...
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Suppliers & SCMT-Mobile US talks up IBM integration at Think Digital
Data Analytics executive Eskigun flags supply chain optimisation driven by IBM Cloud Pak for Data. IBM uses virtual conference to launch new Cloud Pak and Watson capabilities.
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Partnerships & AlliancesDeutsche Telekom joins EMIL identity project
T-Labs looks to add a blockchain flavour to collaborations on digital identity.
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Products & ServicesDeutsche Telekom preps road tests of homemade IoT Hub
Soon-to-be independent IoT division asserts itself with “truly agnostic” solution. Onboarding of friendly enterprise customers imminent. IoT Hub designed to provide path towards managed services revenue.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom switches up BT board presence
BT confirmed that DT CEO Höttges will resign from the BT Group Board, to be replaced by T-Sys CEO Adel Al-Saleh.
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Network & InfrastructureDeutsche Telekom finds on-campus chemistry with BASF
Chemicals group concocting a 5G-based upgrade to network at major plant, with DT involved in pilots. Exec talks up need for low-latency IIoT applications; on-message with DT digitisation push.
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Strategy & ChangeDeutsche Telekom calls Camunda to orchestrate RPA and APIs
Camunda CEO: “RPA is a painkiller not a cure”. DT Service leans on business process management specialist to manage bots across multiple RPA platforms. Exec regrets not putting in place a process orchestration layer at start of RPA journey. Strategic goal is to shift from front-end RPA to APIs ...
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Partnerships & AlliancesDeutsche Telekom updates SKT tie-up, post-coronavirus
“Immersive” virtual meetings and challenges of network management on refreshed agenda.