Latest Deutsche Telekom Insight – Page 32
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Strategy & ChangeDT bosses tap into Asian experience on customer-centricity and tech development
Group’s Chief Executive Timotheus Höttges cites visit to tech partner SK Telecom as highlight of trip to region, while Europe Head Dominique Leroy travels to India to meet with software development partners.
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PeoplewatchDT switches supervisor at Hrvatski Telekom
Europe business-to-business boss Elvira González is elected Croatian telco’s new Chairperson.
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PeoplewatchDeutsche Telekom’s Mudesir plots XGS-PON future
No “big bang” planned for copper network switchoff, says Group Chief Technology Officer.
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Strategy & ChangeSievert: T-Mobile to embrace AI and data in ‘post-Sprint integration era’
Operator plans to take advantage of new software tech to “re‑craft” company.
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Network & InfraT-Mobile denies fibre-enabling play for Frontier
TMUS continues to display uncharacteristic caution when it comes to establishing fibre broadband platform, insisting not yet interested in a major, in-house infrastructure build plan or buyout.
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Partnerships & AlliancesDeutsche Telekom and SK Telecom to develop telco-tailored AI digital assistant platform
Latest agreement stems from SKT’s partnership with US-based AI specialist Anthropic on multilingual large language models, for the benefit of DT-backed Global Telco AI Alliance.
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Network & InfraT-Mobile US agrees spectrum payment extension with DISH
Payment deadline extended to 1 April 2024.
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Network & InfraT-Mobile is biggest spender in Poland’s long-awaited 5G spectrum auction
T-Mobile and Orange each pick up one of four 100MHz blocks on offer.
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Analyst ReportDeutsche Telekomwatch Report #128 - October 2023
Key stories include: DT CIO talks up benefits of ‘cloudification’ | Group breaks 5G mobile radio speed record | BNetzA moots scrapping next spectrum auctions | TDE CFO takes over as NatCo’s commercial chief | TMUS vows to ‘lean into’ wireless partnerships
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Strategy & ChangeTelekom Deutschland targets housing association tenants with pay-TV deals
German NatCo tempts tenants with nine months’ free MagentaTV.
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Partnerships & AlliancesBang & Olufsen withdraws from more than 700 T-Mobile US stores
Danish maker of high‑end audio equipment “didn’t get the results” it wanted from operator partnership.
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Network & InfraDeutsche Telekom Global Carrier tests 5G SA international roaming
Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier successfully completes testing programme, involving T-Mobile US, Sunrise (Switzerland) and AIS Thailand.
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EventwatchDeutsche Telekom calls for industry support to solve challenges of driving AI at scale
During Fyuz, DT’s Jochen Appel said that “the question is not ‘where do we use AI’; the question is, ‘where do we not use it’?
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PeoplewatchAbolhassan takes over as Head of T-Systems, with Al-Saleh set to exit
Ferri Abolhassan takes up role as new member of DT’s Board of Management for T-Systems, starting in 2024.
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Strategy & ChangeDT steps up ‘cloudification’ with Amazon to tame its IT jungle
Peter Leukert outlines the main challenges of pivotal Route 60 cloudification programme, particularly around securing management support and bedding in cultural and organisational change to accompany technology investments.
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EventwatchTelco buyers ponder challenges of a disaggregated, multi-vendor future
Speaking at Fyuz, BuyIn’s Elise Raffestin highlights growing complexity of procurement as vendors proliferate.
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Partnerships & AlliancesDT ties with AWS, VMware to develop global enterprise network
Partners use Deutsche Telekom´s global mobile networks and AWS backbone, along with Mavenir-supplied RAN.
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Network & InfraONF using smarts to solve 5G power problems
Operator-led consortium showcases first results of SMaRT 5G project.
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Strategy & ChangeT-Systems’ technology chief calls for caution around GenAI
T-Systems’ CTO Marc Palmer urges organisations to install “guardrails” around highly disruptive generative AI.
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Partnerships & AlliancesBeyond Now seeks deeper relationship with Deutsche Telekom
DT partner aims to help its customers achieve more than €1bn of revenue across their platforms.