Latest Finance & Strategy Insight – Page 92
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PeoplewatchSafaricom installs KCB’s Waititu as fintech lead
Operator brings in Esther Waititu as Chief Financial Services Officer.
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PremiumVodafone: EMS “slows everything down” in 5G cloud network; calls on vendors to fix
Operator network consultant says typical Element Management System is a blocker to OSS automation.
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Financial & PerformanceQ3 FY22–23: no frills at BT, but fireworks to come before the year’s up
BT’s Q3 reflects a troubled three months of inflationary pressures, union challenge, and heightened competition.
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M&AVodafone CEO lauds Vodacom amid M&A speculation
Della Valle says pan-African operator is “one of the best assets in the Group”.
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Financial & PerformanceJansen spotlights ‘right management in right place’ to turn around BT’s B2B fortunes
Ashish Gupta singled out as a man with a plan to revitalise BT’s business with the public sector and major UK enterprise.
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Financial & PerformanceQ3 FY22–23: top-heavy Vodafone reassesses life choices under Della Valle
Interim boss solidifies play for top job with new found love of simplicity and autonomy (her own domains excepted).
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PremiumT-Mobile US keeps options open on fibre play
No decision made on adding wireline to complement fixed-wireless home broadband offering.
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PremiumA year on, Vantage reassures ops overhaul ‘is working’
TowerCo remains on “journey” when it comes to realigning its production function, and smoothing out logistics challenges arising from the global supply chain crunch.
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PremiumTelefónica and DT suspend legal dispute over ‘T’ logo
Operators mutually agree to end 18-month-long clash over branding.
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PeoplewatchOrange France brings in Fallacher as CEO
Orange Group continues streak of executive changes with new leader for its French NatCo.
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PremiumBT’s Mehta seeks savings with Kyndryl-supported IT refresh
US IT infrastructure specialist will drive mainframe application migration to the cloud.
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PremiumVirgin Media O2 joins massive price-hike club
Operator confirms average yearly prices will shoot up 13.8%.
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PremiumBT procurement rethink providing robust base for inflation battle
Work of new procurement finance team at BT said to have provided an important buffer against the impact of escalating inflation.
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PremiumTelefónica adds another €1bn to green financing pot
Seven‑year hybrid bond issued, upped from €750m thanks to investor demand.
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PremiumDigital Barriers: take two for surveillance-as-a-service mobile video scaleup
UK video surveillance tech scaleup has refreshed ambitions following a capital injection by 3i and new product platform for expansion alongside key partners Vodafone and Intel.
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PremiumIndus Towers posts loss as pressure piles on ailing client Vi
TowerCo forced to make large provision against ‘doubtful debts’.
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PremiumVodafone closes Newbury HQ sale
Operator to lease portion of the campus but vacate three buildings.
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PremiumHigh hopes: Sitetracker on re-imagining TowerCo InfraOps
Asset management software player gaining clients as infra operators seek to escape outdated practices and tech. Reference win with Vantage Towers seeing vendor support IT transformation accompanying TowerCo’s independent growth ambitions.
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PremiumTelefónica in talks for “collective agreement” on salaries
Group said to be in negotiations for unified labour and salary framework for workers across all its Spain-based operations, including legal entities.
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PremiumOpenreach calls for successor to ‘super-deduction’ tax relief
Openreach adds to pleas from BT Group CEO Philip Jansen and others.