Latest from the Telco Ecosystems – Page 66
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Premium
DT hits investment trail with post-corona setting
Telekom Innovation Pool continues to appear an increasingly important platform for Group’s corporate venturing activity. Investment splurge helping post-COVID-19 B2B strategy take shape.
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Venturing & Investments
Deutsche Telekom sets off Wave 2 in Berlin TEAC
Five tech startups selected for twelve-month programme. Familiar R&D themes of edge computing and ‘open’ networks. TIP’s TEAC boss sees room for improvement in how smaller, new players might be onboarded into telecoms supplier ecosystems.
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Suppliers & SCM
Assurant quick to score New T Mobile win
Deal looks to have preserved and expanded vendor’s longstanding device protection engagement with TMUS. Supplier, with former TMUS CFO Braxton Carter on board, cites long-term growth focus of partnership.
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Partnerships & Alliances
T-Mobile banking partner recalibrates with sale
Customers Bancorp to sell T-Mobile MONEY enabler BankMobile. BankMobile to be rebranded as BM Banking.
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Partnerships & Alliances
OTE hums and haws over Greek rivals’ new tower JV
Group prevaricates about throwing its lot in with Vantage Towers Greece, the new JV between Vodafone Greece and Wind Hellas.
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Premium
Elsewhere in Group: DTCP takes co-control of UK-based Community Fibre
DT backs another horse in the UK telecoms race, raising further questions over the longevity of its relationship with incumbent BT Group.
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Suppliers & SCM
Atento eyes renewed Telefónica relationship
Former Group subsidiary indicates it is discussing a refresh of partnership. COVID-19 takes a toll on Atento Q2 revenue.
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Partnerships & Alliances
T-Systems goes virtual to dispense a dose of smart-factory reality
Division ties with startup Immersionn on virtual experience of campus network solutions.
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Marketing
EE influence sees BT switch multi-million ad account
AMV BBDO bows out from BT’s advertising after more than 20 years. EE’s main creative partner builds on its success in delivering Beyond Limits. Mobile marketers charged with supporting internal transformation as well as external image.
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Partnerships & Alliances
T-Mobile US takes TIP baton from Sprint
T-Mobile US takes over former Sprint duties at Telecom Infra Project (TIP). NatCo commits to lead its first TIP programme.
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Suppliers & SCM
Telefónica digs in further with Havas
Estimated €500m global media account was first awarded to French group in 2014.
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Products & Services
DT gets a fix on NB-IoT tracking, logistics
Cross-border solution developed in partnership with 4smartlogistics, SLOC. Potentially available in 18 countries across Europe.
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Partnerships & Alliances
T-Sys adds KUKA robots to industrial internet catalogue
KUKA to provide automation and digitalisation products as DT expands private, industrial network play.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Axiata swaps Vodafone for Telefónica
A score for Telefónica in global Partners Program vs Partner Markets match-up. Axiata to integrate and resell ElevenPaths cybersecurity. Deal expands Telefónica presence in ASEAN region as it strives to deliver growth through an overdue expansion in the MNC space.
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Venturing & Investments
everphone gets Telekom Innovation Pool boost
Berlin device- as-a-service startup gets €34m injection as remote-working norms establish demand.
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Content & TV
Vodafone rethinking content partner strategy
New unit in London charged with refreshing approach to content buying and alliances with the likes of Amazon and Netflix. As ever, “innovation” is emphasised but the underlying onus appears on consolidation and efficiency.
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Partnerships & Alliances
DT and DroneShield check-in to protect airports
Drone security specialist confident the airport market will be worth “millions of dollars”. Procurement departments at European airports apparently gearing up to award tenders.
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Suppliers & SCM
Conduent to tidy O2 Germany’s mailroom
US-based mailroom digitiser brought in to support goals to become CX and digital champion.
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Suppliers & SCM
Amdocs snaps up emerging rival Openet
Amdocs acquisition follows on the heels of a significant Openet coup at EE, highlighting the threat carried by the Irish competitor.
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Partnerships & Alliances
BT guards Microsoft Azure Sentinel
Cloud security partnership presages Microsoft’s anointing as one of three strategic security partners for BT. Group unveils tailored managed security services to support software giant’s SIEM product. More new offerings on way to support Microsoft cloud applications.