Latest from the Telco Ecosystems – Page 74
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Venturing & InvestmentsSendy raises $20m in Series-B funding
Package delivery platform (and Safaricom investment) Sendy raised $20m (£15.4m/€18.5m) in a Series-B funding round, led by Atlantica Ventures and Toyota Tsusho, the car manufacturer’s trading arm
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PremiumO2 Germany heralds start of 5G era, rules in Huawei
O2 Germany sees next decade as a growth phase following years of network build and integration. Outlines plans to start building 5G in five cities during 2020. Huawei and Nokia selected to build the 5G RAN, although the China-based vendor remains a political hot potato in Germany.
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Public AffairsO2 dodges bullet as Huawei capped
Industry looks set to be given three years to firewall Huawei, with potential 35% cap on High Risk Vendors. O2’s longstanding links with Ericsson and Nokia mean operating business avoids costly replacement programmes that major rivals must implement. Security officials position the decision as largely a clarification and formalisation ...
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Venturing & InvestmentsOpen Future developments
Round-up of recent activity among Telefónica-backed startup and venturing ecosystems.
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PremiumCiena flags Telxius role with new speed record
Commercial applications of record-breaking technology expected to see more flexible high capacity services over Telxius submarine cables.
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PremiumTelefónica flags Alanxeo deal including SD WAN
TBS banging the drum on the principles of Telefónica’s intensified engagement with enterprise based on communications, security, and the cloud.
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Suppliers & SCMTelefónica certifies Quectel IoT module
Telefónica Group awarded certification to an Internet of Things (IoT) module from Chinese supplier Quectel Wireless Solutions.
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Suppliers & SCMHuawei crisis: leak points to Deutsche Telekom Group exposure fears
Likely Huawei restrictions reportedly prompt DT to turn back to Nokia as 5G player. Finnish vendor said to have come under pressure for quality improvements.
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PremiumBuyIn adds Bell and NOS to shopping club
Long search for willing partners finally yields some results.
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Venturing & InvestmentsMagenta Telekom gets spot on Vienna 5G team
Startups tap into smart-city-themed 5G ecosystem building at NatCo.
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PremiumAppsFlyer becomes ‘a unicorn-and-a-half’
AppsFlyer raised $210m (€191m) in a Series-D funding round. Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners.
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Suppliers & SCMT-Mobile, Sprint merger impact on Ericsson
T-Mobile US suppliers note softness from Sprint merger delays.
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PremiumIoT heated jacket from Deutsche Telekom partnership
Deutsche Telekom collaborated with Red Bull-founded fashion house AlphaTauri and textile manufacturer Schoeller to release a temperature-controlled jacket.
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Suppliers & SCMVlocity bags Deutsche Telekom deal
Deutsche Telekom selected US-based Vlocity’s Communications Cloud solution to roll out software with “configure-price-quote” capabilities across Europe.
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PremiumHrvatski Telekom, Tessares look to connect rural Croatia
Hrvatski Telekom is said to be seeking to extend 30Mbps broadband services to more customers in rural areas of Croatia.
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Venturing & InvestmentsRoambee raises $15m in funding round
Deutsche Telekom IoT shipping partner (and Group investment) Roambee completed a Series-B funding round, raising $15.2m.
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PremiumTIP state of play: TEAC Waves pick up after extended slow down
Community Labs; PlugFest; and a TEAC down. Rundown of ALL previous TEAC winners.
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PremiumTEAC UK Wave 3: BT focuses on 5G private networks and edge compute
TEAC UK Wave 3: BT focuses on 5G private networks and edge compute Source: BT BT’s Telecom Infra Project (TIP) Ecosystem Acceleration Centre (TEAC UK) hosted its third wave of finalists and inducted two winners into the fold in January 2020, with the successful pitches joining BT ...
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Vendor VoiceADVA: Taking on the heavyweights in an evolving market
Increasingly bullish vendor aiming to build on core strategic contract wins with BT to change its image and bring the spotlight onto its software and solutions portfolio in a virtualising environment. Major vendors still possess heavyweight advantages, but ADVA leveraging agility and reflexes of a middleweight champion. Importance of ...
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Venturing & InvestmentsTEAC UK Wave 3: six shortlisted start ups in the running
BT’s UK TIP centre hosts six start-ups in competition to collaborate on 5G and edge compute. Two winners, Ori Industries and DoubleMe, named. ADVA, Cloud Backend, Condense Reality, and TDCOMM runners-up.