Latest from the Telco Ecosystems – Page 79
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodacom Group partners with Toyota on connected-car
Vodacom Group formed a connected-car partnership with Toyota South Africa Motors, the local subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation, as part of its ongoing Internet of Things (IoT) drive.
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Vodafone Group deciding between last two players for media partnership
Vodafone was said to have reduced the shortlist in a tender for its global media account to just two players (Vodafonewatch, #165, #167, and #174).
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National Express gets on board with Vodafone Group and IBM cloud venture
Strategic partnership looks to be getting going.
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Vodafone UK’s infrastructure partners considering ‘full-fibre’ collaboration
Sands continued to shift in the UK’s fledgling ‘full-fibre’ scene with news of possible resource-pooling by multiple current and prospective Vodafone UK (VfUK) infrastructure partners.
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Vodafone Group supports video marketing startup Spirable
Personalised video marketing startup Spirable was given some love by outgoing Vodafone Global Brand & Media Director Sara Martins de Oliveira as it announced receipt of a Series-A funding round (albeit without an apparent contribution from the Group).
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Vodafone Spain secures sublicensing deal to broadcast top-tier Spanish football
Vodafone Spain (VfS) struck a sublicensing deal with Mediapro, the existing rights holder of La Liga, UEFA Champions League, and Europa League football.
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BT Group brings Canonical into 5G core
Fully cloud-native core a step closer with new partnership with open-source developer. Canonical wins deal after initially being categorised as a dark horse. McRae frames deal as foundational for converged networks, supporting multiple platforms over the next decade.
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BT Global to connect 500 sites worldwide for Schindler
New contract apparently omits some next-generation added-value services, but appears to offer opportunities for supporting cloud migration.
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Suppliers & SCM
T-Mobile US putting manufacturers through their paces
T-Mobile US (TMUS) opened a new testing laboratory in a bid to put 5G smartphone and connected-device manufacturers through their paces.
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T-Mobile US has acquired PushSpring, a mobile marketing agency
T-Mobile US (TMUS) looked to have quietly acquired US-based mobile marketing agency PushSpring in order to increase its advertising technology expertise.
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Deutsche Telekom Group: USA & Corporate Development People Moves, September 2019
Strongly Accenture-flavoured switch-around at the top of ngena; joint MD Adriani departs as venture moves to “2.0 format”. Latest people movements include: Oliver Schmäschke, Alessandro Adriani, Luis Alvarez, Chris Burke, Edwin Paalvast, Jack Sepple, Cleber Viana, Jörg Wassink, Boris van Beek.
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Deutsche Telecom Capital Partners invests in Heap
Deutsche Telecom Capital Partners (DTCP), the investment management arm of DT, participated in a $55m (€49.6m) Series-C funding round in Heap, a US-based analytics specialist.
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Strategy & Change
Timotheus Höttges plays hard-to-get after Vodafone Group tower overtures
Focus increasing on German infrastructure reshaping as cash-strapped European operators seek to extract asset value. Group yet to be convinced to draw up the tower bridge and help Vodafone’s consolidation plan. Telefónica Deutschland relationship a possible plan-b for Vodafone.
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Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier manages its voice business with Linxa
Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier, the Group’s international wholesale services arm, deployed a management platform developed by Linxa, a wholesale telecoms platform provider, to manage its voice business.
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Suppliers & SCM
ISS commences facilities management services for Deutsche Telekom
ISS confirms initiation of FM services for DT, which began at the start of June.
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BuyIn flagged to have set up a Middle East and Africa unit
DT procurement joint venture BuyIn was flagged to have set up a MEA-dedicated unit to serve its co-parent Orange.
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Vodacom South Africa enabling Telkom access to network
Telkom South Africa’s customers can now use VdSA’s 2G, 3G and 4G networks.
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Amdocs gets on board with Vodafone Idea IT meld
Enabler retains place in VfI contract user systems.
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Suppliers & SCM
Vodafone Group joins LTE patent pool
Vodafone joined an LTE patent pool , which develops and manages licensing programmes on behalf of intellectual property holders.