Latest Insight
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Public Affairs
UK telecoms to follow financial sector with open data requirements
DSIT seeking to cut through confusion of converging connectivity options by requiring operators to share relevant usage data with customers, and potentially third parties.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica teams with Ericsson to develop cloud RAN
A new collaboration agreement will see pair roll out trial deployments of cloud radio access networks in Europe using open APIs.
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M&A
Orange Business boosts healthcare arm with dual acquisition
Enovacom doubles size of workforce and revenue through latest acquisitions.
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Partnerships & Alliances
New Sat challenger Sateliot expands 5G IoT coverage with Comfone deal
Spanish satellite player Sateliot partners with Comfone to offer global 5G NB-IoT roaming.
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People
DT’s German B2B boss heads off for ‘new challenges’
Business Customers chief Hagen Rickmann exits Group after 15-year stint.
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M&A
Macquarie-backed Voneus swallows up UK altnet rivals
UK rural fibre provider Voneus snaps up Cadence Networks and SWS Broadband.
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M&A
Zegona talks spark speculation that Vodafone Spain might ‘disappear’
Spanish business press sees break-up of Vodafone Spain the most likely outcome if UK investment firm succeeds in takeover.
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People
Latest infra investor people moves: Ardian, DigitalBridge reshape management teams
Ardian reworks General Management team and appoints new infrastructure fund MDs, while DigitalBridge CFO takes on new responsibilities, as accounting chief steps down. Read more…
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Products & Services
Vodafone Business heralds Boundless Working portfolio
Portfolio aims to provide digital and mobile-first solutions focused on accelerating workplace transformation.
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Events
Orange’s Vermeulen advises telcos to get early start on GenAI
Group CIO says GenAI will be a gamechanger for telecoms.
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People
Latest Orange people moves: C-level changes at MEA units
Orange Morocco names new CFO, while DRC subsidiary takes on new CTO.
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Network & Infrastructure
The Backfill: Macquarie and KKR take stakes in data centre players
Consortium led by Macquarie Capital acquires majority ownership in KevlinX, while KKR snaps up 20% of Singtel’s data centre unit. DigitalBridge recapitalises portfolio data centre business, while Raxio and IHS Towers prep new build projects. Read more…
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M&A
Zegona eyes Vodafone Spain for reverse takeover deal
Virgin Media veterans consider returning to Spanish market after successful sale of strategic stake in Euskaltel in earlier market consolidation.
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People
Vodafone exec Anna Dimitrova exits for German fibre altnet
Deutsche Glasfaser names Dimitrova CFO, adding to ExCo populated with Orange, TDC, and Vodafone alumni.
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M&A
MPs warn of “terrible consequences” of Vodafone–Three “cartel” as security put in merger spotlight
MP disquiet on prospect of Chinese part-ownership of UK’s largest mobile network appears closely tied to union Unite’s ‘dossier’ outlining national security threat, as shadow of Huawei ban looms large.
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Products & Services
EE in-home connectivity backed by ‘evolved’ Qualcomm deal
BT taps Qualcomm relationship to trail Wi-Fi 7 services for EE customers.
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M&A
DTCP takes majority stake in maincubes
Investment firm reiterates ambition that maincubes can become a “leading European data centre operator”.
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Strategy & Change
BT quashes talk of Openreach split
Connected Britain 2023: Howard Watson and Clive Selley say structural separation is not on the agenda; BT focused squarely on driving full-fibre deployment.
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Events
Investors say “time to think better” on UK altnet strategy
Connected Britain 2023: investment firms express clearer vision for which altnets it anticipates will succeed in the market.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone’s Scott Petty talks up ODA’s importance for 5G apps
DTW23 - Ignite: CTO highlights need to build network abstraction layer to avoid missing the 5G SA opportunity.