Latest Partnership News
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M&ATelefónica receives bids for minority stake in Spanish rural FibreCo
Spanish media suggests either 45% or 49% is up for grabs.
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Events
PegaWorld 2022 event preview: iNspiring telco transformation
Always-on-Marketing leader powering up on Intelligent Automation for telco. Tuesday 24 May 2022, 15:00-17:30 CEST (also an APAC edition) – virtual event.
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Partnerships & Alliances
SpaceMobile stays flexible as final testing nears
New funding deal with B Riley provides cash assurance as investment builds ahead of commercial launch.
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Financial & Performance
Movistar Prosegur Alarmas remains on growth path
MPA customer numbers increase almost 50% in first quarter, although ARPU is lower.
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Strategy & Change
All eyes on Read as e& acquires $4.4bn Vodafone stake
Chief Executive Nick Read ‘blindsided’ by announcement ahead of Tuesday’s annual results call.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vantage gains build wiggle room with Vodafone deal change
TowerCo builds production speed and “optionality” by securing licence to outsource part of its site expansion work for Vodafone Germany.
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Network & Infrastructure
DT ‘open’ to more fibre friendships
Germany Chief Executive Srini Gopalan sees room for “one or two” FTTP joint ventures in the operator’s next‑gen rollout master plan.
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Suppliers & SCM
Arqit excited by prospects despite controversial report
BT-partnered quantum encryption startup’s share price remains sharply down following savage WSJ article.
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Partnerships & Alliances
DT expands SKT tie‑up to metaverse and beyond
Deutsche Telekom and SK Telecom map out new areas for cooperation. Tests of SKT’s metaverse platform expected in Germany by end 2022.
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Partnerships & Alliances
BT continues “dramatic simplification” with cloud-first AWS deal
Five‑year agreement adds to recent contract with Google Cloud to advance operator’s digital transformation and simplification drive. AWS named preferred cloud provider for internal applications.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Mavenir helps prep for 5G SA debut
Vodafone Portugal selects Mavenir as tech partner to enable jump to 5G standalone.
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Innovation (R&D)
Telefónica taps IDEMIA for quantum‑secured SIM pilot
Quantum‑safe 5G SIM proof‑of‑concept showcased for Telefónica’s Spanish customers. Partnership set to expand to consumer eSIM offerings. Operator aims to stay ahead of quantum cyberthreat curve.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Still no date for Safaricom Ethiopia launch
STE indicates it is close to reaching network‑sharing agreements with Ethio Telecom. Changes to national payments law should pave way for M‑PESA.
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Operations
Vodafone exec hails big data benefits of Google Cloud
Ignacio Garcia says Vodafone collaboration with Google Cloud Platform has helped improved customer satisfaction and lower TCO. Platform processed more than 100 exabytes from Group operations in 2021.
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Partnerships & Alliances
TMUS aims for more bucks with Bango
US NatCo builds on previous relationship with BilltoMobile.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Deutsche Telekom Europe: OTE pitches Romanian Business
T‑Mobile Poland signs 15‑year PPA with GreenVolt; OTE reportedly seeking to offload Telekom Romania Mobile Communications.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Systems Solutions: T-Sys receives “expert” Azure badge
Microsoft recognises T‑Sys as Azure Expert; division goes all-electric.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in T-Mobile US: Deloitte selected as Auditor
TMUS follows in DT’s footsteps with selection of Deloitte as new auditor.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Tesla keeps on rolling at HT
Croatian vendor points to recent 5G launch by Crnogorski Telekom.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Dedicated MagentaTV ad sales team established
TDE partners Sport.Media.Net for new advertising function. Sights set on leveraging MagentaTV growth to sell sponsorships.
