Latest Regional News – Page 150
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Products & ServicesOneDock comes off Deutsche Telekom production line, targets NatCos
DT may be readying wider roll out of emerging productivity venture OneDock by seeking an international trademark on the brand.
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PremiumSprint deal in balance as court case concludes
Court case raises concerns deal could fall at final hurdle.
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PremiummmWave sale restarts; T-Mobile US restates airwave appetite
Quiet period masks whether American NatCo is bidding aggressively.
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PremiumT-Mobile US downplays DSS in sideswipe at AT&T, Verizon
NatCo claims no pressing need to deploy DSS tech for 5G. Asserts AT&T and Verizon reliance on DSS betrays weakness. Longstanding partners Ericsson and Nokia make DSS waves.
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Strategy & ChangeMagyar Telekom offloads property portfolio
MT sold its Budapest headquarters as part of extended portfolio re-jig.
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PremiumT-Mobile Poland opens Warsaw data centre
TMPL is to build a new data centre in Warsaw. Permission to construct the new 4,400 square metre facility on the outskirts of the capital has been granted.
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Products & ServicesT-Mobile Czech Republic pilots in-flight Wi-Fi
Slovak Telekom and TMCZ are testing Internet on Beta, an in-flight Wi-Fi service.
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PremiumT-Mobile US hit by data breach
TMUS confirmed that its cyber-security team had identified a data breach that affected some of its prepaid customers, opening access to personal information such as names, billing addresses, phone numbers, account numbers, and rate plans.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom Capital Partners confident in South Korean tech startups
Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners confident of turning South Korean technology startups into ‘unicorns’
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Products & ServicesT-Mobile MONEY shows positive early results
TMUS partner Customers Bancorp claimed T-Mobile MONEY, the digital banking service launched by the NatCo in mid-2019, was off to a good start.
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Premium4iG tables T-Systems Hungary acquisition plans
4iG pulled out of its planned acquisition of Magyar Telekom’s (MT) T-Systems Hungary (T-Sys HU) subsidiary.
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PremiumT-Mobile Poland forges relationship with Inea
TMPL confirmed the initiation of a network access relationship with cable operator Inea for bitstream access.
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PremiumT-Mobile US partner Quibi raises another $400m
TMUS mobile video partner Quibi raised another $400m in its latest round of investment. It also disclosed further details of the deal it announced with TMUS in late-2019.
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PremiumOutgoing T-Mobile CEO Legere heads to Florida
TMUS CEO John Legere sold his Manhattan apartment to fashion designer Giorgio Armani for $17.5m.
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PremiumÁlvarez Pallete into 5th gear on Telefónica transformation
‘Big Four’ operating businesses of Brazil, Germany, Spain and UK to be the focus of the Group, with Latin America operationally isolated, and potentially spun-off. New divisions Telefónica Infra and Telefónica Tech created. The former handling physical assets with Telxius as its cornerstone, while Telefónica Tech will drive commercial ...
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PremiumVendors jockey for position as Brazil’s 5G auctions near
Huawei awarded 4G equipment contract, paving the way to become Telefónica’s biggest partner in the Brazilian market. Ericsson set to mount a response.
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Suppliers & SCMTelefónica picks Comtech for LatAm remote backhaul
Telefónica Group agreed a multi-year programme with US-based Comtech Telecommunications to help it manage the backhaul requirements of its 2G, 3G, and 4G mobile networks in Argentina and Brazil.
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PremiumTBS to extend AWS to LatAm
Latest cloud partnership an early indicator that new Telefónica Infra division will promote partnerships for data centre-based services.
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PremiumVivo selling 1,909 towers to Telxius for €140m
Telefónica|Vivo agreed to sell 1,909 tower sites to Telxius Torres Brasil for BRL 641m (€141m).
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PremiumMovistar joins revised Colombian 4G spectrum auction
Movistar to bid against three other players for 4G spectrum after initial frustration at auction process. Revised bidding rules appease operators that had initially withdrawn, complaining of lack of transparency.