Latest Regional News – Page 8
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Elsewhere in Hispam: Entel cleared for Chilean fibre transfer
Entel cleared for Chilean fibre transfer
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Elsewhere in Associates & JVs: Vi’s funding woes continue to mount
Vi’s funding woes continue to mount despite CEO optimism.
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Elsewhere in Vodafone Group: Chair van Boxmeer gets Draghi’s ear
Chair van Boxmeer gets Draghi’s ear as Group sets about latest strategic agenda.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Virgin Media O2 signs on for another decade with Tesco
Two businesses extend their long-running joint venture well into the 2030s, responding to Tesco Mobile’s show of commercial resilience during pandemic and economic downturn, and progress on transformation.
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M&A
Iliad accepts defeat as Vodafone shuns final Italy offer
After Vodafone rejects latest revised merger terms, Iliad calls time on negotiations over proposed OpCo merger. Opportunistic interloper looks intent on continuing to disrupt Italian market, keeping incumbents under pressure. Vodafone remains TBC…
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Financial & Performance
Safaricom Ethiopia is yet to get M-PESA up to speed in race with Ethio Telecom
Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia hails “great momentum” for M-PESA but its flagship m-money offering remains dwarfed and outpaced by rival Ethio Telecom’s Telebirr, following the latter’s headstart.
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Products & Services
Telefónica goes live with first 5G FWA offering in Brazil
Vivo Box 5G product provides commercial fixed-wireless access for the first time to Vivo customers, with an initial subscription-based service providing 150GB of data per month.
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Weekly Briefings
Telefónicawatch Weekly: Group spending spree goes on shares, spectrum, and sports…
Telefónicawatch Weekly Briefing includes: laying out nearly €3bn on O2 Germany stake increase and Spain sports streaming rights. Chile’s upcoming 5G auction set to see more cash splashed.
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Financial & Performance
T-Mobile plans to get more creative in post-integration era
Q4 FY23: American NatCo’s “scrappy team” plotting new ways to make customer gains.
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Weekly Briefings
Infrawatch Weekly: NetCo-ServCo splits, fresh SatCo investment, tower M&A among hot topics
Liberty Global mulls over European NetCo-ServCo split; AST SpaceMobile secures big MNO/Google investment; Actis expands tower portfolio; CityFibre could now be preeminent UK fibre challenger in possible tipping point for fibre NetCo/wholesale business models. 20+ stories condensed in one weekly update…
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Strategy & Change
Ghana rebrand hits Vodafone’s African presence (and Partner Markets stipend)
As Partner Markets parent sees branding revenue drop, Vodafone Ghana reveals impending rebrand one year after acquisition by Telecel. Read on to find out more…
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Products & Services
O2 Germany customers stay on the move during train strikes
New findings from analytics and big data partnership with Teralytics said to give mobility providers “useful” insight for planning alternative arrangements during future strike action.
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Weekly Briefings
Deutsche Telekomwatch Weekly: is DT rethinking its now mega-branding?
Despite new-found status as top-ten global brand, Group is also making visual identity changes behind the scenes that underline question of whether ‘Deutsche Telekom’ name chimes with global, ‘digital’ ambitions. 20+ more stories…
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Network & Infrastructure
Telefónica seeks OpenWiFi capacity lift from Helium Network
Group develops proprietary management platform to leverage Nova Labs’ “open-source” network of mobile hotspots for mobile data offload. Tie-up is initially focused on Mexico, but plans are in place to expand across Latin American markets, with hopes to cut infra costs further…
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M&A
Emirati position in Vodafone found to present ‘material’ national security risk
Government investigation into e&’s 14.6% stake and strategic relationship agreement with UK operator group raises prospect of deal rethink, boardroom reshuffle, but Vodafone bullish in response…
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M&A
Millicom serves up infra M&A hors d’oeuvre with Colombian sale
Latin American group offloads Colombian towers to KKR in apparent introductory step towards broader regional asset monetisation.
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Public Affairs
Telefónica wants Chile to have a 5G auction rethink
Criticism of Subtel’s terms ramps up, as operator claims that scoring system, prohibition of third-party infra usage, and regulatory obligations grant advantage to 5G entrant Claro. Auction follows several others in Telefónica’s markets over last year, as Group looks to acquire new spectrum while reducing financial exposure in Latin America.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Hrvatski Telekom gets back on the radio to Ericsson Nikola Tesla
Croatian vendor adds 5G-focused radio access network deal to core network upgrade contract announced in December.