Latest Strategy News – Page 15
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Public AffairsCNMC ruling ignites spat over Telefónica wholesale price hike
CNMC’s attempt to recalibrate duct access pricing under MARCo regulation has triggered outrage across Spain’s telecoms sector…
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Analyst BriefingVodafonewatch Analyst Briefing: deals driving network, security upgrades
Latest from Vodafone, including a spectrum fee reprieve; SecOps potential with $1bn partner Google Cloud; DOCSIS development in the Netherlands; more from Turkey, Kenya, South Africa, elsewhere…
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M&AVodacom’s Maziv JV clears hurdle to create $3.4bn South African fibre giant
Four years in the making, CIVH partnership looks back on track with new commitments securing regulatory approval. Deal will cement Maziv as South African retail and wholesale fibre leader…
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PeoplewatchBT CFO Simon Lowth readies for departure — report
Succession planning underway as reports indicate Lowth will leave within a year, closing out a decade-long tenure and teeing up yet another change to Allison Kirkby’s executive leadership team…
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Analyst BriefingTelefónicawatch Analyst Briefing: fibre back in the fold
The latest developments from Telefónica as group agrees deal to regain full control of fibre rollout activity in Brazil, gains legal win in UK Phones 4u case, and is highlighted as one of telco sector’s early quantum tech leaders. Read more…
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PeoplewatchDeutsche Telekom Peoplewatch: AI openings
The latest strategic and senior changes at Deutsche Telekom, including organisational and personnel tweaks designed to help the group secure go-to-market and efficiency opportunities around cloud and AI services — plus leadership switches around Makedonski Telekom, European wireless infra, and American branding.
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Products & ServicesMásOrange targets €1.5bn from Zurich insurance collab
Spanish telco teams up with Zurich Seguros to expand its portfolio of insurance offerings in hunt for a €1.5bn sales boost over the next ten years…
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TechnologyEU brings quantum tech into AI Gigafactory fold
The EU expands its EuroHPC JU project to include “strategic provisions” for developing quantum technology, eyeing synergies with other high-performance computing infrastructure.
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OperationsDT ‘holds keys’ to data sovereignty in Google Cloud migration
Operator is moving a swathe of data to Google Cloud with sovereignty controls engineered in partnership with T-Systems. It hopes to replicate the safeguards for other enterprises in regulated industries.
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InterviewInterview: CDIO on Orange Business’ pivot to greenfield, ‘AI first’ tech stack
Exclusive: Hriday Ravindranath explains thinking behind ambitious shift onto entirely new B2B IT stack for AI-era products as Orange Business reinvents itself built on digital-first, AI-native platform principles, underpinned by ‘design partnerships’ with Blue Planet, CSG, ServiceNow and Splunk…
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B2BVodafone building SecOps platform with $1bn partner Google Cloud
Group cybersecurity architecture lead Emma Smith updates on the $1bn deal with Google Cloud as the pair work on security operations services for both internal and commercial users.
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PeoplewatchBT Peoplewatch: Consumer and Business bosses take boardroom seats
30+ senior and strategic changes at BT, including a treasury replacement; more International swaps as the new B2B division gets settled; new boardroom digs for Marc Allera; more…
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Analyst BriefingVodafonewatch Analyst Briefing: far-flung fibre deals
Latest from Vodafone as it secures antitrust commission support for a fibre move in South Africa and cements an Australian fibre sale; Portugal CEO vents M&A frustration; group lends support to AI RAN Alliance as open RAN overhaul continues; build up to Q1 earnings…
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Partnerships & AlliancesVodafone adds Euro-heft to unbalanced AI-RAN Alliance
Vodafone’s entry into the AI-RAN Alliance takes the still-young vendor- and academic- and Asian-operator-heavy consortium past 100 members. With the AI-RAN market forecast to reach $10bn by 2030, the move underscores the strategic importance of efficiency gains and new revenue opportunities through autonomous networks.
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Strategy & ChangeDT holds firm on diversity as T-Mobile US ditches DEI to secure M&A deals
Deutsche Telekom says its approach is unaffected as T-Mobile adapts to policy changes and scraps diversity, equity, and inclusion to win approval for two pending acquisitions.
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M&ATelefónica to take control of FiBrasil JV in €132m deal
Telefónica’s Brazilian business has agreed a deal to buy out its fibre joint venture partner in a further sign that the Spanish group is now keen to up consolidation and control over past infrastructure side-ventures.
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Venturing & InvestmentsUK gov allocates €163m to Eutelsat fundraising
UK government earmarks sizeable contibution as part of French satellite operator’s €1.5bn funding round. Eutelsat plans to expand OneWeb LEO constellation, shift towards enterprise- and government-focused go-to-market model. Read more…
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Analyst BriefingUK Infrawatch Analyst Briefing: speed race hots up, gov gives and takes, PIA protested
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK, including: Sky boost for CityFibre and consumer broadband speeds, government promises advanced connectivity investment, SRN goals scaled back; altnets lobby on PIA changes; people moves, and plenty more…
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Products & ServicesDT’s API boss sees contextual future for Magenta portfolio
As the telcos close in on realising revenue from network APIs after several years of standardisation and development, Deutsche Telekom has mapped out how its MagentaBusiness API portfolio will evolve over the next five years.
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Strategy & ChangeTelefónica to take more ‘calculated risks’ in new strategy, says Murtra
Telefónica’s strategic review is now expected in the fourth quarter this year, as Executive Chairman Marc Murtra envisions more risk taking and calls for a “social contract” with the European Commission that enables national consolidation in exchange for investment.