Latest Strategy News – Page 6
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M&A
Optimising Orange sells off Polish energy arm
Orange Poland offloads electricity services unit, seeking to place greater focus on telecoms and digital services rather than adjacent verticals…
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Financial & Performance
Cost leadership key as UK FibreCo Grain sows seeds of profitability
Connected North: Grain CEO Richard Cameron positions “cost leadership” as the key to long‑term success for a consolidating and converging altnet sector, following positive earnings in most recent quarter.
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Eventwatch
Kao Data looks north for UK data centre expansion
Connected North 2025: Kao commercial chief Spencer Lamb says it is assessing multiple sites in north-western England to expand its data centre estate, as London power and land bottlenecks persist…
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Network & Infrastructure
Telefónica eyes share of Spain’s €10.5bn defence splurge
Telecoms and cybersecurity capabilities are key investment priorities in Spain’s defence spending hike.
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Network & Infrastructure
Nexera CEO challenges Poland to set out copper retirement strategy
Jacek Wisniewski is mystified why Poland is not following the example set by markets such as Spain and Sweden, and sees copper switch-off as key to boosting fibre’s fortunes.
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Financial & Performance
FY24: ‘Radical’ CEO warns DT not to rest on cash flow laurels
FY24: Group CEO wants to keep staff on toes despite another strong financial performance, prefacing row-back on homeworking and senior leadership shake-up.
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Financial & Performance
DT FY24 Guidance: Group remains in the flow
FY24: More jumps expected in revenue, earnings, and cash flow during FY25, and beyond.
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Weekly Briefings
Vodafonewatch Weekly: attention turns to post-merger strategy in the UK
Latest around Vodafone, including rumours of a UK pay-TV play once Vodafone and Three complete their combination; Vodafone and Digi’s Romanian M&A hits its first regulatory speedbump; Group entities lobby for improved subsea security and land bank protections; Vodacom’s Shameel Joosub goes on tour…
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Public Affairs
OVHcloud says firms are seeking ‘alternative’ cloud solutions amid geopolitical ructions
The France‑based cloud services provider says “strategic autonomy” in cloud is becoming increasingly critical for enterprises as data sovereignty continues to rise up the agenda.
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Strategy & Change
Fresh from owner rejig, Onivia banks on open access to fill Spain’s rural fibre gap
Spanish FibreCo Onivia plans to augment pioneering open access model with value-added services for rural communities to bridge digital divide in the countryside.
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Financial & Performance
Telefónica FY24 Guidance: execs buy wiggle room for strategy refresh
FY24: Group lays out set of fuzzy FY25 targets, sidelining FY26 goals, as new Executive Chair calls strategic review.
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Financial & Performance
Telefónica FY24 Spend: cutbacks bring belt another notch tighter
FY24: Telefónica España leads way as Group continues to make progress on extraction of opex and capex savings.
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Financial & Performance
Telefónica FY24 Headlines: targets tweaked; core divide denied
Group delivers solid FY24 numbers but dials back cash flow and earnings ambitions amid rocky environment.
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Financial & Performance
FY24: GPS-less Telefónica leadership seek new path and identity
An in-depth look at Telefónica’s results presentation for FY24, as new Executive Chairman Marc Murtra initiates a strategic review to navigate the “drastic changes” taking place in Europe…
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Products & Services
giffgaff embraces ‘natural evolution’ as it prepares for broadband launch
VM O2 sub-brand giffgaff starts limited trials for broadband service using nexfibre infra.
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Financial & Performance
Subs growth propels Deutsche Telekom’s congstar into €1bn revenue club
Figures from Telekom Deutschland’s discount brand support Group strategy to use separate brands to target different consumer segments.
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Strategy & Change
BT Business CTO on nailing telco’s complex TaaP dance
Colin Bannon issues stark warning about challenges of Telco-as-a-Platform shift, but boasts of benefits drawn down in BT’s journey so far.
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Network & Infrastructure
INCA hails altnet heroes as spectre of overbuild looms
In a punchy, positive report altnet industry group INCA hails “dynamic” altnets on a mission to bring “fairer, faster, and more resilient” connectivity to the UK, but competitive benefits may not be sustainable, and the spectre of ‘supervillain’ Openreach still looms large.
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Weekly Briefings
BTwatch Weekly: M&A spotlighted in Europe; rural fibre the focus in UK
Latest from BT as the Group advances its UK retrenchment on multiple fronts; Openreach build continues at pace, with connections to boot; Global Fabric expands Google Cloud collab for greater scale, reach; Harmeen Mehta named CDIO at BT data centre partner Equinix…
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Innovation (R&D)
Gov report predicts £15bn telco productivity boost by 2035
PwC research on emerging technologies sees AI as leading economic transformation, but future telecoms one of the five biggest contributors to GDP growth of 8% by 2035.