Latest Supplier News – Page 21
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Public Affairs
Colao to big tech: cooperate or be taxed
Former Vodafone chief and digital policymaker urges all players to find a commercial solution to the challenges of funding infrastructure investment across Europe, rather than risk strong EU intervention.
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Vodafone’s Read on a mission to get everyone a smartphone
Group CEO Nick Read joins UN and ITU in push to improve access to affordable smartphones in poor countries.
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Wholesale’s Partner Plus hits 400-user milestone
Head of Channel at BT Wholesale points to accelerated interest in three‑tier programme.
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Openreach plans faster FTTP speeds, new ONT
Upcoming trials of download speeds in excess of 1Gbps reportedly planned.
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Eventwatch
Telefónica Metaverse Day: Telco embraces the Web3 revolution
Vision for Web3 set out as Telefónica moves closer to spatial computing.
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Elsewhere in Vodafone Partner Markets: VfNZ links up with Nokia on 5G-Advanced and 6G
Sunrise acquires energy provider’s telecoms business; Vodafone New Zealand agrees MoU with Nokia to develop 5G‑Advanced and 6G use‑cases.
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Elsewhere in Vodafone Group: Atlas Investissement acquires Vodafone stake
Niel invests in Vodafone; GSMA forms post‑quantum taskforce; Sitetracker secures fresh investment.
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Deutsche Telekom Innovation & Venturing: hubraum celebrates tenth anniversary
hubraum turns ten and trumpets success with news of AR developments with Qualcomm; subsidiaries and spinoffs target inorganic growth.
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Strategy & Change
Safaricom’s M-PESA will be ‘standalone entity’
M-money business will reportedly separate in coming months.
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Network & Infrastructure
Virgin Media O2 gets nod for Manchester fibre core
Extra component of Local Full Fibre Network project to see Cisco kit installed in BT’s regional exchanges.
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Suppliers & SCM
T-Mobile’s Assurant deal sees in-store repairs U-turn
On-site repairs service moved to Assurant stores a year after T-Mobile retail investment.
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Innovation (R&D)
Telefónica partners with Qualcomm to take lead on XR
Pair will leverage Snapdragon Spaces XR Developer to develop immersive technologies.
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Suppliers & SCM
Ebiquity cements Virgin Media O2 media analytics brief, post-merger
Deal focuses on marketing spend accountability as combined operator mounts convergence challenge to BT Group.
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Network & Infrastructure
US subsea data centre startup preps Scottish venture
Founder flags plan to ‘start UK business development’, building beyond first two trial deployments in USA.
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Network & Infrastructure
NEC flags open RAN “caution” among brownfield operators
Senior exec blames open RAN wariness on “delayed validation”.
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Elsewhere in Telefónica Infra-Tech: Oracle opens its first cloud region in Spain
Cerdán hooks up with hyperscalers; Telefónica partner Oracle firms up Spanish expansion; Tech grabs remote with TeamViewer tie‑up.
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Elsewhere in Systems Solutions: lobbying blamed for Gaia-X slowdown
More Gaia‑X grumbles; T‑Sys remains focused on skills; partnerships flagged with Commerzbank and T‑Labs offshoot Staex.
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Elsewhere in T-Mobile US: Business Unlimited Ultimate+ launched with Apple
Startup partners Krikey and Mixhalo leverage operator backing; TMUS builds on Apple pairing.
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Partnerships & Alliances
BT and Atos aim to unblock Digital Vision
New Digital Vision solution to be pitched to manufacturers and logistics players focused on optimising working and security practices.
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Elsewhere in Vodafone Europe: VfD introduces flexible working model
Flexible working policy introduced in Germany; VfUK signs up to Greener Litigation pledge.