Latest tech news – Page 50
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Strategy & ChangeSelley ‘cracks the code’ on fibre as Openreach brews overbuild, upgrade plans
Openreach Business Briefing: Halfway to Openreach’s 2026 fibre rollout target, CEO Selley claims spending and recruitment peaks for Openreach have passed; fibre’s benefits are being felt…
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Network & InfrastructureTelefónica ‘preps’ sizeable tender for 5G SA core in Spain
Shaking out Huawei cobwebs, Telefónica said to be seeking supplier for user plane, with “tens of millions of euros” deal value. Further stacking the odds against still-beholden rivals…
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Partnerships & AlliancesTesla parks another contract win at Hrvatski Telekom
Croatian vendor nets 5G core contract with Hrvatski Telekom and subsidiary Crnogorski Telekom, extending long-term major accounts with the two operators.
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Partnerships & AlliancesBT taps Nokia open API model for 5G monetisation
Nokia’s Network as Code platform and developer community enlisted in hunt for new 5G offerings.
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Financial & PerformanceTim turns ten: CEO still ‘hungry’ as DT preps next phase
Q3 FY23: Group boss Timotheus Höttges asserts that “we stay greedy” as he nears decade in job, and begins work with his strategy team on fresh plan for FY25 onwards.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom Q3 FY23 Spend: no loosening of reins
Group leadership continue to express wariness regarding inflationary outlook.
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Network & InfrastructureDigital Realty taps Blackstone for $7bn EU-US data centre hyper-build JV
Investment giant furthers digital infra interests, targeting 500MW in new IT load across four hyperscale DC campuses in EU and US from 2025.
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Content & TVMeet MAUD: BT’s peak traffic cleaver to debut in 2024
BT-developed on-net solution can slash peak live and on-demand traffic by 50%, seamlessly for end-users. Potential “global solution” once productised, with vCDNs also on the agenda…
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M&ATelefónica ‘closes out’ digital-R&D merger, creating strategic digitalisation unit led by CDO
Hacker-in-chief Alonso to lead newly-formed Telefónica Innovación Digital, encompassing data, digital services and innovation functions. Part of Group-wide simplification drive, supporting strategic digital transformation. Learn more…
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Venturing & InvestmentsEC grants €1.2bn to fuel cloud computing push
4iG, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, and TIM among IT and telecoms players collaborating on IPCEI-CIS project, seeking to produce a common, open-source architecture for European cloud deployments. First phase of industrial rollout expected to complete by 2031, with goal creating 1,000 jobs and “positive spill-over effects” in the process.
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Financial & PerformanceT-Mobile US says its customers should be for life
CEO Mike Sievert highlights need to keep both churn and upgrade rates low to minimise customer retention costs.
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Network & InfrastructureOpenreach CEO: ‘epic’ FTTP build is ‘on time, on budget’
Clive Selley marks progress to 25 million, expands plans to 30 million, assures against questions of pace.
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Network & InfrastructureVodafone backs “intelligent automation” for open RAN
Vodafone, Intel, and Cirrus360 reveal new approach to speed open RAN software and hardware integration.
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Network & InfrastructureTPG preps for network innovation with 4G shift to Ericsson dual core
Ericsson hits another milestone in a long-running core network transformation programme for TPG, as the operator moves towards a containerised cloud-native setup.
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Enterprise (B2B)NaaS needs new enterprise sales tactics, says BT
BT Business CTO Colin Bannon says Global Fabric Network-as-a-Service will require a sales and procurement rework, with BT set to “elevate” conversations to CIOs, CFOs…
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Strategy & ChangeVodafone taking software engineering in-house to avoid complexity of ‘niche’ external partners
Head of Network Development Frederic Sundin tells Network Now delegates that Vodafone is navigating a “jungle” of startups to find the right partners, and going in-house as a “cheaper” option, more conducive to network simplicity dreams…
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Partnerships & AlliancesT-Mobile CEO Sievert recommits to Ericsson, Nokia after AT&T switchup
Sievert signals support for the “de‑verticalisation” of the mobile industry, but highlights benefits of having “two global leaders” in this space.
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Network & InfrastructureVodafone joins in accusations of strategic fibre overbuilding at DT
Vodafone Germany CEO claims his incumbent rival is driving “senseless excavating” and disrupting national fibre rollout through a lack of cooperation and intentional overbuilding.
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Products & ServicesO2 Germany pushes ahead with holo-comms VR bet; ‘targets’ 2026 debut
“Actively pushing ahead” to support mixed reality within 5G environment. First holographic call made from HQ, but obstacles to overcome…
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M&AKPN bulks up on fibre with Kabeltex buy
Dutch operator makes another bolt-on purchase to boost its flagship infrastructure programme, and says other potential M&A opportunities to be considered on a case‑by‑case basis.