Latest Telco Insight – Page 173
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PremiumElsewhere in BT Consumer: FTTP customers to be offered Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
EE extends two-hour handset repair service to more than a third of its retail footprint; Plusnet joins Ofcom’s voluntary compensation scheme for broadband outages.
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Partnerships & AlliancesDT, Orange shift sustainability spotlight onto suppliers
Operators’ procurement JV to force vendors to disclose environmental progress and ambitions.
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M&AViasat under fire from US rivals over Inmarsat deal
Amazon-owned Kuiper Systems and Elon Musk’s SpaceX file FCC complaints.
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PremiumVodafone sticks to TV guns despite subscriber declines
TV customer base in Germany fell by 309,000 in the past year.
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PremiumVodafone Q4 FY21–22: Germany weakness clouds performance
Deteriorating commercial performance in Germany and lack of visible progress on M&A were counterpoints to Europe’s “good growth”.
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PremiumDiscovery JV steps up BT’s phased exit from sport
High-profile 50:50 joint venture confirmed after twelve months of speculation regarding potential suitors for BT Sport.
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PremiumElsewhere in BT Technology: Plug and Play enters UK market
BT partner Plug and Play enters UK market in hunt for green innovators.
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PremiumBT Q4 FY21–22: Consumer bullish despite more flat figures
Branding changes and convergence prospects pave the path for growth.
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PremiumElsewhere in BT Group: Digitas UK scores BT/EE account
Publicis tightens grip on BT advertising account, edging out WPP further; VM O2’s fibre speed claims trump BT’s.
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Network & InfraTelefónica aims to improve pole position
Spanish operating business said to be inspecting 3.5 million poles and replacing those in poor condition.
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Suppliers & SCMVodacom tightens up supply chain amid trade turbulence
Group’s International businesses team up on adoption of Vodafone’s central Network Stock System.
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PremiumVi CEO promises better times ahead
Takkar talks effusively of “positive catalysts” for Vodafone’s Indian JV.
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PremiumElsewhere in Vodafone Associates & JVs: TIM to merge fixed network with Open Fiber
TIM agrees to merge fixed network with Open Fiber with support from private equity players; Australian competition authority to rule on whether TPG–Telstra network-sharing deal can go ahead in autumn 2022.
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PremiumElsewhere in Vodafone Partner Markets: A1 Telekom snaps up STEMO
Canadian competition authority rejects Rogers–Shaw mega-merger; Vodafone New Zealand takes full control of retail stores JV.
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PremiumBT Q4 FY21–22 Spend: FTTP build-out remains a (costly) priority
Openreach’s fibre-related spend surpasses 50% of Group capex.
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PremiumBT Q4 FY21–22 Guidance: Jansen stands defiant
Macro pressures to have an inevitable impact, but not all doom and gloom for BT forecasts.
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PremiumBT Q4 FY21–22 Headlines: off-target but moving forward
Enterprise and Global continue to drag, Openreach unencumbered.
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OperationsOpenreach’s Selley slams ‘tortuous’ process for hiring EU workers
Openreach CEO warns of constraints on pace of fibre network build.
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OperationsVodafone quietly settles long-running patent battle
TOT Power Control and Top Optimized Technologies withdrew all confidentiality and patent infringement claims in late-2021.