Latest Telco Insight – Page 336
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PremiumTelefónica Europe people movements, Jan-Feb 2020
Several key changes at Telefónica UK and España.
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PremiumTelefónica Tech people movements, Jan-Feb 2020
Newly-formed Telefónica Tech division gets key appointments.
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PremiumTelefónica’s LatAm people movements, Jan-Feb 2020
Movement in Telefónica|Vivo’s B2B management.
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Analyst ReportTelefónicawatch Report #140 – January - February 2020
Key stories include: Telefónica hits ground running with restructuring plans | Telefónica considers SD-WAN challenger flexiWAN | Alonso sets out his stall as Digital Consumer Officer | Telefónica steps back from Colombia auction | O2 Germany heralds start of 5G era, rules in Huawei
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Suppliers & SCMHuawei crisis: leak points to Deutsche Telekom Group exposure fears
Likely Huawei restrictions reportedly prompt DT to turn back to Nokia as 5G player. Finnish vendor said to have come under pressure for quality improvements.
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PremiumShentel users in play if Sprint deal gets thumbs up
Sign-off to mega-deal would give New T-Mobile management a raise/fold option in north-eastern US states.
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PremiumBuyIn adds Bell and NOS to shopping club
Long search for willing partners finally yields some results.
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Public AffairsOperators own up to 2015 coverage target misses
NatCo claims to have met household coverage targets set at 2015 auction. None of Germany’s three MNOs meets 100% targets along transport routes. BNetzA yet to test operators’ coverage claims.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom Global Carrier backs automated settlement platform
Unit part of new “special-purpose entity” for automated settlement. Data-on-demand and international voice settlement to be first products. Timelines hazy for commercial deployment, however.
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Strategy & ChangeTelekom Deutschland to close nearly 100 stores in digital shift
NatCo goes omnichannel; pushes button on reorganisation around digital. Few details offered but recalibration looks significant for people, organisation, and technology. Union agreement firmed up pre-announcement.
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Venturing & InvestmentsMagenta Telekom gets spot on Vienna 5G team
Startups tap into smart-city-themed 5G ecosystem building at NatCo.
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PremiumT-Systems adds Splunk to big data analytics portfolio
Unit still sees mileage in role as enterprise data sherpa.
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Strategy & ChangeHrvatski Telekom puts Optima stake on table
Five-year babysitting job could be nearing completion.
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Products & ServicesT-Mobile Poland deploys ‘lightweight’ EPC for FMS
NatCo achieves first “production rollout” of Open Mobile Evolved Core. TMPL stresses more control means more responsibility. Intel notes ‘open’ does not mean ‘free’.
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PremiumAppsFlyer becomes ‘a unicorn-and-a-half’
AppsFlyer raised $210m (€191m) in a Series-D funding round. Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners.
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Public AffairsEuropean Court of Justice rules on StreamOn
Telekom Deutschland will have been watching with interest as a long-running legal dispute over its StreamOn media service was taken to the European Court of Justice.
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PremiumBNetzA renews m-payments legislation
Germany’s BNetzA introduced new rules designed to make m-payments for subscription services and one-off purchases more secure and transparent.
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Discovery, Telekom Romania in deadlock
Telekom Romania remained at loggerheads with media and TV group Discovery over the nature of their commercial partnership.
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PremiumSoftware AG promotes Deutsche Telekom IoT partnership
Sanjay Brahmawar, Chief Executive of Software AG, talked up progress in pushing through the application provider’s recent industrial Internet of Things (IoT) partnership with Deutsche Telekom IoT (DT IoT).