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Partnerships & AlliancesAduna goes big on Brazilian B2B with deeper Vivo tie-up
Partnership is aimed at scaling API availability and diversifying into new industries.
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Suppliers & SCMSafaricom enters market for new BSS partners
Kenyan operator launches tender for vendors to support a multi-year overhaul of its BSS and CRM setup.
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Partnerships & AlliancesOrange ties with Synamedia to extend CDN platform
Telco aims to give content providers a simplified way to extend their reach through integration with Synamedia’s platform. The deal comes as Orange plots a strategic shift in its CDN approach…
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Suppliers & SCMVodafone’s buying platform signs up Nomia for ‘strategic’ tail spend management
Vodafone Procure & Connect has enlisted Bell Integration spin-out Nomia to manage its tail spend with a view to turn the ‘tactical’ procurement into a ‘strategic’ asset…
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Partnerships & AlliancesOTE expands satellite infra ties with USA’s Globalstar
Greek telco to house more ground infra for US-based satellite operator, furthering the latter’s wider rollout programme for a next-generation satellite network…
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Partnerships & AlliancesNetomnia forays off-net with Openreach tie-up, lures new debt investors
UK altnet to add 1.5 million premises to footprint as it seeks to attract fresh customers and reduce churn through wholesale tie-up with the nation’s incumbent provider. Coincides with new investors and long-term backers completing debt raise with a £140m boost.
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InterviewT-Systems’ Jonczak revs AI engine for position as “trusted powerhouse” in Europe and beyond
Deep Dive: T-Systems is targeting a step-change in AI-driven B2B revenue growth through 2027, and also pivotal to Deutsche Telekom’s goal of €800m in internal ‘impact’. Moving beyond “Santa Claus-style” product push, new AI chief Magdalena Jonczak is leading transformation towards co-creation, and establishing division as Europe’s “trusted powerhouse” in sovereign AI. Learn more…
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Partnerships & AlliancesSky peppers Swiss fibre and mobile with Salt
Pay TV provider Sky Switzerland is partnering with Xavier Niel’s local telco redoubt to introduce converged offerings and challenge market leaders Swisscom and Sunrise. Amidst backdrop of pending Sky DACH acquisition by Bertelsmann’s RTL…
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InnovationBT Active Intelligence: Solving customer problems through mobility insights
Interview: From telco startup to data scale-up, the BT Group data science unit is transforming mobility insights into commercial and societal value. Leader Steve Wiley explains how his team is applying a startup mindset and partnership model to unlock the power of geospatial data for enterprise clients, creating actionable intelligence from 25 billion daily data points. Learn more…
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Partnerships & AlliancesDT takes Bayern Munich sponsorship to extra time
Operator pre-emptively extends (and expands) run until 2032, with additional rights and future technology collaborations among the new signings…
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Analyst BriefingsDeutsche Telekomwatch Analyst Briefing: overcoming the ‘overbuilders’
The latest developments from around DT, as Telekom Deutschland refreshes its commercial strategy in a bid to hit back at altnet competitors, and the Group sends another emissary to the States to oversee T-Mobile’s push into fibre. Read more…
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Partnerships & AlliancesDT strengthens Perplexity ties to expand AI Phone capabilities
Operator brings scaleup’s Comet AI browser to Germany for Perplexity Pro subscribers, with support through DT’s ambitious AI Phone devices, advancing the pair’s pre-existing collaboration (and investment)…
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Partnerships & AlliancesVirgin Media O2 smartens up fibre rollout with IQGeo and Deepomatic combo
As IQGeo completed an acquisition of Deepomatic earlier this month, Virgin Media O2 emerged as one of the first operators to use their combined geospatial software and computer vision software tools to speed its fibre rollout.
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Partnerships & AlliancesVi strengthens IBM ties with AI Innovation Hub launch
Indian operator to collaborate with longstanding It partner on developing new AI-based solutions. Accelerating time-to-market and giving its operations teams new tools are among Vi’s goals with the new Hub…
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Partnerships & AlliancesBT expands AWS deal for five more years
The cloud services giant flags the latest strategic agreement with BT as a critical step towards network autonomy.
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MarketingBT opts for Uncommon to take brand ‘beyond advertising’
New brand chief Cilesta van Doorn hails Uncommon Creative Studio as the agency of choice to cement the BT logo in “modern Britain”.
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Partnerships & AlliancesVodacom, Airtel sign Africa’s latest network sharing deal
Operator duo sign network infra sharing agreement for DRC, Mozambique, and Tanzania as continent’s telcos join hands to expand reach, lower costs…
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Network & InfraVodafone’s Nadia Benabdallah: ‘the real leap lies in autonomous networks’
Having seen the Group’s networks evolve from 3G to 5G SA over a 30-year career, Milan-based network strategy chief says the real benefits will come with deployment of autonomous networking…
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Partnerships & AlliancesCellnex snaffles another post-M&A telco win with expanded Telefónica deal
Telefónica strengthens ties with Spanish tower provider via deal that expands footprint and supports operator’s access relationship with up-and-comer Digi Spain.
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Partnerships & AlliancesOrange expands OpenAI tie-up to add weight to Africa focused models
Orange claims to be the only telco to be given early access to OpenAI’s latest open‑weight reasoning models.