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Products & Services
Vodafone brings on blockchain buddy in IoT monetisation drive
Economy of Things JV Vodafone DAB demonstrates potential of smart contracts for IoT customers, leveraging Chainlink tie-up.
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Suppliers & SCM
SAP trumpets role in transformation gains at BT
ERP player SAP declared success for solution deployments fulfilling commitments made in a strategic partnership signed in 2019.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vector Technologies: Telcos must own interoperability to leverage multi-vendor strategic benefits
Vector Technologies considers that to succeed in a fast-moving multi‑faceted market (incl. M&A), service providers need to create an interoperable multi‑vendor access environment that can adapt. The fundamental significance will ultimately prove itself in stability and customer experience benefits that will support business growth, the broadband SI believes.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Deutsche Telekom and SK Telecom to develop telco-tailored AI digital assistant platform
Latest agreement stems from SKT’s partnership with US-based AI specialist Anthropic on multilingual large language models, for the benefit of DT-backed Global Telco AI Alliance.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone and Snam agree 5G deal as MPN market gathers steam
5G private network deal, described as one of Vodafone’s biggest in Europe, to see the operator deliver dedicated coverage for the natural gas company at 23 sites across Italy.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Bang & Olufsen withdraws from more than 700 T-Mobile US stores
Danish maker of high‑end audio equipment “didn’t get the results” it wanted from operator partnership.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone–e& cross-border alliance signs first customer
Dubai’s Al-Futtaim Group signs MoU for connectivity services from Vodafone and e&.
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Premium
Elsewhere in BT Business: Division X targets logistics efficiency and warehousing tech
Division X targets logistics efficiency and warehousing tech.
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Premium
Vodafone Greece goes Public in retail expansion bid
Partnership with Public Group seeks to enable omnichannel innovation for Greek operator.
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Premium
Elsewhere in Associates and JVs: Vantage looks to increase political presence
Vantage looks to increase political presence with Berlin office.
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Financial & Performance
Vodafone’s international federation reports another year of decline
Partner Markets revenue drops for third year running, with management this time blaming the conflict in Ukraine.
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Interview
Orange Business puts Microsoft 365 Copilot through its paces
Enterprise services unit invited to join early-access programme for GenAI tool.
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Premium
Vodafone names allies to accelerate open RAN adoption
Open, disaggregated tech gets key role as Vodafone confirms plans for Europe‑ and Africa‑wide, 170,000‑site RAN supplier refresh.
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Financial & Performance
Virgin Media O2–Tesco joint venture nears £1bn revenue mark
Twenty-year old joint venture, UK’s largest MVNO, posts a jump in sales despite being a rare hold-out on inflation-linked price rises.
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Innovation (R&D)
MediaTek and Nokia help BT to 5G reduced capacity win
Partners successfully trial RedCap technology using EE’s 5G SA network, MediaTek’s testing platform, and Nokia’s AirScale RAN portfolio.
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Strategy & Change
DT steps up ‘cloudification’ with Amazon to tame its IT jungle
Peter Leukert outlines the main challenges of pivotal Route 60 cloudification programme, particularly around securing management support and bedding in cultural and organisational change to accompany technology investments.
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Products & Services
BT’s commercial drone SIM a ‘stepping stone’ in UAV leadership aspirations
BT launches Drone SIM service for Business customers as series of pilots prove successful.
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Partnerships & Alliances
BT takes ‘first step’ in Google Cloud cybersecurity partnership
Pair extend partnership to the realm of cybersecurity, with BT becoming official reseller of Google Chronicle-based Autonomic Security Operations offering.
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Events
Telco buyers ponder challenges of a disaggregated, multi-vendor future
Speaking at Fyuz, BuyIn’s Elise Raffestin highlights growing complexity of procurement as vendors proliferate.
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Partnerships & Alliances
DT ties with AWS, VMware to develop global enterprise network
Partners use Deutsche Telekom´s global mobile networks and AWS backbone, along with Mavenir-supplied RAN.