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Financial & Performance
UK’s Digital 9 Infrastructure to wind down, sell off assets
UK infrastructure investor proposes selling most of portfolio to pay off debt after completing strategic review.
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People
Deutsche Telekom goes strategic with new BT board rep
DT Chief Operating Officer Raphael Kübler to join BT boardroom to oversee stake and keep an eye on transformation agenda.
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People
Ex-DT duo eye tech and telco opportunities after reuniting at Warburg Pincus
Former Group Chief Executive René Obermann hires one-time lieutenant Dirk Wössner to help build out European investment portfolio.
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Financial & Performance
T-Mobile plans to get more creative in post-integration era
Q4 FY23: American NatCo’s “scrappy team” plotting new ways to make customer gains.
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Weekly Briefings
Infrawatch Weekly: NetCo-ServCo splits, fresh SatCo investment, tower M&A among hot topics
Liberty Global mulls over European NetCo-ServCo split; AST SpaceMobile secures big MNO/Google investment; Actis expands tower portfolio; CityFibre could now be preeminent UK fibre challenger in possible tipping point for fibre NetCo/wholesale business models. 20+ stories condensed in one weekly update…
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Financial & Performance
Is CityFibre now #1 UK fibre altnet by revenue, take-up?
With take-up doubling, revenue exploding, build on target and positive EBITDA imminent, NetCo boasts 50+ ISP retail partners are selling two- or even three-times’ as many CityFibre connections than sourced from Openreach. Appears Community Fibre and Hyperoptic overtaken, M&A next up…
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Strategy & Change
Ghana rebrand hits Vodafone’s African presence (and Partner Markets stipend)
As Partner Markets parent sees branding revenue drop, Vodafone Ghana reveals impending rebrand one year after acquisition by Telecel. Read on to find out more…
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Network & Infrastructure
UK MPs push for rural roaming fix as gov scheme progress lags
The UK parliament is exploring alternatives to the Shared Rural Network as all MNOs except EE struggle to deliver on 4G coverage commitments.
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Products & Services
O2 Germany customers stay on the move during train strikes
New findings from analytics and big data partnership with Teralytics said to give mobility providers “useful” insight for planning alternative arrangements during future strike action.
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Network & Infrastructure
BT’s spectrum wish list: more frequencies, fewer fees, and care on sharing
BT’s spectrum policy lead lays out spectrum desires, including more bandwidth, with reworked licencing fees to better reflect need for network investment, and a nuanced approach to shared access…
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Weekly Briefings
Deutsche Telekomwatch Weekly: is DT rethinking its now mega-branding?
Despite new-found status as top-ten global brand, Group is also making visual identity changes behind the scenes that underline question of whether ‘Deutsche Telekom’ name chimes with global, ‘digital’ ambitions. 20+ more stories…
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Network & Infrastructure
Telefónica seeks OpenWiFi capacity lift from Helium Network
Group develops proprietary management platform to leverage Nova Labs’ “open-source” network of mobile hotspots for mobile data offload. Tie-up is initially focused on Mexico, but plans are in place to expand across Latin American markets, with hopes to cut infra costs further…
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M&A
Emirati position in Vodafone found to present ‘material’ national security risk
Government investigation into e&’s 14.6% stake and strategic relationship agreement with UK operator group raises prospect of deal rethink, boardroom reshuffle, but Vodafone bullish in response…
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Weekly Briefings
Vodafonewatch Weekly: another week, another M&A headache
20-plus key updates from around Vodafone and its ecosystem, including: e& stake under scrutiny; Nowo no-go makes for M&A stumble; SpaceMobile gets Vodafone financial boost; Indus points finger at Vi as payments fail to materialise; plus much more in Europe, Africa, further afield…
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Premium
Elsewhere in BT Group: State supply chain strategy welcomed
State supply chain strategy welcomed
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M&A
Millicom serves up infra M&A hors d’oeuvre with Colombian sale
Latin American group offloads Colombian towers to KKR in apparent introductory step towards broader regional asset monetisation.
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Public Affairs
Telefónica wants Chile to have a 5G auction rethink
Criticism of Subtel’s terms ramps up, as operator claims that scoring system, prohibition of third-party infra usage, and regulatory obligations grant advantage to 5G entrant Claro. Auction follows several others in Telefónica’s markets over last year, as Group looks to acquire new spectrum while reducing financial exposure in Latin America.
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Premium
Elsewhere in BT Technology: UTS partnership expanded with blockchain focus
UTS partnership expanded with blockchain focus after cybersecurity co‑developments.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Hrvatski Telekom gets back on the radio to Ericsson Nikola Tesla
Croatian vendor adds 5G-focused radio access network deal to core network upgrade contract announced in December.
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People
Infra Peoplewatch: 20+ notable moves across global data centres, investors, Towers and UK fibre builders
January 2024 update: Global data centres (Atlas Edge, Kao Data, Rack Centre); investors (BII, DigitalBridge, KKR, Stonepeak); Towers (Crown Castle, CTIL, WIG, Vantage Towers); and UK fibre builders (G.Network, Hyperoptic, KCOM, nexfibre, Spring Fibre)…