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OperationsDeutsche Telekom retains Russian presence
Reports indicate hundreds of employees remain in St. Petersburg, two months after software development was said to be moved elsewhere.
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PremiumElsewhere in Hispanoamérica: Mexico to reap rewards of AT&T migration from November
AT&T network migration to start making cost savings for Telefónica Mexico from November 2022.
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PremiumTelefónica ramps up Ecuadorian tower plans
Operator recruits Tower One Wireless to build sites and finance equipment.
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PremiumElsewhere in UK: Phones 4u cases reaches High Court
Phones 4u collusion case reaches High Court; VM O2 fastest full-fibre claims corroborated by ASA.
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M&APrisa sale calls time on Telefónica political ambitions
Álvarez-Pallete declares the telco “should not be in the business of opinion-making” after offloading the bulk of its 9% stake in Spanish media group Prisa.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom people moves: ‘heavyweight’ digitiser leaves Telekom
Chief Digital Officer Nils Stamm leaves home market NatCo.
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OperationsVodafone flags German shop closures
Recalibrating German business to axe portion of retail network amid declining footfall.
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Strategy & ChangeTeoh tipped to flee TPG once escrow period ends
Operator’s main shareholders Vodafone and Hutchison free to sell shares after 12 July. So too is founder David Teoh, seen likely to up sticks first. Morgan Stanley analyst doesn’t foresee same share price carnage as when Teoh sold 3% stake last December.
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PremiumVM O2 taps Amdocs Media for OTT onboarding
New deal looks to build on pre-merger relationship with Amdocs Media.
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PremiumVM O2 switches on Samsung’s 4G, 5G RAN lights
After more than six months of putting Samsung RAN kit through its paces in field tests, VM O2 flicks the switch on “multiple” 4G, 5G sites.
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PremiumLiberty refreshes catch-up TV features
In ‘super aggregator’ era, broadcast TV is “still very relevant”.
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PremiumElsewhere in Spain: TSA to leverage Agama solution
Vantage upsells Telefónica on 5G; broadcast services arm shoots for quality with Agama deal.
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Partnerships & AlliancesVodafone Business flaunts “new, exciting phase” for IBM, Kyndryl partnership
Trio combine to “supercharge” digital transformations with best-of-breed cloud ecosystem.
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Public AffairsDrahi’s BT stake raises national security concerns
UK Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng wields National Security & Investment Act to review, and potentially reverse, Altice UK’s latest BT stake acquisition.
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Network & InfrastructureDT’s European Aviation Network heads offshore
Inflight connectivity offering expanded through tie-up with maritime infra player Tampnet.
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Public AffairsAction ballot date set as union “maximises” BT pressure
Communication Workers Union to post ballot papers on 15 June.
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Strategy & ChangeAllera flags big changes ahead under ‘New EE’
BT Consumer CEO says the first chapter of the BT-EE integration process has been completed.
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Innovation (R&D)Startup health “intimately linked” to telco relationships
Changes to competition, funding, and processes required to support startup ecosystem, TEG finds.
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PremiumElsewhere in Germany: operator claims 5G milestone
O2’s 5G network reaches a third of German population.
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PremiumO2 sorts out Gigabit wholesale wrangle with Vodafone
“Extension” of Vodafone wholesale deal allows O2 to market internet speeds of up-to-1Gbps to over 22 million cable households.