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M&A
Australia’s TPG puts fibre back on the table in new Vocus talks
Macquarie-backed fibre operator Vocus in early talks with TPG Telecom as fibre assets put back on the table…
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Weekly Briefings
Telefónicawatch Weekly: Hispam sales jump back onto the agenda
Telefónica makes abrupt announcement of deal to exit Colombia with sale to rival Millicom, further reducing exposure to Latin America.
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People
Vodafone Peoplewatch: new Business CEO sets hiring agenda
25+ senior and strategic people moves across the Vodafone ecosystem, including: Marika Auramo laying plans to grow the Business team; top-level healthcare division exit; SpaceMobile ExCo reshuffle; and new digs for two former Vodafone CFOs…
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Weekly Briefings
Infrawatch Weekly: VM O2 readying NetCo, Spain’s InfraCo bonanza, UK altnets’ investment “bad rep”
Latest from digital infra scene, including: UK sector’s reaction to the new Labour government and hopes for continued investment; Vodafone returning once again to the Vantage Towers piggybank; plans for two new FibreCo JVs in Spain; and plenty more…
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Weekly Briefings
Deutsche Telekomwatch Weekly: T-Mobile heads up for fibre seconds (but less keen on thirds)
FTTH action continues to dominate as T-Mobile US makes another expansive wireline M&A move and in-house rollouts progress in Croatia and Germany.
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Network & Infrastructure
EE handed £1.85bn ESN top-up, 5G SA upgrade
UK Home Office to award massive Emergency Services Network transition contract. ’Progress’ so far blocks competition and earns EE the deal, despite ten-year, £10bn+ programme delay…
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Financial & Performance
Brazil’s Vivo sails past 100m mark for mobile accesses
Brazilian OB reaps success of upselling tactics as postpaid mobile share expands.
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Venturing & Investments
UK Infrastructure Bank gives fibre sector another financial leg-up
National infra financing organisation backs another rural fibre altnet as Quickline secures a £250m debt package to support rollout in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
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Strategy & Change
Cellnex puts real estate asset sale plan ‘on hold’
European tower group wants to keep full ownership of its new land management business, highlighting its financial and strategic importance when it comes to controlling real estate cost and protecting against sharp practice by third-party aggregators.
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Weekly Briefings
Vodafonewatch Weekly: CEO claims ‘real progress’ in mixed Q1
Latest from Vodafone and its network of interests, including in-depth analysis of the Group’s Q1 results. In Germany, MDU law changes a major headache, but red tape cutting in Germany may support affiliate Vantage Towers, and 1&1 roaming only months away. Plus plenty more across the footprint…
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Financial & Performance
INWIT expects Italian consolidation to unlock 5G spend
INWIT sees brighter future for mobile operator infra investment in Italy after dust settles on M&A activity as the TowerCo reported “resilient” Q2 results.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone Global NOC goes cloud-native, readying for GenAI
Vodafone’s network transformation team herald leap forward in the journey to zero touch Global NOC automation, working with Celfocus and Google to take the operator’s CIAS solution into the cloud and open up opportunities for GenAI and upskilling. Read more…
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Financial & Performance
T-Mobile has ‘little appetite’ for further fibre deals, for now
CEO Mike Sievert says T‑Mobile remains open minded but indicates that there are no current plans to bulk up fibre diet.
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M&A
Telefónica heads for Colombian exit with Millicom deal
Group set to further reduce its presence in Latin America with sale of stake in Colombian operating business to Millicom.
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M&A
Vodafone Spain partners Telefónica on second FibreCo in two weeks
Telefónica España and Vodafone Spain to create joint FibreCo with a 3.5 million premises footprint, as Telefónica shores up wholesale revenue and Vodafone continues infra retreat.
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Financial & Performance
Prosegur backs Telefónica security JV as it passes 500k subs
Spanish operator’s home security partner talks up the value of their joint venture, and wider connected-alarms business, despite ongoing profit drain of commercial spend to fuel user base expansion.
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Financial & Performance
BT Q1 FY25 Highlights: Kirkby claims solid start despite performance wobbles
CEO Allison Kirkby assures of a ‘solid’ start to the FY, but trouble at Business and Consumer suggest challenge ahead.
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Financial & Performance
BT Q1 FY25 In-depth: adjusting to changing competitive landscape
Group revenue falls as competition proves fierce and challengers pinch subscribers. The usual trouble at Business, new headaches at Consumer, and reliable performer Openreach presents questions of its own…
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Financial & Performance
BT Q1 FY25 Spend: more to do as headcount cull pays off
Cost transformation on track but with plenty still to come.
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Financial & Performance
BT Q1 FY25 Guidance: on track despite Consumer fumble
Performance as broadly expected, and more challenge to come.