
Michelle Donegan
Michelle Donegan is an experienced telecoms writer and has been contributing as a reporter and news analyst for TelcoTitans since July 2020.
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- Venturing & Investments
UK altnet Giggle faces uncertain future, management buyout extends lifespan
Digital 9 Infrastructure-backed fibre altnet Giggle Broadband completes management buyout to review options.
- Financial & Performance
Vodafone’s problem children: German remedial progress, Spain disowned, UK betroved, Italy seeks paramour
Vodafone Europe H1 FY23–24 insights, including Germany still needing to navigate TV exodus; regional organic growth; the happier story at remnant smaller markets; and more…
- M&A
Two down, one to go: Vodafone gets serious about M&A in Italy
H1 FY23–24: CEO Margherita Della Valle signals Italy is next in Group’s “right-sizing” initiative for struggling European markets as strategy in motion for Spain and UK.
- Financial & Performance
Soggier MNO spending dampens INWIT sales outlook
Italian TowerCo flags weak fixed wireless access demand and lower discretionary spend in an otherwise solid third quarter performance.
- Venturing & Investments
Safaricom adds Spark startup accelerator to venturing strategy
Kenyan operator builds on Sumitomo ties to underpin renewed startup ambitions, with usual M-PESA tie-in front and centre.
- Financial & Performance
BT gives glimpse into Openreach’s future as cash flow generating FibreCo
BT Group CEO Philip Jansen boasts of fibre progress, but guidance for coming quarters indicates Openreach will fall short of FY23–24 fibre build ambitions.
- Events
Telefónica keeps eyes on programmable networks prize in push for open fixed broadband
Spanish operator shares strategic thinking behind long-gestating Open Broadband project at Telecom Infra Project’s (TIP) Fyuz event.
- Strategy & Change
UK infra investment group Fern branches out into mobile services
Expansive fibre, energy, and property investor builds an MVNO enablement platform business, targeting high-street retailers and other consumer brands.
- Public Affairs
Wait goes on for EC’s investment revival ‘vision’
European Commission guidelines for new Digital Networks Act expected before June 2024, but draft legislation not until 2025.
- Interview
TOTEM CEO eyes pole position in MNO network strategies
Network X: TOTEM CEO Nicolas Roy discusses the TowerCo’s industrial plans and strategic site ambitions.
- M&A
stc distraction hangs over Telefónica strategic reset
Saudi operator’s bid for 9.9% stake in Telefónica creates uncertainty ahead of CEO José María Álvarez-Pallete’s strategy big reveal.
- Premium
VM O2 adds FAST channels to TV line-up
Themed streaming channels complement free‑to‑air and pay‑TV offering.
- Events
Interview: UK altnet Hyperoptic boosts CX in full-fibre take-up drive
In an interview with TelcoTitans, Dana Tobak, founder and CEO of Hyperoptic, shares how financial discipline guides the UK altnet.
- Partnerships & Alliances
O2 Germany advances IoT connectivity with New Sat challenger Skylo
First hybrid cellular-satellite NB-IoT services to launch in early 2024.
- Strategy & Change
BT quashes talk of Openreach split
Connected Britain 2023: Howard Watson and Clive Selley say structural separation is not on the agenda; BT focused squarely on driving full-fibre deployment.
- Interview
UK altnet Brsk aims for one million FTTP homes and beyond
In an interview with TelcoTitans, Brsk founders Giorgio Iovino and Ian Kock share how their experience at Vumatel in South Africa helps the UK venture. Their second fibre startup is ”more fun”, but not easier, as it takes on the challenge of raising awareness and educating consumers about full-fibre. ...
- Premium
INCA calls for Openreach breakup
Altnet industry group urges government scrutiny of telecoms regulator, asserting that recent decisions put fibre investment at risk.
- Premium
Movistar Plus+ revamp takes on streaming giants
Spanish operator hopes to stem pay‑TV losses with a refreshed content line‑up and an over‑the‑‑top streaming option.
- Premium
stc buy-in: Spain rallies to defend “strategic” Telefónica
stc’s bid to become Telefónica’s largest shareholder faces tough scrutiny.
- Public Affairs
INCA blasts Ofcom for regulatory failures; calls for Openreach breakup
Altnet industry group urges government scrutiny of telecom regulator, arguing that recent decisions put fibre investment at risk.