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Network & InfraGoFibre closes £125m funding round to boost Scottish fibre build
Altnet secures additional financing from the Scottish National Investment Bank and Hamburg Commercial Bank, with aspiration to reach additional Scottish premises while supporting ongoing Project Gigabit build. Read more…
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M&ADigi seeks to regain momentum in Belgium after taking control of local JV
Things have not gone as planned for Digi Belgium in its first six months of operation, but its parent group hopes a recent “simplification” of its management structure (and assumption of majority control of the unit) will put it back on track…
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Analyst BriefingsUK Infrawatch analyst briefing: CityFibre upgrade plans, Netomnia wholesale goals, datacentre net zero gains
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK, including: government support for digitalisation sustainability, CityFibre tackling technology integration, a new UK wholesale platform; a flurry of new senior appointments, and plenty more…
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Products & ServicesUK’s One Touch Switch accelerates to 1.5 million, preps B2B extension
Eleven months in, TOTSCo now switching around 5k broadband consumers daily with more to come, as BT and VM O2 trial new B2B capability, and Netomnia’s Chelot steps down from board…
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Analyst BriefingsTelefónicawatch Analyst Briefing: Hispam rollback continues
Telefónica retains a packed M&A agenda as Uruguay exit nears and negotiators progress talks over a sale of stock in new Spanish fibre offshoot. Read more…
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Analyst BriefingsEMEA Infrawatch Analyst Briefing: towercos go organic; new players enter DC scene
Latest in EMEA digital infra: Cellnex confident it can navigate potential telco consolidation in France; Helios seeks further organic growth with strategy refresh; Spanish telco trio progress fibre spin-out plans; Tele2 preps tower carve-out…
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MarketingBT opts for Uncommon to take brand ‘beyond advertising’
New brand chief Cilesta van Doorn hails Uncommon Creative Studio as the agency of choice to cement the BT logo in “modern Britain”.
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Financial & PerformanceQ2 FY25: DT looks ahead to life without Romania
DT’s leadership hails progress on European M&A as the sale of unwanted Romanian mobile business gains approval.
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Analyst BriefingsBTwatch Analyst Briefing: BT rises to the top
Latest from BT as it surpasses Vodafone by market cap, an apparent reflection of investor confidence in the Group’s direction; BT Ireland reset means new leadership incoming; Plusnet posts downbeat numbers but is back in BT plans; more…
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M&AVodacom lands another regulatory win for Maziv fibre JV
South Africa’s Competition Appeals Court gives thumbs up for the creation of Vodacom and CIVH’s long-planned fibre joint venture, taking it one step closer to go-time…
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Financial & PerformanceRe-booting Plusnet cuts jobs, ‘streamlines’ operations
BT’s no-frills broadband brand posts another year of decline as it resets and restructures.
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Strategy & ChangeT-Systems bullish on sovereignty shift; untouched by tariff ‘turmoil’
Q2 FY25: Deutsche Telekom says enterprise IT business on track to meet FY25 guidance and longer-term targets.
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PeopleVi: CEO Moondra steps aside, sets challenge for successor
Debt-laden Indian operator Vi names a new CEO in Abhijit Kishore, who has a mountain to climb if he is to complete the job of turning around a business that has been in perpetual decline for several years.
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M&ADT’s HAPS interest taken over by wireless infra pair
Protelindo and World Mobile jointly acquire Stratospheric Platforms, seeking to push towards commercialising HAPS systems, with plans for early deployment now in place…
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Analyst BriefingsVodafonewatch Analyst Briefing: Vodafone knocked back as rivals surge
Latest from Vodafone as a turbulent quarter sees BT claim the UK’s top telco spot, Liberty Global exits stage left, and German fibre JV OXG pushes forward with another wholesale tie-up…
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TechnologyDTCP and Porsche said to explore €500m defence tech fund
Venture capital partners DTCP and Porsche are reportedly talking about setting up a €500m defence-focused fund, which would be the pair’s second tie-up.
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PeopleBT Ireland swaps leadership to begin ‘next phase’
Carol Connolly to take over from Shay Walsh to lead BT’s in-transition Irish business.
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PeopleDeutsche Telekom Peoplewatch: in-flight boss is Amazon-bound
The latest strategic and senior changes at Deutsche Telekom, including the appointment of new execs to drive network technology evolution in the AI era and direct its in-flight comms business — plus leadership switches around B2B in Poland, ‘Beyond Core’ diversification, and product design.
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Network & InfraThe single source of truth: how TowerCos and MNOs are mastering digital twins
From accelerating M&A due diligence to slashing truck rolls and ensuring revenue, digital twins are reshaping MNO and TowerCo operations. At different stages of adoption, but as one on importance of getting the data right, leaders from BT, TDF, PTI and vHive reveal how this technology is creating the digital truth for physical assets, how this can be advantaged, and what’s next…
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B2BNetomnia enters UK fibre wholesale fray with new platform — starting with B2B
Altnet’s platform joins increasingly crowded and competitive wholesale marketplace, emphasising streamlining, top-four fibreco scale credentials, and 50G future-proofing. Dark fibre, too…