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Network & InfraEgypt doubles up on spectrum with $3.5bn national strategy
e&, Orange, Telecom Egypt, and Vodafone to acquire additional spectrum under government’s new, multi-year National Spectrum Strategy, with operators set to renew existing licenses and pick up a trove of further frequencies in the coming years…
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Financial & PerformanceVodafone ‘happy’ with INWIT stake despite share slump
Group CEO Margherita Della Valle content with level of interest in Italian towerco despite share price plummeting 20% amid MNO consolidation concerns, and the prospect of a write-down looming…
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M&ATelefónica bids farewell to Colombia; cut-price Millicom deal wrapped up
Retrenching group completes sale of Colombian business to Millicom, ending a project stretching back to mid-2000s BellSouth and Colombia Telecom buyouts. Deal value is significantly lower than first suggested, in reflection of volatility that has prompted Group to end its Colombian presence (and perform broader Hispanoamérica exit)…
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Network & InfraQuantum leap: tracking telco deployments
New research from STL Partners has identified 106 quantum announcements involving 35 telcos, putting operators at the forefront of quantum future…
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Network & InfraDeutsche Telekom leads the way to ‘quantum internet’
German operator and startup Qunnect are betting on entanglement as an enabling capability for a future ‘quantum internet’. A recent joint research project achieved what they see as a breakthrough in the push towards live use of quantum comms in metropolitan fibre networks.
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Financial & PerformanceBT CEO bullish in face of altnet challenge, Openreach line losses
Q3 FY25–26: Allison Kirkby says BT is biting back amid a fibreco incursion as Openreach passed 21 million premises and tops 38% penetration, but line losses continue to drag and seem to be tempered, not overcome…
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Financial & PerformanceVodacom’s international OpCos brace for imminent slowdown
Q3 FY25–26: Regional operations perform well despite characteristic ‘emerging market’ challenges, while Vodafone Egypt charges on. Warnings from Vodafone HQ of an imminent fall-off in growth seem set to ring true, however…
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Strategy & ChangeTelefónica’s new local office: London (keeping UK on a closer rein)
In context: reflecting it’s new hands-on, command-and-control strategy, and the UK’s stature as a Core Four market, the corporate outpost reports to the top and will support a “more integrated” approach to overseeing the many billions in local investment…
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Strategy & ChangeBT International CEO goes ‘radical’, aims to ‘rip up the telco playbook’
Bas Burger offers a further glimpse into BT International’s roadmap, with a regional setup, multidisciplinary teams, and a sharper customer focus…
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PeoplewatchSchulman’s knife: BT procurement star looks Verizon-bound, supporting massive ‘turnaround’
In-depth: Verizon seems to be adding another European Galactico to its team, tapping BT Sourced founder Cyril Pourrat to spearhead a massive efficiency drive. New CEO Dan Schulman is targeting rapid elimination of $4bn in capex and $5bn in opex, and deployment of automation at scale. Pourrat offers battle-tested digital procurement strategies to a US-supersize turnaround story…
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Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica to aid hyperscalers on infra, service compliance in Spain — report
Telco reportedly assisting Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Oracle to ensure they maintain compliance with Spanish data and security regulations, amidst the Group’s broader push to deliver compliant and sovereign services in Europe…
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Network & InfraMoving fast to fix things: how AI-driven network assurance is reshaping global telecoms
As telcos intensify their drive toward automation and autonomy, assurance becomes the cornerstone of transformation. Learn from North America’s pioneering migrations to Europe’s multi-OpCo transformations how AI-driven, data-centric OSS evolution is reshaping network reliability, service quality, and customer trust…
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PeoplewatchBT’s procurement chief Cyril Pourrat readies for exit
Five years after founding arms-length buying business BT Sourced, Cyril Pourrat prepares to move on. BT understood to opt against a direct replacement…
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Network & InfraTelefónica flags advances in ‘exchanges as edge nodes’ scheme
Telefónica flags progress in conversion of now-shuttered copper exchanges into edge nodes, with ten now online and more scheduled to go live during 2026. Telefónica España CEO Borja Ochoa melds project into Group’s broader sovereignty pitch and highlights strategic benefits of the exchange conversions…
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Network & InfraDT seeks 5G core and IT partners for EC’s IRIS2 space venture
Operator gets things moving on buildout of satellite mega-project’s core IT infrastructure, issuing RFPs around 5G and tech stack.
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M&ATelefónica takes another step towards Colombian exit door
Millicom, prospective buyer of Telefónica Colombia, ticks off another item on its to-do list for the takeover with a tidy-up of the ownership of its own local business.
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B2BBT bags £200m NI deal as ‘pipeline’ begins to deliver
After CEO Allison Kirkby touts ‘robust pipeline’ of deals incoming, BT confirms £200m NIE Networks managed networks contract…
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Network & InfraVodafone takes ‘effort versus value’ approach to autonomous networks
Zero-touch lead Mabel Pous-Fenollar argues for case-by-case network and operations automation, determined by an ‘effort versus value’ evaluation, to secure quick wins on the road to Level 4…
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PeoplewatchVodafone installs fresh CIOs in Czech Republic and Greece
Vodafone names Hilda László and Petr Brunclík as CIOs for its Czech and Greek OpCos respectively, continuing a wider refresh of its European IT leadership line-up.
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Partnerships & AlliancesIQM sees more telco quantum opportunities in wake of Telefónica-CESGA deal in Spain
Interview: new deployment puts Telefónica alongside Europe’s quantum-HPC frontrunners, partnering IQM to deliver systems designed for research and industrial access. The project links to AI workflows, and hints at where telcos may see tomorrow’s quantum-as-a-service opportunity…