More Recent Insight – Page 417
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PremiumSimon Lowth buys 425,000 BT shares
BT CFO Simon Lowth and Mary Lowth purchased shares in BT Group to bring his total shareholding to 165% of salary.
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PremiumUniversal dropped from BT TV
Universal dropped from BT TV Source: Universal TV The Universal channels will be removed from BT TV packages from 27 January 2020. In a letter to its subscribers, BT said “this decision is out of our control and is driven by Universal’s decision to remove the channel ...
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PremiumChanges as ESN: BT Enterprise people movements, January 2020
BT Enterprise changes include directorship changes at ESN, and Ian Cottingham upped to Director of Specialist Sales.
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PremiumRevitalised Global sees changes: BT Global people movements, January 2020
Swathe of account management appointments in revitalised Global.
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PremiumOpenreach people movements, January 2020
Openreach welcomes new decade with internal shuffle, and Chairman Mike McTighe dons another hat.
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Former CEO Patterson goes Purple: BT Alumni moves, January 2020
Former BT CEO Gavin Patterson joins Purple.ai as it signs a deal with BT Enterprise.
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PremiumRestructuring takes hold: BT Group people movements, January 2020
HR and training changes at Group level as restructuring takes hold.
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Public AffairsRead tries to whip up support for Huawei
CEO calls on Europe not to blindly follow USA. Read warns excluding Huawei will harm Europe much more than the USA. UK fudge to cap and firewall Huawei 5G kit; bans ZTE altogether. EU echoes UK, delegating ultimate decisions to member states.
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PremiumVodafone Hutchison Australia taps Nokia for 5G launch
Nokia lands five-year deal in Australia’s post-Huawei landscape. Berroeta lauds the Finnish vendor’s “advanced 5G roadmap”. 5G launch slated by 30 June 2020.
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Strategy & ChangeVodafone's Egyptian exit agreed as Read’s scale-back continues
STC to pay $2.4bn for controlling stake in Vodafone Egypt, at modest valuation. Deal aimed to close by mid-2020. Groundwork of _VOIS Egypt separation previously completed.
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PremiumVodafone Idea preps 5G trials
Project comes with questions growing over whether VfI will live to see 5G era, however.
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PremiumVodafone goes to the 5G edge with Amazon
AWS Wavelength promises 5G latency times in “single-digit milliseconds”. Vodafone Business spearheads AWS Wavelength rollout in Europe.
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PremiumVodafone Group reaffirms opposition to private spectrum auctions
Vodafone offers stark warning against German plans to auction spectrum to private industry. German, UK, and US governments edging towards private spectrum auctions; telcos left nervous.
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PremiumChina Mobile, Vodafone Idea cloud tie up said to be on cards
VfI understood to have met with China Mobile in late-2019.
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Strategy & ChangeVodafone Shared Services gets a facelift for digital era
Self-styled “Intelligent” division nods to shift towards automation and AI.
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PremiumNew cities added to Open Fiber footprint
Market additions point to healthy relationship, despite both partners dancing around Telecom Italia.
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PremiumVodafone Germany’s Deutsche Glasfaser tie-up eyes new territory
NatCo embarks on ‘lease and operate’ partnership. Two parties aim to connect “entire municipalities” with fibre.
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PremiumVodafone UK loosens exclusivity terms with CityFibre
NatCo claims move will accelerate UK FTTP growth. Backs new FTTP trial with Openreach in Salisbury.
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Premium3G sunset nears as Vodafone Group preps re farming push
JV is one of first Group businesses to push button on spectrum switchover.