More Recent Insight – Page 462
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PremiumBT Enterprise sets out to prove its worth
CEO McQuade is aiming to reframe BT Enterprise’s steady-and-profitable business in largely declining markets as a more forward-looking digitalised unit ready and able to deliver next-generation services to businesses small and large. Pace of IP transition to accelerate, and the potential rise of SD-WAN is now seen as an ...
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PremiumReports claim EE approved new Dixons Carphone terms
Reports claim EE approved new Dixons Carphone terms Source: Robin Worrall / Unsplash EE and rival operators O2 UK and Vodafone UK reportedly agreed new terms with Dixons Carphone that remove strict sales targets in contracts the struggling retailer has previously described as “unsustainable”. The now-amended contracts ...
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PremiumBT and University of Suffolk awarded £6.5m in “capital growth funding”
BT and the University of Suffolk were awarded close to £6.5m in “capital growth funding” by the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) for Norfolk and Suffolk, to support the establishment of what was described as an “ICT learning, research, and training centre” at Adastral Park, the site of BT’s ...
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PremiumKCOM to be acquired by Humber Bidco Limited
KCOM, the monopoly provider of telecoms services in Hull, England, has agreed to be acquired by Humber Bidco Limited, an offshoot of UK pension fund Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited (USSL), for about £504m.
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PremiumVodafone Portugal makes another preparatory 5G step
New round of tests conducted ahead of planned 2020 launch.
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Products & ServicesVodafone Group’s NB-IoT footprint continues to spread
Covered markets now number 14, but detailed data on progress still light. NB-IoT collaboration proves a Partner Markets selling point.
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PremiumSoftware AG bags Vodafone Group IoT platform tie-up
IoT partner refresh continues. Deal yet to be formally announced.
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PremiumVodafone Group’s TOBi goes to Turkey
Vodafone partners with Microsoft for a Turkish TOBi version.
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PremiumVodafone Q4 FY18-19 spend: offset on track
With well drying up and 5G costs rising, leverage reduction is focus for “next few years”. Opex savings plan ahead of schedule, says Della Valle. Fibre splurge looks over, with capex reins kept on tight.
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PremiumVodafone Q4 FY18-19 headlines: headwinds and data fog
Little cause for cheer in top-line trends.
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Products & ServicesVodafone Q4 FY18-19
Diminishing cash wiggle-room reflected in dividend cutback. Reliance on Liberty deal increasingly in focus, as Group continues pivot towards struggling Europe Region. Questions starting to increase around lack of a growth platform.
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Products & ServicesTVision Home flickers into life; bundling bigger picture
TVision Home switched on in eight cities, with mobile app in pipeline. Preparations underway for FWA assault on home broadband market. NatCo’s ultimate aim is to become fully converged player in “5G era”. TMUS aspirations highly dependent on Sprint merger, however.
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PremiumTMUS–Sprint deal on knife edge; mixed signals from DoJ
Deadline pushed back, but Legere still claims to be optimistic about chances. WSJ reports DoJ as reluctant on merger as “currently structured”. Continued lobbying in Washington makes final decision difficult to call.
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Strategy & ChangeT-Sys hangs up on user support
Business tidy-up still getting into “full swing”, more than 18 months after T-Sys Chief Executive Adel Al-Saleh’s appointment.
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PremiumEricsson Nikola Tesla lands another core and RAN win
Repeat win for HT’s evident preferred network running buddy.
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Strategy & ChangeLast-mile fee hike proposed
Timely boost from BNetzA, but 5G costs and Vodafone move cloud wholesale picture.
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PremiumDT bites the bullet in German 5G auction
DT bids heavily on acquiring more airwave concessions, despite reservations. Germany throws Huawei a 5G lifeline.
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PremiumDT highlights further mmWave tests with Ericsson
Group remains keen on microwave-based 5G backhaul.
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PremiumLong-range drone JV comes on radar
DT tries its luck on another long-view innovation investment.