More TelcoTitans Insight – Page 135
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Financial & PerformanceSafaricom Ethiopia is yet to get M-PESA up to speed in race with Ethio Telecom
Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia hails “great momentum” for M-PESA but its flagship m-money offering remains dwarfed and outpaced by rival Ethio Telecom’s Telebirr, following the latter’s headstart.
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Products & ServicesTelefónica goes live with first 5G FWA offering in Brazil
Vivo Box 5G product provides commercial fixed-wireless access for the first time to Vivo customers, with an initial subscription-based service providing 150GB of data per month.
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Analyst BriefingTelefónicawatch Weekly: Group spending spree goes on shares, spectrum, and sports…
Telefónicawatch Weekly Briefing includes: laying out nearly €3bn on O2 Germany stake increase and Spain sports streaming rights. Chile’s upcoming 5G auction set to see more cash splashed.
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Venturing & InvestmentsVPC Chair Detlef Schultz’s procuretech startup secures more funding
Procuretech venture akirolabs nets $5m investment from VC firms and angel investors. Co-founded by Vodafone Procurement Company chair. High profile angels onboard. Find our more…
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Public AffairsBT begins ‘robust’ defence in £1.3bn overcharging class action
BT takes to the courtroom to face groundbreaking “overcharging” lawsuit — argues no case, but presented as fleecing elderly for whom time of essence; with another class action in the works…
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Financial & PerformanceUK’s Digital 9 Infrastructure to wind down, sell off assets
UK infrastructure investor proposes selling most of portfolio to pay off debt after completing strategic review.
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PeoplewatchDeutsche Telekom goes strategic with new BT board rep
DT Chief Operating Officer Raphael Kübler to join BT boardroom to oversee stake and keep an eye on transformation agenda.
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PeoplewatchEx-DT duo eye tech and telco opportunities after reuniting at Warburg Pincus
Former Group Chief Executive René Obermann hires one-time lieutenant Dirk Wössner to help build out European investment portfolio.
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Financial & PerformanceT-Mobile plans to get more creative in post-integration era
Q4 FY23: American NatCo’s “scrappy team” plotting new ways to make customer gains.
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Analyst BriefingInfrawatch Weekly: NetCo-ServCo splits, fresh SatCo investment, tower M&A among hot topics
Liberty Global mulls over European NetCo-ServCo split; AST SpaceMobile secures big MNO/Google investment; Actis expands tower portfolio; CityFibre could now be preeminent UK fibre challenger in possible tipping point for fibre NetCo/wholesale business models. 20+ stories condensed in one weekly update…
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Strategy & ChangeGhana rebrand hits Vodafone’s African presence (and Partner Markets stipend)
As Partner Markets parent sees branding revenue drop, Vodafone Ghana reveals impending rebrand one year after acquisition by Telecel. Read on to find out more…
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Network & InfraUK MPs push for rural roaming fix as gov scheme progress lags
The UK parliament is exploring alternatives to the Shared Rural Network as all MNOs except EE struggle to deliver on 4G coverage commitments.
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Products & ServicesO2 Germany customers stay on the move during train strikes
New findings from analytics and big data partnership with Teralytics said to give mobility providers “useful” insight for planning alternative arrangements during future strike action.
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Network & InfraBT’s spectrum wish list: more frequencies, fewer fees, and care on sharing
BT’s spectrum policy lead lays out spectrum desires, including more bandwidth, with reworked licencing fees to better reflect need for network investment, and a nuanced approach to shared access…
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Analyst BriefingDeutsche Telekomwatch Weekly: is DT rethinking its now mega-branding?
Despite new-found status as top-ten global brand, Group is also making visual identity changes behind the scenes that underline question of whether ‘Deutsche Telekom’ name chimes with global, ‘digital’ ambitions. 20+ more stories…
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Financial & PerformanceIs CityFibre now #1 UK fibre altnet by revenue, take-up?
With take-up doubling, revenue exploding, build on target and positive EBITDA imminent, NetCo boasts 50+ ISP retail partners are selling two- or even three-times’ as many CityFibre connections than sourced from Openreach. Appears Community Fibre and Hyperoptic overtaken, M&A next up…
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Network & InfraTelefónica seeks OpenWiFi capacity lift from Helium Network
Group develops proprietary management platform to leverage Nova Labs’ “open-source” network of mobile hotspots for mobile data offload. Tie-up is initially focused on Mexico, but plans are in place to expand across Latin American markets, with hopes to cut infra costs further…
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M&AEmirati position in Vodafone found to present ‘material’ national security risk
Government investigation into e&’s 14.6% stake and strategic relationship agreement with UK operator group raises prospect of deal rethink, boardroom reshuffle, but Vodafone bullish in response…
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Analyst BriefingVodafonewatch Weekly: another week, another M&A headache
20-plus key updates from around Vodafone and its ecosystem, including: e& stake under scrutiny; Nowo no-go makes for M&A stumble; SpaceMobile gets Vodafone financial boost; Indus points finger at Vi as payments fail to materialise; plus much more in Europe, Africa, further afield…
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PremiumElsewhere in BT Group: State supply chain strategy welcomed
State supply chain strategy welcomed