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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodacom likes Facebook for rural 4G in Tanzania
Duo clubs together to upgrade 120 rural sites for 4G.
BT taps Mobile Viewpoint for 5G Commonwealth broadcasts
BBC’s Commonwealth Games coverage supported by 5G and tech from BT partners.
Rakuten Symphony turns up the volume in Europe
After setting up shop in France, Germany, and the UK, Symphony puts out welcome mat for software companies to join its Symworld marketplace.
Elsewhere in BT Consumer: EE extends 5G coverage to Wembley pitch
EE extends 5G coverage to Wembley pitch.
BT moots Microsoft tie-up on flagship Belfast port project
New phase of port digitisation project focuses on edge and cloud infrastructure, automation, and application development.
Telefonica, Liberty unveil fibre JV with InfraVia Capital
Virgin Media O2 owners agree new 50:50 JV with investment firm to fund greenfield FTTP rollout.
Elsewhere in BT Enterprise: BT Wholesale signs up another MVNO
BT Wholesale signs up another MVNO.
Oracle the cloud infra ‘holy grail’ for Vodafone transformation
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure adoption claimed to offer ‘tremendous value’ to Vodafone’s TechCo evolution.
Indus weathers Vi financial storm, sets sights on 5G
India’s TowerCo JV deals with impact from struggling client.
Telefónica turns to space startup to stretch NB-IoT reach
Barcelona startup’s platform to be integrated with Group’s Kite managed IoT offering.
T-Mobile US takes $500m hit on data breach
Operator agrees hefty sum to settle class action suit after customer data stolen in cyberattack last August.
Elsewhere in Vodafone Africa: Safaricom tackles fraud
Safaricom takes action to tackle fraudulent cash reversals on M‑PESA.