AI & Automation
All the latest insight, news and analysis around Artificial intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and automation technology involving BT, Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica and Vodafone.
Weekly Briefings
BTwatch Weekly: moving beyond the hype with 5G SA and GenAI
Latest from BT and its ecosystem, including 5G SA R&D advancements with Nokia and Qualcomm; an honest assessment of the challenges inherent with GenAI adoption at scale; and a potential asset offload in Europe…
Weekly Briefings
Deutsche Telekomwatch Weekly: once-reticent Europe NatCos now embrace tower spinouts
Magyar Telekom becomes latest DT business to re-consider approach to wireless infra management, and take closer look at cost-benefit match-up of tower portfolio separation.
Operations
GenAI at BT: data hygiene critical to moving from ideas to implementation
Chief Data & AI Officer Deepika Adusumilli highlights data quality and cultural change as the two primary challenges to AI adoption at scale, with AWS’s Q and the ongoing Google Cloud migration supporting the effort.
Strategy & Change
Deutsche Telekom’s Hafez peels open AI layers to explore challenges ahead
DT’s Vice‑President of Technology Strategy highlights need to keep testing a mix of telco‑friendly LLMs because they are continually changing.
Partnerships & Alliances
WWT joins partner carousel at Vodafone scaleup hothouse Tomorrow Street
Accelerator buddies with US SI major, as previous ‘tactical’ partnerships lapse. Diverse multi-speed tie-ups all part of the plan says Luxembourg JV, recalibrating to scaleups’ needs. WWT bringing test, field and AI support. Next stop: digitisation and CX…
Suppliers & SCM
Vodafone buying chief: ‘creeping protectionism’ destabilising telecom supply chain
Group Procurement Director Ninian Wilson warns that dynamic has changed in Europe, with rising US-China tensions making for difficult decisions in telco buying. Vodafone SCM strategy now prioritising resilience, despite trade-offs…
Weekly Briefings
Vodafonewatch Weekly: UK merger takes another twist; AI making ‘fundamental’ change
Latest from Vodafone and its ecosystem, including AI-led change affecting the entire industry; UK deal-making to appease merger detractors; spectrum wins in non-core markets; and more from satcomms, ESG startups, and South Africa’s High Court…
Innovation (R&D)
GenAI has potential to change internet’s economic model — Vodafone’s Petty
Vodafone CTO provides wide-ranging overview of the Group’s approach to generative AI, and the potential future impact of the technology.
Suppliers & SCM
Battle of the bots: BT and Vodafone procurement chiefs forecast AI-driven buying
BT’s Cyril Pourrat and Vodafone’s Ninian Wilson discuss future of procurement, with AI at the core and negotiation bots taking on each other as tech matures. Read more…
Venturing & Investments
DTCP joins Porsche to steer into mobility tech
Deutsche Telekom said to again act as anchor as affiliated investment group closes a third growth fund and sets up a mobility venturing vehicle with Porsche.
Products & Services
Telefónica injects automation into network slicing strategy
DTW24 – Ignite: Group seeks to implement automated network slicing across its core markets to bring in new enterprise customers, drive revenue growth, and expose network functions to developers.