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T‑Mobile retail partners continue consolidation
Arch Telecom and GP Mobile buy up peers to extend T‑Mobile store portfolios.
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AT&T CEO rains on TMUS’s satellite smartphone parade
Stankey claims 18‑month lead in providing cellular smartphone connections via satellite.
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Elsewhere in T-Mobile US: TMUS releases wireless-enabled suitcase
TMUS displays baggage; Sprint systems pulled from stores; Sinch tied on advanced 911 comms; Musk shoots down Legere’s bid to run Twitter.
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Deutsche Telekom people moves: more IoT unit exec changes
New CFO Melanie Asshauer added to Deutsche Telekom IoT leadership team after CTO, CPO, and CCO added earlier in the year.
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Network & Infrastructure
BT handed Huawei ban reprieve after extensions
The UK government has pushed back its Huawei replacement mandate following BT concerns about service disruption.
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Strategy & Change
Deutsche Telekom “extremely proactive” on blockchain compared with other telcos
Nese Ozler outlines strategy of getting involved in “early phases” of different blockchain ecosystems.
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Operations
More cutbacks reported at T-Systems’ UK arm
Deutsche Telekom’s UK enterprise IT unit sees headcount dwindle further, to a quarter of where it was five years ago.
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DT Q2 FY22 Guidance: many-layered fortifications on show
Outlook gives reassurance over DT’s ability to weather storm on both sides of Atlantic and resilience of core telecoms offering.
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DT Q2 FY22 Headlines: USA powers on; Europe needs running repairs
Major, fixed-wireless-aided customer gains continue to fuel growth at TMUS.
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TMUS to prioritise first responders’ data
Operator evolves Connecting Heroes programme with Homeland Security partnership.
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DT Q2 FY22: Busy DT rides the turbulence
DT presents itself as safe harbour in stormy political and economic times.
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Elsewhere in T-Mobile US: small business customers to enjoy free Canva Pro
TMUS launches marketing design platform for small businesses with Meta; enters credit card market with Goldman Sachs.
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Suppliers & SCM
T-Mobile’s Assurant deal sees in-store repairs U-turn
On-site repairs service moved to Assurant stores a year after T-Mobile retail investment.
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Elsewhere in T-Mobile US: Business Unlimited Ultimate+ launched with Apple
Startup partners Krikey and Mixhalo leverage operator backing; TMUS builds on Apple pairing.
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M&A
T&Cs proved turnoff for American Tower in Deutsche Telekom deal
American Tower CFO says buyback rights and other T&Cs “not right for us”.
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Financial & Performance
T-Mobile now world’s largest telco (by market cap)
Ever-expanding American operator overtakes arch-rival Verizon.
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People
Gopalan returns to T-Mobile US boardroom
Telekom Deutschland CEO parachuted in to replace Deutsche Telekom designee Michael Wilkens, who did not stand for re-election.
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Operations
More T-Mobile US layoffs despite merger promises
Further staff cuts at the US operator focus on network engineers and technical positions.
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Partnerships & Alliances
T-Mobile US first on board as SpaceX promises “end of dead zones”
Coverage Above & Beyond technology partnership targets 500,000 square miles of US soil lacking cellular connectivity.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Elon Musk’s SpaceX plots “something special” with T-Mobile US
SpaceX Chief Engineer and T-Mobile US CEO Mike Sievert set to unveil plans to “increase connectivity”.