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Analyst Briefing

Telefónicawatch: core market cutbacks

Analyst Briefing: Round-up of developments at Spanish incumbent, including cost reduction plans in Spain and Germany, and B2B tie-ups with CrowdStrike, Crout, Thales, and others. Read more…

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Peoplewatch

Openreach commercial exec joins nexfibre as CCO

Ex-Openreach commercial and wholesale leader Ses Indy recruited as Chief Commercial Officer at nexfibre. The altnet views the exec’s experience as valuable as it seeks to become a ‘scaled’ challenger to Openreach, and as it moves forward with proposed Substantial Group acquisition…

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Public Affairs

Virgin Media O2 hit with £28m fine over contract cancellation failings

UK watchdog issues “largest ever fine” under consumer protection rules after finding that VM O2’s ‘two-tier’ agents system and tactics served to delay or prevent customer switching. Fine comes after operator has invested in significant user experience improvements, following separate pushback over consumer practices…

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Products & Services

UK telcos eye 2026 for latest number verification API launch

BT and Virgin Media O2 set to launch Number Verification 2.0 API during 2026, with Vodafone — having already deployed the technology in the UK — moving to roll out the technology in other European markets. Operators highlight new capabilities unlocked with the latest version, and success of close collaboration on wider API rollout…

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Partnerships & Alliances

DT, Orange, VM O2, Vodafone join new European advertising venture

The European Media Marketplace is established with the ambitious aim of providing a counterweight to dominant US tech giants in the digital advertising space.