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Event-driven evolution: Boost Mobile and Wavelo pioneer the composable telco
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ROVA unboxed: telco-native endpoint platform emerges from stealth mode
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Deutsche Telekom Peoplewatch: Verizon takes another dip into DT talent pool for new digital chief
October 2026 update: DT’s former Digital and AI supremo Jonathan Abrahamson resurfaces at T-Mobile US rival, a few weeks after exit from DT. Elsewhere, GlasfaserPlus moves back to a dual-MD format by upping the seniority of CTO Thomas Müller; and T-Mobile US, Verizon, and AT&T appoint an interim boss for their fledgling satellite platform joint venture.
Analyst Briefing
Deutsche Telekomwatch: space invasion and AI vision
Analyst Briefing: Amid morphing competitive threats, German giant shores up its foundations in satcomms, fibre, and AI, with new infrastructure partnerships, and lays out a refreshed set of goals for efficiency and go-to-market through automation and tech.
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Exposing network APIs was the first step — building the business model is harder
Special Report #2/4: telcos still have a lot of work to do to develop API-based offerings that resonate with the requirements of users, observers say.
Special Report
Aduna’s Peter Arbitter explains API JV is ‘not in it for the money’
Special Report #3/4: Aduna was created to give developers an easier way to access telcos’ network APIs globally. But the Ericsson-backed joint venture is discovering that aggregation is only part of its job as it wrestles with performance, getting operators to expose enough useful APIs, and turning the interest using them into telco revenues.
Partnerships & Alliances
US telcos’ space platform venture is a go
AT&T, T-Mobile US, and Verizon firm up plans to develop a joint platform for D2D service development and buildout, and shore up defences against rival ecosystems from Starlink, Amazon Leo, et al.
M&A
SoftBank closes out $3.1bn DigitalBridge buy to scale in AI infra
Japanese conglomerate completes takeover of international infra investor behind numerous EMEA players such as Netomnia, Freshwave, and GD Towers. Move adds more data centres to SoftBank’s portfolio amidst an aggressive push to expand in the AI sector…
Analyst Briefing
Deutsche Telekomwatch: DT shores up its base
Analyst Briefing: German giant has a growing pipeline of power and digital infrastructure projects as it seeks to strengthen its sustainability and sovereignty credentials. Tech ties with Salesforce, n8n, Sprinklr, Nokia, and Rohde & Schwarz are highlighted as the operator ups its digital B2B game and seeks more efficiency within its own walls.
Peoplewatch
Deutsche Telekom Peoplewatch: Greek tech chief switches to lead B2B
September 2026 update: A roundup of senior people movement in and around DT, including B2B leadership changes at Greece’s OTE Group, with CTIO Yannis Vitzilaios switching across to lead Business Segment; and at DTCP, with the appointment of private equity and defencetech experts to lead the investor’s new security and resilience fund.
Analyst Report
Deutsche Telekom jolted by fibre and satellite threats as leadership reset gathers pace – Sep26
Strong Q2 numbers did not settle the strategic questions around DT and T-Mobile US. September’s Deutsche Telekomwatch Analyst Report #156 goes beyond the headlines to assess fibre and satellite pressure, the Group’s capital response, its Polish infrastructure pivot, and a leadership reset ahead of the next strategic cycle…
Analyst Briefing
Deutsche Telekomwatch: Board lines up next generation
Analyst Briefing: Reviewing tumultuous few weeks at DT as Group makes remuneration concession and enacts top-level leadership change on both sides of the Atlantic, to shore up stakeholder base and prep for new era. Execs also allow a rare major M&A move in Europe and add more names to DT’s AI transformation line-up.
Peoplewatch
Deutsche Telekom Peoplewatch: change-at-the-top in finance, infra, and tech
July 2026–August 2026 update: The latest roundup of DT people movement, including a Board of Management rejig that brings new faces into the operator’s tech and finance leadership; changes in the senior layer of infra businesses GD Towers, Deutsche Telekom Technik, and GreenScale, plus Deutsche Telekom Security and T-Mobile US; and new post-DT career steps by high-profile former execs Omar Tazi and Wolfgang Metze.
Peoplewatch
T-Mobile seeks positive energy from new CFO
Former Shell and GE exec Jessica Uhl comes onto the Un-Carrier’s top team as CFO Peter Osvaldik steps down. Swap extends a run of senior management changes since new CEO Srini Gopalan took over last year.
Deutsche Telekom targets satellites, AI and defence in strategic push – Sep-Oct26
Deutsche Telekomwatch Analyst Report #157: Deutsche Telekom is advancing on multiple strategic fronts simultaneously, from satellite sovereignty partnerships and a landmark 15-year renewable energy deal to AI-powered SME tools and a stake in a European defence technology fund, as the operator navigates an increasingly complex competitive and geopolitical environment. Download the full in-depth analyst report now.
Deutsche Telekom jolted by fibre and satellite threats as leadership reset gathers pace – Sep26
Strong Q2 numbers did not settle the strategic questions around DT and T-Mobile US. September’s Deutsche Telekomwatch Analyst Report #156 goes beyond the headlines to assess fibre and satellite pressure, the Group’s capital response, its Polish infrastructure pivot, and a leadership reset ahead of the next strategic cycle…
Deutsche Telekomwatch Analyst Report #155 - June-July 2026
Key stories include: DT in early on new telco ad venture | Wage talks land on ‘balanced’ deal | T-Systems strengthens AI team | Budapest data centre needs top-up | T-Mobile resolute amid Starlink noise | and much more…