All Opex (operating expenditure) articles
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone UK aims to contain opex with ‘green’ infrastructure investment
UK infrastructure and energy lead Francesca Serravalle opens up on Redstream Evolution network revamp and energy efficiency in bid to hold down operating costs.
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Financial & Performance
Deutsche Telekom Q1 FY24 Spend: German fibre costs continue to irk Illek
Group concerns over cost control in German fibre buildout remain evident, as home market capex jumps more than 25% and CFO warns of more contract pain to come.
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M&A
T-Mobile grabs first slice in UScellular carve-up
T-Mobile US to spend about $4.4bn on a sizeable customer, spectrum, and operational bolt-after agreeing previously mooted buyout of UScellular.
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Financial & Performance
BT FY23−24 Spend: capex goes post-peak; further opex savings inbound
Openreach spend declines despite record build, and more to come on both fronts in the next FY. Management tees up another £3bn cost transformation initiative, having exceeded early expectations with the last…
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Network & Infrastructure
Millicom sees joint Telefónica NetCo as key to Colombian ‘repair’
Outgoing Millicom CEO Mauricio Ramos says network-sharing JV was “badly needed” to drive a turnaround in country’s hyper-competitive and capital-intensive telecoms market. Collaboration forms key part of both operators’ strategic switch-ups, with Millicom already seeing early benefits. Read more…
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Financial & Performance
Telefónica Q1 FY24 Spend: investments made, efficiencies gained
Continued investment in AI, automation, and sustainability highlighted . Read more…
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Network & Infrastructure
Telefónica misses deadline on copper shutdown
Q1 FY24: Group remains at work, switching off retail copper lines in Spain, having missed initial April 2024 target. Effort to replace legacy lines drives increase in capex in first three months of the year. Vilá highlights operational benefits expected…
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Strategy & Change
American Tower eyes US expansion of Power as a Service in efficiencies pursuit amidst M&A hiatus
ATC looks to ship high ROI ‘Power as a Service’ learnings to US market, having proven benefits in Africa, and to transfer US automation credentials to other geographies. Hunt for global efficiencies may also lead to monetisation of sub-scale assets, with focus on operational excellence meaning “nothing compelling” to buy, for now…
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Network & Infrastructure
Virgin Media O2 trials cabinet-powered 5G ‘smart poles’
Collaboration with Liberty Global and VoltServer sees operator leverage fibre assets to power UK mobile infrastructure. Accelerated deployment, lower costs, and additional monetisation opportunities flagged as key benefits, with “limited” expansion of ‘smart poles’ on the horizon…
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Financial & Performance
Telefónica FY23 Spend: operator makes room for free cash flow
Operator details plan to further reduce capital intensity with reduced capex and continuing to drive efficiencies.
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Financial & Performance
Virgin Media O2 rejigs spend plan and strategy as well of merger gains starts to dry up
UK operator seeks to put more fuel in its earnings tank through ‘incremental’ investments in customer experience, digital, fibre sales, and new products this year. Move comes amid wider, dramatic refresh of VM O2 business with the operator kicking off process of NetCo-ServCo split.
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Financial & Performance
Vodafone Q3: capex review finds no need for change, outlook on track
CFO Luka Mucic six months into his capex review (and counting), with nothing found yet to force a change to capital intensity levels; Group remains on track to hit FY expectations…
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Strategy & Change
Telefónica pushes beyond 500 AI system deployments
Mobile Europe 5G and Beyond: Chief Responsible AI Officer Richard Benjamins discusses technology’s potential to reduce opex and capex while driving efficiencies. Data collection and governance strategy tweaks position the operator to accelerate commercialisation of new AI-based products and services.
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Financial & Performance
BT’s Jansen bows out, buoyant as ever: hints of recovery, decimated valuation
H1 FY23–24: CEO Philip Jansen’s final earnings call brings a workmanlike set of results with some bright spots to give reason enough to gloat, but slow progress on B2B turnaround and dragging fibre build indicate scale of challenge for successor Allison Kirkby.
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Financial & Performance
Spend: BT expenses rise despite cost-cutting focus
BT H1 FY23–24: Operating expenditure continued to grow but capital outlay brought under control.
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Financial & Performance
Headlines: BT hits stride as key financials see growth
BT H1 FY23–24: Growth in revenue and EBITDA make for positive reading, but the usual Business drag brings numbers down.
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Financial & Performance
Guidance: outlook reaffirmed as Jansen claims a job well done
H1 FY23–24: CEO claims to have set BT up for momentum towards longer-term targets thanks to strategic focus on network investment.
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Vendor Voice
Prodapt: Domain specialist service providers can help telcos go beyond opex reduction
Telcos should zoom out of their opex focus and pursue the top‑line improvement potential inherent in their networks with enterprise customers, believes Prodapt.
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Network & Infrastructure
‘Show me the money’: vHive’s economic case for autonomous Tower Digital Twins
The TowerCo opportunity is no longer principally a real estate play, as traditional players work to extract more value from physical assets, and neutral infra players expand ambitions. vHive presents hard cash evidence supporting digitisation as key to unlocking a new level of economic worth.
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Premium
BT FY22–23: drive for connections leaves fibre build by the wayside
Openreach presents ever‑positive results but with some targets missed as attention shift pushes out build momentum in favour of fibre uptake.