All Opex (operating expenditure) articles – Page 3

  • H1 FY21–22 Spend: capex boost falls silent, opex squeeze paused
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    Vodafone H1 FY21–22 spend: capex boost falls silent, opex squeeze paused

    2021-11-28T14:23:00Z

    Presentation sees no further update on (somewhat contentious) Group plans for a capex lift to fuel digital services growth. Executives moot another exceptional investment boost in Germany, for fibre rollout. Group Finance’s headline opex reduction programme comes to a temporary halt, amid pandemic effects.

  • Spend: Höttges on search for ‘nerds’ to push efficiencies
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    DT Q3 FY21 spend: Höttges on search for ‘nerds’ to push efficiencies

    2021-11-22T17:11:00Z

    Q3 data and commentary show Group remains focused on a twin-track strategy of driving savings to fuel investment in select areas of business where it sees opportunities. German and US priorities continuing to drive capital outlay. DT exploring every avenue in bid to staff and support digital transformation, and ...

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    Suitor emerges for Telefónica Uruguay

    2021-05-13T13:21:00Z

    Grupo Olmos, Argentinian healthcare, insurance, and media conglomerate, formalises intention to enter negotiations for the OB. Former Telefónica Espana CEO Gipérez appointed to “lead” acquisition project.

  • Spending: cost controls “here to stay”
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    Spending: cost controls “here to stay”

    2020-11-20T11:25:00Z

    Current crisis said to have engendered long-term change for the Group, with claims that costs are being permanently cut, and not just deferred. Further confirmation provided that the peak of capex is behind the Group.

  • Spending: Capex peaks and operational efficiencies rise
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    Spending: Capex peaks and operational efficiencies rise

    2020-08-23T14:41:00Z

    Management assures infrastructure investment will be maintained, as key in post-COVID-19 world. Customer experience another priority area. Other projects being reined in to free up funds, though, with Abosolo stressing “strict screening” of spend plans

  • Financial highlights: generating cash and cutting costs
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    Financial highlights: generating cash and cutting costs

    2020-08-23T14:40:00Z

    Telefónica’s numbers for the quarter to 30 June 2020 (Q2 FY20) made grim reading.

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    BT Q4/FY19–20 results first-take: Fixed and 5G leadership at all cost

    2020-05-07T17:17:00Z

    Refusing to relinquish fixed-line or mobile leadership; not alarmed by O2-Virgin Media combination. Q4 and FY19–20 performance largely ignored (was on track). Cautiously positive on weathering COVID-19 crisis, but great uncertainty. Capex rising to fund uprated fibre ambition and Technology-led transformation — carts before horses? Yet more cost-cutting (or ...

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    Deutsche Telekom’s Q4 FY19: hyped-up Höttges preps master plan update

    2020-04-17T13:11:00Z

    FY19 sees Group remain on track with short- and medium-term targets. European businesses regaining form. DT now entering new era after supercharging US presence through Sprint merger. COVID-19 outbreak adds to sense of a watershed. Ex-CFO Dannenfeldt trolled over cost savings miss.

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    Strategy & Change

    Vodafone Shared Services gets a facelift for digital era

    2020-01-31T17:26:00Z

    Self-styled “Intelligent” division nods to shift towards automation and AI.

  • Spend: Group eyes the next billion (savings, not users)
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    Vodafone Group eyes the next billion (savings, not users)

    2019-12-19T17:01:00Z

    Strategic taster for 2020s is — predictably — cost-focused. Germany and UK in firing line for €1bn savings push.

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    BT Technology a big spender, but keen on getting value

    2019-09-13T12:25:00Z

    Divisional Chief Financial Officer John Beswick noted the spending power of BT Technology, with the entity accountable for £1.6bn of the £19bn that the Group spends in total on operating expenditure (opex) in the UK.

  • Confident Telefónica cruising on
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    H1 FY19: confident Telefónica cruising on

    2019-07-31T10:15:00Z

    Telefónica on track for year, with management confident long-running strategy is beginning to pay off. Revenue and profit growing organically, but change in accounting standards may be flattering numbers. Operating costs floating up on digital transformation projects and to fuel the value-add commercial strategy. Latin America enterprise business growing ...

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    BT Group’s FY19–20 guidance: going down, but preparing to go up

    2019-07-18T00:00:00Z

    BT’s plans to accelerate transformation, and push ahead with fibre rollout while improving customer experience, expected to impact its guidance for the 2019-20 financial year. Adjusted revenue expected to record a 2% drop for the year, with regulatory pressure and more competitive markets cited as key causes, alongside the ...

  • BT Group CEO, Philip Jansen
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    BT Group management update: FY18-19

    2019-07-18T00:00:00Z

    The results marked Jansen’s major public bow as head of the Group. New CEO was frank on the challenges facing BT, and equally honest in recognising no easy answers. Another year of falling revenue and EBITDA framed as a managed retreat in non-strategic areas, and in line with transformation ...