All Partnerships & Alliances articles – Page 2
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Partnerships & AlliancesBT gets in on sovereign frontier AI as gov pitches UK as ‘AI maker, not taker’
BT enters the sovereign AI breach as one of a cohort supporting Cosine’s Lumen Sovereign project to build and train a frontier AI model exclusively on UK soil. Government gets in on the action by providing crucial sovereign compute resource, along with a wave of parallel sovereign AI announcements…
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Partnerships & AlliancesVirgin Media O2 trials telco cloud voice-enhancement with Mavenir
Mobile core network software seeks to improve call clarity for users with hearing loss as well as enhancing customer experience. Move sits within £1.4bn Mobile Transformation Plan and backdrop of other operators also turning to 5G standalone and AI to restore voice as a value add…
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Partnerships & AlliancesGermany’s O2 taps OQ to kick off direct-to-device trials
Operator lays out D2D testing plans with OQ, seeking to explore how non-terrestrial networks could help it to overcome tower rollout challenges in hard-to-reach areas. Tie-up adds OQ to Telefónica Group’s growing roster of “digitally sovereign” satellite partners …
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Partnerships & AlliancesSpain: Telefónica lands role as Google Cloud’s compliance lookout
Telefónica becomes “trusted sovereignty partner” for Google Cloud in Spain, with plans to ensure the hyperscaler remains compliant with Spanish data sovereignty requirements. Partnership builds on existing relationship in other technological areas…
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Partnerships & AlliancesSateliot ties with Telenor in latest prep for IoT services launch
Spain’s Sateliot and Norway’s Telenor form ‘strategic’ partnership to meld terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks for IoT applications. Tie-up follows series of other recent endeavours between Sateliot and European telcos, as it gears up for commercial services launch…
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Partnerships & AlliancesOpen Dutch Fiber outsources infra management in strategy shift
Dutch altnet offloads responsibility for passive infra management in north of the country to services group Circet. The deal is the provider’s second outsourcing deal in 2026, as it seeks ways to deliver fibre more efficiently and direct freed resource towards go-to-market…
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Partnerships & AlliancesBT Business launches AIOps offensive with Accenture
Telco fires starting gun on ‘multi-year’ programme with longstanding IT partner, seeking to overhaul business processes and develop new AI-powered enterprise products. Pair aiming to build on BT’s prior work in AIOps to deliver improved resilience and new capabilities, both internally and externally…
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Partnerships & AlliancesDT forms counter-drone defence pact with Rheinmetall
Telco to create German defence “shield” with Rheinmetall, seeking to defend critical telecoms and other infra assets from digital and physical threats. Move marks latest advance in the Group’s push into the defence sector…
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Partnerships & AlliancesSpace42 integrates with Skylo in D2D ramp-up
Emirati satellite operator integrates with Skylo’s standards-based platform, moving to deliver direct-to-device services across EMEA and Asia. Tie-up sees satco accelerate D2D rollout, as it pursues global coverage through newly created “space tower” venture…
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Partnerships & AlliancesProximus, Telenet firm up Belgian fibre-sharing pact
Belgian duo firm up long-awaited fibre collaboration to help accelerate rollout while dodging overbuild. Deal marks milestone in national telcos’ work to strengthen the country’s lagging FTTP coverage relative to European neighbours…
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Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica forges Spanish defence ties with Sateliot
State-backed providers agree to integrate their terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks to develop new defence and security solutions, adding to Spanish government’s web of sovereign technology interests…
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Partnerships & AlliancesVodafone draws on $1bn Google Cloud ties in enterprise AI expansion
Vodafone Business homes in on SMEs with expansion of Google Cloud-powered services portfolio. New customer service and security offerings for European customers mark the latest development in the pair’s ten-year link-up…
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Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica and Indra said to eye Tess-style cyberdefence alliance
Further signals emerge that the two minority-state-owned groups are coming closer into alignment as telco and defence tech converges and the Madrid seeks to build up the country’s industrial and military might.
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Partnerships & AlliancesDT expands Starlink ties into German B2B comms
DT selects Elon Musk-led satellite operator to provide enterprise broadband services in Germany, seeking to strengthen network resilience and rural coverage. Operator taking selective approach to Starlink deployment in Europe, compared with broad-ranging tie-up in USA…
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Partnerships & AlliancesVodafone gives Partner Markets a fresh lick of paint, installs new leadership
Jan Holzberg replaces Petr Dvořák to lead Partner Markets, which has been rebranded to Vodafone Partners.
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Partnerships & AlliancesDT and EWE given fresh fibre build pass till 2030
Despite competitor qualms, German infra giants gain a renewed regulatory green light, with conditions, for fibre joint venture Glasfaser Nordwest.
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Partnerships & Alliances4iG lands deal to build Montenegrin gov-backed data centre
Hungarian IT and telecoms player kicks off plans to construct a Tier III data centre in Montenegro, moving on strategy to expand digital infra presence outside of its home turf…
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Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica Tech taps CrowdStrike to give SOCs an AI upgrade
Operator adopts CrowdStrike’s Charlotte AI AgentWorks platform to help automate cybersecurity responses at Security Operations Centres. The partnership aligns with broader plans to invest more heavily in cybersecurity to drive B2B growth…
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Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica Tech adds Spanish trio to growing quantum ecosystem
Operator brings Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech, QCentroid, and Multiverse Computing into the quantum computing fold, with a view to accelerate time-to-market, optimise processes, and streamline operations for enterprise customers.
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Partnerships & AlliancesOrange’s Trabbia stresses importance of diversity in D2D partnerships
Orange was one of a number of telcos to announce a direct‑to‑device (D2D) collaboration with a satellite provider on the first day of Mobile World Congress, as it steps up efforts to provide connectivity to “every customer, everywhere, all the time”.