All Partnerships & Alliances articles
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Partnerships & Alliances5G opening doors for BT in Warwickshire
Group pushing for startup ecosystem based on broad-sweeping open innovation partnership with Warwick Uni. 5G to be expediated to Leamington Spa and wider network, with opportunities for gaming cluster highlighted.
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Products & Services
British Airways completes on-boarding of DT’s EAN
Milestone reached for otherwise noticeably quiet partnership between Deutsche Telekom and Inmarsat.
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Network & Infrastructure
T-Mobile US goes Nordic (again) for 5G expansion
Longstanding partners Ericsson and Nokia sign “ multi-billion-dollar agreements ”. Operator makes concerted 5G push at 2.5GHz to complement 600MHz rollout. Nordic duo also tasked with providing “ advanced technical capabilities ”, including voice over NR, NR carrier aggregation, network slicing, and multi-user massive MIMO.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone bulks up Vantage Towers with Cornerstone
Vodafone UK and Telefónica UK give each other freedom to “ commercialise ” their 50% stakes in Cornerstone JV. Transfer of Vodafone’s shareholding to Vantage Towers to take place within weeks. Important (and long-awaited) addition to Vodafone’s European TowerCo ahead of upcoming IPO.
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Network & Infrastructure
Glasfaser Nordwest brings fibre build in‑house
Deutsche Telekom‑EWE joint venture launches Glasfaser Nordwest Connect subsidiary to complete the last metres of FTTH builds. Brings formerly outsourced operations in‑house, leaving the bulk of the work to “ expansion partners ”. FTTH network nearing launch in select areas.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica in on SEAT’s flagship Spanish e‑vehicle plan
Longstanding partner builds-out connected-car alliance with Telefónica. Group lends hand to SEAT’s goal of accelerating electric vehicle adoption in Spain.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Deutsche Telekom gets wind of energy startup MOWEA
DT taps MOWEA to help meet renewable energy ambitions and challenges of getting power to 5G sites. MOWEA previously tied with Vodafone Germany.
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Partnerships & Alliances
T‑Mobile CZ makes convergence push with CETIN tie‑up
NatCo ramps up FTTH rollout with infrastructure-build tie-up. Another convergence add‑on for mobile-centric operator.
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Partnerships & Alliances
BT to head trials at Reading’s Arrow Drone Zone
Group targeting commercialisation of drone flights using country’s “ first commercial drone corridor ”. Funding delivered through four-year government initiative, but securing safety assurances for BVLOS flights first port of call. Potential benefits to healthcare vertical highlighted.
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Partnerships & Alliances
T‑Mobile MONEY partner banks contract extension
White label banking provider BankMobile flags the success of its T‑Mobile partnership as a contract extension is signed and Sprint customers added. Vendor aims to add another “ large ” partner due in 2021.
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Interview
Droniq COO: BVLOS flight within sight
Ralph Schepp talks regulatory hurdles, market potential, and use‑cases. DT‑DFS JV sets high ambitions for traffic management platform. Partners brought in, with DT staying close.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Holoportation in 2021: BT seeing DoubleMe
3D image processing specialist hints at telco deployments of HoloPort platform in 2021. Business-to-consumer service said to be in pipeline. DoubleMe–BT relationship growing out of Telecom Infra Project innovation hub.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone clicks with Amazon on 5G edge service
Vodafone Business’ year-long collaboration with AWS on distributed MEC close to bearing fruit. First commercial services in UK, Germany slated for spring 2021. Vodafone and AWS initiate Edge Innovation Programme to develop PoCs.
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Network & Infrastructure
INWIT ties up loose ownership end
Telecom Italia sells remaining direct stake in TowerCo, co-controlled with Vodafone, to Canson Capital Partners .
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Suppliers & SCM
NETSCOUT flags Vodafone deal extension
Vendor maintains its position for what could be a further three to four years.
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People
Former Vodafone executives join ngena
SD‑WAN enabler names a refreshed board, with Chris Burke and Maja Grätz taking C‑Suite spots. Accenture and T‑Systems influence still prominent.
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Enterprise (B2B)
Elsewhere in BT Enterprise: NTT renews wholesale deal
Transatel set to enable more EE features for UK MVNOs; Wholesale claims 5G rollout lead .
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People
Former O2 and Vodafone duo take helm at Deutsche Glasfaser
O2 Germany’s ex‑CEO Thorsten Dirks takes top‑spot at fibre altnet. Vodafone Broadband Director Ruben Queimano named CCO, expanding existing Vodafone alumni presence in Deutsche Glasfaser leadership.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Elsewhere in Vodafone's Associates and JVs: Vi joins techco targets
Vi toes the techco line; Zain not intent on gate-crashing Vodafone Egypt sale .
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Partnerships & Alliances
T‑Systems joins GAIA‑X Automotive Alliance
T‑Sys joins five others in cloud‑based GAIA‑X supply chain project. Investment in vehicle market interoperability and sustainability.
