All Partnerships & Alliances articles
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Partnerships & AlliancesSoftBank: New DT tie-up not a threat to longstanding Vodafone partnership
Japanese telco claims structural separation between strategic agreements with two European majors. Vodafone quiet on the tie-up’s future.
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Partnerships & Alliances
DT and SK Telecom’s Techmaker JV readies Q4 launch
5G in-building tech developed by SK Telecom and adapted for Europe. Product available first in Germany, then offered to other European telcos. JV eyes next steps, spies AR/VR developments for 5G.
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Partnerships & Alliances
DT set for trio of Vision Fund tie ups: Claure
SoftBank to give DT a big reservoir of digital partners to draw from as it seeks new revenue streams, starting with European e‑mobility, learning, and fintech players. Claure talks up ‘convergence’ and long-term nature of relationship between SoftBank and DT. SoftBank exec looking to make big impression after securing ...
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Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica expands into satIoT with Astrocast
Group flags testing of satIoT platform at Wayra hub in Germany. LEO venture expanding “reachability” of Group’s asset tracking systems into remote regions.
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M&A
Dutch exit nets DT €3.8bn for M&A ‘cookie jar’
Former DT CEO Obermann steps in with buyout of T‑Mobile Netherlands through Apax–Warburg Pincus consortium. Deal is culmination of turnaround effort launched in 2016 when last attempt to sell NatCo fell through. DT directs some of proceeds towards re-inflating T-Mobile US stake, but has other “ideas” up sleeve.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Aldi enters smart home space with DT tie-up
Entry-level SmartHome Magenta package to be made available on online shelves. Tie-up with Germany’s discount supermarket chain will no doubt be watched closely by smart-home rivals.
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Network & Infrastructure
Telefónica Argentina and Sion buddy up on provincial fibre
Argentinian OB to lean on third‑party infrastructure to extend connectivity to harder‑to-reach communities. Movistar looking at expanding reach of its city‑centric FTTP footprint.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Arqit CEO lets slip mixed feelings about BT links
Startup boss concedes that its partner is also a QKD competitor, which “changes the addressable market somewhat”. He also tellingly describes BT as “very cautious” at a time when terrestrial QuantumCloud on cusp of commercial rollout.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone quietly steps into Gaia‑X club
UK operator joins Deutsche Telekom, Orange, and Telecom Italia at the European cloud and data initiative. Gaia‑X now has 300 members. T‑Sys’s Adel Al‑Saleh says scale, not US hyperscalers, are critical to the success of Gaia‑X.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone NZ goes lean as it splits from Group “mothership”
Former Vodafone OpCo’s new managers say unravelling of legacy IT snarl‑up remains a work in progress and “fairly challenging”. “High‑performance” business reset expected to deliver big earnings lift in current FY and beyond.
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Network & Infrastructure
Qualitest expands 5G testing role
5G network expansion provides further opportunity to increase remit of software testing company Qualitest.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica Tech likes to be in Cloud Garden with IBM
Duo launches hybrid cloud enterprise solutions based on AI and blockchain. Aim to make omni-channel customer support services more efficient and improve supply chain management. New set of services leverages recently upgraded Cloud Garden, a joint Telefónica–IBM initiative.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in BT Technology: BT taps iTrinegy
BT taps iTrinegy expertise for vRAN R&D; McRae sees optical future.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in BT Global: expanded Box partnership
Global opens fresh Box partnership; delivers Google managed security services.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vivo automates order management with Netcracker
Next phase in Vivo’s business system transformation.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vivo taps ADVA for network disaggregation
TIP-compliant software selected by Brazilian OB to support 5G rollout. Group extends IP Fusión network upgrade project to new market, with ADVA revealed as key enabler.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica taps Viasat for Brazilian satcomms
Telefónica Global Solutions division ties with Viasat to target rural enterprise customers. Satellite communications an increasingly common alternative to terrestrial fibre services.
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Suppliers & SCM
Smart shopping: Vodafone now using bots for buying
Vodafone Procurement Company says new autonomous platform switched on in June. Focus on extended reach and efficiency in long-tail buying. System could ultimately handle end-to-end sourcing for quarter of spend, unit suggests. Pega and _VOIS on enabler team.
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Suppliers & SCM
BT protégé DoubleMe doubles down on 5G and MEC
3D image processing specialist highlights collaboration with BT, DT, Telefónica, Vodafone, and others to realise real‑time ‘metaverse’ ambitions using 5G.
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M&A
Telefónica said to be negotiating PangeaCo stake sale
Peruvian fibre business reportedly on the market, as Group’s Hispam monetising plans evolve further. PangeaCo to take form of Brazilian/Chilean equivalent, assuming part-sale goes through.
