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Hrvatski Telekom puts Optima stake on table
Five-year babysitting job could be nearing completion.
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T-Mobile US will rely on renewable energy by 2021
T-Mobile US claimed it was on course to meet its flagship target of relying solely on renewable energy by 2021.
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Vodafone's Egyptian exit agreed as Read’s scale-back continues
STC to pay $2.4bn for controlling stake in Vodafone Egypt, at modest valuation. Deal aimed to close by mid-2020. Groundwork of _VOIS Egypt separation previously completed.
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Vodafone Greece shutters MVNO Cyta Hellas
VfGr closed Cyta Hellas, the telco it acquired in 2018.
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Vodafone UK to cut hundreds from its workforce
VfUK continued to trim its workforce through a move to reduce staff manning the OpCo’s network operations centres. CTO Scott Petty: “The way we run networks is fundamentally changing”.
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Magyar Telekom offloads property portfolio
MT sold its Budapest headquarters as part of extended portfolio re-jig.
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Telefónica sells flagship Barcelona real estate
Telefónica Group sold its Catalonia Square building in Barcelona for €100m to Spanish entrepreneur Daniel Maté.
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Telefónica Argentina joins rivals at business roundtable
Movistar formed a Business Roundtable for the ICT Industry, together with rivals Claro and Telecom Argentina.
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Vodafone Roaming Services among group transforming wholesale settlement processes
Vodafone Roaming Services (VRS) was said to be working with fellow operators and technology partners on a blockchain-based system to transform wholesale settlement processes.
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Wayra re-org in Latin America
Telefónica Open Future is reportedly restructuring its Wayra startup accelerator in Latin America, and is set to shutter its facilities in Chile, Peru, Mexico, and Venezuela, and consolidate its operations in Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia.
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Vivo updates BSS to improve service to enterprises
Ongoing work with NEC’s Netcracker will see Telefónica|Vivo upgrade its systems for selling to, and supporting, enterprise customers.
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Merkel gives Deutsche Telekom Group cause for Huawei optimism
Political ructions after Chancellor appears to green-light Huawei involvement in 5G. Group hopes to count on Chinese supplier might still be dashed. TDE woos government at inaugural 5Germany event.
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Redundancies as Vodafone Ghana streamlines
A restructuring exercise at Vodafone Ghana (VfGh) was said to have seen more than 100 redundancies at the OpCo.
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Vodafone’s analytics team starts looking outward
Vodafone ready for long-trailered Location Intelligence services expansion. Five-year IT and organisational update ensures so-called ‘single version of truth’. IoT and security use-cases also in focus.
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Telefónica accelerates transformation as market worries
Accelerated transformation unveiled to ease investor worries prompted by Latin American turbulence and uncertainty on prospect of profit from digital transformation. Mast monetisation expected to provide €360m profit boost, with action to be taken within coming year. While Telxius expansion a clear path to raising funds, other options are ...
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Mexico gets new CEO as Telefónica Group drives on
Prospect of a Telefónica Mexico sale recedes as a new CEO is introduced with a brief to reenergise the stagnating operating business. Aya is a Telefónica Colombia veteran with experience in developing innovative commercial offerings in pursuit of a convergence customer base.
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Telefónica Chile’s headquarters up for sale
Telefónica Chile has put its Santiago headquarters on the market.
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Telefónica|Vivo sets waste reduction target
Telefónica|Vivo aim to reduce the use of disposable cups throughout the business.
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Telefónica continues its exit from Central America
Telefónica Group completed the divestment of its interests in three of its central American operating businesses, in Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama, for $1.4bn (€1.3bn).
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Vodafone Greece to close Cyta
Vodafone Greece (VfGr) announced it will close Cyta Greece, a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), at the end of September 2019.