Public Affairs – Page 13
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Public AffairsRead rails against states flouting EU law
Group CEO used a sponsored posting on the Politico website to demand, once again, a level playing field for Europe’s telecoms players, while bemoaning steps taken by several EU governments to sidestep European competition legislation. Article does not suggest Read’s bid for a reset of regulatory relations in Europe ...
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Public AffairsDeutsche Telekom: reports of China 5G scheme are nonsense
Group dismisses claims of a plan to scale up its Chinese presence off back of geopolitical manoeuvres. Government’s decision on 5G network suppliers could be imminent.
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Public AffairsVodacom’s Congo CFO gets out of jail
Chutoo endures four-day stint behind bars. CFO reportedly quizzed on allegations of “forgery” and “falsification of financial statements”; but no formal charges. Vodacom DRC expresses surprise.
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Public AffairsData leak hits T-Mobile Netherlands customers
IT service provider Conduent implicated in another data breach. TMNL’s former Vodafone Thuis customers affected.
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Public AffairsTelefónica Argentina hit by Fernández decree
Presidential decree to freeze broadband, telephony, and pay-TV tariffs until end-2020 further weakens Argentina’s place in Telefónica world. Move seen as damaging enough to warrant cross-industry response. In subsequent dialogue with Enacom, operators show some willingness to play ball in return for assurances on “industry sustainability”.
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Public AffairsVodafone: Elsewhere in Africa
Ghana High Court authorises operators to share subscriber data with government for coronavirus contact tracing, and Vodacom Tanzania extends M-PESA’s reach with the launch of International Money Transfer.
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Public AffairsOfcom wholesale voice review rings in changes for BT
The call services market is changing and Ofcom proposals aim to keep up with the times.
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Public AffairsVodafone on hold over Trump’s German troop pull-out
Impact of European military shake-up on Vodafone Germany’s specialist TKS unit yet to become clear.
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Public AffairsTelco execs to share private comms in Phones 4u case
Senior management at Telefónica, BT, DT, Orange, and Vodafone may be required to hand over their phones for inspection as discovery continues in the lawsuit examining alleged operator collusion in the downfall of Phones 4u.
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Public AffairsSA preps plunger for 4G/5G spectrum blockage
Vodacom’s long wait for more network resource in its home market appears to be coming to an end, although false starts have been seen before in SA.
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Public AffairsRegulatory questions posed over DT’s Romanian exit plan
Possibility of regulatory pushback to a deal raised by national competition head. European Commission would also want to have a close look.
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Public AffairsVodacom: 2019 arrests in Tanzania were “troubling”
Shockwaves have evidently not yet subsided from strikingly severe treatment of executives in April 2019 incident.
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Public AffairsDT tracing COVID app finally set for take off
German authorities muse a ten-day earlier hand-off to DT and SAP could have seen Germany’s tracing programme accelerated by up to three weeks. T-Systems’ staff beta testing app, while DT contact centres will manage manual test result communications.
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Public AffairsGreek mobile players face fresh scrutiny
Independent review finds cause for concern in mobile market competition. Talks underway looking to enforce rate reduction in market dominated by DT’s Cosmote.
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Public AffairsBlockchain expert warns of huge telco workload
Regulatory and legal hurdles often bigger than technical challenges.
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Public AffairsRivals still sore over in building broadband
Compromise yet to be found in fibre/vectoring clash.
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Public AffairsO2 Germany risk BNetzA fines for 4G coverage
BNetzA threatened O2 Germany with financial penalties if it does not quickly address 4G coverage shortfalls.
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Public AffairsTelefónica|Vivo Smart Steps solution accused of privacy breach
Telefónica|Vivo denied allegations that data collated through its Smart Steps solution can identify individual customers and their movement patterns.
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Public AffairsO2 UK partner Aerial Direct admits major data breach
Aerial Direct, which describes itself as the largest direct business partner of Telefónica UK (O2 UK), admitted to a major data breach in February 2020.
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Public AffairsSupreme Court offers Vodafone scant hope
Top court in the land calls halt to operator self-assessment on fees. Irate judge threatens bosses with jail if liabilities not paid in timely manner. Read meets with India government ministers to seek assistance. COVID-19 lockdown measures provide temporary reprieve.