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B2B
UK fibrecos gasping for air as Openreach discounts ‘take oxygen out of the system’
In-depth: Openreach’s wholesale discounting strategy has become the latest battleground in the UK fibre wars, with altnet leaders urging Ofcom to intervene more aggressively while the incumbent insists it is simply competing on price.
Strategy & Change
ITS promotes collaboration before ‘toolkit’ consolidation in “tough market”
Daren Baythorpe, CEO at UK B2B fibre wholesaler ITS Technology, believes the next phase of telecoms consolidation could look very different from the last. The B2B wholesaler boss argues that investors may increasingly combine complementary infrastructure assets rather than pursue straightforward fibre-network mergers.
M&A
UK: industry braced as nexfibre–Netomnia deal becomes referendum for fibre’s future
In-depth: £2bn deal dominated the keynote stage at Connected Britain, with rival executives abandoning diplomatic language and openly clashing ahead of a competition ruling that could determine shape of UK fibre’s next phase.

Peoplewatch
Spain’s Lyntia picks former Bluevía chief as CEO
Luis Rivera takes up reins in October as altnet readies for its next phase, amidst a fibre market continuing to evolve with a new rural venture and ongoing pressure from disruptor Digi…
Partnerships & Alliances
Netherlands’ two largest altnets team up
DELTA Fiber to offer first off-net fibre services in 2027, using wholesale deal with Open Dutch Fiber. Move forms part of a plan at DELTA to drive broadband services take-up, following leadership refresh…
Partnerships & Alliances
Prosegur finds a new home security ally, in Vodafone
Vodafone Portugal set to become latest telco to delve into the residential alarms market, forming a commercial relationship with Spain’s Prosegur. Deal is a win for long-running telco business development push at Prosegur.

Interview
New Helium CEO channels Starlink with enabler platform debut
Helium’s new CEO Mario Di Dio talks with TelcoTitans about the provider’s new mobile virtual network enabler platform, why Wi-Fi is finally ready for prime time, and conversations with Starlink.
Network & Infra
Cost-conscious Vivo pushes to reset Brazilian tower supply
Telefónica’s Brazilian business is pursuing contractual, technical, and ‘structural’ solutions as it seeks to bring down the cost of its wireless infrastructure platform.
Strategy & Change
Sateliot eyes Americas expansion while plotting move beyond NB-IoT
Sateliot has expanded its fundraising target to €150mn as it seeks to extend its satellite network from NB-IoT devices to smartphones, with the Spanish satco eyeing up a transatlantic step-up.

M&A
Kenyan High Court rules to unwind Vodacom’s Safaricom takeover
Just months after celebrating taking control of Safaricom as a ‘defining moment’, Vodafone’s African arm now faces prospect of enforced €1.4bn deal unwind. From Midrand to London, execs must now confront complex balance-sheet unravelling and regulatory exposure.
Network & Infra
EC earmarks Greenland as AI infra base
Greenland mulls data centre construction — alongside enhanced satellite connectivity and other digital infra projects — as investment target using fresh European financing, as businesses keep watch on the territory as a geographically advantageous region for new digital infra…
Network & Infra
Vodafone signs pair of data centre deals in $1bn AI bet on Egypt
Vodafone Egypt enters into potential $1bn data centre joint venture with Cassava Technologies and Elsewedy Electric, plus separate Cassava tie-up for NVIDIA-supported AI Factory collab.

Interview
iQmetrix to telco: ‘Your next customer may not be human’
Interview: Jason Raymer explains why a better strategy is needed for omnichannel retail, and why an architectural “system of intelligence” is required to bridge digital and physical operations for operators to differentiate on service.
Network & Infra
Why satcos and MNOs must collaborate to scale and monetise hybrid networks
In a new age of orbital disruption, a telco-satellite summit hosted by Celfocus explored how MNOs and non-terrestrial operators must embrace proactive collaboration and open standards to eliminate friction, putting seamless customer experience at the heart of space-age connectivity.
Peoplewatch
T-Mobile seeks positive energy from new CFO
Former Shell and GE exec Jessica Uhl comes onto the Un-Carrier’s top team as CFO Peter Osvaldik steps down. Swap extends a run of senior management changes since new CEO Srini Gopalan took over last year.

Network & Infra
Africa’s fibre boom needs a commercial operating model — not just more network
Open-access analysis: Building fibre across Africa is only the first hurdle; monetising capacity is the commercial test. From prepaid township offers to carrier-neutral wholesale platforms, operators need scalable operating models to turn network investment into services and returns. Draws on market evidence and ZIRA Group’s fibre and wholesale experience…
Peoplewatch
Generational shift: DT brings in AWS’ Hofmeyr for AI/network amid wider refresh, CFO exit
In-depth analysis: German giant looks outside its own ranks to bring in AWS’ telco industry boss Jan Hofmeyr to build out its AI-Team as part of a wider leadership refresh. Group is also bidding farewell to its CFO in a move that could be clearing the path to a CEO refresh as DT also approaches its next strategic supercycle.
Partnerships & Alliances
Vi, BSNL seal nationwide network-sharing pact to take challenge to India’s ‘big two’ — reports
Struggling state-backed duo said to agree infrastructure-sharing and roaming deal to complement Vi’s capex-intensive network upgrade programme, and support an effort to make a dent in Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio dominance…