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Products & Services
Vodafone pushes network APIs into payments market with specialist link-up
Vodafone’s latest attempt to accelerate network API adoption comes through a Digital Virgo deal, with five markets lined up and more to come.
Content & TV
UK TV resets around streaming, as fibrecos and MNOs close in on Sky and Virgin Media O2
Analysis: A budget EE TV launch by BT is the clearest sign yet that affordable streamed TV has become a key strategic battleground for UK operators seeking to entice and retain customers on multi-play. Fibrecos and MNOs alike are muscling in with cut-price, streaming-first offers, leaving the two national SPs for whom TV has historically been most central striving to defend their turf…
Network & Infra
Nscale’s IPO comes at a precarious time for AI infra companies
UK-domiciled Nscale is reported to be targeting a $30bn valuation after filing for an New York Stock Exchange IPO. But the scale-up’s plans comes as investors reassess appetite for AI infrastructure and concerns around AI safety and sovereignty abound.

Technology
ROVA unboxed: telco-native endpoint platform emerges from stealth mode
After quietly powering management and cross-selling for millions of enterprise and consumer devices for a US telecom titan, ROVA Software is stepping out of the shadows to bring its telco-native platform to the rest of the world with the launch of ROVA Europe and a mission to reinvent how other operators maximise endpoint experience and value-add.
Peoplewatch
Digital Infra Peoplewatch: Deutsche Glasfaser names CISO; Cellnex shuffles Polish leaders
September 2026 edition: latest senior and strategic leadership changes in EMEA digital infra, including a new CISO at Deutsche Glasfaser; exec changes at B2B connectivity players Celeste and Eurofiber; and multiple switch-outs at Cellnex…
Strategy & Change
Telefónica remixes home-market and Group responsibilities in latest reorg
Group confirms details of latest overhaul designed to accelerate realisation of Transform & Grow goals.

Peoplewatch
Telefónica Peoplewatch: Spain/centre rebooted; Virgin Media O2 continues shake-up with B2B/B2C swaps
September 2026 update: A roundup of high-level moves at recalibrating Spanish giant, including a major reorganisation involving Telefónica España and Group functions. Changes also continue at challenged VM O2, with the chief of new B2B arm O2 Business leaving and a former Liberty and Sky exec brought in as Chief Consumer Officer.
M&A
Telefónica plots intricate course towards Venezuelan exit — reports
Group reportedly preparing to divest Telefónica Venezuela — one of only two remaining businesses that within Hispam cluster.
Financial & Performance
Brazil and Spain keep ship on course at Telefónica
Q2 FY26 in-depth: Telefónica on track to meet FY26 goals after strong set of Group numbers for quarter, although performance trends remain mixed across markets.

Peoplewatch
Digital Infra Peoplewatch: Deutsche Glasfaser names CISO; Cellnex shuffles Polish leaders
September 2026 edition: latest senior and strategic leadership changes in EMEA digital infra, including a new CISO at Deutsche Glasfaser; exec changes at B2B connectivity players Celeste and Eurofiber; and multiple switch-outs at Cellnex…
Peoplewatch
Vodafone Peoplewatch: network leadership rotations, fresh Greek renewal
September 2026 update, including another wave of ExCo changes in Greece, a new agentic AI lead at Group, and Chief Network Officer swaps in Europe. Plus more from VOIS, Vi, Vantage, and Africa…
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
Nscale’s IPO comes at a precarious time for AI infra companies
UK-domiciled Nscale is reported to be targeting a $30bn valuation after filing for an New York Stock Exchange IPO. But the scale-up’s plans comes as investors reassess appetite for AI infrastructure and concerns around AI safety and sovereignty abound.
Network & Infra
Telxius taps Nokia for latest terrestrial cable upgrade
Telxius to upgrade terrestrial transport network to support speeds of up to 800Gbps using Nokia technology, with goal of slashing network expansion and energy costs while improving service quality. Installation is latest in a series of ongoing projects aimed at increasing network capacity…
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.

Peoplewatch
Vodafone Peoplewatch: network leadership rotations, fresh Greek renewal
September 2026 update, including another wave of ExCo changes in Greece, a new agentic AI lead at Group, and Chief Network Officer swaps in Europe. Plus more from VOIS, Vi, Vantage, and Africa…
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.