Germany Telecoms News

All the latest key telecoms and digital infra insight, news and analysis from Germany.

2026-02-05T15:21:00+00:00

German operator and startup Qunnect are betting on entanglement as an enabling capability for a future ‘quantum internet’. A recent joint research project achieved what they see as a breakthrough in the push towards live use of quantum comms in metropolitan fibre networks.

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M&A

Eurofiber continues M&A spree with LuxNetwork buy

2026-02-04T15:01:00+00:00

European B2B fibre and data centre services player takes over Luxembourg-based backbone operator, with 400G-ready network highlighted as means to strengthen its regional footprint. The buy is the latest in Eurofiber’s series of “opportunistic” acquisitions…

Peoplewatch

Deutsche Telekom Peoplewatch: ex-Airtel innovation boss handed AI product remit

2026-02-04T05:01:00+00:00

The latest strategic and senior changes at Deutsche Telekom, including top-level changes in the Group’s growing AI product organisation, T-Mobile’s IT team, and infra side businesses Lumos and Fiber Experts Deutschland.

Telekom Deutschland

Network & Infra

Under-pressure Telekom Deutschland sets fresh fibre uptake goal

2026-01-23T09:02:00+00:00

German incumbent aims to light fire under FTTH uptake in bid to revive performance in country’s highly competitive broadband market, and (apparently) persuade regulators it is not slow-pedalling fibre strategy to protect legacy assets.

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Telefónica Deutschland (O2 Germany)

M&A

Eurofiber continues M&A spree with LuxNetwork buy

2026-02-04T15:01:00+00:00

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Vodafone Germany

Analyst Briefing

Vodafonewatch: IT leadership rejig; RAN upgrade kick-off

2026-01-30T14:21:00+00:00

Analyst Briefing: Vodafone continues its European IT management reshuffle; pushes on with German open RAN rollout; and talks network autonomy roadmaps. Meanwhile, VOIS speaks up; the future of former OpCo Vodafone Spain; and IoT goes NTN with Skylo tie-up…

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Network & Infra

Vodafone takes ‘effort versus value’ approach to autonomous networks

2026-01-27T13:05:00+00:00

Zero-touch lead Mabel Pous-Fenollar argues for case-by-case network and operations automation, determined by an ‘effort versus value’ evaluation, to secure quick wins on the road to Level 4…

Suppliers & SCM

Vodafone a “frontrunner” partner as Ericsson seeks new opportunities in “flattish” RAN market

2026-01-26T17:08:00+00:00

In depth: Upbeat Ericsson management present FY25 earnings complete with organic growth and progress in efficiency programmes. CSPs said to be willing to invest despite muted RAN outlook, as Vodafone namechecked for its ‘physical AI’ groundwork…

Network & Infra

Vodafone tiptoes into German open RAN party

2026-01-23T15:55:00+00:00

In depth: Cementing its status as a top-five territory, Germany’s state-stimulated ORAN love-in continues. Local Vodafone OpCo confirms plans for modest-but-symbolic deployments this year, with all of the nation’s MNOs now advanced from test to deployment…

Network & Infra

Under-pressure Telekom Deutschland sets fresh fibre uptake goal

2026-01-23T09:02:00+00:00

Analyst Briefing

Vodafonewatch: rewiring Europe’s digital landscape

2026-01-23T05:08:00+00:00

Analyst Briefing: Vodafone and European telco peers weigh up the implications the overhauled Cybersecurity Act and the all-new Digital Networks Act, reworking how the industry operates. Elsewhere, M&A in Europe and Africa; SpaceMobile ‘validated’ by gov contract win; and Turkey expands fibre reach with wholesale deal…

Public Affairs

German fibre players cautiously welcome BNetzA’s copper switch-off plans

2026-01-22T15:19:00+00:00

German telcos and industry bodies issue guarded welcomes of German regulator’s latest regulatory plans to enforce copper shutdown in parts of the country, although timeline for the switch-off still not firmed up…

Marketing

Deutsche Telekom’s ‘T’ remains telco top dog

2026-01-22T11:16:00+00:00

Estimated worth of Deutsche Telekom’s T logo rises to nearly $100bn in latest Brand Finance report, as group continues to ride wave of growth stateside.

Public Affairs

The EU’s DNA has landed, but receives lukewarm industry response

2026-01-21T16:06:00+00:00

While telco groups have welcomed the prospect of spectrum reform to provide greater investment certainty, copper switch-off plans and a new approach to ‘fair share’ earn a far more mixed reception…

Suppliers & SCM

Telcos face multibillion-euro rip-and-replace project as Brussels moves to ban high-risk vendors

2026-01-21T15:16:00+00:00

In depth: European Commissioner Henna Virkkunen considers the time is now to take network supply chain security “seriously”, laying out proposals to ban vendors deemed ‘high-risk’. Network operators stand to foot a multibillion-euro rip-and-replace bill, with some only recently signing kit deals with Chinese suppliers…

Network & Infra

‘No other choice’: 1&1 to sue BNetzA over spectrum extension move

2026-01-19T16:37:00+00:00

Challenger operator CEO Ralph Dommermuth tells Handelsblatt that he intends to sue the regulator for spectrum licence extension decision that “ruled out” 1&1. “This is not OK”…

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Latest from Germany

Deutsche Telekom leads the way to ‘quantum internet’

Latest Headlines from Germany

Deutsche Telekomwatch: fibre trends hit home

Investor 3i to write down DNS:NET amidst German altnets’ fundraising struggles

Vodafonewatch: IT leadership rejig; RAN upgrade kick-off

Telefónicawatch: Europe’s DNA re-code

DT seeks 5G core and IT partners for EC’s IRIS2 space venture

Eurofiber continues M&A spree with LuxNetwork buy

Deutsche Telekom Peoplewatch: ex-Airtel innovation boss handed AI product remit

Telekom Deutschland

Under-pressure Telekom Deutschland sets fresh fibre uptake goal

EU resetting copper switch-off to ‘mandatory but conditional’ 2035, pressuring slow-mo incumbents

Deutsche Telekomwatch: giving it altitude

Telekom Deutschland clears 2025 fibre in-tray ahead of Christmas break

EMEA Infrawatch: data centre financing surge; investors hesitant on Euro telco infra

Telefónica Deutschland (O2 Germany)

Eurofiber continues M&A spree with LuxNetwork buy

Telefónicawatch: Europe’s DNA re-code

Telefónica Peoplewatch: sustainability, security switches

O2 automates software upgrades across 5G core

O2 makes latest AI move with refreshed Capgemini deal

Vodafone Germany

Vodafonewatch: IT leadership rejig; RAN upgrade kick-off

Vodafone takes ‘effort versus value’ approach to autonomous networks

Vodafone a “frontrunner” partner as Ericsson seeks new opportunities in “flattish” RAN market

Vodafonewatch: rewiring Europe’s digital landscape

Vodafonewatch: M&A ripples in Europe, debt reprieve in India

More from Germany

Vodafone takes ‘effort versus value’ approach to autonomous networks

Vodafone a “frontrunner” partner as Ericsson seeks new opportunities in “flattish” RAN market

Vodafone tiptoes into German open RAN party

Under-pressure Telekom Deutschland sets fresh fibre uptake goal

Vodafonewatch: rewiring Europe’s digital landscape

German fibre players cautiously welcome BNetzA’s copper switch-off plans

Deutsche Telekom’s ‘T’ remains telco top dog

The EU’s DNA has landed, but receives lukewarm industry response

Telcos face multibillion-euro rip-and-replace project as Brussels moves to ban high-risk vendors

‘No other choice’: 1&1 to sue BNetzA over spectrum extension move