Richard Agnew
Richard Agnew is Group Editor at TelcoTitans.
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PeopleVodacom raids MTN for new Tanzanian boss
Rival group’s commercial boss in South Africa recruited to become Vodacom Tanzania MD.
- People
Breaking: CTO Wibergh leaves Vodafone
Former Ericsson executive to retire at end of year, with pivotal Tech 2025 strategy still a work in progress.
- Network & Infrastructure
Virgin Media O2 gets nod for Manchester fibre core
Extra component of Local Full Fibre Network project to see Cisco kit installed in BT’s regional exchanges.
- Suppliers & SCM
Ebiquity cements Virgin Media O2 media analytics brief, post-merger
Deal focuses on marketing spend accountability as combined operator mounts convergence challenge to BT Group.
- Network & Infrastructure
DT’s Europe platforms unit gets makeover
Deutsche Telekom Pan-Net rebadged as ‘Cloud Services’ to reflect “activities and objectives going forwards”.
- Strategy & Change
BT Sourced prepping for range of ‘disruptive scenarios’
Cyril Pourrat tells procurement industry event that transformation of telco’s buying function is instilling much‑needed visibility and confidence during macro crisis.
- Network & Infrastructure
US subsea data centre startup preps Scottish venture
Founder flags plan to ‘start UK business development’, building beyond first two trial deployments in USA.
- Operations
BT forms new unit to monetise UK’s ‘best mobile dataset’
Active Intelligence unit formed to accelerate mobility insights based on customer behaviour and movement.
- Financial & Performance
Progress in ‘tough times’ for Deutsche Telekom’s UK tech arm
Little-reported central services unit says business with rest of Group “stable”.
- People
BT taps Orange exec to lead life sciences unit
Rocío Sáenz returns to BT Global with mandate to grow pharma and life sciences business lines.
- Partnerships & Alliances
Astrocast teams with Telefónica on ‘all-in-one’ trackers
Three-way tie-up between Telefónica, SatCo, and logistics tech player aims to fill coverage gaps for container monitoring.
- People
Vodacom installs boss for soon-to-launch TowerCo
South African group appoints regional American Tower figure to lead TowerCo set up.
- M&A
BT rescues startup to help prep fintech expansion
Acqui-hire move sees Wales-based Monva amalgamated within BT’s digital services division.
- Financial & Performance
T-Mobile now world’s largest telco (by market cap)
Ever-expanding American operator overtakes arch-rival Verizon.
- People
New boss for BT’s digital buying ecosystem
Diarmuid O’Donoghue fills gap left by Adam Brown at helm of BT’s purchasing efficiency-focused Digital Procurement Garage initiative.
- Venturing & Investments
DT keeps Cellnex onside with Europe infra fund expansion
Partners bring €1bn of fresh, outside investment into joint DIV II fund.
- Partnerships & Alliances
Coventry sends for Vodafone to push 5G adoption
Vodafone UK network to support local SME testing of digital ideas based on next-gen wireless and wireline.
- Partnerships & Alliances
Vantage partner MOWEA nets a million in crowdfunding
German startup looks to broaden out its telco cleantech client base after gathering up fresh round of funding.
- Strategy & Change
TPG eyes wholesale growth with new MVNE platform
Australian operator has a list of ten areas where it is seeking to revive its performance following a challenging pandemic.
- Network & Infrastructure
North Wales’ Fibrespeed network could be put in play
Devolved body looking at options for publicly owned North Wales’ network ahead of 2025 contract end point. Move comes after US private equity buyout of project partners.
