All articles by Richard Agnew
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Analyst BriefingDeutsche Telekomwatch: DT shores up its base
Analyst Briefing: German giant has a growing pipeline of power and digital infrastructure projects as it seeks to strengthen its sustainability and sovereignty credentials. Tech ties with Salesforce, n8n, Sprinklr, Nokia, and Rohde & Schwarz are highlighted as the operator ups its digital B2B game and seeks more efficiency within its own walls.
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B2BO2 remixes B2B mobile portfolio in bid for value uptick
Tariff rework forms part of broad strategy switch-up at German operator as it seeks to regain ‘profitable growth’ through new partnerships, services, and efficiencies.
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PeoplewatchDeutsche Telekom Peoplewatch: Greek tech chief switches to lead B2B
September 2026 update: A roundup of senior people movement in and around DT, including B2B leadership changes at Greece’s OTE Group, with CTIO Yannis Vitzilaios switching across to lead Business Segment; and at DTCP, with the appointment of private equity and defencetech experts to lead the investor’s new security and resilience fund.
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Financial & PerformanceBrazil 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.
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Financial & PerformanceTelefónica yet to perfect Transform & Grow mix
Q2 FY26 overview: Telefónica completes first half of financial year in strong position, thanks to ongoing strength in its domestic business and Brazilian growth engine. But the operator’s progress remains two-speed and it is adopting extra measures in Germany and UK in a bid to secure a more consistent, broad-based platform for growth.
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Financial & PerformanceTelefónica’s efficiency progress on display
Q2 FY26 guidance: Cost-focused Telefónica expresses confidence on execution of spend reduction measures, and reflects optimism in upwards tweak to FY26 profitability guidance…
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Network & InfraOrange Belgium deploys robot to up game on network troubleshooting
Operator expects significant savings and sustainability gains after introducing next-gen solution for automated fault diagnosis, line testing, and service activation.
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Partnerships & AlliancesDT plugs into Germany’s massive new wind farm
German operator cites energy cost and security benefits as it firms up a 15-year power purchase agreement for electricity from massive new He Dreiht farm.
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Network & InfraGreece: PPC lands Amazon tie-up, pushes forward with mega-data centre
Greek utility’s digital infrastructure expansion plans take a big step forward through a tie-up with Amazon Web Services on massive new data centre in country’s north.
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Partnerships & AlliancesProsegur 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.
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B2BGermany’s O2 flicks switch on new private cloud
Operator now running workloads in OPX Cloud — a new platform developed to deliver next-gen capabilities in internal services and support a strategic drive in Germany’s B2B market.
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Analyst BriefingDeutsche Telekomwatch: Board lines up next generation
Analyst Briefing: Reviewing tumultuous few weeks at DT as Group makes remuneration concession and enacts top-level leadership change on both sides of the Atlantic, to shore up stakeholder base and prep for new era. Execs also allow a rare major M&A move in Europe and add more names to DT’s AI transformation line-up.
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PeoplewatchDeutsche Telekom Peoplewatch: change-at-the-top in finance, infra, and tech
July 2026–August 2026 update: The latest roundup of DT people movement, including a Board of Management rejig that brings new faces into the operator’s tech and finance leadership; changes in the senior layer of infra businesses GD Towers, Deutsche Telekom Technik, and GreenScale, plus Deutsche Telekom Security and T-Mobile US; and new post-DT career steps by high-profile former execs Omar Tazi and Wolfgang Metze.
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PeoplewatchT-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.
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PeoplewatchDT’s security business has a top exec reset
Group’s distinct security business rejigs management roles to align more closely with B2B parent.
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PeoplewatchGenerational 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.
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Financial & PerformanceDT Q2 Guidance: course held steady
DT makes slight upward tweak to cash flow guidance in echo of T-Mobile forecast.
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Financial & PerformanceDT Q2 In-depth: strong numbers mask Musk worries
Group delivers further strong growth on revenue and earnings, fuelled by all segments, but fears over high-profile (emerging and existing) competitive threats prompt exec reassurances over strategic direction in largest markets USA and Germany.
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Financial & PerformanceLeftfield threats jolt DT out of business-as-usual
Q2 FY26: Despite solid performance, Group’s leadership team forced into €3bn buyback rearguard as stockholder apprehension over satellite and fibre competition continues to overhang share price.
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PeoplewatchTelefónica Peoplewatch: former chiefs Abasalo and Álvarez-Pallete in demand
July 2026–August 2026 update: A roundup of high-level moves at recalibrating Spanish giant (and beyond), including development of post-Telefónica careers by former top execs Laura Abasolo and José María Álvarez-Pallete.