All articles by Richard Agnew – Page 31
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PremiumSafaricom, Vodacom drop more cash into Ethiopian kitty
Share issue by parent vehicle opens up more funds for Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia’s startup rollout
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PremiumTelefónica Deutschland seeks better insight into B2B service quality
Amdocs to support network optimisation tech overhaul.
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Financial & PerformanceQ3 FY22–23: top-heavy Vodafone reassesses life choices under Della Valle
Interim boss solidifies play for top job with new found love of simplicity and autonomy (her own domains excepted).
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PremiumA year on, Vantage reassures ops overhaul ‘is working’
TowerCo remains on “journey” when it comes to realigning its production function, and smoothing out logistics challenges arising from the global supply chain crunch.
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PremiumPantheon Infrastructure buys into GD Towers growth plan
UK infra fund team provides backing to DigitalBridge as it preps joint takeover of Austrian and German tower business.
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PremiumDigital Barriers: take two for surveillance-as-a-service mobile video scaleup
UK video surveillance tech scaleup has refreshed ambitions following a capital injection by 3i and new product platform for expansion alongside key partners Vodafone and Intel.
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PremiumHigh hopes: Sitetracker on re-imagining TowerCo InfraOps
Asset management software player gaining clients as infra operators seek to escape outdated practices and tech. Reference win with Vantage Towers seeing vendor support IT transformation accompanying TowerCo’s independent growth ambitions.
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PeoplewatchFern appoints ex-Apple and Tesco chief to lead fibre push
Ex-Apple Retail SVP John Browett brought in as part of management reshuffle at £3bn UK energy, fibre, and property group.
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PremiumSpain relegated in latest Vodafone reorg
Troubled Spanish business loses direct CEO report and downshifts into Group’s Europe Cluster.
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PremiumBT brings in Aussie exec for fresh look at wireless assets
New team being built within BT to evaluate revenue and efficiency opportunities around unilateral towers and other network elements.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom hits goal of becoming €100bn business
New Year win for German giant’s management as it hits two-decade share price record.
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PremiumCellnex CEO steps down, opts out of leading strategy pivot
Tobias Martinez to leave in June as Spanish infra group seeks to “open a new chapter”.
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PremiumBT preps Local Business agent hand-off
New reseller relationship to be formed in two South-East England counties, with staff transferring out from telco.
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PremiumOpen Dutch Fiber doubles debt to boost FTTH push
Deutsche Telekom-, Cellnex-, and KKR-backed fibre player expands and broadens debt facility to add ‘diversity’ and ‘capacity’.
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PremiumTelefónica and Liberty advance prep for ‘nexfibre’ UK JV
Exec oversight and branding put in place for venture with French private equity group InfraVia.
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Financial & PerformanceRevenue flat at UK telcos’ M&A sherpa
Robey Warshaw sees slight dip in takings despite recruitment of former UK Chancellor George Osborne.
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OperationsNetwork Rail turns to mobile network data in bid to reduce crowding
UK rail infra operator contracts BT to analyse passenger volume and footfall in trains and stations.
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Network & InfraHome Office red tape ‘holding up’ Scottish rural mobile plan
UK authorities have been seeking a speedier route to rural mobile expansion by melding parts of the publicly-funded Scottish 4G Infill, Emergency Services Network, and Shared Rural Network schemes. But are different initiatives getting in each other’s way?
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PeoplewatchVodafone begins search for new CEO after Read steps down
Look to recent board additions for likely profile of sucessor – more growth, more 21st century, more dynamic, less-insider.
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Network & InfraScottish islands’ fibre upgrade is a wrap
Residents of 15 islands to get “Gigabit” connectivity under Reaching 100 initiative. Government update says all 16 subsea links involved in project now laid, and finishing work taking place. Challenges for engineers included circumventing stray explosives and protecting wildlife.