Samritee Kumari
Sam Kumari is a Reporter for TelcoTitans, contributing to our telecoms insight and analysis as part of the Editorial team since 2007.
Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica teams with Ericsson to develop cloud RAN
A new collaboration agreement will see pair roll out trial deployments of cloud radio access networks in Europe using open APIs.
M&AMacquarie-backed Voneus swallows up UK altnet rivals
UK rural fibre provider Voneus snaps up Cadence Networks and SWS Broadband.
PeopleLatest Orange people moves: C-level changes at MEA units
Orange Morocco names new CFO, while DRC subsidiary takes on new CTO.
OperationsMovistar to close last of its call centres in Spain
Operator initiates restructuring exercise to close four remaining customer contact centres, in the face of falling demand for telephone customer service channel.
PremiumVivo consortium deploys Infovia subfluvial cable
Two of eight riverbed cables implemented in Brazil’s Amazon region so far, with rollout expected to be complete by 2025.
Partnerships & AlliancesCellnex seeks financial partner for Nordic operations
Spanish TowerCo appoints AZ Capital in hunt for fresh backing for assets in Denmark and Sweden.
PremiumTelefónica to launch holographic call service in 2024
New offering, created in partnership with Deutsche Telekom, Orange, and Vodafone, expected to go live after MWC 2024.
Network & InfrastructureAnatel reaches stalemate on Vivo’s contentious Winity network-sharing deal
Decision on infra-sharing agreement hangs in the balance as telecoms regulator postpones ruling until 15 September, after Anatel once again fails to meet majority agreement — but with full approval now granted by antitrust authority.
Network & InfrastructureTelefónica wins 5G deal for Spanish navy ships and bases
New contract with Spanish navy adds to flurry of recent contract awards with country’s MoD.
PeopleLatest Deutsche Telekom people moves: new CIO for Europe
DT’s Europe segment names Stefan Schloter as CIO.
Network & InfrastructureThe Backfill: I Squared emerges as frontrunner to acquire controlling stake in American Tower’s Indian unit
American Tower enters exclusive talks with I Squared to offload majority stake in Indian subsidiary. UK government commissions feasibility study into establishment of Future Telecommunications Institute.
Network & InfrastructureAmerican Tower’s CoreSite activates transatlantic subsea cable
Near‑7,000km Amitié submarine cable said to be highest capacity cable crossing Atlantic.
Partnerships & AlliancesO2 Germany deploys DAS at Munich HQ
CommScope’s ERA distributed antenna system installed at O2 Tower headquarters in Munich to provide indoor mobile coverage.
Network & InfrastructureAnatel delays ruling on Vivo’s contentious Winity network-sharing deal
Decision on infra-sharing agreement hangs in the balance after telecoms regulator postpones decision until September as a result of lack of majority agreement — but full approval now granted by antitrust authority.
OperationsOrange ‘shutters Silicon Valley base’ amid strategic refocus
Operator reported to have closed Silicon Valley offices after more than 20 years as part of cost review.
Suppliers & SCMDeep dive: Telefónica engages suppliers to fight Scope 3 emissions
Keynoting at Achieving Net Zero in the Telecoms Industry, Daniel Santana lifted the lid on Telefónica’s initiatives to actively tackle emissions across its value chain. Learn more about how this impacts its supply chain, where hundreds have been tagged ‘high risk’, and its ‘circular criteria’, SME outreach, peer comparatives… ...
PeopleLatest Orange people moves: new CFO recruited in Luxembourg
Adrien Pottier named finance chief at Orange Luxembourg after more than 12 years with the operator.
Venturing & InvestmentsTelefónica reinvests in eSIM provider Airalo
Latest investment sees increasing focus on more mature and strategic startups housed within Telefónica Ventures’ growing list of portfolio companies. Read more…
Network & InfrastructureOpenreach creeps towards fibre connections target
Unusually, infrastructure division seen stuttering on fibre rollout and falling short on annualised run-rate goal of four million premises passed.
Partnerships & AlliancesT-Systems extends foray into quantum realm
Deutsche Telekom’s enterprise arm signs MoU with IQM Quantum Computers to offer access to cloud quantum computing services and training, with a Europe-based focus. Deal builds upon similar tie-up with IBM earlier this year, expanding its quantum services to a “multi-cloud quantum landscape”.