All Strategy & Change articles – Page 132
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Strategy & ChangeGroup sees Millicom Costa Rica withdrawal as a bit rich
Telefónica threatens legal action after late-hour back-out by buyer.
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Strategy & ChangeDeutsche Telekom calls Camunda to orchestrate RPA and APIs
Camunda CEO: “RPA is a painkiller not a cure”. DT Service leans on business process management specialist to manage bots across multiple RPA platforms. Exec regrets not putting in place a process orchestration layer at start of RPA journey. Strategic goal is to shift from front-end RPA to APIs ...
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Partnerships & AlliancesDeutsche Telekom updates SKT tie-up, post-coronavirus
“Immersive” virtual meetings and challenges of network management on refreshed agenda.
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PremiumBT to invest its way through crisis says Jansen
Jansen declares an ambition to “invest more heavily on the back of this crisis” and use it to identify opportunities to drive economic recovery and benefit all stakeholders. BT CEO claims providing outlook guidance “just impossible” for months to come. No return to business-as-usual expected, but Group gearing up ...
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PremiumBT Sport reinvents to meet coronavirus challenge
Television unit develops innovative virtual studios and repackages older content to meet the challenges of maintaining a service during the live sport blackout.
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PremiumBTwatch roundup - May 2020
Coronavirus response takes shape across all Group entities. BT Consumer takes steps towards splitting with Carphone Warehouse following O2 UK’s recent withdrawal. Openreach boosts East Mids broadband to support home working.
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PremiumBlanco’s empire to permeate new Telefónica
Group CTIO expected to pull the strings as Telefónica Tech and Infra establish their purpose, and ensure consistency on the adoptions and commercialisation of new technology. Team of veteran architects and technologists to head six units managing global networks and systems. Memo hints at plans for more independent fibre ...
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Strategy & ChangeO2 UK cuts ties with Carphone Warehouse
Retailer’s pre-COVID-19 strategic retreat from the High Street, and resistance towards sales volume targets, matched with growing O2 emphasis on its own channels, prompted the breakdown of an already strained relationship.
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Strategy & ChangeTelefónica Peru shareholding ownership switched, remains within Group
Group completed the transfer of a 50.22% shareholding in Telefónica Peru from Telefónica Latinoamérica Holding to Latin America Cellular Holdings.
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Strategy & ChangeTelefónica maintains its links as markets adapt
SME suppliers in Spain thrown an early lifeline as Group takes steps to keep supply chain moving. O2 Germany reopening stores and account switching restrictions are eased in Spain. O2 UK focuses on supporting health services, but engineers at risk as 5G conspiracy suspicions lead to vandalism and assaults. ...
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Products & ServicesVodafone shutters Bit and puts focus on yu
Closure a sign of Spanish OpCo’s move to a more fleet-footed go-to-market strategy.
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Public AffairsVodacom plays ball with CompCom on data pricing
Compromise found to help SA’s low-income groups access mobile data. Price elasticity expected to take sting out of sharp price cuts. Auction of 4G- and 5G-friendly spectrum still slated for late-2020.
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PremiumVodafone, Deutsche Telekom sign NB-IoT roaming agreement
Vodafone signed a Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) roaming agreement with European arch-rival DT.
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Strategy & ChangeWibergh on network impact and continuity measures
Vodafone CTO posted an update on the way the operator is seeking to address changing usage habits following the COVID-19 containment measures seen across Group territories.
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Suppliers & SCMSynamedia flags Vodafone contract
Synamedia flagged a “multi-year contract” with Vodafone, focused around the Group’s TV stack consolidation plans.
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Venturing & Investmentsngena under new ownership
DT sells controlling stake in spinout to US investment group.
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PremiumBT makes stand against coronavirus
BT emphasising the critical role of digital infrastructure as the coronavirus pandemic brings dramatic changes to the UK. Support for government initiatives, including big data sharing and boosted NHS connectivity stressed, while management hopes government support will follow as economic challenges to the Group emerge. McRae gives a ...
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Strategy & ChangeThe ups and downs of being a good sport
BT Sport hit with negative publicity amid tardy coronavirus response. Season’s televised football up in the air.
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PremiumBT reviews senior leadership pay
A change in remuneration policy currently under review, potentially restricting pension allowances.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom’s Q4 FY19: hyped-up Höttges preps master plan update
FY19 sees Group remain on track with short- and medium-term targets. European businesses regaining form. DT now entering new era after supercharging US presence through Sprint merger. COVID-19 outbreak adds to sense of a watershed. Ex-CFO Dannenfeldt trolled over cost savings miss.