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Operational efficiency is a must for capex-intensive rollouts, say operators. Greenfield InfraCo ConnectiviTree bakes in automation from scratch. BAI Communications takes software engineering to London Underground.
French billionaire ups BT holding via Altice UK vehicle but shushes takeover talk.
Vodacom management laments load shedding policy as investment reallocated to fund backup energy solutions.
Citizens Advice data shows swathes of households dropping broadband amid cost-of-living challenge, but BT metrics hold firm.
Group CEO Philip Jansen sets sights on end-of-decade transformation as BT gets lean, builds on network strengths.
T-Mobile signs up for Amdocs Commerce & Care and Monetization suites.
Operator could lose significant chunk of 8.5 million TV customer base within housing associations, which generates around €800m in revenue.
New CEO wants Group turnaround to build on existing strengths in B2B while fixing customer experience declines.
Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub is looking to build the Group’s fibre assets beyond South Africa once CIVH deal is closed.
DT CEO “more optimistic” now that cableco ‘rental privilege’ will be abolished from July 2024. Boost expected for TV services, with Euro 2024 TV rights an added attraction.
Ethiopian national bank hands Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia its mobile money licence, breaking state monopoly.
Vodafone has entered a “strategic relationship” with its largest shareholder.
Prospect of market consolidation seen as more good news than bad for Vantage Towers’ Italian JV.
US optimism sees uprating of the already big jumps in earnings and cash flow DT expects to generate in FY23.
Macro pressures see executives highlight new workstreams on AI and fibre roll out efficiency.