Financial & Performance
All the latest news, insight and analysis regarding the financials and performance of BT, Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica and Vodafone.
Q3 FY22–23: no frills at BT, but fireworks to come before the year’s up
BT’s Q3 reflects a troubled three months of inflationary pressures, union challenge, and heightened competition.
Vodafone CEO lauds Vodacom amid M&A speculation
Della Valle says pan-African operator is “one of the best assets in the Group”.
Jansen spotlights ‘right management in right place’ to turn around BT’s B2B fortunes
Ashish Gupta singled out as a man with a plan to revitalise BT’s business with the public sector and major UK enterprise.
Q3 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).
T-Mobile US keeps options open on fibre play
No decision made on adding wireline to complement fixed-wireless home broadband offering.
A 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.
Virgin Media O2 joins massive price-hike club
Operator confirms average yearly prices will shoot up 13.8%.
Telefónica adds another €1bn to green financing pot
Seven‑year hybrid bond issued, upped from €750m thanks to investor demand.
Digital 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.
Indus Towers posts loss as pressure piles on ailing client Vi
TowerCo forced to make large provision against ‘doubtful debts’.
Vodafone closes Newbury HQ sale
Operator to lease portion of the campus but vacate three buildings.
Openreach calls for successor to ‘super-deduction’ tax relief
Openreach adds to pleas from BT Group CEO Philip Jansen and others.
Union “deeply concerned” over BT Sport redundancies
More than 200 BT Sport staff put at risk of redundancy following transfer to Warner Bros. Discovery.
Glasfaser Nordwest boosted by financing from bank consortium
German FibreCo to receive financing from consortium led by KfW IPEX-Bank.
e& snaps up more Vodafone shares and increases stake to 12%
The UAE group had already increased its stake to 11% in December 2022.