Telco Partners & Suppliers
All the latest insight, news and analysis on telecoms partner and supplier activity with tier-1 telcos.
Operations
DT boss says ‘shit MVNOs’ are most at risk in era of AI buying
Deep dive: Transatlantic group’s execs say transparency and communications will be key as they ponder disruptive power of AI assistants as analysers and buyers of broadband, mobile and TV retail services — and claim smaller discounters will be at most disadvantage.
Network
Orange puts AI-RAN through its paces as NVIDIA, Nokia hail momentum
Orange’s AI-RAN scepticism is giving way to live network experimentation, with the operator testing whether spectrum efficiencies and shared edge compute can justify deployment. NVIDIA and Nokia now count nearly 20 telcos among their AI-RAN collaborators, with BT, DT, and Elisa among those advancing the tech towards commercialisation.
Network
Nokia opens the door as Europe arrives at NVIDIA’s AI-RAN party
NVIDIA’s alignment with Nokia shows through via a deluge of telco link-ups. BT, Deutsche Telekom, Elisa and Orange are progressing AI-RAN while peers simultaneously build the distributed compute and agentic software layers needed to support new services.
B2B
Telefónica ties with NOS to drive defence push at European level
Telefónica and NOS are combining 5G, edge, AI and secure communications expertise for defence applications, reflecting a wider European telco push to turn existing technology capabilities into new business as governments increase military investment.
Partnerships & Alliances
Allianz lends Telefónica a hand on digital alarms sales
Movistar Prosegur Alarmas secures sell-through deal with insurer’s Spanish business in latest bid to expand uptake of its connected alarms for homes and businesses.
Operations
Tech Mahindra completes large-scale takeover of Orange B2B teams
Indian services giant indicates major new outsourcing and tech development relationship with Orange Business is now up and running, boosting top line and headcount.
Network
European telco giants step up united front against US satco threat
Telekom, Telefónica, Orange, and Vodafone are preparing a collective grab for satellite spectrum as operators and policymakers confront the prospect of Starlink and other non-EU players disrupting the market.
B2B
German fibre: 1&1 is GlasfaserPlus’ new plus one
New wholesale agreement gives Telekom Deutschland fibre JV a handy and potentially substantial RoI boost while also helping 1&1 address flat performance in Germany’s cutthroat broadband market.
Partnerships & Alliances
Revolut picks O2 for expansion into German mobile
Fast-expanding fintech brand brings disruptive virtual mobile service to another European market, launching single, app-native data plan over O2 network.
Infra
Orange advances European ‘AI highways’ with subsea cable expansion
Orange is expanding its subsea footprint once again, backing the Pisces cable project linking Ireland with France, Spain, and Portugal as the operator deepens its push to build the connectivity foundations of Europe’s sovereign AI ambitions.
B2B
BT turns to Microsoft for security as a service proposition
BT leans into low-key partner Microsoft for latest SOC-as-a-service offering as B2B customers face up to the growing threat of AI-powered attacks.
Network
Openreach installs Ciena tech for 800G links to meet wholesale demand
Amidst growing demand for high-capacity infrastructure access from wholesale customers, Openreach has begun the installation of new Ciena technology to support additional capacity.
Special Report
Exposing network APIs was the first step — building the business model is harder
Special Report #2/4: telcos still have a lot of work to do to develop API-based offerings that resonate with the requirements of users, observers say.
Event-driven evolution: Boost Mobile and Wavelo pioneer the composable telco
From reactive to proactive: Ericsson and AWS bring agentic intelligence to OSS/BSS
Fastweb + Vodafone turns merged network into ‘city map’ for autonomous operations
ROVA unboxed: telco-native endpoint platform emerges from stealth mode
iQmetrix to telco: ‘Your next customer may not be human’
Why satcos and MNOs must collaborate to scale and monetise hybrid networks
Wildanet joins fibreco multiplay push with TiVo
Africa’s fibre boom needs a commercial operating model — not just more network
Trusted agentic AI: DT and Vodafone automate identity management for sovereign-ready network compliance
Beyond fibre Special Report: the MVNO multiplay opportunity for UK altnets
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