Telco Partners & Suppliers
All the latest insight, news and analysis on telecoms partner and supplier activity with tier-1 telcos.
Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica, Nokia turn to agentic AI as means to boost telco API uptake
Duo kick off trials using AI agents to simplify access to network APIs. With early tests in fraud prevention completed, and several others lined up, Telefónica aims to open up new “monetisation models” harnessing the technology…
Interview
Fix telco CPQ to accelerate B2B expansion
Interview: Telcos have spent years modernising, yet enterprise quoting remains stubbornly manual and error-prone. CSG’s Greg Tilton lays out why generic CPQ fails at scale — and how going telco-native can unlock speed, margin control, and serious B2B upside, as well as restore CFO confidence…
Suppliers & SCM
Orange Business ties with Cisco as it preps for quantum threats
Orange’s B2B division wants to ensure that its global networks are quantum-safe as soon as possible.
Suppliers & SCM
Vodafone taps Amdocs for German cable platform simplification
Vodafone Germany looks to complete ‘gradual migration’ from legacy tech to simplified infrastructure.
Network & Infra
Deutsche Telekom leads the way to ‘quantum internet’
German operator and startup Qunnect are betting on entanglement as an enabling capability for a future ‘quantum internet’. A recent joint research project achieved what they see as a breakthrough in the push towards live use of quantum comms in metropolitan fibre networks.
Suppliers & SCM
Telcos untouched as key vendors hit by global stock selloff
In depth: US and EMEA telco majors ride out this week’s software tech storm as investors are spooked by advanced AI developments, leaving some of the industry’s most prominent software providers in freefall…
Suppliers & SCM
Amdocs cements role in T-Mobile’s tech team
US services player becomes latest tech group to flag involvement in major customer IT refresh at T-Mobile, following Ericsson, OpenAI, and Netcracker.
Peoplewatch
Schulman’s knife: BT procurement star looks Verizon-bound, supporting massive ‘turnaround’
In-depth: Verizon seems to be adding another European Galactico to its team, tapping BT Sourced founder Cyril Pourrat to spearhead a massive efficiency drive. New CEO Dan Schulman is targeting rapid elimination of $4bn in capex and $5bn in opex, and deployment of automation at scale. Pourrat offers battle-tested digital procurement strategies to a US-supersize turnaround story…
Strategy & Change
Transformation-focused Nokia gears up for AI ‘supercycle’
While telcos remain important customers for the Finnish tech vendor, it is transitioning from a “very telco‑centric” base and embracing the “AI supercycle”.
Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica to aid hyperscalers on infra, service compliance in Spain — report
Telco reportedly assisting Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Oracle to ensure they maintain compliance with Spanish data and security regulations, amidst the Group’s broader push to deliver compliant and sovereign services in Europe…
Peoplewatch
BT’s procurement chief Cyril Pourrat readies for exit
Five years after founding arms-length buying business BT Sourced, Cyril Pourrat prepares to move on. BT understood to opt against a direct replacement…
Network & Infra
DT seeks 5G core and IT partners for EC’s IRIS2 space venture
Operator gets things moving on buildout of satellite mega-project’s core IT infrastructure, issuing RFPs around 5G and tech stack.
B2B
BT bags £200m NI deal as ‘pipeline’ begins to deliver
After CEO Allison Kirkby touts ‘robust pipeline’ of deals incoming, BT confirms £200m NIE Networks managed networks contract…
Fix telco CPQ to accelerate B2B expansion
AI, edge and colo: Nokia’s Neutral Host Index redraws telecom’s $200bn shared-infra map
Moving fast to fix things: how AI-driven network assurance is reshaping global telecoms
Closing the reality gap: vHive now validating mobile towers in real-time, on-site
Celfocus data chief: telcos must balance optimism with pragmatism to power up AI
The service assurance gap: why ‘make do and mend’ fails modern networks
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