All Suppliers & SCM articles
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Suppliers & SCMVodafone set to switch on IBM’s blockchain for buyers
Vodafone Procurement Company now actively using Trust Your Supplier platform — a means of simplifying buyer-seller relationships.
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Suppliers & SCM
NETSCOUT hints at toughening competition for Vodafone business
Business assurance software provider highlights the need to stay ahead of the curve.
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Suppliers & SCM
VPC’s Schultz sets cat managers among procurement pigeons
Manifesto that value chain orchestration is the new procurement norm ruffles some feathers. VPC Chairman upgrades procurement to ‘primary provider of business insight and foresight’.
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Strategy & Change
BT seeks to electrify procurement with Faraday subsidiary
Managers for strategic procurement categories being recruited, including network, connectivity, and marketing. Data science remains prominent. New subsidiary’s standalone status emphasised, evidencing detachment and perhaps also ambition.
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Network & Infrastructure
Deutsche Telekom allies with European peers on open RAN
Telco grouping aims to generate greater economies of scale for smaller suppliers through common procurement parameters. Lobbying European governments for open RAN funding high on the agenda.
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Consumer (B2C)
BT plays down risk of FireEye security breach
Group assesses threat to CTI customers as “ low to moderate ”. No indication, assures BT, that any customer data was compromised.
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Network & Infrastructure
Safaricom puts 5G on ice
Kenyan operator plans to focus on building its 4G business for now. Safaricom’s previous reliance on Huawei comes under spotlight amid ongoing US trade talks.
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Vendor Voice
Nutanix: Silicon Valley oblivious to emerging telco renaissance
Nutanix’s Tarkan Maner discusses with Vodafonewatch his take on the evolution of the cloud services sector, and the way in which digital transformation efforts demand a fundamental re‑think of the misbalanced relationship between telecoms and technology players. Sector veteran Maner predicts telco fightback in the hyperscaler blind ...
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Partnerships & Alliances
T‑Mobile MONEY partner banks contract extension
White label banking provider BankMobile flags the success of its T‑Mobile partnership as a contract extension is signed and Sprint customers added. Vendor aims to add another “ large ” partner due in 2021.
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Suppliers & SCM
UK tightens screws on telcos over Huawei
Government plans to tackle lack of diversity in upcoming new 5G strategy.
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Suppliers & SCM
NETSCOUT flags Vodafone deal extension
Vendor maintains its position for what could be a further three to four years.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in BT Group: Cisco takes IMImobile
Partners Cisco and IMImobile to meld customer comms solutions.
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People
Vodafone people moves: Group SCM “succession planning” underway
Tolga Tomruk takes SCM Networks Director role, leading relationships with established equipment vendors and the ‘open’ challenger set. Safaricom follows up consumer‑centric shift with new CTIO. VodafoneZiggo taps rival KPN for mobile networks lead. Musical chairs on Vodacom Group’s Board of Directors.
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Network & Infrastructure
UK gets on with life after Huawei
New 5G Diversification Strategy and Telecommunications (Security) Bill expected to introduce tough new network security expectations on operators, while attempting to reduce the risks associated with over‑reliance on Ericsson and Nokia. Government backing open standards, and particularly open RAN , to create a diverse supply chain, ...
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Network & Infrastructure
UK plots 5G future sans Huawei
BT suggests Adastral Park would be a natural home for parts of the proposed National Telecoms Lab.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in T-Mobile US: 6G gets nod
T‑Mobile US joins 6G alliance with industry bigwigs, and foots a Sprint bill for Lifeline abuse.
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Vendor Voice
Salesforce Industries: bringing cloud Vlocity to telco CX
As the CRM giant sharpens its focus on telco transformation, Salesforce Industries highlights the need for operators to lose legacy baggage, embrace cultural change, and focus on collaboration to move at digital pace. Experience of acquisition Vlocity demonstrates three trends in telco transformation, from gradual evolution to enthusiastic ...
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Suppliers & SCM
UK tightens screws on telcos over Huawei
Government plans to tackle lack of diversity in upcoming new 5G strategy.
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Suppliers & SCM
BT seeks instant purchasing power with Suplari
Procurement function seeking “ relevance ” by addressing “ huge legacy ” of aging IT, and reliance on Excel . Calculating spend with individual suppliers was long-winded. Quick-fire info seen as increasingly important amid COVID‑19 and Brexit disruption.
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Suppliers & SCM
BT taps Qlik for data analytics prowess
BT aims to create a ‘data‑literate workforce’ to improve how it exploits its vast troves of customer data for up‑selling opportunities.
