All Suppliers & SCM articles – Page 16
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PremiumAmdocs to support billing tidy-up
Magyar Telekom’s billing transformation programme gets underway with Amdocs’ partnership. IT services provider will drive digitalisation and modernisation of the NatCo’s billing platform, the first element of a broader Future of Billing initiative.
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Partnerships & AlliancesBT wants a billion pounds “minimum” from Microsoft deal
Microsoft beefs up its position within BT’s enterprise ecosystem with formation of an updated strategic partnership. BT aiming for a nine-figure revenue target from “complicated”, “big” deal. Software giant separately acquires BT spend-tracking partner Suplari.
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Suppliers & SCMTelefónica says continuity vital in 5G SA supplier selection
Operator confirms longstanding network partners Ericsson and Nokia as 5G SA radio suppliers. CTIO claims provider has the “best technology partners” that can help develop 5G “at the highest level of quality”.
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Suppliers & SCMBT, Vodafone “actively pushing” procurement collaboration
BT and Vodafone procurement chiefs back Trust Your Supplier to bring harmony to telco purchasing. Vodafone eventually to “mandate” Trust Your Supplier use. Collaboration between operators key to simplification and digitalisation of the industry, claim Cyril Pourrat and Ninian Wilson.
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Suppliers & SCMNokia wins Dutch managed services deal
TMNL opts for automation-infused Network Services Platform upgrade.
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Suppliers & SCMVodafone Group furthers shake-up with open RAN vendor picks
Capgemini Engineering, Dell Technologies, Keysight Technologies, NEC, Samsung, and Wind River selected for commercial UK deployment. Vodafone top brass insists that accelerating the pace of RAN innovation, rather than cost reduction, is initial the strategic driver for open RAN rollout. Quietly trimming UK open RAN site commitment from 2,600 ...
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Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in Vodafone Associates & JVs: ACCC says ‘I told you so’
ACCC says ‘I told you so’ over TPG merger’s impact on competition.
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Suppliers & SCMDT burnishes green credentials with Fairphone, Samsung partnerships
Group places focus on ensuring sustainability throughout the supplier chain. Nemat emphasises need to retire legacy equipment to save energy and become more economically viable.
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PremiumBT bets on Sisal lottery bid
National Lottery licence up for grabs, with three challengers to Camelot incumbency. Sisal, with BT as technology supplier, faces competition from Allwyn and its partner Vodafone UK. Digital transformation top of the ticket for tender adjudicators.
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Suppliers & SCMOpenreach enlists CommScope for full-fibre support
CommScope’s NOVUX platform to enable Openreach to hit FTTP deployment goals. US-based vendor added to a growing list of rollout programme partners.
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Suppliers & SCMEricsson targets African gains on back of Vodafone reorg
Swedish vendor has been punching below weight within Vodafone’s African operations. Tech 2025 organisational changes and geopolitical flux could create openings to grow regional account.
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Vendor VoiceTeradata: balanced data foundation critical to digital transformation
If AI and ML are your future, make sure the data foundations are in place. Requirements and applications change but the need for a solid data base does not. Your data vision should be holistic, released from the complexity and inefficiency of hundreds and even thousands of siloes. Use ...
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Products & ServicesVodafone and Celfocus tackle AI-based automation for IoT
Former Vodafone Portugal investment Celfocus has taken on its fourth cognitive automation project for the Group Network Operations (GNO) organisation. Further solutions and use-cases are already being explored to reap benefits of automation throughout the Group.
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Suppliers & SCMVPC’s Wilson says Tech 2025 bringing clarity
Wilson expects speedier decision-making, faster onboarding of new suppliers, and a stronger drive to standardisation across Group OpCos. Ericsson says it will be “happy” to pass on greater cost efficiencies to Vodafone. Swedish vendor targets African gains on back of tech reorg.
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Strategy & ChangeDT, Vodafone push vendors to clean up emissions
Vodafone sends letter encouraging suppliers to step up support for its net zero emissions pledge. DT inserting stricter criteria into supplier assessments. Tackling climate change bringing commercial incentives for more fleet-footed telcos. Supply chain emissions an elephant in room for telcos as they talk up energy efficiency progress.
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Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in T-Mobile US: TMUS on the prowl for e-health startups
TMUS on the prowl for e-health startups; SyncUP product portfolio expanded; get-go for Hometown grant scheme.
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Vendor VoiceCelfocus: Agile mindset and precision key to digitalisation
In an interview with Telefónicawatch, Paulo Trigo, CEO of European telco SI Celfocus, outlines a belief that operators must think more nimbly as they engage in strategic transformation programmes. IT implementation needs greater influence to enable digital transformation. Agile is more than a buzzword and must to be part ...
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Vendor VoiceBlue Planet urges operators to take the digital leap
In interviews with Telefónicawatch, senior figures at Blue Planet discussed learnings from the vendor’s journey towards the digitalisation of services by carriers. Standards provide vital safety net as industry digitalises incrementally and telcos must act collectively to establish a vision. Old thinking on customer relationships and procurement cause friction. ...
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PremiumElsewhere in BT Global: Egypt license renewed
Egyptian licences get a refresh; Global turns to IR to help tie together virtual rooms.
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PremiumMixed Huawei 5G RAN messages remain in Europe
Vodafone Italy reportedly gets conditional approval to use Huawei 5G RAN equipment. Huawei’s position in Germany looks more vulnerable after IT Security 2.0 Bill becomes law.