Technology – Page 118
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PeopleShared Rural Network names new Director
Bryn Jones named SRN Director at MNO-backed joint venture Digital Mobile Spectrum Ltd.
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Partnerships & AlliancesVodafone gets Real on voice scam prevention
RealNetworks’ KONTXT software to be piloted for six months in Germany.
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Partnerships & AlliancesUK military drafts BT on drones and robotics
BT Defence Director highlights innovation tie-ups with army, navy, and air force.
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PremiumElsewhere in Telefónica Infra-Tech: Google Cloud launches ‘cloud region’ in Spain
Telefónica takes technology partnership in Madrid; voice recognition and dictation engine rolled out to 3,000 judges in Spain.
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PremiumElsewhere in Germany: operator links up with BUGLAS for Dark Fibre
BUGLAS backhaul boost for 5G rollout; O2 Germany ready to roll out fleet of 60 portable 5G base stations.
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PremiumMore partners join Tech’s all‑in‑one security play
Telefónica Cybersecurity & Cloud Tech signs agreements with Cisco, Constella, and Netskope. ‘360‑degree’ managed security services central to unit’s strategy.
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PremiumTelefónica flags legacy band barriers for 5G investment
Telefónica’s Javier Domínguez Lacasa highlights unacceptable lack of certainty on legacy band licence durations. Warns that incentives to re‑farm spectrum for 5G will be diminished if issue not addressed. Lukewarm on sharing legacy spectrum to maintain services that cannot easily migrate to 5G.
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PremiumElsewhere in Telefónica Group: Phones 4u collusion trial begins
Phones 4u trial opens; Movistar Plus+ expands education offering; Telefónica backs open source initiative Nephio; Telefónica hosts inaugural press conference in Metaverse.
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Network & InfrastructureBT moots Microsoft tie-up on flagship Belfast port project
New phase of port digitisation project focuses on edge and cloud infrastructure, automation, and application development.
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Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica, NTT Data automate logistics robots via 5G
Partners manage autonomous robots at CIE Automotive facility in Spain.
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Network & Infrastructure5G refarming ‘requires incentivisation’
Telefónica’s Javier Domínguez Lacasa flags unacceptable lack of certainty on licence duration.
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Network & InfrastructureBackup batteries drain Vodacom funds and dent ESG targets
ZAR 683m ploughed into project Energiser to deploy backup power to mitigate load shedding risk.
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Network & InfrastructureVantage in ‘smart-site’ tech update to evade energy risk
Project comes in response to need for more detailed power billing to key clients, including Vodafone.
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PremiumVodafone accelerates TechCo ambitions with Oracle deal
IT infrastructure modernisation underway as cloud transition picks up speed. Vodafone privately deploying complete Oracle Cloud Infrastructure capabilities as quasi-managed service, consolidating to three key European data centres. Jointly establishing Cloud Centre of Excellence.
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Partnerships & AlliancesDish and T-Mobile agree new roaming terms
$3.3bn deal said to resolve “outstanding disputes”.
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Strategy & ChangeUK’s new Digital Strategy ‘lacks long-term vision’
TechUK claims new strategy would need to be updated in 2024 to ‘remain relevant’.
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Network & InfrastructurePrivate equity firms make joint bid for Deutsche Funkturm
KKR-led consortium reportedly submits binding offer for controlling stake in Deutsche Telekom’s German towers business.
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Network & InfrastructureGaia-X builds following beyond Europe
Signs of international momentum for European data sovereignty project.
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PremiumBT, Palo Alto Networks launch managed SASE
New product incorporates Prisma SASE and Prisma SD-WAN from the security specialist.
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PremiumElsewhere in BT Global: Global office opened in Madrid
Global commits to Spain; extends Relined partnership on Dutch network; QiO brought in for AI edge compute innovation.