Technology – Page 211
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Suppliers & SCM
Vlocity bags Deutsche Telekom deal
Deutsche Telekom selected US-based Vlocity’s Communications Cloud solution to roll out software with “configure-price-quote” capabilities across Europe.
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Magenta Telekom expands Austrian fibre network
Magenta Telekom upgraded its fibre network in seven Austrian towns, now providing up-to-1Gbps speeds to more than 10,000 households and businesses.
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Hrvatski Telekom, Tessares look to connect rural Croatia
Hrvatski Telekom is said to be seeking to extend 30Mbps broadband services to more customers in rural areas of Croatia.
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Venturing & Investments
Roambee raises $15m in funding round
Deutsche Telekom IoT shipping partner (and Group investment) Roambee completed a Series-B funding round, raising $15.2m.
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T-Mobile secures 4G and 5G at Super Bowl LIV
T-Mobile US flagged the implementation of extra 4G and 5G capacity in Miami, ahead of Super Bowl LIV, held on 2 February 2020.
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Strategy & Change
T-Mobile US will rely on renewable energy by 2021
T-Mobile US claimed it was on course to meet its flagship target of relying solely on renewable energy by 2021.
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BT carries burden as Huawei compromise reached
Industry looks set to be given three years to firewall Huawei, with potential 35% cap on High Risk Vendors. Security officials position the decision as largely a clarification and formalisation of current restrictions, but potentially stringent caps will spark immediate change in industry security and procurement strategies. UK capex ...
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TEAC UK Wave 3: BT focuses on 5G private networks and edge compute
TEAC UK Wave 3: BT focuses on 5G private networks and edge compute Source: BT BT’s Telecom Infra Project (TIP) Ecosystem Acceleration Centre (TEAC UK) hosted its third wave of finalists and inducted two winners into the fold in January 2020, with the successful pitches joining BT ...
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Business briefing: Selley keeps his eyes on the prize
Selley upbeat and future-focused as Openreach intensifies efforts to shed copper. Independence emphasised with ucstomer team driving efforts to create new markets, rather than purely follow BT Consumer’s lead. Experience and efficiency the foundations for Openreach plans to roll over emerging fibre rivals, and keep Virgin Media away from ...
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Vendor Voice
ADVA: Taking on the heavyweights in an evolving market
Increasingly bullish vendor aiming to build on core strategic contract wins with BT to change its image and bring the spotlight onto its software and solutions portfolio in a virtualising environment. Major vendors still possess heavyweight advantages, but ADVA leveraging agility and reflexes of a middleweight champion. Importance of ...
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Emergency Services Network problems (and solutions)
Device to device worries prompt ESN hardware rethink. Home Office bows down to PAC demands Remedial measures recommended
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Products & Services
ESN ecosystem evolves
Vendors aim to provide indoor coverage solutions for the ESN. Hardware accreditation process gathering speed.
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Ofcom clearing path for BT fibre acceleration
Ofcom looks set to play its part in ensuring Openreach can hit, or raise, its mid-2020s fibre targets. Regulator attempting to balance encouragement of simultaneous investment from BT and fibre altnets through geographic regulation, with safeguards to prevent overly vigorous strategic defences from the incumbent. Openreach given at least ...
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Venturing & Investments
TEAC UK Wave 3: six shortlisted start ups in the running
BT’s UK TIP centre hosts six start-ups in competition to collaborate on 5G and edge compute. Two winners, Ori Industries and DoubleMe, named. ADVA, Cloud Backend, Condense Reality, and TDCOMM runners-up.
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BT Consumer pairs with Google for Stadia
BT deal with Google Stadia means consumers can access the new cloud gaming platform in the UK.
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EE going Underground
Participation in trials on TfL transport network likely to slot in with ongoing ESN development.
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BT gets to grips with rural agenda
Developing plans for rural network-sharing for 4G may be echoed in fixed-line plans as BT and government sketch out fibre acceleration strategy. Allera sets out costs of cooperation as mobile sector grapples with putting promises into action.
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2019 TIP highlights and 2020 expectations
TIP Project Groups include partnerships between Vodafone, Telefónica, Orange, Deutsche Telekom, and BT. Suppliers and vendors join projects, with ADVA, Infinera, and Mavenir among the headlines.
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BT Enterprise heads to Scotland with Google Digital Garage
BT Enterprise partnered with Google Digital Garage in Glasgow to offer small- and medium-size enterprises (SME) free digital training.