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Analytics & Big Data News
Innovation (R&D)
BT opens DigiTech doors
BT and longstanding partner the University of Suffolk launched the DigiTech Centre, to train 145 apprentices and 500 students.
Partnerships & AlliancesDT backs launch of Europe’s GAIA‑X cloud project
DT on team of 22 founding members as GAIA‑X unveiled, albeit with technical snafu. Initiative talked up as “starting point of a European data ecosystem”.
- Venturing & Investments
Telefónica venturing ecosystem round-up, April 2020
Round‑up of recent activity within Telefónica-backed startup and venturing ecosystems.
- Suppliers & SCM
WidePoint flags $6m BT contract
WidePoint, a communications management solutions provider, flagged the signing of a three‑year, $6m (£5.6m) contract with BT Group.
- Financial & Performance
Al-Saleh retained for next phase of T-Sys reboot
CEO gets a two‑year extension as results hold up during overhaul. Deal positions 2022 as target year for emergence of revamped T‑Sys. Cash flow production remains the big unticked box. DT confirms coming extraction of division’s network activities.
- Products & Services
T-Systems ramps up Open Telekom Cloud with Hawk supercomputer
T‑Sys was able to ramp up the computing power of public cloud offering Open Telekom Cloud.
- Products & Services
T-Systems in ECB data analytics platform contract
T‑Systems (T‑Sys) flagged involvement in creation of a new data analytics platform for the ECB.
- Financial & Performance
Telefónica Transformation: ahead of schedule but hitting a bump
Digital services revenue hits 17% revenue increase year-on-year, with the bulk coming from video services. Telefónica Infra remains barebones, but the future looks promising.
- Strategy & Change
Alonso sets out his stall as Digital Consumer Officer
Digital Consumer services arguably a secondary consideration in a unit dominated by executives with an innovation or entrepreneurial bent. Previously-launched Digital Home solutions and added-value services may get a burst of management attention in the early days of the unit.
- Venturing & Investments
Open Future developments
Round‑up of recent activity among Telefónica-backed startup and venturing ecosystems.
- Innovation (R&D)
Telefónica Alpha taps NHS for patient data
O2 UK catches heat for a Group‑led project, with negative press coverage underlining the PR risks associated with data‑driven projects in sensitive sectors.
- Enterprise (B2B)
T-Systems adds Splunk to big data analytics portfolio
Unit still sees mileage in role as enterprise data sherpa.
- Venturing & Investments
AppsFlyer becomes ‘a unicorn-and-a-half’
AppsFlyer raised $210m (€191m) in a Series‑D funding round. Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners.
- Products & Services
Vodafone Italy, HDI partner to launch telematics-based insurance policy
Italian insurance provider HDI Assicurazioni launched HDI Insieme, a telematics-supported policy created in partnership with Vodafone Italy and Vodafone Automotive.
- Innovation (R&D)
Deutsche Telekom looks to synthetic data generation
Deutsche Telekom secured a US patent on a method for synthetic data generation.
- Partnerships & Alliances
T-Systems North America partners with Hitachi Vantara
T‑Sys NA partnered with data specialist Hitachi Vantara to develop solutions for enterprise imaging in life sciences and healthcare.
- Venturing & Investments
Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners confident in South Korean tech startups
Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners confident of turning South Korean technology startups into ‘unicorns’
- Venturing & Investments
Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners exits Paxata
DTCP looked to have exited Paxata, a data analytics solution provider in which it acquired a stake in 2016
- Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone gives Hadoop the heave-ho, turns to Google
Vodafone nearly half-way through migrating its Hadoop‑based big data analytics platform, serving eleven countries, onto Google Cloud Platform. “Cloud-native” Neuron systems leans on Google’s expertise in AI and ML. Full migration from Hadoop to Neuron slated before 31 March 2020.
- Innovation (R&D)
LUCA turns three, with AI embrace
Third edition of LUCA’s annual innovation event focuses on big data and AI solutions for partners. Movistar Living Apps and Aura voice-control in the spotlight.
- Venturing & Investments
Telefónica Open Innovation developments, October-November 2019
Round-up of recent activity among Telefónica‑backed startup and venturing ecosystems
- Suppliers & SCM
Altran ties with Vodafone Portugal on AI and data science
French engineering and industrial consultancy Altran flagged a tie‑up with Vodafone Portugal (VfP) that aims to “increase the skills and know‑how” of the two partners in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and data science.
