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Analytics & Big Data News
Network & Infrastructure
BT takes charge of 5G factory floor
BT collaborates with Worcestershire 5G (W5G) testbed and Ericsson to install ‘live’ 5G factory. Runs and manages private 5G network for Worcester Bosch. Takes technology lead at W5G to accelerate UK adoption of smart-manufacturing.
Strategy & ChangeServices at the core of enigmatic Telefónica Tech
Beyond the big talk about Telefónica Tech, associated revenue remains modest, and growth not immune to pandemic impacts.
- Network & Infrastructure
Telefónica: Elsewhere in Infra-Tech
Microsoft partnership expands to acens, IoT solutions pushed to the fore.
- Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone claims personalisation progress
Adobe and Persado technology used in conjunction to send out curated text which produced “double-digit” uplift in conversion rates. Personalisation, driven by big data, is a “key strategy” for VfIt’s ongoing churn‑reduction and CRM efforts.
- Partnerships & Alliances
VodafoneZiggo turns to K2View for unified data
Dutch JV installs K2View’s Fabric data management solution for converged and consolidated customer repository, replacing problem legacy systems.
- Strategy & Change
Deutsche Telekom’s OneApp undergoes big data revamp
Data-handling turnaround to gain more insights from self-care app. New big-data solution supported by AWS and assortment of software tools.
- Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica brings Erictel IoT to Brazil and UK
Erictel IoT tech at the core of LUCA offerings. To be supported in more Telefónica markets as close links with Ericsson spin‑off intensify.
- Venturing & Investments
Telekom Innovation Pool overview to July 2020
DTCP-advised Telekom Innovation Pool focuses on external startups of strategic relevance and in-house ventures. Formed in 2012, TIP is now under the USA & Corporate Development umbrella with the DT machine.
- 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 & Alliances
DT 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.
