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Amazon poaches T-Mobile exec to lead Project Kuiper marketing
Clint Patterson joins Amazon’s satellite startup Project Kuiper as Chief Marketing Officer after an eleven-year “epic ride” at T-Mobile USA.
Weekly Briefings
Deutsche Telekomwatch Briefing: congstar stamps its marque
A busy few days on the marketing front at DT as Greece’s OTE firms up a long-anticipated move closer to central branding, and figures from Germany’s congstar suggest DT’s multi-brand portfolio is delivering commercial gains in a challenging environment. Read more…
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Financial & Performance
DT FY24 Spend: light-touch regulation
FY24: DT’s differing position and priorities to European rivals sees regional capex remain elevated.
Financial & Performance
DT FY24 Guidance: Group remains in the flow
FY24: More jumps expected in revenue, earnings, and cash flow during FY25, and beyond.
Financial & Performance
What has the past week revealed about telecoms tariff exposure?
Analysis: Following the past week of international markets grappling with the USA’s now-paused ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs, TelcoTitans mined the global data for impact on top telcos, vendors and digital infra players…
Interview
Glide Identity’s mission: a new telco API franchise to replace the billions at risk with SMS OTP
Eran Haggiag, founder CEO of telco-backed authentication startup Glide Identity, tells TelcoTitans that it’s time to move on from multi-billion dollar but vulnerable SMS One Time Passwords, and swap in revenue from Open Gateway-based APIs leveraging with SIM cryptography. And why this time is different with Google…
Interview
Sinch on APIs (and RCS): remapping the complex CSP-CPaaS dynamic?
Sinch CMO Jonathan Bean tells TelcoTitans how CSPs and CPaaS players can work together to develop network API and RCS ecosystems to grow their already lucrative mutual revenue pie — including opening up the critical ‘communications developer’ community.
Operations
Magenta Exchange: T-Mobile and DT seek to dial up exec connections
Telcos’ HR chiefs Birgit Bohle and Deeanne King devise plan to bring US and European sides of Deutsche Telekom’s business closer together.
People
‘Mike wanted Srini’: DT released top exec for USA ops mission
Chief Executive Tim Höttges discusses the reasoning behind key lieutenant Srini Gopalan’s switch from Germany to the USA, and why he was willing to let him leave DT’s European base.
M&A
T-Mobile snaps up UK marketing tech business to fuel T-Ads push
Un-Carrier announces another bolt-on tech buy for its advertising solutions business in the form of UK provider Blis, as it seeks to build a multi-billion dollar revenue side-business targeting digital marketers.
Strategy & Change
‘Europe needs a DOGE’: Höttges looks to Musk for regulation blueprint
MWC 2025: Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Höttges has led the usual calls for policy overhaul in Europe, this time offering a direct comparison between European MNOs’ challenges and T-Mobile’s ‘freedom’.
Suppliers & SCM
T-Mobile seeks better ops visibility with shift to new ERP
US operator is making preparations for migration to a new ERP solution, designed to improve and speed up internal reporting.
Deutsche Telekomwatch Report #143 - April 2025
Key stories include: Höttges stresses focus in ‘very complex’ times | Execs shuffled after T-Mo poaches Gopalan | AI boss Abrahamson talks prioritisation | OTE finally joins the ‘Telekom’ family | T-Mo opens cheque book again, for T-Ads
Deutsche Telekomwatch #142 - February 2025
Key stories include: Two more years for Chief Exec | Leaders swapped for API push | T.Capital funds raise voice | German spectrum spat hots up | T-Mobile mulls fixed satcomms
Deutsche Telekomwatch Report #141 - January 2025
Key stories include: Things looking up for Euro sat venture | New telco API business christened | DT blends German wholesale units | Europe’s IT consolidation continues T-Mobile bulks up its media side-unit