Telekom Deutschland boosts TV content line‑up with basketball and football coverage rights agreements
OTE ties with Intralot on digital bookie plan
BNetzA imposes new porting charges on German mobile operators
T-Mobile Poland awarded two-year contract by Central Informatics Centre
Magyar Telekom hits regulatory buffers as tariffs claimed to violate EU net neutrality rules
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More reports of G.fast slowdown
With full fibre the established main priority, an increasingly gaping hole is building in BT’s plans to provide ultrafast services to ten million homes by early‑2021, as G.fast stood down.
Openreach extending local reach
Virgin Media sweeps in with gigabit ‘can do’ claims
Openreach talks-up full fibre, as government moves on…
BT Global trumpets updated Cyber SOC in Madrid
BT Global signs cloud-based cybersecurity contract with icare
BT Global talks up success with Mexican stock exchange BMV
BT Federal is close to operating in US government’s programme
BT Global secures €40m Spanish government renewal
Deutsche Telekom gets Sprint stress headache, takes dividend pill
Group boasts of “record” Q3 results, but numbers shadowed by strategic and operational challenges. Dividend trimmed to keep spend taps flowing and offset US and balance sheet pressures. Capex guidance raised. German broadband “softness” tackled. Leadership looks forward to All-IP completion for German go-to-market. Romanian difficulties continue: “all possibilities” ...
T‑Mobile Netherlands rep tarnished after internet traffic routing disaster
Deutsche Telekom planning digital refresh of Group buying functions
Deutsche Telekom obtains preliminary injunction against Lemonade to prevent magenta use
Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners to open Seoul office
Deutsche Telekom exits content management specialist CoreMedia
Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier works with Clear and fellow operators on blockchain-based wholesale settlement processes
Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier releases new Encrypted Lambda service
T‑Systems signs strategic partnership with SNP Schneider‑Neureither & Partner
Vilá quietly confident in Telefónica’s steady progress
Organic growth in key metrics puts Group broadly on track to hit guidance for the year, although Mexico a drag. Management maintaining focus beyond near‑term for 5G and digital transformation. Services beyond connectivity slowly feeding MNC growth.
Telefónica España acquires 50% stake in alarm business
Juniper extends Telefónica Fusión Red role to UK
Cryptic move by Telefónica España
Telefónica Argentina deploys Mavenir firewall
Wayra re-org in Latin America
Telefónica shows intent with Cisco
Telefónica boosts open RAN cred with Altiostar investment
Vivo launches RCS on Google’s platform
Vodafone throws down OpenRAN gauntlet
OpenRAN time appears to be coming, with supplier choice constraints evidently dominating Group thinking. Vodafone steps up rhetoric regarding potential of tech; “fast tracking” referenced. Group still in trial mode with technology, however. Firm strategy for bearers and configurations yet to emerge.
Vodacom Tanzania fends off controversy over alleged role in arrest of local journalist
Vodacom Tanzania partners Smart Lab to launch Digital Accelerator incubation programme
Vodacom South Africa roaming partner Rain launches uncapped 5G-based FWA service
Vodafone regional CEO Badrinath visits Ethiopia amid ongoing Group interest in the African nation
Vodacom increases stake in Vodacom Tanzania
Redundancies as Vodafone Ghana streamlines
Outcome of Vodafone Hutchison Australia’s proposed TPG Telecom merger to be determined early‑2020
Safaricom has a peek over the edge