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A Pragmatist’s Guide to Telco AI: BT and Zayo on getting data right, winning fast, riding the wave
Carla Penedo interview: Celfocus’s network AI evangelist charts path forward
Industry-First eBook: How MNOs Use Digitization to Optimize Network Planning & Rollout
A telco win-win: TXO adds ‘scale and breadth’ to network circularity proposition
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Network & Infrastructure
Case study: Telenet adopts network digital twins to break automation glass ceiling
How can operators achieve genuine network autonomy? Telenet’s Stijn Eeckhaut and Celfocus’s Carla Penedo reveal their phased approach, leveraging network digital twins and a cognitive operations layer, as well as empowering engineers to build trust in new data-driven processes.
AtlasEdge names chief to lead new ops function
Digi ‘adapting as we go’ after a testing start in Belgium
VodafoneZiggo says ‘no’ to Dutch fibre, goes ‘all in’ on DOCSIS
VM O2 slams brakes on NetCo fundraise amidst Telefónica strategy hiatus (nexfibre curtailed, too)
giffgaff embraces ‘natural evolution’ as it prepares for broadband launch
VodafoneZiggo open to M&A as it edges into Dutch fibre space
2025: the year UK FibreCo cash becomes king?
‘Europe needs a DOGE’: Höttges looks to Musk for regulation blueprint
Strategy & Change
Telefónica to take more ‘calculated risks’ in new strategy, says Murtra
Telefónica’s strategic review is now expected in the fourth quarter this year, as Executive Chairman Marc Murtra envisions more risk taking and calls for a “social contract” with the European Commission that enables national consolidation in exchange for investment.
People
T-Systems expands AI team to strengthen B2B portfolio
Deutsche Telekom’s business services unit has hired Liberty exec Magdalena Jonczak as Global Head of AI & Data, to bolster ambitions around AI-led services and efficiencies.
Weekly Briefings
EMEA Infrawatch Briefing: AI factories in the pipeline; sovereign satellite race rolls on
Latest in EMEA digital infra: AST SpaceMobile, Eutelsat progress European sovereign satellite plans; Spain becomes latest EU country to submit AI Gigafactory bid; Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries updates on infra rejigs…
Partnerships & Alliances
Telenet and Proximus near fibre sharing tie-up
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries says major Belgian telcos are nearing completion on a deal covering fibre build-out and infra-sharing. Discussions mark the latest move in Belgian fibre asset reshaping, as operators seek to give a sorely needed boost to country’s FTTP build-out while stretching out scarce capital.
Telefónicawatch Report #191 - April 2025
Key stories include: Murtra calls strategic review on results debut | Vilá and Alonso follow JMAP out of exit door | Group starts edge infra rollout in B2B push | Digitising Vivo moves to ditch wireline legacy | Hispam trio exited as Group rams into reverse
Telefónicawatch Report #190 - February 2025
Key stories include: JMAP era comes to abrupt halt | Telco API business christened | Airwave uncertainty in Germany | Spain’s Big 3 take a (price) hike | Exit talk reaches Argentina, Peru
Telefónicawatch Report #189 - January 2025
Key stories include: CEOs demand quicker EU change | Autonomous tech to surface in 2025 | ExCo rejig sees Evans, Blanco exit | Telefónica lands more UNICO cash | Virgin Media O2 moves home