All TelcoTitans Industry Content articles – Page 11
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M&A
GIP said to seek reboot in India after completion of BlackRock mega-buy
Change reportedly already underway at GIP following BlackRock acquisition, as the digital infra investor gauges interest from the likes of Macquarie, KKR, and Stonepeak on a sale of Ascend Telecom stake. Read more…
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Public Affairs
Unions reject MásOrange’s revised lay-off plan
Newly-merged joint venture wants to push through nearly 750 redundancies to progress its four-year ‘synergy’ extraction programme and broader ‘two into one’ integration effort.
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Venturing & Investments
DTCP gives Irish data centre player a cash injection
Infrastructure investment group invests in Northern Ireland- and Republic of Ireland-focused Atlantic Hub, seeking to expand data centre ambitions beyond initial interest in Germany…
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M&A
Brazil’s Vivo eyes more B2B M&A after closing out IPNET buy
Up-to-BRL 230m acquisition of cloud services player finalised following greenlight from national regulatory bodies.
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M&A
Italian government returns with shinier Sparkle bid
Country’s Ministry of Economy and Finance teams with Spanish investment group Asterion on bid to take control of Telecom Italia’s long-distance fibre business.
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Products & Services
O2 Germany expands in B2B with fresh automation, rental services
Operating business widens its enterprise offerings to include workflow automation and device-as-a-service, enabled by tie-ups with Apple Financial Services and Workato. Move sees Group continue B2B revenue push as part of wider strategy…
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Financial & Performance
CityFibre on the hunt for more cash to fund capital-intensive fibre rollout
UK altnet’s debt and equity funding due to dry up next year, but talks ongoing with prospective investors for new cash.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone Germany extends fibre offer after stitching together rival networks
German OpCo can now activate 9.5 million customers on partner networks, DT included, after ironing out technical issues.
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Financial & Performance
Tesco–VM O2 MVNO cracks £1bn sales nut
Tesco Mobile reaches ten-digit revenue milestone for the first time, as premium handset and postpaid sales continue to grow, though profitability proving more challenging in UK’s cutthroat MVNO market…
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People
DT picks in-house exec to lead new €2bn tech M&A fund
Telekom Strategy Consulting’s Julia Kainz to switch to DT’s Group Development division, with responsibility for seeking out high-tech growth acquisitions.
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Network & Infrastructure
EE goes live with London small cells on Freshwave infra
Infrastructure as a service provider Freshwave said EE has 25 outdoor small cell sites in the City of London and “dozens” more in the pipeline after unique project expands from trial phase to commercial service.
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Financial & Performance
Pared-back Plusnet knocked back after axing mobile
Newly fixed-only operator sees customer base drop nearly 30%.
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Public Affairs
T-Mobile takes $31.5m FCC hit for data breaches
The US operator is to spend $15.75m alone on fixing its cybersecurity after data breaches.
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Network & Infrastructure
BT gears up for Global Fabric services launch in 2025
First enterprise customers take BT’s Global Fabric for a spin and test the network as a service platform ahead of service launches in early 2025.
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M&A
Vodafone–Three offers new remedies to get UK deal done
Vodafone UK and Three UK have made retail and wholesale price pledges to win merger approval, even though they disagree with the Competition & Markets Authority’s initial findings.
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Venturing & Investments
Deutsche Telekom plugs into nuclear fusion tech startup
Group’s T.Capital arm invests in Germany-based Marvel Fusion, which aims to have a nuclear fusion plant up and running within the next decade.
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People
Kirkby changes BT Digital guard: Mehta exits; Meakin earns cap badge
Latest Kirkby BT-Redefined trilogy: Departure of the Mehta, Rise of the Meakin, and Zen of the Watson. Read our analysis…
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Enterprise (B2B)
O2 poaches Vodafone MVNO client Lyca to part-plug 1&1 gap
Lyca Mobile Germany migrates from Vodafone to O2 in latest MVNO coup for the operating business.
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People
VM O2 chief Lutz Schüler takes leave of absence
CEO gets ‘positive’ prognosis, steps back to allow for surgery recovery. CFO takes helm on interim basis. Log in to read more…
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Partnerships & Alliances
Meta ends peering relationship with Deutsche Telekom in Germany
War of words erupts between DT and Meta in the dispute over who should pay for data traffic.