All Verizon articles
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Financial & PerformanceBT accelerates job cuts as fibre takes over
Q1 FY26–27 spend: Openreach’s expanding fibre footprint is beginning to support BT Group’s cost-cutting mission, with falling repair volumes, lower energy use, and accelerating labour reductions strengthening management’s route towards its £3.7bn savings target.
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Financial & PerformanceBT remains under pressure with operations improved, but financials unmoved
Q1 FY26–27 in-depth: BT’s first quarter delivered a familiar contradiction as the Group marked operational progress across fibre, customer growth, and portfolio simplification, yet provided little evidence of financial improvement.
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Financial & PerformanceBT guidance: toned down but on track
Q1 FY26–27 guidance: BT resets near- and mid-term forecasts after ‘discontinuing’ hived-off BT International, with the division’s long-time drag meaning its disappearance is barely noticed on the earnings front (more so on revenue). CEO says the Group remains ‘on track’, albeit with a knock this FY.
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Financial & PerformanceBT Business emerges from valley, greeted by mountain
Q1 FY26–27: Challenged division posts second successive quarterly revenue growth and enters final year of legacy voice services, escaping the drag that has contributed to a decade of decline. Turnaround far from over, however, as post-PSTN, post-BT International carve-out life nears…
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PeoplewatchDigital Infra Peoplewatch: Cellnex names new regional execs; LightSpeed refreshes wholesale line-up
July 2026–August 2026 edition: 25+ senior and strategic leadership changes in EMEA digital infra, including new appointments at Cellnex Group and its Polish division, Green Datacenters names new execs ahead of European expansion, and LightSpeed fills out senior wholesale and enterprise team.
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Network & InfraUS to pay $10bn+ to Eutelsat, SES to clear ‘super band’ 5G/6G spectrum
Massive payout shores up finances for European satellite duo in return for setting aside Upper C-band GEO spectrum and transitioning services, freeing capacity for a 5G/6G ‘super band’ of frequencies in the US.
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Network & InfraVodafone and InfraVerse 2.0 team put AI agents to work on disaster recovery
Can digital twins, drone scanners, AR, and AI reshape telco disaster recovery? Uncover the mechanics behind the InfraVerse 2.0 Catalyst, where operators including Verizon and Vantage Towers are breaking down data silos to build more efficient, highly resilient, autonomous networks.
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Analyst BriefingDeutsche Telekomwatch: mapping out German mobile
Analyst Briefing: The latest developments from around Deutsche Telekom’s cross-Atlantic empire, as innovation gains are pursued in quantum networking and digitisation, and DT flags ecosystem development work with partners including Aduna, Ericsson, and OpenAI.
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Deep DiveDigital twins for digital wins: US telcos scale use of drones for next-gen mobile infra modelling
Deep dive: AT&T, Verizon, and American Tower have now collectively flown hundreds of thousands of drone missions in the USA, as part of a behind-scenes push to create full-fledged virtual replicas of their vast network estates. Senior execs at the three telco giants ran TelcoTitans through the top- and bottom-line benefits of drone- and digital twin-led automated asset management…
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Analyst BriefingBTwatch: Verizon venture and AI RoI chase
Analyst Briefing: The latest from around BT, including the answer to the Group’s long-pending international B2B question; a £130m NetOps deal in Scotland; and execs lay out the path to AI for revenue and returns, not just cost-cutting. Plus more from EE, Openreach, elsewhere…
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M&ABT and Verizon pair up on $4bn multinational B2B venture
In depth: BT has finally found a partner for its troubled International enterprise business, striking a joint venture agreement with Verizon that could bring an end to years of strategic uncertainty while creating a new global connectivity player focused on multinational customers.
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Strategy & Change‘The answer is no’: T-Mobile dismisses persistent satco MVNO talk
Operator’s CFO Peter Osvaldik maintains a hard no on suggestions of a satellite operator wholesale access agreement, amid ongoing conjecture around how competition with the likes of Amazon and Starlink could play out for US carriers.
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PeoplewatchDT’s former tech chief Mudesir to replace Joe Russo at Verizon, report says
Verizon CEO Dan Schulman reportedly sent a memo to employees confirming the move. Mudesir is clearly not making himself popular at DT, with suggestions that an attempt could be made to enforce a non‑competition clause…
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Analyst BriefingDeutsche Telekomwatch: AI stakes raised
Analyst Briefing: Telco’s top management keeps the pressure on for results from AI projects and broader efficiency initiatives, as Q1 report shows market conditions in European markets remain tough. DT looks to be gaining traction with AI commercially, with infra expansion plans outlined in Germany, Hungary, and at T.Capital interest Nscale.
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Network & InfraFrom flying blind to found revenue: digital twins ‘digitise the handshake’ of complex telecom infra
“Time kills deals”: senior infra figures from SBA, Vertical Bridge, Singtel‑owned NCS and digital‑twin specialist vHive argue that the next productivity unlock for cell towers lies in closing the reality gap between site and system — and that the first movers will dictate how the new order works…
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Network & InfraWill the FCC be forced to decide whether satellite counts toward spectrum buildout?
Satellite operators’ multi-billion dollar push to acquire wider airwave access, and a planned rights swap by T-Mobile, are creating question marks over the consistency and longevity of the FCC’s current spectrum policy framework.
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Financial & PerformanceDT FY25 in-depth: home front vulnerabilities ease
DT ends FY25 on a positive note, seeing seeds of recovery in Germany and maintaining momentum across other segments.
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PeoplewatchDigital Infra Peoplewatch: Equinix picks out CFO; Omers names Europe infra head
March 2026 edition: Equinix selects Olivier Leonetti as finance chief; Omers Infrastructure recruits Luca Lupo to lead European division; UK altnet Airband names ex-AllPoints Fibre chief Jarlath Finnegan as Chair; more…
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AnalysisCutting through the satellite hype: Starlink and LEO’s threat to global telecoms assessed — Strand Consult
Guest analysis: with D2D connectivity dominating discussions at MWC26, terrestrial operators must reassess their broadband and defence sector strategies. Strand Consult’s outspoken founder cuts through the hype to separate disruptive fact from industry fiction…
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Financial & PerformanceUnveiled at T-Mobile: The Gopalan Grow Plan
Capital Markets Day: New T-Mobile US CEO Srini Gopalan re-commits (with some tweaks) to the medium-term strategic plan outlined by the operator in 2024, following his recent appointment to job. Amid ongoing Wall Street wobbles over the competitive picture facing US operators, he assures the Un-Carrier has plenty of fuel in the tank.