Strategy & Change
Iliad plots European data centre leadership with eye on sovereignty needs
French group’s boss acknowledges data centres are a highly capital‑intensive business but re-commits to multi-billion euro investment plan.
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Community Fibre: don’t fear the overbuild
2025: the year UK FibreCo cash becomes king?
25 years in the making: Celfocus primed for telco AI era
Neos Networks on renewal of its UK backbone for altnets, AI and hyperscalers
Sinch on APIs (and RCS): remapping the complex CSP-CPaaS dynamic?
Sateliot CEO charts course towards €1bn annual sales
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Vodafone Ireland said to install Casalta as new CEO
Current Chief Executive Amanda Nelson reportedly steps down after three years leading the Irish OpCo, with Sabrina Casalta taking over effective May 2025.
Network & Infrastructure
MTN, Airtel seek efficiencies through pan-African infra sharing tie-up
African telcos team up to share mobile infrastructure in Nigeria and Uganda, with negotiations for further collaboration on fibre and wireless infra-sharing in other markets now underway.
Iliad CEO remains ‘pragmatic’ on deal-making opportunities in France, Italy
Struggling Vodafone Germany changes Strategy & Transformation chief
Germany’s MNOs win five-year spectrum extension, with strings attached
Deutsche Glasfaser aims to trim overbuild with EWE access deal
Investor Cube appoints ex-Telefónica and ONI boss to run European fibre portfolio
CityFibre returns to M&A with Connexin deal
Glide Identity’s mission: a new telco API franchise to replace the billions at risk with SMS OTP
Cordiant’s Emitel keeps watch for bolt-on tower buys
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Vantage Towers hopeful on ‘massive’ European small cells potential, with UK bringing the blueprint
Community Fibre: don’t fear the overbuild
VM O2 takes aim at mobile network ‘pain points’ with £700m spend plan
EE, IBM assemble ecosystem to rescue UK’s emergency services network
UK Infrawatch Weekly: Netomnia goes mobile; ESN mobilises; Freedom Fibre walks
Germany weighs down EU fibre progress, as France shines
MásOrange said to split fibre unit in prep for Vodafone JV
Patrizia targets connectivity players with fresh European infra fund
Sateliot CEO charts course towards €1bn annual sales
Africa’s Helios Towers still prioritising tenancy over build; seeks to maintain FY24 ‘momentum’
BT said to explore international options with AT&T, Orange
India’s Vi seeks to get back in game with belated 5G go-live
MásOrange said to split fibre unit in prep for Vodafone JV
Brazil’s Vivo accessorises with Samauma purchase
Monetisation talks as Telefónica begins data-led 5G core update
Deutsche Telekom Peoplewatch: Diehl clinched as boards reshuffled
Klopp-backed AI sports tech player files for insolvency
BT Peoplewatch: ESN team fills out; Openreach names fibre newcomers
Brazil’s Vivo accessorises with Samauma purchase
Klopp-backed AI sports tech player files for insolvency
Africa’s Helios Towers still prioritising tenancy over build; seeks to maintain FY24 ‘momentum’
Telefónica puts finishing touches on Colombian exit plan
VM O2 takes aim at mobile network ‘pain points’ with £700m spend plan
‘Mike wanted Srini’: DT released top exec for USA ops mission
Blackstone’s £10bn UK data centre gets green light
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CityFibre returns to M&A with Connexin deal
Vodafone Business hoping 5G private networks on cusp of doubling, even trebling in 2026
India’s Vi seeks to get back in game with belated 5G go-live
Sinch on APIs (and RCS): remapping the complex CSP-CPaaS dynamic?
Patrizia targets connectivity players with fresh European infra fund
Neos Networks on renewal of its UK backbone for altnets, AI and hyperscalers
BT Peoplewatch: ESN team fills out; Openreach names fibre newcomers
Vantage Towers hopeful on ‘massive’ European small cells potential, with UK bringing the blueprint
Community Fibre: don’t fear the overbuild
Vodafone Peoplewatch: new digs for former OpCo bosses Ametsreiter and Coimbra
VM O2 takes aim at mobile network ‘pain points’ with £700m spend plan
BT’s MAUD to target content super peaks as it scales up
BT brand to retain consumer spot after strategy rethink
Deutsche Telekom Peoplewatch: Diehl clinched as boards reshuffled
Klopp-backed AI sports tech player files for insolvency
Deutsche Telekom’s Abrahamson keeps firm hand on AI ‘fire hose’
Vodafone Peoplewatch: new digs for former OpCo bosses Ametsreiter and Coimbra
Telefónica taps Spinnaker for Oracle, VMware support in Germany
‘Mike wanted Srini’: DT released top exec for USA ops mission
Ex-Telefónica CFO in line for boardroom spot at rival DT
Germany’s O2 expands cloud push with first C-RAN site
Vodafonewatch Report #235 - March 2025
Key stories include: Della Valle wants ‘European renaissance’ | SpaceMobile onboard for satellite JV | OXG FibreCo ownership set for change? | TPG kicks off Oz strategic reset | Romanian M&A closes in
Vodafonewatch Report #234 - February 2025
Key stories include: Q3: Della Valle confident of turnaround to come | Vi builds momentum | Dismal Germany presents more headaches | Turkey: innovation poster child | Egyptian star rises
BTwatch Report #362 - February 2025
Key stories include: Kirkby: ’wait and see’ after mixed Q3 | Innovation, incubation reset | Business overhaul rolls on | Irish B2B sale signed | Openreach line loss headaches
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
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TelcoTitans Eventwatch calendar: the industry events that matter
TelcoTitans Eventwatch highlights the key events to look out for in 2025 that really matter, and those we will be covering, attending, and associated with as an official media partner.
Germany weighs down EU fibre progress, as France shines
Sinch on APIs (and RCS): remapping the complex CSP-CPaaS dynamic?
Monetisation talks as Telefónica begins data-led 5G core update
Orangewatch Weekly: Putting telco APIs to work
Vantage Towers hopeful on ‘massive’ European small cells potential, with UK bringing the blueprint
InterviewGlide 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…
InterviewVodafone Business hoping 5G private networks on cusp of doubling, even trebling in 2026
As 5G MPNs move beyond hype, Jennifer Didoni shares Vodafone Business’ refined strategy on scaling deployments and targeting the right use cases.
Network & InfrastructurePhotonic networks: Orange and Telefónica predict energy gains, 6G benefits
European operator duo highlight the potential for all‑photonics networks to play an important role in achieving net zero goals in the near‑to‑mid term, also envisaging their role in future network technology.