Germany Telecoms News

All the latest key telecoms and digital infra insight, news and analysis from Germany.

2025-07-04T13:03:00+01:00

Latest from Vodafone as Safaricom Ethiopia turns four and passes ten million customers; VodafoneThree confirms spectrum handover to rival; European satcomms JV picks Luxembourg for HQ; group prepares for new neighbours at Newbury home…

Latest Headlines from Germany

Strategy & Change

Deutsche Funkturm gears up for tower expansion with restructure, new HQ

2025-07-04T12:18:00+01:00

GD Towers’ German arm splits operations into four “closely interlinked” subsidiaries and shifts headquarters to new office in Leverkusen. DFMG Chairman Bruno Jacobfeuerborn said the move will “better support” Deutsche Telekom and other customers with mobile network expansion. Read more…

Partnerships & Alliances

DNS:NET, Eurofiber forge German open access fibre pact

2025-07-03T16:23:00+01:00

German fibre duo build on prior collaboration through the Open Access Alliance with a fresh wholesale deal, enabling them to leverage each other’s network infrastructure in Berlin.

Telekom Deutschland

Strategy & Change

Deutsche Telekom targets German brands with T-Advertising venture

2025-06-18T09:42:00+01:00

Group sets up new business in Hamburg with mandate to fashion adtech into fresh strategic growth area beyond core telco and IT.

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Telefónica Deutschland (O2 Germany)

Suppliers & SCM

Vendor rebellion: why major operators are ditching Oracle and VMware support contracts

2025-07-03T11:00:00+01:00

BT and Telefónica are the first of numerous telcos to go on the record challenging software vendor dominance by shifting legacy IT support to third-party specialists. This analysis explores how Spinnaker Support is helping them slash costs, extend end-of-life IT, and reallocate resources…

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Vodafone Germany

Weekly Briefings

Vodafonewatch Briefing: four years in, Ethiopian experiment continues its charge

2025-07-04T13:03:00+01:00

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Financial & Performance

Telefónica Q1 in-depth: dragged by two-speed core four, Hispam woe

2025-06-23T00:00:00+01:00

Spain and Brazil lead the way as Telefónica secures another quarter of organic growth in revenue and earnings…

Strategy & Change

Deutsche Telekom targets German brands with T-Advertising venture

2025-06-18T09:42:00+01:00

Group sets up new business in Hamburg with mandate to fashion adtech into fresh strategic growth area beyond core telco and IT.

People

Vodafone Peoplewatch: El Sayed takes global IT post; VodafoneThree changes emerge

2025-06-18T08:00:00+01:00

30+ senior and strategic movers across Vodafone, including Ahmed Elsayed’s new Africa- and Europe-wide technology role; top leadership appointments at the combined VodafoneThree; newcomers from rivals in Germany; former CEOs Aldo Biso and Hannes Ametsreiters make moves…

Operations

Telefónica shares network autonomy progress; calls on peers to reciprocate

2025-06-17T10:57:00+01:00

Telefónica’s drive towards autonomous networks is reshaping the group, with Level 4 autonomy already achieved in key domains. This special report includes AI-driven innovation, the centrality of people, measurable KPIs, and a clarion call for industry-wide transparency…

Weekly Briefings

Vodafonewatch Weekly: CEO Della Valle’s slow-cooker recipe

2025-06-10T15:37:00+01:00

Latest from Vodafone and its global interests, including a deep dive into the group’s FY24–25 results. CEO Margherita Della Valle continues to talk a big game, but questions remain about the overall strategy; VodafoneThree emerges as new scaled UK mobile giant; Safaricom tees up in-market M&A; Vodacom rejigs executive structure; Vodafone Germany hits new lows…

People

T-Mobile US succession in spotlight as CEO Sievert said to eye early exit

2025-06-10T13:47:00+01:00

Chief Executive Mike Sievert is reportedly keen to take a break from the top job at T-Mobile and could step down this year or next, according to Handelsblatt.

Weekly Briefings

Deutsche Telekomwatch Briefing: standing firm amid macro aggro

2025-06-06T14:50:00+01:00

A busy edition as we review DT’s Q1 FY25 results, major personnel changes in the group’s Technology & Innovation hierarchy, and numerous digital infra dealmaking possibilities around the group’s fibre, towers, and data centre assets. Read more…

Financial & Performance

Vodafone FY24–25: Della Valle’s to-do list isn’t shrinking

2025-06-05T14:20:00+01:00

Vodafone CEO Margherita Della Valle offers candid summary of the group’s FY, but appears broadly satisfied with progress thus far and remains optimistic about prospects to the end of the decade. Claims of an imminent reversal in Germany; UK merger complete; and an improved revenue mix across the group are among the drivers…

Financial & Performance

Vodafone FY24–25 guidance: group ‘insulated’ against macro aggro

2025-06-04T13:22:00+01:00

Management talks up group’s ability to defend against the worst of FY25−26’s geopolitical turmoil, with supply chains and cash flow protected from ‘economic volatility’…

Financial & Performance

Vodafone FY24–25 spend: investment on the rise

2025-06-04T13:22:00+01:00

Capex jumps 8% after a drop-off, with network investment among the priorities. Troubled German OpCo maintained spend despite losing €1bn from earnings in two years…

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Germany

Latest from Germany

Vodafonewatch Briefing: four years in, Ethiopian experiment continues its charge

Latest Headlines from Germany

Deutsche Telekomwatch Briefing: Group’s Giga grab

Vendor rebellion: why major operators are ditching Oracle and VMware support contracts

Deutsche Telekom’s T Cloud sharpens sovereignty focus

Magyar Telekom selects CEO of wireless infra carve-out

Airbus looks to MNOs, SatCos for added mission critical comms resilience

Deutsche Funkturm gears up for tower expansion with restructure, new HQ

DNS:NET, Eurofiber forge German open access fibre pact

Telekom Deutschland

Deutsche Telekom targets German brands with T-Advertising venture

Deutsche Telekomwatch Briefing: standing firm amid macro aggro

DT Q1 FY25 Headlines: solidity amid volatility

DT Q1 FY25 Spend: more AIs in pipeline as DT ramps digital diet

DT Q1 FY25 Guidance: €20bn barrier to break

Telefónica Deutschland (O2 Germany)

Vendor rebellion: why major operators are ditching Oracle and VMware support contracts

Telefónica Q1 in-depth: dragged by two-speed core four, Hispam woe

EWE Tel sues German regulator over spectrum extension ‘obligation’

Germany’s sparring telcos are yet to lay a glove on DT

Spain and Brazil cement place in Telefónica core

Vodafone Germany

Vodafonewatch Briefing: four years in, Ethiopian experiment continues its charge

Vodafone Peoplewatch: El Sayed takes global IT post; VodafoneThree changes emerge

Vodafonewatch Weekly: CEO Della Valle’s slow-cooker recipe

Vodafone FY24–25: Della Valle’s to-do list isn’t shrinking

Vodafone FY24–25 guidance: group ‘insulated’ against macro aggro

More from Germany

Telefónica Q1 in-depth: dragged by two-speed core four, Hispam woe

Deutsche Telekom targets German brands with T-Advertising venture

Vodafone Peoplewatch: El Sayed takes global IT post; VodafoneThree changes emerge

Telefónica shares network autonomy progress; calls on peers to reciprocate

Vodafonewatch Weekly: CEO Della Valle’s slow-cooker recipe

T-Mobile US succession in spotlight as CEO Sievert said to eye early exit

Deutsche Telekomwatch Briefing: standing firm amid macro aggro

Vodafone FY24–25: Della Valle’s to-do list isn’t shrinking

Vodafone FY24–25 guidance: group ‘insulated’ against macro aggro

Vodafone FY24–25 spend: investment on the rise