Network would combine ground-based and satellite-based connectivity
WASHINGTON – Germany’s flagship airline Lufthansa has announced a deal with Deutsche Telekom, the parent company of carrier T-Mobile US, and the satellite firm Inmarsat, to provide passengers on its short- and medium-haul flights with broadband access.
The company...
Innovation is a key theme in telecom; so key, in fact, it runs the risk of becoming nothing more than a buzzword unless organizations have some substantial proof points behind the buzz. Thought leadership is important. These topics show that an organization is thinking about...
The Chinese firm expects the Enterprise Business Group to reach revenue of $10B in 2019
SHANGHAI – Chinese ICT provider Huawei’s Enterprise Business Group generated revenue of nearly $1.8 billion in the first half of the year, climbing 48% compared to the same period last...
After failed Time Warner Cable acquisition, is Comcast eyeing T-Mobile US?
In recent comments to assembled media, Comcast CFO Mike Cavanagh spoke briefly about the company’s ambitions — if any — regarding a move into wireless, which would align with the service provider trend of...
Iliad’s Free brand boosts LTE data bucket from 20 GB to 50 GB
Having backed away from an attempted entry into the U.S. market through an acquisition of T-Mobile US, France’s Iliad is looking to continue pressuring operators in its home country with a new...
New report claims Comcast or Charter ripe for a T-Mobile US takeover
T-Mobile US’ future remains a hot topic among the analyst community, with waves of predictions on what the future holds for the domestic market’s most aggressive player.
The latest dig came from Oppenheimer analyst...
Jibe Mobile said it is working with Deutsche Telekom’s regional operating company Telekom Albania to offer rich IP communications services. The move builds on last month’s announcement of a deployment with SFR in France and two prior announcements last year in partnership with DT...
DT touts 7 million LTE subscribers in Germany
Deutsche Telekom posted revenue of 17.42 billion euros ($18.94 billion) in the second quarter of 2015, surging 15.3% year-on-year. The operator’s net profits for the quarter reached 712 million euros, flat vs. the year-ago quarter.
Second-quarter earnings before...
The "Internet of Things" is such a broad-reaching topic; it’s really what you make of it – cars, things, people, sensors, animals, tractors, highways, etc. With so much room to innovate and limited only by the imagination of the tech industry; how does one actually begin to determine...
Group of 20 members of the US House of Representatives ask parent Deutsche Telekom for answers
Following up on grievances aired by T-Mobile US union labor, a group of 20 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have asked the CEO of parent company Deutsche...
German communications service provider Deutsche Telekom has partnered with Boingo Wireless to provide global roaming tailored for business customers.
Deutsche Telekom has more than 151 million mobile customers and also plays in the fixed-line broadband space. Boingo, a U.S. company, is a prominent distributed antenna system and...
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Reports link Deutsche...
Deutsche Telekom is taking the "Internet of Things" to the cloud, solving what I believe is a key challenge to more widespread adoption. We’ve all seen the huge prediction for IoT usage over the next five years; but what you don’t see very often...
Telefónica said the transfer of redundant infrastructure will allow the telco to focus on LTE deployments
Telefónica Deutschland, the local subsidiary of Spanish telecom operator Telefónica, is transferring 7,700 mobile telephone sites to Deutsche Telekom.
The sites selected by the two operators will be taken over...
Shares of Dish Network have tumbled by 3.9% since it was reported last week that the Federal Communications Commission may reject a portion of the spectrum discounts received by two of its backed companies and that its pending merger with T-Mobile US has stalled.
Dish is...
Using drones takes out the risk associated with human inspection of cell phone towers
Carrier T-Mobile Netherlands will use Aerialtronics unmanned aerial systems, more commonly known as drones, to inspect some 5,000 antennas in the Netherlands.
T-Mobile Netherlands even has its own pilot who will remotely operate...
Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica also in the mix for 700 MHz spectrum
After 181 rounds of bidding spread over 16 days, Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica emerged as the high bidders vying for access to 700 MHz spectrum covering Germany.
According to the numbers, Vodafone was...
Comcast linked to T-Mobile US; Verizon out on Dish
The list of T-Mobile US suitors seems to be growing faster than an episode of “The Bachelor.” The most recent report has Comcast showing interest in the German-owned “un-carrier.”
Citing reputable sources, German publication Manager Magazin said that...
German company wants to double cloud revenue to more than $2.25B annually by 2018
Deutsche Telekom wants to dominate the cloud-services market in Europe. The German telecom company announced plans to double cloud revenue to more than $2.25 billion annually by 2018.
Chinese telecom infrastructure provider...
DT said New York Post got it wrong on potential T-Mobile US merger with Dish Network
On Monday, the New York Post reported the CEO of T-Mobile US parent company Deutsche Telekom said he isn’t interested in a potential merger between the No. 4 U.S....
Deutsche Telekom CEO says T-Mo should join up with chief competitor, not Dish Network
Update: There are conflicting reports on this news. According to Wireless Week, the Deutsche Telekom CEO has denied ever saying this.
A potential merger between T-Mobile US and Dish Network may not...
As merger fever continues to heat up in the telecom industry, there are now reports that Deutsche Telekom is looking to get into the game by acquiring British Telecom.
According to a report by British newspaper The Telegraph, the potential merger between T-Mobile US, which...
Between 2006 and 2013, telecom investment by seven major European operators, including such giants as Orange, Deutsche Telecom and Vodafone, fell 5%. In contrast, the four U.S. operators – AT&T, Verizon Communications, Sprint and T-Mobile US – increased investment by 39%. French media outlet Les Echos...
Germany’s telecom regulator, the Bundesnetzagentur, this week began the bidding process for spectrum licenses in the 700 MHz band, becoming the first European country to open up the spectrum band deemed ideal for broad LTE deployments. Also on the block are spectrum licenses in the 900...
