Deutsche Telekomwatch Report #4 September-October 2011 Snapshot
27 October 2011
|
Table of Contents
1 Executive brief
4 Group
4 Strategy
4 BUYIN JV born as DT, FT cleared for savings push
4 Pyrtek takes helm
4 Question over fixed-line cooperation
5 Infrastructure, platforms first; IT to come later
5 EUR1.3bn savings target reiterated
6 People
6 Swantee continues to wield axe at EE
6 Karonis takes over as CTO
7 People movement highlights
8 Technology and innovation
8 Terminals
8 Suppliers
8 Supplier people movement highlights
8 Technology and innovation
8 DT seeks device ecosystem for Smart Connect
9 TMUS “bets” on Android, HSPA+ after iPhone snub
9 Mobile terminal highlights
10 T-Venture
12 Germany
12 Entertain
12 Operations
12 Capgemini brought in for BI overhaul at TDE
12 TDE to move BI to “India-centric delivery platform”
13 Regulatory
13 EU spooks incumbents with copper regulation plans
13 Alierta, Bernabè hit out
14 Go-ahead given for urban LTE in Germany’s south-west
14 TMDE, Vodafone move forward with city coverage
15 Europe
15 Bulgaria
15 CRC re-tries fourth licence auction
16 Croatia
16 Pursuit of Kosovo’s PTK falls apart
16 Government to reboot sell-off process
17 Government seeks to pull contentious mobile tax
18 Czech Republic
18 Combis revives regional ambitions with new Serb office
18 Tangle of interests expands
20 Greece
20 OTE shifts to Huawei IMS
21 Hungary
21 MT to jettison a quarter of directors, as cuts stepped up
22 “Crisis” tax illegal — EC
23 TMHU to launch LTE at start-2012
24 FYRO Macedonia
24 Montenegro
24 Fourth mobile licence sale put back
24 FYRO Macedonia
24 Macedonia opens digital dividend applications
25 Poland
25 Fixed-line revamp plan flagged
25 NFC alliance again mooted
26 Romania
26 Phorm, Romtelecom tie on personalisation tool
26 Reputational, financial uncertainties
27 Romtelecom signals BPO expansion with new centre
27 Partner yet to be named
27 Serbia
27 Discussions mooted over OTE’s Telekom Srbija stake
29 Slovakia
29 Digital dividend auction penned for early-2012
29 Ericsson gains managed services deal with ST
30 United Kingdom
30 Wrangling forces another digital dividend auction delay
30 Take two for consultation
30 UK falls further behind rivals’ progress
31 Stalemate
31 EE begins roll out of data roaming across both networks
32 LTE pilot with BT goes live
33 EE positions for international M2M play
33 MVNA deal with Transatel extended to M2M
33 RACO partnership targets MNC contracts
34 Redtail, EE to address automotive demand
34 Quick Tap to be assimilated with mobile wallet JV
35 USA
35 Isis names handset partners, pushes diversity
37 Bobsled takes aim at Android, iOS users
38 Systems Solutions
38 Legal
38 Partnerships
38 Contracts
38 T-Systems to handle Neopost’s global network refit
38 Short in arm for France re-org
39 T-Systems SA claims cloud inroads with Consol deal
39 HP usurped?
40 Index
Index
A
Africa 8, 39
- South Africa 39
Agora SA
- Gazeta.pl 25
AlertMe.com Ltd 8
American Express Company 35
Americas
- Brazil 26
- Canada 37, 38
- Puerto Rico 37
- United States of America (USA) 9, 13, 25, 33, 35, 37, 38
- – States
- – - New York 9, 37
- – - Washington 37
Apple 9, 35, 37
- iOS 9, 16, 35, 37
- iPad 9, 10
- iPhone 9, 10, 37
Asia-Pacific 8
- India 12
- Vietnam 29
AT&T 9, 33, 35, 37
B
Barclays plc
- Barclaycard 34
- Barclays Bank 35
Bauer Media KG
- RMF FM
- – Interia.pl SA 25
Bebo 30
Bertelsmann Group 10
- Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI) 10
Beta Film GmbH
- AUTENTIC 12
- – Spiegel TV Wissen HD (see Spiegel) 12
BMW 33
BT Group 26, 32
- BT Wholesale 32
C
Capgemini 12
CellVision AS 8
Cisco Systems 23
Consol Glass (Pty) Ltd 39
Content Fleet GmbH (see also T-Venture) 10
Cost Xpert AG (see also T-Venture) 10
Cozi Group, Inc. 35
Cypack AB
- iMPak Health 35
D
Dardofone LLC
- Z-Mobile (see PTK) 16
Deutsche Post 38
Deutsche Telekom
- Corporate
- – Headquarters 4
- Europe
- – Austria 7, 9, 23
- – Bulgaria (see OTE) 15, 18
- – Croatia (Hrvatski Telekom) 9, 16, 17, 18, 24
- – Czech Republic 7, 18
- – Greece (see OTE) 9, 20
- – Hungary (see Magyar Telekom) 18, 21, 22, 23, 24
- – Montenegro (see Magyar Telekom) 7, 24
- – Netherlands 9
- – Poland (Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa/PTC) 9, 25
- – Serbia (see Telekom Srbija/OTE) 27
- – Slovakia (Slovak Telekom/T Mobile) 7, 9, 29
- – UK (Everything Everywhere) 6, 9, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34
- Executives
- – Bartussek, Joerg 7
- – Duea, Brad 37
- – Kozel, Edward 4
- – Makowski, George 27
- – Mala, Frantisek 7
- – Mueller, Klaus 7
- – Riedmann de Trinidad, Gabriele 8
- – Vidos, Tibor 7
- – Zesch, Maria 7
- Ex-executives
- – Dvorak, Petr 7
- – Walter, Martin 7
- Germany 9, 10, 12, 13, 14
- – T-Com 16, 29
- Investments
- – Magyar Telekom (see seperate) 18, 21, 22, 23, 25
- – OTE (see seperate) 18, 20, 27
- Products and services
- – Bobsled 37
- – Entertain 12
- – Global Corporate Access DeviceFidelity 37
- – HotHot 16
- – MyClick 26
- – MyClickNet 26
- – Smart Connect 8
- – tCloud 16, 18
- Strategy
- – Connected Home 8
- – Growth Areas 8, 9, 38
- – Intelligent Network 8
- – One Company 12, 29
- – Save for Service 21
- Systems Solutions 12, 38
- – T-Systems 18, 38, 39
- – - South Africa 39
- T-Venture 10
- – Content Fleet GmbH 10
- – Cost Xpert 10
- – Mobile Commerce 34
- USA 9, 10, 33, 35, 37
DHL Worldwide Express 38
Discover Financial Services 35
Doctor’s Associates, Inc. (DAI)
- Subway 34
E
EAT. Cafe 34
eQ-3 AG 8
Ericsson 23, 29, 35
Europe
- Austria 7, 9, 15, 16, 18, 23, 27, 30
- Belgium 4
- Bosnia 18
- Bulgaria 15, 18
- – CRC 15
- Croatia 9, 16, 17, 18, 24
- Czech Republic 7, 18
- France 4, 5, 8, 15, 33, 38
- Germany 4, 9, 10, 12, 14, 25, 30, 32, 35, 38
- – Bundeskartellamt 4
- – Bundesnetzagentur für Elektrizität, Gas, Telekommunikation, Post und Eisenbahnen (BNetzA) 14
- Greece 9, 10, 18, 20
- – Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople 20
- Hungary 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 35
- – University of Pécs 21
- – Nemzeti Média és Hírközlési Hatóság (NMHH) 23, 24
- Italy 30, 38
- – Posta Italiane SpA 38
- Kosovo 16
- Macedonia 7, 18, 24
- – Агенција За Електронски Комуникации (AEK) 24
- Montenegro 18, 24
- Netherlands 9, 25, 30, 35, 38
- Poland 9, 25
- Romania 18, 26
- Serbia 18, 27
- Slovakia 9, 29
- – Telekomunikačný úrad SR (TÚSR) 29
- – Telekomunikačný úrad SR (TUR) 29
- Spain 30
- Switzerland 33
- United Kingdom (UK) 6, 9, 23, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38
- – Office of Communications (Ofcom) 30, 31
European Competitive Telecommunications Association 13
European Union 13, 16, 17, 22, 23
- European Commission 13, 17, 22
- European Court of Justice 22
- European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) 16
Everything Everywhere Ltd (see DT, FT) 6, 9, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34
- Executives
- – Karonis, Fotis 6
- – Moretta, Tony 34
- – Swantee, Olaf 6
- Ex-executives
- – Gurdenli, Emin 6
- Orange UK 6, 9, 30, 31, 33, 34
- Quick Tap 34
- Social Life 30
- T-Mobile UK 6, 9, 31
ExxonMobil Corp. 35
F
Facebook 21, 30, 37
France Télécom 4, 5, 8, 15, 33
- Orange 5, 6, 9, 25, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34
- – Poland (see Telekomunikacja Polska) 25
- – Slovakia 29
- – UK (see Everything Everywhere, DT) 6, 9, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34
G
Giesecke & Devrient 35
Google 10, 25, 34, 35, 37
- Android 9, 10, 16, 35, 37
H
Hewlett-Packard 39
High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC) 9, 10, 35
Hrvatski Telekom (see DT, Croatia) 16, 17, 18, 24
- Combis d.o.o. 18
Huawei Technologies 9, 10, 20
Hutchison Whampoa
- 3 Group
- – UK 31, 34
I
iMPak Health (see Cypak, Meridian Health) 35
Informa Telecoms & Media
- Datamonitor 20
Intel 8
International Trading & Investments Holdings SA Luxembourg (ITI Group)
- – Onet.pl 25
Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) 25
iPass, Inc. 37
J
JVL Ventures, LLC (Isis, USA) 35
L
LG Electronics 10, 35
M
Magyar Telekom (see DT) 18, 21, 22, 23
- Macedonia
- – Makedonski Telekom 7, 24, 25
- – T-Mobile Macedonia 7
- Montenegro
- – Crnogorski Telekom 7, 24
- T-Mobile Hungary 23, 24
Market segments
- Business process outsourcing (BPO) 26
- Contactless payment (NFC) 25, 34, 35
- Machine-to-machine (M2M) 5, 8, 33, 34
- Mobile advertising 25
- Mobile commerce 35
- Mobile gaming 35
- Mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) 16, 33
- Multinational corporations (MNCs) 33, 37
- Over-the-top (OTT) 37
- Value-added services (VAS) 39
MasterCard 35
McDonald’s Corp. 34
Medisana Benelux BV 9, 10
Meridian Health Systems, Inc. 35
- iMPak Health 35
Microsoft 9
- Skype 37
- Windows Phone 9
Miele & Cie. KG 8
Mobile Commerce (see T-Venture) 34
Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. 35
N
neopost SA 38
Neuhaus Partners GmbH 10
NewBay Software 30
News Corp.
- Fox Entertainment Group
- – Fox International Channels 12
- – - BabyTV 12
- MySpace 30
Nexus 35
Nokia 9, 10, 35
Nokia Siemens Networks 8
Novatel Wireless 18
O
ONE DOO Skopje (see Telekom Slovenije) 24
Open Handset Alliance (OHA)
- Android 9, 10, 16, 35, 37
OTE (Hellenic Telecom. Org. SA, see DT) 18, 20, 27
- Bulgaria (Globul) 15, 18
- Cosmote 9, 10, 20
- – Greece 9, 20
- Romania (Romtelecom) 6, 18, 26, 27
- – NextGen 26
- Serbia (see Telekom Srbija) 27
P
P4 sp. z o.o. (Play) 25
PayPoint plc 26
- Romania 26
Phorm, Inc. 26
Plextek Ltd 34
Polkomtel 25
Posta dhe Telekomunikacioni i Kosovës (PTK) 16
- Z-Mobile 16
Pret A Manger 34
R
RACO Industries, LLC
- RACO Wireless 33, 34
Rancon 30
RCapital Partners LLP
- Little Chef 34
REDTAIL Telematics Corp. 34
Research In Motion 8, 30, 35
- BlackBerry 8, 35
S
Samsung 9, 10, 34, 35
- bada 34
SAP 38, 39
Schoonbee, Gert 39
Sierra Wireless 8
Slovak Telekom (see DT, Slovakia) 7, 29
Sony Ericsson 35
SPIEGEL-Verlag Rudolf Augstein GmbH & Co. KG
- Spiegel TV 12
- – Spiegel TV Wissen HD (see Autentic) 12
Sprint Nextel 9, 35
Sumitomo Corp. 8
Swisscom
- sicap AG 24
Symbian 9
T
TDC 13
Technology
- 2G 31
- 3G 9, 15, 16, 23, 24, 29, 31
- – Evolved HSPA (HSPA+/I-HSPA) 9, 10, 23, 29
- – - 64QAM 23
- – HSDPA 16
- – HSPA 9, 10, 16, 23, 24, 29
- 4G 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 32, 35
- – Long Term Evolution (LTE) 14, 23, 24, 29, 30, 32
- DSL 13
- Fibre 13, 32
- IMS 20
- IN 8
- Internet neutrality 25
- IP 20, 21, 25, 37, 38
- IPTV 12, 21
- Linux 9
- M2M 5, 8, 33, 34
- microSD 35
- MPLS 38
- NFC 25, 34, 35
- RAN 23
- RF 15
- SaaS 18, 38
- SIM 29, 33, 34, 35
- SIP 20
- Smartphone 9, 10, 16, 35, 37
- SMS 29
- Softswitch 20
- Spectrum
- – 800 MHz 14, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31, 32
- – 900 MHz 16, 24, 29, 31
- – 1000 MHz 9, 10, 31
1000 MHz 9, 10, 31
- – 1800 MHz 23, 24, 29, 31
- – 2600 MHz 23, 29, 30, 31
- – Digital dividend 23, 24, 29, 30
- Symbian OS 9
- Telematics 34
- VoIP 37
- Windows 9, 37
- W-LAN 5, 9, 37
Telecom Italia 13
Telefónica Group 13, 14, 18, 29, 31, 33, 34
- Europe 34
- – Czech Republic 18
- – Germany 14
- – Slovakia 29
- – UK 31, 34
Telekom Austria 7, 16, 27
- Bulgaria
- – Mobiltel 15
- Macedonia
- – Vip operator 24
Telekom Srbija a.d. (see OTE/DT) 27
Telekomunikacja Polska SA (TPSA, see France Télécom)
- Wirtualna Polska SA (wp.pl) 25
Telenor ASA 23, 24
- Hungary 23, 24
TeliaSonera 8, 33
Telit 8
Transatel SA 33
Twitter, Inc. 30
U
UEFA 25
V
Verizon Communications 9, 33, 35
- Verizon Wireless 9, 35
Viettel Group 29
Visa 34, 35
Vivacom (BTC) 15
Vivox, Inc. 37
Vodafone 14, 18, 23, 24, 31, 33, 34
- Europe Region
- – Germany 14
- – Hungary 23, 24
- – UK 31, 34
Volkswagen AG 33, 38
- VfL Wolfsburg 38
W
Walt Disney Company, The 29
WildTangent, Inc. 35
Wilkinson Hardware Stores Ltd 34
Z
ZTE Corp. 9, 23
About Deutsche Telekomwatch
Report: #4
Covering: report_period
Published: October 2011
Next report: November 2011
Central Europe’s communications titan — surveillance, analysis, insight.
A unique monthly report for the industry.
- Deutsche Telekomwatch is the only independent monitor of everything and anything to do with Deutsche Telekom Group, worldwide. Nothing else comes close. Thorough, impartial, accessible, and time-saving.
- Covering not just Germany's integrated telcoms leaders and all of its international operating companies, but also its wider interests, including OTE in Greece, Magyar Telekom in Hungary, and much more.
- Our ‘watch' titles are repeatedly described by clients and end-users as the single most valuable source of third-party sales intelligence, and are considered invaluable by many high-achieving commercial teams and account directors.
- A unique source of valuable opportunities, knowledge, planning, strategy, and much more, the reports represent both tactical tool and strategic reference, providing input and even a springboard for corporate planning, reporting, and meetings.
- A ‘must-have' for sales teams focused on high-value sales, maintaining strategic relationships, and managing extended sales cycles. Just one nugget, insight, or validation can pay for the service many times over.
- Pricing is typically USD $8.2k / EUR 5.7k / UKP £5k per year for an Account Team Licence, and can be tailored to meet your specific needs and situation. Copies of individual reports are also available, priced from GBP £999 (USD $1,650 / EUR 1,100). Multiple purchasing options available, including payment cards.
- Delivered electronically 10-12-plus times a year, with back issues also available, providing unparallelled reference and insight into major events, strategic initiatives, financials and KPIs.
- Contact us for further information, including samples and evaluation trial requests. info@marketmettle.com / +44-20-7183-0111.
Comments
Got something to say?
