Deutsche Telekomwatch Report #7 January 2012 Snapshot
10 February 2012
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Table of Contents
1 Executive brief
4 Group
4 People
4 Kremer in line to succeed Balz on Group board
5 InteractiveMedia
5 People movement highlights
6 Technology and innovation
6 T-Venture
6 Technology and innovation
6 Two new partners back Smart Connect
7 Society
7 Terminals
7 Terminal highlights
8 Germany
8 Network
8 TDE enlists NetCologne to aid fibre push
8 Other deals sought amid more “prudent” NGN strategy
10 Products and services
10 TMDE freed for urban LTE rollout in Schleswig-Holstein
10 TMDE, rivals flag upcoming RCS-e launch
11 STRATO
11 RCS now needs to move beyond annual MWC PR puffery
12 Regulatory
12 TDE to be locked out from Bundesliga bid?
13 Europe
13 Albania
13 AMC adds DC HSPA+ as 3G competition hots up
14 Austria
14 TMAT challenged as smaller rivals combine
15 Croatia
15 Croatia does U-turn on ‘crisis’ tax, hitting HT
16 HT to cut headcount as Group targets Europe costs
17 LTE supply tender begins — report
19 ICSS
19 Czech Republic
19 Digital dividend auction penned for late-2012
19 Possibility for new player in market mooted
20 Greece
20 Romania
20 Progress flagged in O2 network-sharing deal
20 HellasSat next on block amid OTE cuts
21 Netherlands
21 Hungary
21 Controversy reins as state-led new entrant confirmed
21 TMHU adds 2MHz to existing 900MHz rights; 2G liberalisation confirmed
22 Reserve price oddity
22 Division over competitive benefits, state impact
23 Slovakia
23 Poland
23 Huawei, NSN land NetWorks! contract win
24 United Kingdom
24 EE seeks overdue revival with two-pronged campaign
26 EE tops up recent borrowing with EUR500m bond issue
26 Flying the nest?
27 Ofcom extends LTE licence for BT and EE trials
27 Incumbents face LTE catch-22
28 Blyk CEO on Shots uptake, threats to messaging ad-focus
28 No ‘Group’ relationship
29 Partnership tweaked; more segmentation
29 Messaging and web competition extending to ads
30 Systems Solutions
30 Contracts
30 Operations
30 T-Systems to expand emerging markets push in FY12
30 LatAm a target for intelligent services push
31 Contracts
31 ‘Sub-industry’ margins increasingly in frame
33 USA
33 Regulatory
33 Network
33 TMUS moots HSPA+ 84 launch in new roadmap
34 Tower sale gains interest as TMUS continues to weigh options
35 Products and services
35 TMUS adds messaging app to Bobsled
35 ‘Hacktivists’ steal T-Mobile staff details
36 Index
Index
A
Africa 31
- South Africa 31
Albtelecom
- Eagle Mobile 13
AlertMe.com Ltd 6
Amazon.com Inc. 11
American Tower Corp. 34
Americas
- Brazil 30
- Colombia 31
- Mexico 30, 31
- USA 4, 7, 8, 11, 33, 34
- – FTC 33
Apple 7, 11, 33, 35
- iPhone 7, 21
Asia-Pacific
- China 30
- India 28, 30
AT&T 26, 33, 34
Ancom 20
Aviva plc
- RAC 5
B
Barclays Capital 26
Barts and The London NHS Trust 24
Beyondsoft Corp. 30
Blyk 28, 29
BT Group 7, 27
- BT Wholesale 27
Bundesliga 12
Business Monitor International (BMI) 19
C
Carrier IQ Inc. 33
Český Telekomunikační Úřad (ČTÚ) 19
China Mobile
- Mobile Market 28
clipkit GmbH 6
Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)
- Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 34
Cosmote Romanian Mobile Teleco. SA (see OTE/DT) 5, 20, 23
Crown Castle International Corp. (CCI) 34
D
Deutsche Telekom
- Europe
- – Austria 7, 14, 17, 21, 23
- – - tele.ring 14
- – Croatia (H. Telekom) 15, 16, 17
- – Czech Republic 13, 19, 20, 21
- – Greece (see OTE) 13
- – Hungary (see MT) 5, 7, 17, 21, 22
- – International Carrier Sales & Services (ICSS) 19
- – Netherlands 21
- – Poland (PTC) 5, 13, 21, 23
- – Romania (see Cosmote Romania/OTE) 5, 20, 23
- – Serbia (see T. Srbija/OTE) 20
- – Slovakia (Slovak Telekom/T-Mobile) 13, 23
- – UK (EE) 5, 7, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29
- Executives
- – Balz, Manfred 4
- – Clemens, Reinhard 4
- – Höttges, Timotheus 4
- – Kozel, Edward 4
- – Magnussen, Holger 19
- – Maiorescu, Carmil 5
- – Nagelreiter, Andrea 5
- – Nemat, Claudia 4
- – Obermann, René 4
- – Ray, Neville 7, 33
- – Sattelberger, Thomas 4
- – van Damme, Niek Jan 4
- – Waller, Roger 5
- Ex-executives
- – Beaujean, Rainer 5
- – Kaszonyi, Peter 5
- – Kerkhoff, Guido 4
- Germany 4, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 21
- – Congstar 10
- – InteractiveMedia 5
- – Strato 11
- – T-Online 5
- Investments
- – Magyar Telekom (see) 5, 22
- – OTE (see) 20
- Management Board 4
- Product and Innovation
- – Telekom Innovation Laboratories (T-Labs 6
- Products and services
- – Bobsled 35
- – Bright Box 7
- – Entertain 12
- – Foto Share 10
- – Intelligent Network Solutions 30
- – LIGA total! 12
- – Mediencenter 10
- – My T-Mobile 21
- – Scout24 5
- – Smart Connect 6
- – Telekom Benefit 23
- Strategy
- – Intelligent Network 30
- – One Company 16
- – Save for Service 16
- Systems Solutions 30
- – T-Systems 4, 5, 30, 31
- – - South Africa 31
- T-Venture 6
- USA 7, 13, 26, 33, 34, 35
E
EMC
- VMware 11
Energie Baden-Württemberg AG (EnBW) 6
E.ON AG 6
eQ-3 AG 6
Ericsson 17
- Croatia (see Ericsson Nikola Tesla) 17
Europe
- Albania 13
- Austria 5, 14
- Croatia 15, 16, 17
- Czech Republic 19, 20
- Finland 35
- France 7, 10, 14, 26
- Germany 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 30, 31
- – Bundeskartellamt 8, 12
- – BNetzA 8, 10
- Greece 20
- Hungary 15, 21, 22
- – NMHH 21, 22
- Ireland 5
- Kosovo
- – PTK
- – - Albania (PLUS) 13
- Lithuania 19
- Macedonia 4
- Montenegro 4
- Netherlands 21, 29
- Poland 19, 23
- Romania 20, 21, 23
- Russia 19
- Serbia 20
- Slovakia 23
- Spain 10, 12
- Sweden 17
- Switzerland 5
- United Kingdom (UK) 5, 6, 7, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 35
- – Ofcom 27
European Union 7, 15, 21, 22
- European Commission 15
Eutelsat Communications 20
Everything Everywhere Ltd (see DT, FT) 5, 7, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29
- Executives
- – Hay, Duncan 24
- – Milsom, Neal 26
- Ex-executives
- – Buckingham, David 5
- – Hardy, Lysa 5
- – Styring, Jill 5
- Orange UK 7, 24, 28, 29
- T-Mobile UK 5, 7, 24, 28
- You Choose 28
F
Facebook 10, 35
France Télécom 7, 10, 14, 26
- Orange 7, 10, 14, 20, 23, 24, 28, 29
- – Austria 14, 23
- – Poland (see T. Polska) 23
- – Romania 20, 23
- – Slovakia 23
- – Spain 10
- – UK (see EE, DT) 5, 7, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29
G
Google 6, 7, 35
- Android 6, 7, 10, 11, 35
GSM Association (GSMA) 10, 11, 12
- Mobile World Congress 11
H
Hewlett-Packard 5
High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC) 7
Hrvatski Telekom (see DT, Croatia) 15, 16, 17
Huawei Technologies 5, 17, 23, 27
Hutchison Whampoa 14
- 3 Group
- – Austria 14, 23
- – UK 24
I
ICT Coalition for a Safer Internet for Children and Young People 7
iPLATO Healthcare 24
K
Kabel Baden-Württemberg GmbH 12
KPN 21, 29
L
Lattelecom 19
LG Electronics 7
Liberty Global Inc.
- Unitymedia GmbH 12
Lufthansa 30
M
Macquarie Bank 34
Magyar Fejlesztési Bank Rt (MFB) 21
Magyar Posta Pal Szabo 21
Magyar Telekom (see DT) 5, 22
- T-Mobile Hungary 7, 17, 21
- T-Systems Hungary
- – KFKI Rendszerintegrációs Zrt. 5
Magyar Villamos Művek Zrt. (MVM) 21
Maxis Communication, Malaysia 28
- Aircel 28
Microsoft 7, 12
- Skype 35
- Windows Phone 7, 11, 12
Miele & Cie. KG 6
Mitsubishi
- Mitsubishi UFJ Securities 26
Morgan Stanley 12, 26
N
NDL Group
- Care in Motion Ltd 24
Nelson Bostock Group 24
NetCologne 8, 12
Nokia 7, 12, 21
Nokia Siemens Networks 17, 23, 27
O
Old Mutual plc 31
OnMobile Global Ltd 29
OTE (Hellenic Telecom. Org. SA, see DT) 20
- Cosmote 5, 13, 20, 23
- – Albania (AMC) 13
- – Greece 13
- – Romania 5, 20, 23
- HellasSat 20
- Romania (Romtelecom) 5
- Serbia (see Telekom Srbija) 20
- Tsamaz, Michael 20
P
Panasonic 30
Phones4U 7
PLUS Comm. Sh.A. (see also PTK) 13
Q
Qualcomm 33
R
RCS&RDS SA 20, 21
RealNetworks 29
Research In Motion 24, 35
- BlackBerry 24, 35
Royal Bank of Scotland plc, The 26
S
Samsung 5, 6, 7
SES S.A. 20
Siemens AG 23
Slovak Telekom (see DT, Slovakia) 13, 23
Sony Corp. 7
Sprint Nextel 33
Sumitomo Corp. 6
Supreme Court 23
T
TeaMp0isoN 35
Technology
- 2G 14, 21, 23, 34
- – GSM 10
- 3G 7, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 23, 34
- – Evolved HSPA 7, 13, 33, 34
- – HSPA 7, 13, 33, 34
- 4G 7, 19, 21, 27, 34
- – LTE 10, 17, 20, 21, 23, 27, 33
- Ethernet 7
- Fibre 8, 12, 19, 27
- HD voice 21
- IM 10
- IN 30
- IP 10, 11, 12, 20, 35
- IPTV 12
- MMS 28
- NGN 8
- RAN 23
- R&D 6
- Rich Communication Suite (RCS) 10
- Smartphone 6, 7, 10, 11, 35
- SMS 11, 12, 19, 24, 28
- Spectrum 19
- – 800 MHz 10, 17, 19
- – 900 MHz 21, 22, 23
- – 1800 MHz 17, 21, 23
- – 1900 MHz 34
- – 2100 MHz 21, 34
- – Advanced Wireless Spectrum 34
- – Digital dividend 17, 19, 26
- VDSL 8
- VoIP 35
- Web Services 11
- Windows 7, 11, 12, 21
- W-LAN 30
Telecom Italia 10
Telefónica Group 7, 10, 11, 19, 20
- Europe 7, 20
- – Czech Republic 19, 20
- – España 10, 11
Telekom Austria
- Austria / A1 14
Telekom Srbija a.d. (see OTE/DT) 20
Telekomunikacja Polska SA (TPSA, see FT) 23
Telenor ASA 21, 22
- Hungary 21
ThyssenKrupp AG 4
V
Verizon Communications 11
- Verizon Wireless 11
Viettel Group 21
Vivox Inc. 35
Vodacom Group
- Gateway Communications 5, 24
Vodafone 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 22, 28
- Europe Region
- – Albania 13
- – Czech Republic 19
- – Germany 12
- – Netherlands 21, 28
- – Romania 20
- – Spain 10
- – UK 5
W
Western Europe 19
WhatsApp Inc. 29
Winkel Solarsysteme 6
About Deutsche Telekomwatch
Report: #7
Covering: January 2012
Published: February 2012
Next report: March 2012
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