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We have laid a solid foundation, and it delivers growth. Ending 2023, our Telco service revenue grew 3.3%, with Consumer, Enterprise and Wholesale all contributing. Telco EBITDA grew 5.4% on the back of profitable service revenues and our efficiency agenda. This marks ten quarters of consecutive revenue growth in Telco, with Telco EBITDA growing consistently in the past nine quarters, excluding energy. In addition, customer satisfaction is now progressing in the right direction, with six consecutive quarters of NPS growth. With our digital transformation journey since 2021, we have laid a solid foundation. This foundation pays off in top line, bottom line, and experience. Our approach has been to simplify, standardize, and scale, across our “5Ps” – products, processes, platforms, people, and partners. We have reduced our legacy products and platforms by more than 50%, standardizing towards few target products and platforms, and scaling them across our customers and markets for sustained growth. With our continuous improvement program, we have reduced incidents by more than 20%. We have digitally enabled and upskilled our people, and implemented right shoring and right sourcing with fewer locations and partners at larger scale. We have further consolidated our network leadership position with Telia’s award winning 5G now reaching 89% population, our network in Sweden ranging amongst the top few in the world, and we secured the strongest spectrum portfolio in our region. Our strategy for returning TV and Media to profitability has started to deliver tangible results. And our net zero target for 2040 was approved by the SBTi, with the share of total supply chain emissions covered by SBT reaching 52%. Also, we are further simplifying our business portfolio, the deal to sell Telia Denmark to Norlys marks another milestone in our capital allocation efficiency. We, and I personally, are immensely grateful to Allison Kirkby for her inspiration and leadership, and wish her all the best in her new role as the CEO of BT. And we are looking forward to continuing to build a #BetterTelia with our new CEO Patrik Hofbauer.

#RelianceJio and #BhartiAirtel are likely to withdraw their unlimited 5G data plans for premium customers and charge at least 5-10% more for 5G services — compared to 4G — from the second half of 2024, analysts said.

📈 Crnogorski Telekom Q1 2024 Delivering another quarter of growth. 👁🗨Radical transparency: Our shareholders, customers, employees and suppliers can count on Crnogorski Telekom to deliver consistent reliable results across all segments. Furthermore: comprehensive updates to shareholders and the public about our operations, maintaining an open, continuous dialogue. 📊 Financial Performance: Telekom's financial results for Q1 2024 reflect consistent growth. Positive retail development with 4.6% increase in revenue versus the same period last year. Operating profit rising 3% and reaching 7.3 million. 🌟 Customer Satisfaction and Business Growth: Telekom leads in customer satisfaction, validated by independent research. We operate a market-leading #5G and #4G #networks, leading in #speed and #coverage. #MagentaTV enhanced our #TV customer satisfaction by 2.5x while Magenta Moments program garners excellent customer feedback. Postpaid customers surge by 8%, solidifying Telekom's position as a market leader. Mobile internet users grow by 3%. 💻 Infrastructure Investment and Expansion: We operate the largest and fastest #4G and #5G networks, already covering over 80% of the population with #5G. We continued our investments in fiber optics, expanding networks to further 8.2K households, now covering 137K households in #Montenegro. Finally, core cloud-network modernization initiatives ensure robust service delivery and future proof operations. Thanks Crnogorski Telekom Team for another great quarter! Let's get working to get even bigger and greener in the future, but still very much #Magenta. Crnogorski Telekom Gordana Blagojevic Pavle Djurovic Jovan Cetkovic Dusan Banovic Predrag Perkovic Sandra Dujovic Ana Ivanović Dedović

Telecom industry managed to keep a grip on growth despite many challenges prevailing in the ecosystem. We congratulate GP, Robi, BL and TBL for keeping the industry momentum for growth through investment in technology and people management. Though customer experiences and expectations from users still felt a sizable gap from the offerings. We felt more needed to be done to improve customer experiences through investment in technology and people. Most of our telcos are under staffed and possibly missing management focus on investment in people skill and motivation. There are many constraints and dependencies for operators in BGD to offer quality services like restriction to lay optical fibers but still kudos to telcos believing in the potential. Telco industry is still the highest contributor for national growth and considered the best multiplier for lateral economic growth from the installed infrastructure. We congratulate industry players, employees and resources engaged in the industry. We wish a very productive year for the telco industry in 2024. https://lnkd.in/gFkQhX82 #grameenphone, #Robi, #Banglalink, #Teletalk

Daily briefing: read the latest telecoms insight from TelcoTitans: https://lnkd.in/e3C5ywjA Vodafone CFO open to another Vantage Towers sell-down: https://lnkd.in/eEfHDwTB Union rejects Deutsche Telekom’s second ‘record’ pay offer: https://lnkd.in/efAQ-wEP Vodafone Germany to lose half of TV customer base as new tenant laws take effect: https://lnkd.in/enaJQYcR Telefónica Q1 FY24: modest growth to be boosted by core market catalysts, further efficiency: https://lnkd.in/et_pKw9P Vodafone earns regulatory go-ahead for Spanish retreat: https://lnkd.in/e3QADVKy IHS Towers targets $1bn from asset disposals: https://lnkd.in/eJCvG-39 T-Mobile’s Osvaldik stays coy on UScellular rumours: https://lnkd.in/egCSW75s #TelcoTitans #Telecoms #Telecommunications

Couple of weeks ago we pre-briefed our Sales Community in Ericsson about the June 2024 Ericsson Mobility Report. It is now live, featuring the most up-to-date data and analysis from the telecom industry. New data indicates that by 2029, 60% of all mobile subscriptions will be on 5G. That’s 5.6 billion subscribers worldwide 🌎 The way 5G is on track to become the dominant mobile access technology is revealed in the latest edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report. The report also shines a spotlight on the importance of delivering high-speed connectivity. Did you know? ⚡40% of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) service providers now offer speed-based tariffs ⚡<1.5 seconds time-to-content in 5G mid-band is being achieved for 97% of all user activities by a leading service provider https://lnkd.in/eDmuGbR4 #MobilityReport #5G #Technology

Latest Telefónicawatch Weekly Briefing 📣: 🤝 - Group exploring wholesale network access and infrastructure-sharing deals in #Spain and the #UK 🇩🇪 - Telefónica seeking to mop up remaining Telefónica Germany shares 🛡️- Telefónica Tech expands service portfolio with Teradata 🌐 - Full Weekly Briefing includes FY23 results analysis, #IT supplier cuts in Spain, Vivo (Telefônica Brasil) strategy expansion, Infra success, Hispam #5G progress, Virgin Media O2 infra deals, and much more... Read the briefing now: https://lnkd.in/ezFdp4Bv ⚡ Weekly Briefings are new for 2024, crafted exclusively for those who need to be in the know by our authoritative editors and analysts. Subscribers get the full picture in one place online or by newsletter. Now available for Digital Infrawatch, Vodafonewatch, BTwatch, Deutsche Telekomwatch, Telefónicawatch. From #TelcoTitans — #1 for EMEA Telco & Digital Infra Leaders. #Telecoms #Telefonica #Europe #LatAm #Infrastructure #Strategy #Results #Networks Cellnex Telecom Liberty Global Avatel Telecom Wayra Telxius

The “Big Guns” unite in call for a new EU deal   The CEOs of Vodafone Group, Telefonica, Orange and Deutsche Telekom called for rapid and radical regulatory changes to ensure they are able to continue to serve customers, invest in networks and innovate.   In a keynote yesterday, Vodafone’s Margherita Della Valle, Telefonica boss Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete, Orange chief Christel Heydemann and Deutsche Telekom’s Timotheus Hoettges made a joint plea for regulation to be eased or improved in areas such as spectrum allocation and in-market consolidation.   The chiefs voiced concerns that Europe is in growing danger of falling too far behind other regions of the world in terms of technological innovation and investments in digital infrastructure.   Hoettges noted that more than 60 per cent of European telcos are no longer earning enough to cover their capital investment costs.   Alvarez-Pallete cited the claim that European operators still need to fill an investment gap of about €200 billion. “Something is wrong and we need to fix it,” he said.   “We are ready to play our part,” Della Valle added. “But if we need to do more, we also need a new deal”.    Here, the Vodafone chief highlighted the need for market consolidation to become possible in Europe, as well as spectrum certainty and fairness.   Heydemann observed that the European Commission has shown some signs it is moving in the right direction with the recent publication of a new white paper.  However she questioned if “we are going to move fast enough” to keep pace with the speed of developments such as AI.   Hoettges concluded that it’s time for the political leaders in Brussels to stop talking and start taking action.   “We are losing the trust of the capital markets, who give us the money to build infrastructure. And now it’s time that these kind of statements, which we have heard over the last year, are becoming real in legislation,” he said.   #vodafone #deutschetelekom #orange #telefonica

Another day and More great feedback today from a new client today! We migrated their initial batch of 60 connections across to ourselves last month, today we had our first review to check feedback from the end users, which has been extremely positive! The Challenge for the customer was that they have offices all across the UK, the clients Procurement team were being faced with consistent negative feedback around signal from multiple offices. The problem they were facing was that they were with a mobile network directly meaning they were limited to that network's signal. We initially did our in-depth coverage checks, followed up by sending our free of charge test sim cards to each site to see what the coverage is like on site in the flesh! From there sites provided feedback on their preferred network, from there we then created our split of connections across each network based on what the site requested. We've been able to resolve the pain point they were experiencing by offering a multinetwork solution. As we have solutions on all of the UK's Major networks (EE, O2, Three and Vodafone) which we manage ourselves. The feedback has been great! with employees now more engaged around using their work mobiles, productivity has increased due to being able to access the networks 5G networks at their sites and for the procurement team. Significant cost reduction! A bespoke roaming proposition that now covers their requirements outside of the EU, and more importantly for the procurement team, The noise has gone away around poor signal! It's great to have another success story and to see another happy customer! #CurrysBusiness #Telecoms #WePutOurCustomerFirst

Vodafone began volume deployment of #OpenRAN for 2,500 sites across Wales and south west England Vodafone UK plans to have 2,500 OpenRAN sites live by 2027 Starting in Devon, OpenRAN technology will be used to replace legacy #Huawei technology across 2,500 mobile sites in Wales and the south west of England. This will be a multi-year phased delivery, enabling #Vodafone to remove all High-Risk Vendor (#HRV) technology from the Radio Access Network within Government timelines. Over several years, Vodafone has been working with the industry to evolve how equipment is designed and has made several proof-of-concept deployments to trial the technology. After validating the technology in lab environments, Vodafone installed OpenRAN in rural locations, before beginning a multi-site deployment project in Torquay and Exmouth. Each development stage was designed to test the technology in increasingly complex scenarios. The Key Performance Indicators (#KPIs) now demonstrate that the performance of OpenRAN #exceeds that of the legacy equipment in the majority of areas, including #4G and #5G call success rate, as well as download and upload speeds across multiple spectrum frequencies. Vodafone is now able to commence the removal of HRV technology from the network without compromising customer experience. Andrea Dona, Chief Network Officer, Vodafone UK, said: “The rapid innovation we have seen in the OpenRAN ecosystem is truly remarkable. The industry only started working on this concept in 2016 in earnest, so to see KPIs align to traditional technology is a testament to the work which has been done. “Vodafone has been at the forefront of the OpenRAN ecosystem since Day One. OpenRAN is a central pillar to our network strategy for numerous reasons. Most importantly, we see this as a vehicle for transformation, opening doors that would otherwise have been closed.” Sir John Whittingdale, Minister of State for Media and Data, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, said: “The UK government is determined to strengthen the security and resilience of vital network infrastructure by protecting technology critical to the future digital economy and boosting competition and creativity within the telecom supply chain. “This is an important step in doing just that – these deployments from Vodafone across Wales and the South-West of England are supporting the UK’s vision for a more open and innovative 5G market.” https://lnkd.in/dHFNUZdQ