Deutsche Telekom agrees to give 1&1 access to its FTTH network

Around a year ago, 1&1 signed an agreement with Deutsche Telekom (DT), allowing its affiliate 1&1 Versatel to use DT’s FTTH and VDSL networks for the next 10 years. Included within the contract was a clause allowing for the expansion of this agreement to allow 1&1 to directly market its FTTH products in future when such services were ready…

Around a year ago, 1&1 signed an agreement with Deutsche Telekom (DT), allowing its affiliate 1&1 Versatel to use DT’s FTTH and VDSL networks for the next 10 years. Included within the contract was a clause allowing for the expansion of this agreement to allow 1&1 to directly market its FTTH products in future when such services were ready. 

Now, such an expansion is coming to pass, with DT making all of its direct fibre optic connections available to 1&1 as a direct wholesale customer, having overcame the necessary regulatory hurdles.

The first FTTH product contract has been signed, allowing 1&1 to offer its own FTTH products to consumers using Telekom’s infrastructure with immediate effect. 

“This contract is another clear signal to the market. We come to an agreement without regulation and create fair conditions. We stand for free access to our networks. And we expect other companies to commit to this principle of Open Access just like Telekom,” said Dr Kerstin Baumgart, SVP of Deutsche Telekom’s wholesale business. “Millions of people and companies benefit from sharing our network. That’s good for Germany. Telekom is Germany’s fibre optic company. Nationwide cooperation is a mainstay of our strategy. All sides benefit from this partnership: we make greater use of our network, our marketing partner gets a greater reach and the customers have a variety of providers.”

Telekom notes that it is aiming to have roughly 10 million FTTH connections by the end of 2024.

The move comes as part of the German regulator, Bundesnetzagentur’s, decision in 2021 to regulate fibre networks less strictly than the industry’s previous copper iterations, hoping to create an environment in which fibre rollouts can expand rapidly across the country. 

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Salam s’appuie sur la plate-forme Optiva BSS pour lancer un nouveau MVNO saoudien

Salam en Arabie saoudite (anciennement ITC) a sélectionné la plate-forme BSS d’Optiva pour activer son nouveau MVNO.

Sous le nom de Salam Mobile, le MVNO vise à apporter des services numériques innovants au segment de marché des consommateurs en forte croissance en Arabie saoudite. Grâce à ce partenariat, Salam Mobile déploiera la technologie BSS native du cloud Optiva sur son infrastructure cloud privée de pointe.

La plate-forme Optiva BSS, une solution de gestion des clients et des revenus pré-intégrée de bout en bout, permet à Salam de conceptualiser et d’introduire rapidement et à moindre coût de nouvelles offres de services numériques aux clients. La plate-forme fournit une facturation, une facturation et un traitement en temps réel qui différencieront les offres mobiles de Salam.

 » Le secteur d’activité de Salam Mobile s’appuiera sur notre solide clientèle d’entreprise. En collaborant avec Optiva, nous accélérerons notre entrée dans le segment des consommateurs et poursuivrons notre expansion dans la réalisation des possibilités passionnantes de l’avenir des services numériques ”, a déclaré Abdulmohsin Al-Joyan, PDG de Salam Mobile.

La plate-forme Optiva BSS équipe Salam Mobile de capacités de lancement rapide et permet des économies de coût total de possession (TCO) en répondant à toutes ses exigences de monétisation d’entreprise MVNO de bout en bout. La suite BSS clé en main, conçue comme un cloud natif et conçue pour le déploiement de cloud privé et public, va au-delà de la facturation traditionnelle, permettant le provisionnement de vitrines en temps réel, la monétisation et la promotion inter-services. Ces capacités aident Salam à créer une offre unique pour développer sa base de clients avec une expérience numérique améliorée et personnalisée. 

”Le segment des MVNO continue de proliférer dans le monde entier et offre aux opérateurs la possibilité de créer — en quelques minutes, ce qui prenait des jours auparavant — des forfaits de services qui offrent des expériences client uniques », a déclaré John Giere, président et chef de la direction d’Optiva.

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5 Salons auxquels vous devriez assister en 2022

Trade Shows to Attend in 2022

Une fois de plus, nous arrivons au moment où les experts de l’industrie dépoussièrent leurs passeports et se préparent pour la saison des salons professionnels! En raison de la pandémie, les salons professionnels sont inexistants depuis deux ans. Alors que les restrictions commencent à lever, de nombreuses expositions ont envie de revenir dans le balancement des choses. 

Notre équipe a créé une liste de cinq salons auxquels vous devriez assister en 2022. Ces cinq salons professionnels promettent de fournir l’équilibre parfait entre information et plaisir! Prenez un cahier et préparez vos cartes de visite car vous ne voudrez pas manquer ces cinq salons.

SALON PROFESSIONNEL #1 – WISPAMERICA NOLA 2022 

WISPAMERICA 2022

WISPAMERICA 2022

Date: Du 14 au 17 mars
Emplacement: La Nouvelle-Orléans, Louisiane

WISPAMERICA est le principal salon professionnel pour les fournisseurs de services Internet sans fil (WISP) en Amérique du Nord. Le salon vous aidera à en apprendre davantage sur les aspects technologiques de l’industrie et les composants internes de marketing, de gestion et de vente qui sont souvent négligés dans l’agitation d’autres événements.

Bicom Systems a été un membre actif des événements WISPA dans le passé, à tel point que nous avons célébré notre 15e anniversaire quelques jours avant WISPAPALOOZA 2019. Malheureusement, nous ne serons pas présents à WISPAMERICA 2022, mais nous vous encourageons à y assister car WISPA promet une excellente participation et une gamme d’exposants compétents. 

Inscrivez-vous à WISPAMERICA 2022 ici.

SALON #2 – Enterprise Connect

Enterprise Connect 2022

Enterprise Connect 2022

Date: Du 21 au 24 mars
Emplacement: Orlando, Floride

Ensuite, nous avons Enterprise Connect! Si le climat de la Floride ne vous donne pas envie de faire vos valises immédiatement, attendez d’entendre parler de leur fantastique gamme d’exposants. Ils ont de grands acteurs de l’industrie comme Google et Microsoft présents, ainsi que nos amis de Poly et Jabra. Et avons-nous mentionné que les systèmes Bicom seront là?!

Arrêt au stand #1835 pour rencontrer l’équipe, explorez des démos gratuites et apprenez-en davantage sur la sécurisation de votre avenir avec des ventes par abonnement. Inscrivez-vous à Enterprise Connect ici, et n’oubliez pas d’utiliser le code ‘BICOM’ à la caisse pour économiser 500 $!

SALON #3 – Evolution Europe

Channel Partners Expo

Channel Partners Expo

Date: 14-15 juin
Emplacement: Londres, Royaume-Uni

Le compte à rebours pour Channel Partners: Evolution Europe est lancé et vous ne voudrez pas manquer cette expérience immersive de deux jours. L’événement a un mélange de plus de 500 MSP, revendeurs et fournisseurs. Sans oublier qu’il y aura des tonnes d’éducateurs et d’entreprises prospères dont vous pourrez apprendre qui vous laisseront à la fois des informations utiles et de bons souvenirs. 

Gardez un œil sur nos médias sociaux pour savoir à quel numéro de stand l’équipe de Bicom Systems sera présente pendant l’événement. Si vous souhaitez en savoir plus sur Evolution Europe et que vous souhaitez vous inscrire, consultez leur site Web ici

SALON #4 – Partenaires Informatiques

IT Partners 2022

IT Partners 2022

Date: 15-16 juin
Emplacement: Disneyland Paris

En septembre, l’équipe de Bicom Systems a rejoint FONIA, notre distributeur exclusif de produits pour la France, à Partenaires informatiques 2021. Nous sommes ravis de retourner à l’endroit où les rêves d’enfance sont faits et d’exposer une fois de plus avec nos partenaires francophones. 

L’année dernière, notre équipe a collecté plus de 200 leads qualifiés au cours des deux jours chez IT Partners ! Chaque lead s’est inscrit à un système d’essai pour avoir un avant-goût de nos solutions. Allons-nous vous voir chez IT Partners en juin? Obtenez votre pass expo ici.

SALON #5 – DXT

DTX Trade Show

DTX Trade Show

Date: Du 25 au 29 avril
Emplacement: Manchester, Angleterre

Enfin, le dernier salon commercial que nous voulons mentionner est DXT. Le salon DXT se concentre sur la transformation numérique et est l’endroit idéal pour avoir un aperçu de l’avenir de la technologie et de la façon dont les entreprises autour de vous réagissent aux vagues de changement. Si vous assistez à l’événement, vous rencontrerez des tonnes d’entreprises partageant la même passion pour la transformation numérique, les technologies émergentes et les défis auxquels les entreprises informatiques sont confrontées. 

Vous êtes assuré de quitter cet événement en vous sentant inspiré et excité par l’avenir de la technologie. En savoir plus sur DXT 2022 en visitant leur site, et n’oubliez pas de vous inscrire! 

À quels salons professionnels assistez-vous cette année ? Faites-le nous savoir dans les commentaires ci-dessous! 

Vodafone looks to offload stake in India’s largest towerco to prop up Vi

Vodafone has this week confirmed that it has launched an initial sale of 63.6 million shares, equivalent to a roughly 2.4% stake, in India’s largest tower company, Indus Towers.
At the same time, Indian media claimed that Vodafone was also in advanced discussions to sell a further 4.7% stake, with sources suggesting that the potential buyer is likely Bharti Airtel. 
Indus Towers, previously known as Bharti Infratel, has almost 180,000 towers across India and plays an integral role in the nation&’…

Vodafone has this week confirmed that it has launched an initial sale of 63.6 million shares, equivalent to a roughly 2.4% stake, in India’s largest tower company, Indus Towers.

At the same time, Indian media claimed that Vodafone was also in advanced discussions to sell a further 4.7% stake, with sources suggesting that the potential buyer is likely Bharti Airtel. 

Indus Towers, previously known as Bharti Infratel, has almost 180,000 towers across India and plays an integral role in the nation’s mobile connectivity. According to the company, three of every five mobile calls in India are carried over the company’s infrastructure. 

In March 2021, the company had an enterprise value of roughly $11.6 billion, with each individual tower worth around $65,000.

Vodafone currently owns 28.1% in the tower company, while Bharti Airtel hold a $41.8% stake.

Reports suggest that these stake sales are just the beginning, with discussions said to be ongoing “with several interested parties” for the sale of the rest of Vodafone’s stake in the business. The whole 28.1% stake has an estimated value of around $2.5 billion.

The funds raised from this stake sale will seemingly be used to help prop up Vodafone’s Indian joint venture, Vi, which has been on the verge of bankruptcy for many years now. 

In the past, with Vi facing enormous adjusted gross revenue (AGR) payments to the Indian government and facing intense competition at cutthroat prices from Reliance Jio, Vodafone and fellow investor in the joint venture, Aditya Birla Group (ABG), had been loathe to further invest in what appeared to be a sinking ship.

However, a recently agreed relief package for the Indian telecoms market, alongside an industry-wide price hike, has made the survival of Vi far more viable, with both Vodafone and Aditya Birla saying they would continue to support the business after all, preparing to raise additional capital via the issuance of equity shares.

At the start of this year, the Indian government also agreed to take a 35.8% stake in Vi, converting the roughly $2.1 billion debt they owed the government into equity.

“The first step in this process included the conversion of $2.1 billion of AGR and spectrum interest into equity, which will make the Indian government the largest shareholder of Vi. Vodafone and ABG intend to contribute towards an issue of equity shares by Vi (a ‘capital raise’) once the terms of such a capital raise have been evaluated and decided on by the board of directors,” the company said in a statement. 

But despite fresh investment and relative relief from government dues, Vi still has its work cut out for it, with the company recording its steepest subscriber fall in five months back in November. In that month alone, the company lost around 1.9 million mobile subscribers, while its rivals, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, continue to grow, gaining 2 million and 1.3 million subscribers, respectively. 

Vi’s subscriber base, at the time, had been declining for 36 consecutive months.

With both Airtel and Jio continuing to grow, Vi will need more than just the funding from this stake sale if it is to turn its fortunes around.

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FCC ruling puts broadband choice into US apartments and offices

US public housing has become infamous for it’s poor quality, underfunding and mismanagement resulting in tenants living in crumbling buildings with billions in repair backlogs, whilst Americans usually see it as the last resort for those with no other options. Now a ruling by the Federal Communications Commission is going to ease one part of the puzzle for those living and working in apartments…

US public housing has become infamous for it’s poor quality, underfunding and mismanagement resulting in tenants living in crumbling buildings with billions in repair backlogs, whilst Americans usually see it as the last resort for those with no other options.

Now a ruling by the Federal Communications Commission is going to ease one part of the puzzle for those living and working in apartments, public housing, office buildings, and other multi-tenant buildings, by enhancing broadband competition. This is a crucial part of the move towards a more connected America, prohibiting broadband providers from keeping competitive providers out of buildings – typically via revenue sharing agreements with building owners – and making any information about marketing deals readily (and clearly) available.

Jessica Rosenworcel, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said in a statement “One third of this country live in multi-tenant buildings where there often is only one choice for a broadband provider, and no ability to shop for a better deal,”

An extension to the ruling covers the wiring inside the building, prohibiting so-called sale-and-leaseback arrangements that block competitive access to alternative providers, meaning that in many multi-tenant environments already existing coaxial networks can be used by competitive providers rather than having to install expensive and labour-intensive fibre to the building.

One company that sees the advantage of this is InCoax Networks who provides fibre access extension technology which can be leveraged to enhance the capabilities of existing networks.

InCoax Head of Marketing, Sales and Product Management Helge Tiainen said “The FCC’s ruling will help open up the choice of broadband providers to empower millions of US tenants in their multi-tenant environments and lessen the barriers of broadband competition,”

“By reusing existing in-building infrastructure for broadband access, it can address the complexities that operators face when looking to bring connectivity to existing apartments and office buildings.”

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Verizon partners with Audi for 5G vehicles

This week, Audi of America and Verizon have announced a new partnership, aiming to use Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband connectivity within Audi vehicles to enable augmented mobile services and new driving-assistance features, paving the way for the automated vehicles of the future.
According to Verizon, embedding 5G connectivity capabilities within the vehicles should allow for a variety of novel and improved services for customers…

This week, Audi of America and Verizon have announced a new partnership, aiming to use Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband connectivity within Audi vehicles to enable augmented mobile services and new driving-assistance features, paving the way for the automated vehicles of the future.

According to Verizon, embedding 5G connectivity capabilities within the vehicles should allow for a variety of novel and improved services for customers, including the faster and more reliable streaming of video services, improved safety features, and additional driving support systems.

These vehicles’ capabilities will continue to evolve further once already in use, with software and firmware updates delivered over the air.

“Audi drivers will be among the first in the world to experience a new generation of automobiles, one in which their car is both a 5G mobile device and a vehicle,” said Tami Erwin, CEO of Verizon Business. “We’re proud to bring our transformative 5G networking expertise to a visionary partner like Audi, whose premium automotive engineering deserves second-to-none 5G technology to match.”

Perhaps most interesting here is the companies pledging to co-develop cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology, allowing the car to wirelessly communicate with other vehicles and infrastructure, providing the driver with additional information. In the short term, this technology will largely be used to improve in-vehicle safety by giving the driver more information about their surroundings, but in the long term it will be crucial to the development of automated vehicles.

To facilitate this aspect of their 5G vision, Verizon is already partnered with all three major cloud providers – Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Amazon Web Services – which will provide the required mobile edge computing services.

These tie ups between car manufactures and operators are becoming more common around the world. Last year, for example, AT&T signed a similar agreement with General Motors, with the automotive manufacturer’s Chevrolet, Cadillac, and GMC models to be equipped with 5G capabilities from 2023

In Europe, Deutsche Telekom announced just this week that they have deepened their partnership with BMW, allowing customers to link their BMW iX and BMW i4 vehicles to Telkom’s 5G network for the first time via their MobilityConnect service

Meanwhile, in China, numerous automakers are already engaged in 5G. General Motors, for example, says it hopes to launch 5G-connected vehicles in China as early as this year. 

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