deutsche telekom in comment and analysis
Upwardly Mobile: What we can learn from the death of T-One
Comment Deutsche Telekom, German's number one telco, announced last week the death of its FMC service, T-One. Like BT, Deutsche Telekom positioned its FMC, or fixed-mobile convergence, service as a cheaper way to make calls. [27 Mar 2007]
Editor's Blog: All communications in one place
Comment BT Global Services unit (I talked about Deutsche Telekom's service push last week in this blog) is increasingly important. What is that place? I ask that somewhat awkward question because this week has seen some of the biggest names in UK business... [09 Feb 2007]
Editor's Blog: Deutsche Telekom targets services
Comment The providers of the German system, via various JVs and subsidiaries, are Deutsche Telekom's T-Systems unit. This week, as I mentioned in my last blog, saw me in Germany. I was really interested to find out all about that country's road-charging... [02 Feb 2007]
Editor's Blog: A 30,000ft view of the CIO
Comment I'm on an Airberlin flight to Deutsche Telekom's International Press Kolloquium. After an horrifically early start to the day I've had a chance to reflect on silicon.com's latest Editorial Board dinner, which took place last night (though... [30 Jan 2007]
Brampton Factor: Don't get your hopes up for BT's 21CN
Comment Sadly unlike Deutsche Telekom, BT pitched the price at a premium level and offered weak sales support for the service. What can we expect from BT's next-generation network? New IP services for cheap? Not so fast, says Martin Brampton. [17 Oct 2006]
Radioactive: Mobile VoIP - not so disruptive
Comment The fixed mobile convergence theme continued at the CeBIT show in Germany, where Deutsche Telekom launched T-One, a converged fixed-mobile service using Nokia N80 and E60 devices. Mobile IP telephony won't sound the death knell for greedy mobile... [20 Mar 2006]
Leader: Private equity, Germany and badging RFID
Leader Just days after hearing about further job losses at Deutsche Telekom - and let's face it, it does feel like a surprising occurrence whenever it happens - we find out that Siemens is to make 3,000 job cuts outside its domestic market, in addition... [14 Nov 2005]
Leader: O2 be in Spain
Leader While Spain's Telefonica has been the suitor of choice for some time, others - most notably a German-Dutch bid from a teaming of Deutsche Telekom and KPN - have been sniffing around. There are no competition issues, something that would be less... [31 Oct 2005]
Carriers' fortunes change with IP
Comment Although Current Analysis’ Dustin Kehoe says that Telefonica is unlikely to make much of a dent in Deutsche Telekom’s PSTN and ISDN market, it does give Telefonica a much more compelling IP VPN offering. [18 Sep 2003]
Capellas and Ricke - what the tale of two telcos tells us
Comment WorldCom has hired Michael Capellas, ex of Compaq (and most recently HP), while Deutsche Telekom has promoted board member Kai-Uwe Ricke on the day it turned in record losses. Deutsche Telekom, however, won't fail. [15 Nov 2002]
High-tech VIPs and the silicon.com curse
Comment The past few months have already seen the demise of Jean-Marie Messier, ex of Vivendi Universal (our number four), Thomas Middelhoff, ex of Bertelsmann (seven), Ron Sommer, Deutsche Telekom (28) and now Shaun Fanning, the creator of Napster (39). [04 Sep 2002]
Thomas Middelhoff, mover and shaker
Comment Last week saw AOL Time Warner's Bob Pittman (COO and CEO of the AOL unit) make a break and it wasn't that long ago that Jean-Marie Messier exited the top spot at Vivendi Universal and Ron Sommer departed Deutsche Telekom. [29 Jul 2002]
Ebusiness despatches: Jumping on the broadbandwagon
Comment In Germany there is no cable modem market given Deutsche Telekom's historical stranglehold on both telecoms and cable infrastructure - but enough digression). It seems like everyone wants high-speed internet access for anyone who's interested (and... [13 Feb 2002]
Devil's Advocate: Is competition always the answer?
Comment No, it was done while Deutsche Telekom was a public utility in a rigidly regulated environment. Is our contemporary obsession with the cure-all of competition truly rational? Even where it does not exist, we seem to have to pretend that it does. [13 Nov 2001]
The Bloor Perspective: Pricey Blackberry, Vodafone's Japanese adventure and Consignia
Comment Elsewhere in the Telecomm sector BT Wireless (soon to be mmO2) is expected to confirm a £3.5bn loan to build 3G networks, the cost of which is to be shared with Deutsche Telekom amongst others. Tis the season of ripening blackberries and, perhaps... [24 Sep 2001]
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