Deutsche Telekom says it is deepening its business relationship with Google that will see the two sides partner on moving more of the telecom’s services to the Google Cloud platform.
The renewed pact comes at a time when Deutsche Telekom is focused on evolving into an “AI-first company,” Deutsche Telekom’s Chief Infrastructure Officer for Europe Stefan Schloter said in a statement.
“By leveraging data and AI, we are improving agility and optimizing digital solutions across all our business entities, software engineering, and customer interfaces to deliver superior experiences for our customers,” Schloter said. “ur collaboration with Google Cloud further strengthens these efforts, driving innovation and efficiency.”
Products like the Deutsche Telekom MyMagenta app will benefit from the partnership, with MyMagenta gaining access to the abilities of Google’s AI-powered smart assistant Gemini. Google Cloud will also serve as the technical foundation of Deutsche Telekom’s “One Data Ecosystem,” a new AI-powered platform that consolidates on-premises data systems, which the company says will enhance data processing speed and enable advanced AI-driven solutions while still ticking certain regulatory boxes for data collection, sharing and privacy.
“Communications service providers are increasingly looking to the cloud to further develop service offerings and drive innovation, flexibility, and growth”, added Marianne Janik, Vice President of Google Cloud’s Northern European business. “We look forward to collaborating with Deutsche Telekom to help the company further develop innovative solutions that provide enhanced experiences for end users.”
Deutsche Telekom offers telephone, pay television and broadband Internet services in Germany, and similar services through wholly- or partially-owned subsidiaries in other European countries, including the Czech Republic, Austria, Greece, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. It also owns more than 51 percent of wireless provider T-Mobile in the United States.
