Associates & JVs – Page 27
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PremiumVodafone Egypt fined, following service outage
Vodafone Egypt fined EGP 10m, for service disruption.
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Suppliers & SCMVfI signs raft of deals for post-merger synergies
Fresh contracts with long-established suppliers Ericsson, HPE, and IBM. Merger partners wield more procurement power as VfI. Focus on back-office streamlining, virtualisation, and digital transformation. CEO Sharma says post-merger synergy targets are “ahead of track”.
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PremiumVodafone’s ‘other’ division continues slide to background
Currency weakness dampens Region’s growth. Division out in the cold, with strategic plans focusing elsewhere.
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PremiumNokia supports VfEg on user data consolidation project
Simplification and cloud buzzword boxes ticked.
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Suppliers & SCMVodafone in Huawei corner as trade war roughs up
Group continues to jump to Huawei’s defence. Vodafone backs research showing pitfalls of restricting Chinese supplier. OpCos face smartphone disruption as Google suspends business with Huawei. Prague Proposals imply Huawei is a potential 5G security risk.
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PremiumGroup finds face-saving NZ exit but Oz rejig stalls
Read’s portfolio cull in non-European markets continues. Group hopes it is third-time-lucky for a deal to remove shackles in NZ. Infrastructure funds offered up as new M&A buddies for Group in retreat. Auxit denied: TPG deal knockback dampens the mood.
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PremiumSafaricom upgrades backbone network with Huawei
Operator selects Chinese supplier for “end-to-end” next-gen 400G backbone solution.
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PremiumVodafone Idea picks Cisco for NFV multi-cloud network
Tie-in with Group’s broader cloud infrastructure plans.
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Products & ServicesVfEg deploys Red Hat’s Cloud Suite to upgrade website
Agile technology and ways-of-working accentuated.
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Public AffairsHutch lukewarm on VHA prospects, amid flux
Growth downplayed as VHA seeks to persuade regulators of deal logic. Huawei ban and nbn margin squeeze reiterated as pain-points.
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PremiumSubex joins in on Dutch billing revamp
OSS/BSS specialist bags six-year deal as part of JV’s back-office consolidation.
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PremiumVfZ ties with Ericsson for Eindhoven 5G tests
Joint venture keeping up pressure for 5G airwave release.