EMEA Telco Leaders – Page 288
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PremiumVodafone Idea partners with Google India to offer customers voice search functionality
Vodafone Idea (VfI) was said to have partnered with Google India to offer its customers voice search functionality without the need for an internet connection or data usage.
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PremiumConvergence move bubbling at Vodafone Idea
New fixed-line voice service with Vodafone branding.
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Public AffairsVodafone among UK companies accusing Facebook and Google of “crush or kill” tactics
Vodafone was reportedly among several big-name UK-based companies lashing out at what they saw as aggressive “crush or kill” tactics deployed by Facebook and Google to stifle internet competition.
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PremiumTelefónica accentuates Vodafone alignment on towers
Two challenged operators out at front of race to offload assets.
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Public AffairsVodafone Italy faces increased scrutiny over 5G network kit supply deals
Vodafone Italy (VfIt) faces increased scrutiny over its 5G network kit supply deals, after Italy’s new government under Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte approved its use of special powers, dubbed “golden powers”.
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Public AffairsTop trio gain clear run on 5G spectrum
Boost for Vodafone as new entrant plan fails to re-emerge and Digi is locked out.
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PremiumProtests continue despite Unitymedia buy completion
Small operator grouping gets legal on competition. Housing association supply concerns resurface.
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PremiumVodafone Germany teams with Signify to light up 5G
Trulifi prepped for IoT and connected-car use cases.
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PremiumVodafone Germany 5G in planes, trains, stadiums, and automobiles
Partnerships with Airbus, Thales, and North Rhine-Westphalia help VfD target different 5G markets. Network slicing and edge computing underpin various use cases of the next-gen tech.
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Suppliers & SCMVodafone’s Partner and Supplier People Moves, October 2019
Latest partner/supplier people movement highlights include: Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, Red Hat.
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PremiumVodafone Group People Moves, October 2019
Latest people movements include: Durdana Achakzai, Ritesh Bhargava, Jon Buckthorpe, Louis DiCesari, Nitu Kaushal, Asif Meghani, Mark Rose, Ahu Tunc, Olatz Urroz.
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PremiumVodafone Europe People Moves, October 2019
Latest people movements include: Petr Matejicek, Daniel Böttcher, Michael Brands, Frank Hellemink, Christian Hindennach, Raquel Martínez Herranz, Michael Rabes, Roberto Cipolla, Sibaji Biswasb, Marius Corcoman, Tiberius Popa, Paulo Neves, Douglas Grierson, Andrew Stevens, Dave Ward.
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PremiumVodafone Rest of World Region People Moves, October 2019
Latest people movements include: Aneeqah Vahed, Tanja Vermeulen, Nuno Duarte, Marwan Amin, Zeinab Sono, Tushir Malik, Sahil Verma.
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PremiumVodafone takes IoT on road with Geotab and Trinsic
Vodafone Automotive and Geotab club together to create Vodafone Business Fleet Analytics. New telematics and analytics platform initially available in France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and UK. Vodafone extends partnership with Trinsic to woo automakers with branded connected-car solutions spread across multiple markets.
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PremiumRead signals further cost-cutting measures for Vodafone
Nick Read, Chief Executive (CEO) of Vodafone Group, signalled that further cost-cutting measures are ahead as Vodafone’s leadership pursues opportunities to improve its balance sheet, and appear on top of latest trends.
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Strategy & ChangeVodafone’s analytics team starts looking outward
Vodafone ready for long-trailered Location Intelligence services expansion. Five-year IT and organisational update ensures so-called ‘single version of truth’. IoT and security use-cases also in focus.
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Network & InfrastructureMavenir’s Cantarelli on OpenRAN vision
Vision of new flexibility and optionality in operator RAN deployments; not just a cost-slicer. 5G piece to be added to OpenRAN by end of 2019; vendors position for network densification role. Operators still to adapt themselves culturally and organisationally to exploit OpenRAN changes.
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PremiumVodafone throws down OpenRAN gauntlet
OpenRAN time appears to be coming, with supplier choice constraints evidently dominating Group thinking. Vodafone steps up rhetoric regarding potential of tech; “fast tracking” referenced. Group still in trial mode with technology, however. Firm strategy for bearers and configurations yet to emerge.
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PremiumVodafone Alumni People Moves, October 2019
Latest people movements include: Sean Mahon, Robin Bell.
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Public AffairsTop trio gain clear run on 5G spectrum
Leadership’s lobbying efforts look to have paid off, as new entrant plan fails to re-emerge and Digi is locked out.