EMEA Telco Leaders – Page 296
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Public AffairsEthiopian opportunities in pipeline for Vodacom Group
Expectations rising for market entrance mooted as far back as 2010.
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Public AffairsVodafone Group’s lunar 4G project loses thrust
Snag with partner PTScientists’ finances.
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Public AffairsVodafone Group working with Mencap to improve IoT accessibility
Vodafone is working closely with learning disability charity Mencap, to make IoT-enabled technology more accessible.
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Public AffairsVodafone Group facing lawsuit over patent contention
Vodafone is facing a lawsuit at the High Court in London over a long-running 4G patent claim made by Munich-based IPCom.
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Public AffairsLiberty Global deal approval triggers Deutsche Telekom
EC waives through merger, conditional on full compliance with Vodafone’s remedy package. Telekom considers legal action.
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Products & ServicesVodacom South Africa launches m-payment offering
VdSA collaborated with MasterCard to create VodaPay Masterpass.
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Products & ServicesVodafone Germany among operators officially launching Mobile Connect
Vodafone Germany and rivals Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica Deutschland finally made an official launch of Mobile Connect.
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Strategy & ChangeTMPL completes two-year convergence reboot
Polish NatCo’s transformation moves forward with long-awaited fibre bundles. NatCo still has point to prove, to rise into Group’s Converged Leader category.
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PremiumDT up in arms over Vodafone–Liberty approval
EC waives through merger, conditional on full compliance with Vodafone’s remedy package. DT considers legal action.
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Suppliers & SCMTDE likely suspect as Adtran trims revenue guidance
Supplier anticipates revenue dip after ‘European tier-one’ customer tightens purse strings.
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PremiumTDE makes tentative 5G start with limited rollout
Vodafone launches 5G after TDE, with more aggression on coverage. Huawei still under review.
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PremiumH1 FY19: confident Telefónica cruising on
Telefónica on track for year, with management confident long-running strategy is beginning to pay off. Revenue and profit growing organically, but change in accounting standards may be flattering numbers. Operating costs floating up on digital transformation projects and to fuel the value-add commercial strategy. Latin America enterprise business growing ...
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Public AffairsOfcom imposes more openness on EE and industry
The UK regulator is requiring more transparency from communications providers with new rules coming into force in 2020.
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PremiumBT Group signs as lead sponsor for England football team
BT to feature as a high-profile FA partner through £50m sponsorship deal, Wembley to continue as key showground for emerging EE services.
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PremiumEE promotes its 5G network at Glastonbury Festival
EE maintained sponsorship of the Glastonbury Festival in June 2019 for the sixth year running, and used the event to promote its newly launched 5G network.
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PremiumEE fined by ICO for unwanted marketing messages
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fined EE £100,000 for sending more than 2.5 million direct marketing messages to its customers without their consent.
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PremiumBT Group confirms its BT Sport app will soon support 4K video
BT reportedly confirmed its BT Sport app for mobile, tablet, and large-screen devices will be able to support UltraHD 4K HDR video streaming quality from “later this summer”.
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PremiumEE launches a new range of home broadband plans
EE launched a new range of home broadband plans that include access to BT Sport and Apple TV 4K.
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PremiumBT Group considering significant investment in Britbox
BT is reportedly mulling a multimillion-pound investment in BritBox, the BBC and ITV’s joint subscription video-on-demand service due to launch in the UK later in 2019.