Europe
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Network & InfrastructureVodafone’s German fibre JV in ‘next phase’
Vodafone Germany reportedly expects binding offers for fibre-building venture next month.
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Strategy & Change
Vodafone weighs risk of Gen Z customers
Vodafone sees potential risk in younger generation.
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Partnerships & Alliances
INWIT joins Open Fiber for rural network boost
Vodafone and TIM’s towers JV to expand FWA to rural Italy with state-owned wholesale operator.
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Financial & Performance
Vodafone Q1 FY22–23: overall resilience masks in-country patchwork and continuing M&A hiatus
Familiarly solid set of results met with familiar lack of notable strategic activity.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Safaricom works Vodafone links to expand in IoT
Link-ups formed with Innovus and IoT.nxt in bid to kickstart IoT business.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone closing in on German fibre joint venture
Reports suggest a deal could be announced by the end of August 2022.
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Venturing & Investments
Vodafone UK calls for bold ambition for 5G standalone network
OpCo calls on government to take lead on advanced 5G and encourage investment; recommends full‑fibre policy approach for “full 5G”.
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Strategy & Change
Vodafone Romania trims workforce as part of “repositioning plan”
Longstanding executives look set to leave as OpCo pivots away from basic connectivity to value‑added services in “adjacent markets”.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Vodafone Europe: Vodafone Germany stores go green
VfD stores go green.
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Corporate
Elsewhere in Vodafone Group: Arch Summit 2022 details surface
Arch Summit 2022 teased; Elisa Polystar acquires Cardinality.IO.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone pairs with Telecom Italia for rural 5G
Italian operators partner to win public tenders for 5G coverage in rural regions.
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Operations
Vodafone revs green fleet across Europe
VPC fleet is 30% electric, with plans to hit accelerator in the transition.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone gets Real on voice scam prevention
RealNetworks’ KONTXT software to be piloted for six months in Germany.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vantage in ‘smart-site’ tech update to evade energy risk
Project comes in response to need for more detailed power billing to key clients, including Vodafone.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone Germany tackles phone waste with Closing the Loop
German OpCo launches One for One initiative with e-waste specialist.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Vodafone Europe: Vodafone Spain fined for GDPR breach
Vodafone Spain fined nearly €4m for violating customer data protection regulations; VfUK requests licence variation from regulator to refarm 4G spectrum, in tandem with VM O2.
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Operations
Vodafone Germany flaunts “future-ready” working concept in Kerpen
Work complete following “several million-euro” investment.
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Public Affairs
Battle lost against OTE’s free broadband upgrades
National telecoms regulator rejects Vodafone request to stop OTE’s new broadband deals.
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M&A
Vodafone UK keeps cards close to chest on M&A
VfUK CEO Ahmed Essam sees in-market mobile consolidation as “no silver bullet”.
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Consumer (B2C)
Vodafone sticks to TV guns despite subscriber declines
TV customer base in Germany fell by 309,000 in the past year.
