Europe
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M&AVodafone Italy hands highways infra to INWIT JV
OpCo’s divestment bulks-up INWIT portfolio, as TowerCo continues spending spree. INWIT to equip portion of new assets with IoT capabilities in “ smart road ” drive. Acquisition expected to be green-lighted before end-2021.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone eyes corporates with Unisys tie‑up
Group launches Digital Factory , offering digitalisation support and integration services for AR/VR, big data, blockchain, edge compute, and IoT. Move chimes with Business:2025 growth strategy.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vantage Towers CEO dismisses bond proxy tag
Vivek Badrinath enthuses about “ exciting business model ”. Sees scope for innovation and expansion through greater non-operator engagement. Always on the lookout for M A opportunities, but existing markets take priority if going down consolidation route.
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Strategy & Change
Group Technology toes line on “new-gen” plan
Top-down flavour to Tech 2025 initiatives as Group Finance (again) steals a lot of the Group Technology thunder, keeping ambitions in check with fiscal targets. Programme kept closely in line with Group leadership’s medium-term, twin-track ambition to refuel its commercial engine while keeping a tight rein ...
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone’s energy analytics platform rollout progresses
60,000‑plus sites across operations in twelve markets now benefiting from eSight‑enabled energy management tech. Operator’s emissions clean‑up intensifies.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone signs HERE for traffic warning R&D
5G‑enabled real‑time traffic warning system in development. Partnership takes in HERE Technologies and Porsche. Precision location and edge computing utilised. 5G Mobility Lab hosts R D project, adding to a growing list of V2X partnerships.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone said to be mulling cable network’s future
Telefónica and Onivia Networks are said to have approached Vodafone with competing solutions to tempt it to move away from HFC technology.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone hosts Dixons Carphone mobile play
Retail group set to launch MVNO proposition in the near future on Vodafone UK’s network. Dixit’s MVNO wholesale strategy making its mark.
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Suppliers & SCM
Vodafone Group furthers shake-up with open RAN vendor picks
Capgemini Engineering, Dell Technologies, Keysight Technologies, NEC, Samsung, and Wind River selected for commercial UK deployment. Vodafone top brass insists that accelerating the pace of RAN innovation, rather than cost reduction, is initial the strategic driver for open RAN rollout. Quietly trimming UK open RAN site commitment ...
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Vodafone Group: Group shells out €20m in fines
Dutch copycat in Ireland ‘ not on cards ’; sustainability front and centre with green network boost; Group shells out €20m in privacy fines .
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Vodafone Europe: Canary Islands’ Subsea cable
Subsea cable to the Canary Islands ; mce tapped for device self‑assessment .
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Products & Services
VCS expands enterprise fraud prevention
Vodafone Carrier Services set to roll out Vodafone Identity Hub to five more European markets. Built on industry initiative Mobile Connect , platform uses network data for authentication and identity verification services for businesses.
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Products & Services
Vodafone and Celfocus tackle AI‑based automation for IoT
Former Vodafone Portugal investment Celfocus has taken on its fourth cognitive automation project for the Group Network Operations (GNO) organisation. Further solutions and use-cases are already being explored to reap benefits of automation throughout the Group.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone gets down to business with MEC
Scott Petty: UK needs four to eight multi-access edge compute sites. Vodafone is first in Europe with AWS Wavelength , but early days for services. Next distributed MEC target market will be Germany later in 2021. Vodafone Business blends edge into service portfolio.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone taking NOC automation to the next level
Group says Celfocus‑supported CIAS project has now gone live in five Group markets. Former Vodafone Portugal investment is also supporting new project to automate network configuration operations.
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Suppliers & SCM
Vodafone puts Kenmei on network analytics team
Spanish vendor positions itself between network and Vodafone’s new, cloud-based analytics platforms, being overhauled with Google.
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Network & Infrastructure
Mixed Huawei 5G RAN messages remain in Europe
Vodafone Italy reportedly gets conditional approval to use Huawei 5G RAN equipment. Huawei’s position in Germany looks more vulnerable after IT Security 2.0 Bill becomes law.
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Innovation (R&D)
Vodafone steers Sony 5G test drives
Vodafone Germany is providing the 5G network for Sony’s connected‑car trials. “ Database on wheels ” the ambition, with constant communication required over stable, high‑speed network.
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Network & Infrastructure
Government offers 700MHz sweeteners ahead of auction
Tick in the box for Vodafone as it continues to struggle to secure concessions from European regulators.
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Suppliers & SCM
Vodafone UK lands on Ciena’s Blue Planet
VfUK automates RedStream transport network in legacy overhaul. Blue Planet provides orchestration software in first deal with Vodafone. New Chief Network Officer Andrea Donà reiterates “ network‑as-a‑platform ” ambition.
