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PeopleVodafone Ireland CEO O’Leary goes Meta
Anne O’Leary set to exit in September for SME role at Facebook parent.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodacom seeks strategic partners for ‘Africa FibreCo’
SA group’s infra overhaul continues with plan for regional wireline play.
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Network & Infrastructure
APIs and collaboration central to metaverse entry
Vodafone’s Víctor Fernández joined on MWC panel by Meta, Microsoft, and Telefónica figures to extol metaverse virtues, with warnings of challenges ahead. Collaboration and cross‑industry coordination seen as key to scale deployment. API developments at Vodafone playing a role.
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Innovation (R&D)
Telefónica builds up metaverse momentum
Wayra unit seeks metaverse technology startups via Open2metaverse initiative. Spanish developers to get access to hub established in collaboration with Meta. Telefónica appoints Yaiza Rubio Viñuela as Chief Metaverse Officer.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Vodafone Group: senior telco execs discuss strategy
Vodafone attends get‑together on post‑pandemic priorities.
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Strategy & Change
Adobe on rise as Vodafone signals more marketing shifts
Adobe to play further role in transformation programmes over coming months. Adobe, Dentsu, Facebook, and Google point to value of symbiotic relationships with Vodafone.
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Network & Infrastructure
Telefónica gets nod for Colombian open RAN trial
Two Telefónica projects advance to a testing phase in Colombia’s Regulatory Sandbox initiative. Open RAN project builds on Internet para Todos rollout in Latin America. SOC targets real‑time network experience monitoring.
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Suppliers & SCM
BT Cloud Work seeks to allay Zoom security concerns
BT Enterprise cloud communications offering from RingCentral uses Zoom technology for video conferencing. Zoom’s widely publicised security incidents might put off business customers, but BT assures that its platform is designed to avoid such risks.
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Suppliers & SCM
Vodafone Romania picks ADVA, Edgecore for DCSG
OpCo completes “ open IP routing ” trial across seven sites. CTO hails pilot a “ smooth introduction ” to disaggregated networks.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Deutsche Telekom Group: BT holding devalued
Deutsche Telekom adds name to open source Magma initiative; Orange and TIM add theirs to DT‑backed programmes.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Operators test TIP’s tricks in backhaul
Increasingly familiar group of vendors named in results of technical RFI for OpenSoftHaul solution, run by Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica, and others.
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Network & Infrastructure
Infinera chosen to open up Telefónica Peru’s transport network
Long-time Telefónica partner selected for a commercial deployment of disaggregated gateways.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone vets join T-Mobile’s 5G innovation gang
Former Vodafone investment specialists linking up with T‑Mobile’s 5G innovation lab for twelve‑week springboard programme. 5G OI Lab also giving a leg‑up to FreedomFi, an enterprise networks specialist already making a name for itself through Facebook’s Telecom Infra Project.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica aims to jump-start OpenRAN with Rakuten
Group taps Japanese operator’s know‑how in virtualised networks through MoU. Implied suggestion that TIP collaboration not moving fast enough for commercial “end‑to‑end” deployment of open RAN architectures.
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Network & Infrastructure
Internet Para Todos breaks more ground on open RAN trail
Venture has target of reaching 13,000 rural communities in Peru by end of 2020. Telefónica now has sights set on deploying thousands of open RAN nodes in “ core markets ”.
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Partnerships & Alliances
BT takes lead on new TIP OpenRAN subgroup
Influential BT researcher in a pivotal role between operators, technologists, and standards groups on Open RAN implementation.
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Network & Infrastructure
OOPT telcos select vendors for Phoenix prototypes
Vendors selected to develop TIP’s open, disaggregated optical transponder. Operators again urge faster development.
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Financial & Performance
Jio turns into Vodafone Idea’s worst digital nightmare
Massive Google investment underscores both Jio’s domination and its ambition to develop wide range of popular digital services. Who’s Who of foreign investors, which includes digital-savvy Facebook, now accounts for nearly a third of Jio Platform equity. Vodafone’s long-term outlook in India looks even more perilous than before, after ...
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone makes candid open RAN admissions
Tenorio says industry “not scratched the surface” on systems integration. Achieving lower TCO, compared with large-scale traditional vendors, an enormous task. O-RAN Alliance doing “great job”, but smaller vendors disadvantaged. Ambition of sub-$1000 RRH pushed back until 2021. Tech still not ready for prime time in urban ...
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Network & Infrastructure
Facebook gives Jio a multi-billion pound like
Rival Jio gets fillip from hefty FDI and Facebook digital expertise. Unnamed VfI exec does not rule out similar webscale tie‑up for the embattled JV. Indian JV relinquishes last urban stronghold and is set to lose second spot overall.
