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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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PremiumPalo Alto Networks and Exclusive Networks partner Vodafone Ireland on cybersecurity
Vodafone Ireland (VfIr) revealed it had recently entered into partnership with two cybersecurity specialists: US-based Palo Alto Networks and France-headquartered Exclusive Networks.
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Products & ServicesHatch and Ubitus tie-ups activate Vodafone 5G gaming push
Edge-based gaming begins to make an appearance in Vodafone’s 5G strategy. New services come from Group leadership’s One More Service playbook. VfIt takes both technical and commercial partnership routes.
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PremiumVodafone Hungary to drop UPC brand in 2020
Reports surfaced that Vodafone Hungary (VfH) intends to drop the UPC brand from as early as April 2020, as Vodafone’s central and eastern European OpCos step up their converged services strategy.
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Products & ServicesVodafone Greece enables smart waste collection system in Athens
Vodafone Innovus, Vodafone Greece’s (VfGr) Internet of Things solutions subsidiary, was reported to have helped set up a new “smart waste collection” system in Athens.
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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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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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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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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 & InfraMavenir’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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PremiumT-Mobile US wants more time for 2.5GHz testing
NatCo puts 2.5GHz through its paces ahead of proposed Sprint merger. FCC allows TMUS to take part in Auction 103.
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PremiumAxiros enlisted for T-Mobile’s push on home front
Connected-home angle to TMPL’s fibre broadband expansion drive.
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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.
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Products & ServicesT-Mobile US planning family-orientated addition to its SyncUp product set
T-Mobile US (TMUS) appeared to be planning a family-oriented adjunct to the SyncUP DRIVE connected-car product set it launched in 2016 (Deutsche Telekomwatch, #58).
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PremiumT-Mobile US files application to add US cities to 5G Innovation Partnership Zone
T-Mobile US (TMUS) was said to have filed an application with Washington State authorities to designate parts of Bellevue, Redmond, and Seattle as a 5G Innovation Partnership Zone.
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PremiumT-Mobile US suffers widespread outage
T-Mobile US (TMUS) reportedly suffered a widespread outage for a number of hours, preventing customers on the country’s east coast from making voice calls. Mobile internet services continued to work, however.
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PremiumT-Systems Switzerland to offer services via SIX’s SOC
T-Systems Switzerland (T-Sys CH) is to offer services via cybersecurity specialist SIX’s Security Operations Centre (SOC), aimed particularly at the country’s financial services sector.