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Public AffairsRead tries to whip up support for Huawei
CEO calls on Europe not to blindly follow USA. Read warns excluding Huawei will harm Europe much more than the USA. UK fudge to cap and firewall Huawei 5G kit; bans ZTE altogether. EU echoes UK, delegating ultimate decisions to member states.
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PremiumVodafone Hutchison Australia taps Nokia for 5G launch
Nokia lands five-year deal in Australia’s post-Huawei landscape. Berroeta lauds the Finnish vendor’s “advanced 5G roadmap”. 5G launch slated by 30 June 2020.
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PremiumVodafone Idea preps 5G trials
Project comes with questions growing over whether VfI will live to see 5G era, however.
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PremiumVodafone goes to the 5G edge with Amazon
AWS Wavelength promises 5G latency times in “single-digit milliseconds”. Vodafone Business spearheads AWS Wavelength rollout in Europe.
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PremiumVodafone Group reaffirms opposition to private spectrum auctions
Vodafone offers stark warning against German plans to auction spectrum to private industry. German, UK, and US governments edging towards private spectrum auctions; telcos left nervous.
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PremiumChina Mobile, Vodafone Idea cloud tie up said to be on cards
VfI understood to have met with China Mobile in late-2019.
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PremiumNew cities added to Open Fiber footprint
Market additions point to healthy relationship, despite both partners dancing around Telecom Italia.
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PremiumVodafone Germany’s Deutsche Glasfaser tie-up eyes new territory
NatCo embarks on ‘lease and operate’ partnership. Two parties aim to connect “entire municipalities” with fibre.
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PremiumVodafone UK loosens exclusivity terms with CityFibre
NatCo claims move will accelerate UK FTTP growth. Backs new FTTP trial with Openreach in Salisbury.
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Premium3G sunset nears as Vodafone Group preps re farming push
JV is one of first Group businesses to push button on spectrum switchover.
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PremiumVodafone pulls support from Facebook’s Libra
Vodafone backtracked on its support for the Libra Association, the Facebook-led crypto currency initiative
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PremiumVodafone backs 5G Future Forum
Vodafone was among several heavyweight operators to give their backing to 5GFF. Joins América Móvil, KT, Rogers Communications, Telstra, and Verizon Communications.
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PremiumVodafone Greece tests 5G networks in Trikala
VfGr began testing 5G in the city of Trikala as part of e-Trikala, the city’s digital initiative
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Products & ServicesVodafone Italy, HDI partner to launch telematics-based insurance policy
Italian insurance provider HDI Assicurazioni launched HDI Insieme, a telematics-supported policy created in partnership with Vodafone Italy and Vodafone Automotive.
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PremiumVodafone Spain and Huawei launch Andalucían 5G project
VfS flagged the start of a 5G pilot project in Andalucía alongside network partner Huawei Technologies.
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Strategy & ChangeVodafone UK to cut hundreds from its workforce
VfUK continued to trim its workforce through a move to reduce staff manning the OpCo’s network operations centres. CTO Scott Petty: “The way we run networks is fundamentally changing”.
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PremiumOlive Communications signs deal with Vodafone UK
Olive Communications, a UK-based cloud communications provider, flagged it had agreed a new five-year reseller deal with Vodafone UK.
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PremiumVodafone Egypt awarded VMware Cloud Verified status
VfEg becomes first service provider in Egypt to gain the status.
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Products & ServicesVodacom working on API gateway
Vodacom Group is working on exposing application programming interfaces (API) to customers and partners through a gateway.
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PremiumVodafone savings not yet impacting African business
Vodafone’s drive to squeeze “industrial savings” out of tower infrastructure in Europe and India does not yet appear to have extended to its African footprint.