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Products & Services
Vodafone to smarten up Paddington
Recent Vodacom acquisition IoT.nxt flags incoming Vodafone HQ smart-tech install.
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Partnerships & Alliances
BT guards Microsoft Azure Sentinel
Cloud security partnership presages Microsoft’s anointing as one of three strategic security partners for BT. Group unveils tailored managed security services to support software giant’s SIEM product. More new offerings on way to support Microsoft cloud applications.
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Products & Services
Vodacom tags Alipay to launch digital services “super app”
Partnering a world-leader may be indicative of ambitions for mobile payments, and maybe also e-commerce. Early stage African venture for Alipay, but strategic investor Alibaba has been spinning up regional strategy for several years. Where do M-PESA and Safaricom fit?
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Enterprise (B2B)
Vodacom Business Africa extends to Middle East
VBA now supporting IP-VPN services in twelve Middle East countries. Major footprint expansion beyond Africa — complementing Vodafone.
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People
Parisse bids adieu to Vodafone
Products & Services Director Stefano Parisse leaves the Group. Replaced by Vodacom and M-PESA hand Phil Patel. Fond farewells, including flypast from ex-CEO Colao. Further shift from Colao Italian technocrat to Read international axis?
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Deutsche Telekomwatch roundup — June 2020
Deutsche Telekomwatch roundup — June 2020 Source: Deutsche Telekomwatch #94 Group Partnerships MobiledgeX, Deutsche Telekom’s edge computing platform spin-out, unveiled what it called a “demand-side” initiative, branded Seamster. The aim, said MobiledgeX, was to capture and model enterprise use-cases surrounding 5G and edge computing, and accelerate ...
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Products & Services
Radianz bulks up in blockchain with VALK partnership
Asset management services provider VALK adds its Corda-based blockchain product to BT’s Radianz Cloud.
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Venturing & Investments
Deutsche Telekom makes proxy quantum leap with IDQ
DT-backed quantum security player’s latest family of QRNG chips targets massive base of IoT devices and smartphones.
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Products & Services
Telefónica picks new banking buddy
Commerzbank’s comdirect to support refresh of O2 Germany’s O2 Banking service, after break-up of relationship with launch partner Fidor Bank.
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Vodafonewatch roundup — May-June 2020
The latest Vodafone Group news from around the world from Vodafonewatch #186. Group changes see Partner Market expansion; a sustainability pledge; and blockchain endeavours. In Europe: VfUK flagged partnerships in cyber security; VfD continues 5G work; VfIT gets Microsoft deal.
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Products & Services
Vodafone’s Secure Net ‘passes 20 million mark’
Flagship One More Service offering continues to expand base
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Products & Services
O2 switches out banking partner
Fidor relationship, formed in 2016, does not appear to have set world alight.
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Products & Services
Deutsche Telekom preps road tests of homemade IoT Hub
Soon-to-be independent IoT division asserts itself with “truly agnostic” solution. Onboarding of friendly enterprise customers imminent. IoT Hub designed to provide path towards managed services revenue.
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Telefónica’s ElevenPaths in collaboration with Google Cloud’s Chronicle
ElevenPaths agreed a “strategic collaboration” with Chronicle, Google Cloud’s cybersecurity solutions subsidiary.
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GSMA flags Movistar Negocios IoT deployment
GSMA trumpeted the apparent success of Movistar Negocios’s deployment of a range of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions as part of its Beyond Connectivity promotional campaign.
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Movistar Play IPTV platform gets Colombian original series
Telefonica premiered its first Colombian-made original series on the Movistar Play IPTV platform in mid-April 2020.
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Telefónica Soluciones bags Spanish defence contract
Telefónica Soluciones, Telefónica España’s principal IT services subsidiary, was awarded a €4.89m contract from Spain’s Ministerio de Defensa.
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Products & Services
Vodafone shutters Bit and puts focus on yu
Closure a sign of Spanish OpCo’s move to a more fleet-footed go-to-market strategy.
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Public Affairs
Vodacom plays ball with CompCom on data pricing
Compromise found to help SA’s low-income groups access mobile data. Price elasticity expected to take sting out of sharp price cuts. Auction of 4G- and 5G-friendly spectrum still slated for late-2020.
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Vodafone Business Poland launched for enterprise services
Vodafone returned to Poland with the creation of a new subsidiary to push business-to-business (B2B) services to local enterprises.