All Public Affairs articles – Page 15
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Operators keep hold of licence fee ‘windfall’
Vodafone gains a win in a licence fee dispute its current regulatory bête noire. Group looks set to keep £54m returned after courts find against Ofcom once more.
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Vodafone drops Unitymedia brand as legal action looms
German OpCo appears sanguine over legal challenge to Unitymedia merger approval. Hannes Ametsreiter hails new era with “one network, one brand, one tariff”.
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Vodafone wins 4G patent claim
Vodafone won what appeared to be a partial victory against a long-running 4G patent claim made by Munich-based patent house IPCom
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Vodafone Idea faces TRAI criticism
India’s operators, including Vodafone Idea (VfI), faced continued criticism over the issue of dropped call rates, after the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said it was maintaining focus on improving voice service quality.
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Vodafone UK launched Smart Vision IoT suite
Vodafone UK (VfUK) launched a suite of Internet of Things (IoT) smart surveillance solutions, called Smart Vision.
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Operators set to retain licence fee windfall
BT Group looks set to keep £82m returned after courts found Ofcom had not followed due process in introducing hefty licence fee hikes.
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Ofcom’s quarterly complaints report good news for EE
Ofcom’s quarterly Telecom and Pay TV Complaints report revealed comparatively positive numbers for BT Consumer’s fixed broadband and landline offerings, but mixed results in mobile, with EE excelling compared with a struggling BT Mobile.
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Ofcom rebukes phone ‘locking’ policies
EE and rivals including Vodafone UK were rebuked by Ofcom for continuing the practice of ‘locking’ mobile phones to their networks.
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Ofcom drops Openreach investigation
Ofcom dropped an investigation into Openreach’s handling of excess construction charges (ECC) relating to business lines installed since 2014.
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New UK Telco Infrastructure Bill introduced
BT Group would have been pleased by indications that a bill aimed at making it easier for broadband providers to access apartment blocks in the face of unwilling landlords had received broad support.
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Pressure rising in AGR relief negotiations
Supreme Court ruling puts the squeeze on VfI over €7bn fee bill.
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UK MNOs’ coverage claims “misleading”
Vodafone UK (VfUK) and rival mobile network operators (MNO) EE, Telefónica UK, and Three UK were accused of misleading the public with outdoor network coverage claims
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Vodafone tops complaints list for UK customers
Vodafone UK (VfUK) secured a triple-play whammy by attracting the most customer complaints of any British telecoms player in the quarter to 30 September 2019.
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Ofcom releases Wholesale Fixed Telecom Market Review
Vodafone UK (VfUK) gave a lukewarm response to the publication of consultation documents relating to British regulator Ofcom’s Wholesale Fixed Telecoms Market Review
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O2 dodges bullet as Huawei capped
Industry looks set to be given three years to firewall Huawei, with potential 35% cap on High Risk Vendors. O2’s longstanding links with Ericsson and Nokia mean operating business avoids costly replacement programmes that major rivals must implement. Security officials position the decision as largely a clarification and formalisation ...
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New emission-reduction programme launched by Telefónica
Sustainability strategy flagged at UN’s COP25, including energy consumption requirements.
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Telefónica Deutschland commits to sustainability loan
Telefónica Deutschland claimed to be the first German telecoms company to have signed a “sustainability-linked loan”, in an effort to link financing costs with its environment, social, and governance (ESG) rating.
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Telefónica admired by Fortune
Telefónica Group was the most highly rated European telecoms operator in Europe within Fortune magazine’s annual ranking of The World’s [300] Most Admired Companies.
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Operators own up to 2015 coverage target misses
NatCo claims to have met household coverage targets set at 2015 auction. None of Germany’s three MNOs meets 100% targets along transport routes. BNetzA yet to test operators’ coverage claims.