Egypt Telecoms News

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  Strategy & Change

  Elsewhere in Africa: Vodacom ties with Cloudflare and Appsflyer

  AppsFlyer and Cloudflare gain foothold within Vodacom ecosystem.

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  Strategy & Change

  Elsewhere in Vodafone's Associates & JVs: Vi confirms Indus Tower merger is back on

   Dutch cable switchover resumes; Subex gains a role in Vi’s IT consolidation.

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  M&A

  Vodafone Egypt sale reaches impasse; adverse event or powerplay?

  Vodafone and stc ‘keep the dialogue open’ as MoU expires. Telecom Egypt denies it has a role in enabling deal, but Vodafone’s dysfunctional local partnership appears to be complicating matters again.

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  M&A

  Vodafone Egypt sale hit by further delay

  stc seeks two more months, with due-diligence and funding in the frame. Telecom Egypt remains thornily enigmatic.

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  M&A

  Vodafone Egypt sale inches forward

  STC reportedly completes its due diligence. Potential deal still muddied by questions over 45% stake held by Telecom Egypt.

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  Financial & Performance

  Vodafone Q4 FY19–20 management update: staying the course, post-coronavirus

  Read infers Group is better placed, post-Colao for economic downturn. Della Valle confirms new, AT Kearney-inspired €1bn cost-cutting plan, after trailering move in late-2019. No disruption to Read’s M&A overhaul, beyond Egypt. Targets hit but glitchy performance, both at OpCos and Vodafone Business.

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  Network & Infrastructure

  Vodafone jumps aboard 2Africa subsea cable project

  Facebook features among consortium pals. Sign Vodafone Carrier Services has not been forgotten. Continent’s existing long‑distance networks, including those co‑owned by Group, seen as inadequate.

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  Analysis

  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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  Partnerships & Alliances

  Deutsche Telekom eyes challenge to Vodafone’s alliance network

  Vodafone has been using Partner Market arrangements since 2002 to create a strategic presence outside its own network footprint. DT is now signalling plans to create competing alliances.

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  M&A

  Vodafone’s Egypt sell-off hits road bump

  Vodafone’s plan to sell its majority stake in Vodafone Egypt (VfEg) came up against a road bump

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  Strategy & Change

  Vodafone's Egyptian exit agreed as Read’s scale-back continues

  STC to pay $2.4bn for controlling stake in Vodafone Egypt, at modest valuation. Deal aimed to close by mid-2020. Groundwork of _VOIS Egypt separation previously completed.

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  Strategy & Change

  Vodafone Shared Services gets a facelift for digital era

  Self-styled “Intelligent” division nods to shift towards automation and AI.

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  Partnerships & Alliances

  Vodafone Egypt awarded VMware Cloud Verified status

  VfEg becomes first service provider in Egypt to gain the status.

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  M&A

  Vodafone strains Telecom Egypt out of Egyptian services arm

  Awkward co‑ownership with incumbent dealt with. A step in recalibration of Shared Services — and possibly VfEg too.

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  Partnerships & Alliances

  Vodafone Egypt extends Ericsson partnership

  Egyption OpCo extends existing BSS partnership with supplier Ericsson to support 5G and IoT.

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  Suppliers & SCM

  Vodafone’s Partner and Supplier People Moves, October 2019

  Latest partner/supplier people movement highlights include: Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, Red Hat.

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  People

  Vodafone Rest of World Region People Moves, October 2019

  Latest people movements include: Aneeqah Vahed, Tanja Vermeulen, Nuno Duarte, Marwan Amin, Zeinab Sono, Tushir Malik, Sahil Verma.

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  Financial & Performance

  Vodafone Egypt fined, following service outage

  Vodafone Egypt fined EGP 10m, for service disruption.

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  Partnerships & Alliances

  Vodafone Egypt chosen as digital partner for new healthcare system

  VfEg among the beneficiaries of a local visit in May 2019 by Liam Fox, UK Secretary of State for International Trade The visit was accompanied by the signing of new partnership agreements. 

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  Network & Infrastructure

  Nokia supports VfEg on user data consolidation project

  Simplification and cloud buzzword boxes ticked.

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  Financial & Performance

  Vodafone’s ‘other’ division continues slide to background

  Currency weakness dampens Region’s growth. Division out in the cold, with strategic plans focusing elsewhere.

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