Vodafone Financial & Performance
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Network & InfraVodafone Turkey triples budget for joint data centre project
A $100m investment has brought Vodafone Turkey’s new Izmir data centre online, and the ‘scalable’ facility is set to attract another $200m in the coming years to quintuple capacity and establish a ‘Mediterranean hub’.
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Network & InfraVodafone welcomes ‘committed funding’ of new German fibre partner
Patrick Drahi’s Altice has finally exited OXG Glasfaser, selling its 50% stake to Société Générale, underscoring Altice’s debt-reduction drive while reinforcing Vodafone’s long-term commitment to the OXG project.
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Network & InfraTrusted agentic AI: DT and Vodafone automate identity management for sovereign-ready network compliance
Translating dense legal jargon into network access rules with telco-grade IAM (identity and access management) traditionally takes weeks of manual engineering with error risk. Explore how Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone are applying ‘governed intelligence’ and a “Legal LLM” to shrink this critical infrastructure compliance latency to hours, with zero trust and human-in-the-loop, unlocking efficiencies and new high-value sovereign revenue streams.
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Financial & PerformanceVantage Towers: German growth engine sputters on unresolved 1&1, Vodafone disputes
Germany has further cemented its position as Vantage Towers’ leading growth contributor, but is also becoming its biggest source of risk. Amidst existential challenges in other markets, disputes involving both 1&1 and anchor tenant Vodafone Deutschland threaten to cloud otherwise strong operational performance.
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Financial & PerformanceDigi Romania ‘mature’ but ‘dynamic’ as it reaches mobile parity
Having drawn level with Orange and Vodafone, Digi Romania now wants to get its nose in front in the market’s three-horse mobile subs race.
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Financial & PerformanceVodafone’s Indian revival side-story: Vi declares ‘year of execution’ after first-ever customer base growth
In-depth (another of Vodafone’s low-key £1bn+ bets): local management promote inaugural net customer adds as evidence that 5G-led revival is coming through, putting operator on the road to competitive (and financial) recovery, if only yet more funding secured…
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Financial & PerformanceVodafone: strong start to year adds traction to ‘new chapter’ growth narrative
Q1 FY26–27 overview: Vodafone has delivered one of its strongest quarterly updates in recent years, buoyed by Africa consolidation and improving conditions in key European markets, prompting management to raise FY guidance and talk with increasing confidence about a ‘new phase’.
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Financial & PerformanceVodafone rises as Africa bulks up, Europe steadies
Q1 FY26–27 in-depth: Vodafone’s largest markets appear to be moving forward together for the first time under CEO Margherita Della Valle, even if challenges remain. Germany has found firmer footing, UK integration is advancing, and consolidation of Safaricom has strengthened African contribution…
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Financial & PerformanceVodafone to keep cutting costs, shedding jobs — raises ‘efficiencies’ goals and guidance
Q1 FY26–27 spend & guidance: EBITDAaL outlook upgraded despite M&A integration costs, reflecting confidence in reshaped portfolio in both Europe and Africa, supported by amping-up of widescale efficiencies programme beginning to generate tangible benefits, including job cuts.
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M&AVodacom chief dismisses prospect of Vodafone Egypt takeover
Shameel Joosub says no plans to replicate Vodacom’s recent move on Kenya’s Safaricom to take full control of star performance Vodafone Egypt, but suggests an interest should co-owner Telecom Egypt shift its stance.
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Network & InfraItalian towers industry ‘stalled’ as INWIT–MNO contract dispute rumbles on
INWIT chief Diego Galli delivers a stark warning on the future of Italy’s telecoms infra market, arguing that contract disputes with key tenants and uncertainty over spectrum renewal are freezing investment at a critical moment for national connectivity.
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Financial & PerformanceVodafone Romania advances in Telekom asset integration
Operator says customer migration and network consolidation after TRMC asset buy is progressing ahead of schedule, but “higher competitive intensity” has seen a decline in customer numbers and continued pressure on ARPU…
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Financial & PerformanceVodafone Business quietly enters Group’s ‘growth’ agenda
Q1 FY26–27: B2B improvements mean division is an increasingly important part of the turnaround story, driven by cloud, cybersec, and SaaS, underpinned by deals with digital services allies.
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M&AFrom bitter critic to anchor investor: Xavier Niel replaces e& as Vodafone’s largest shareholder
In-depth: Audacious French telecoms tycoon snaps up e&’s stake in a €5bn transaction. Niel expresses confidence in strategic direction and ‘value creation potential’, just two years after expensively venting frustration at ‘mismanagement’…
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M&AVodafoneThree networks chief: merger remedies more ‘asset’ than ‘burden’
Chief Network Officer Andrea Donà has framed strict regulatory remedies as an “engineer’s paradise” as the UK operator sets about its £7bn network integration programme.
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Financial & PerformanceVodafone’s Della Valle declares start of another ‘new chapter’
FY25–26: CEO considers the Group to be ‘stable’ and ready to kick on towards milestones promised over past few years: revival in Germany, growth in B2B, and broad-based free cash flow momentum across the Group. Questions remain over whether new chapter brings Vodafone any closer to a happily ever after…
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Financial & PerformanceVodafone’s Vi stake diluted further as Indian operator nets injection
Group exposure reduced yet again as promotor peer Aditya Birla Group injects $500m, just as Vi claims to turn a corner.
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Financial & Performance‘Invest or die’ at Vodacom, Vodafone keeps things flexible
FY25–26 Spend: Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub sees no need for nuance in justifying capex plans; Vodafone’s Margherita Della Valle is more measured as capital intensity programme builds in flexibility and future investment even as network outlay tapers in key markets.
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Financial & PerformanceGuidance: more to emerge in Vodafone’s new growth story
Vodafone hits upper end of guidance and hopes to carry momentum into the next FY. Mid-term targets are far looser, with ‘new chapter’ strategy focused on approach rather than deliverables.
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Financial & PerformanceFamiliar bumps on Vodafone’s road to recovery
FY25–26 In-depth: Group’s headline numbers look healthy with most metrics moving in the right direction, but underlying challenge remains in Germany and promise of hope from Africa yet to fully materialise. UK benefits from merger bulk-up but scale is no guarantee of market share…