All Vodafone Germany articles
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PeoplewatchVodafone Peoplewatch: IT and Networks leadership changes across Europe
March 2026 update, including senior IT, legal, and procurement appointments in Europe; integration impacts felt in the UK and Romania; Europe Cluster network operations lead picked from Vodafone Turkey; Safaricom targets fixed business…
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Analyst BriefingVodafonewatch MWC roundup: satcomms centre stage; AI-RAN advancing
Analyst Briefing: Satcomms, D2D, edge compute, and AI-RAN were among the focus areas for Vodafone in Barcelona…
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Network & InfraVodafone heralds ‘next evolution’ as AI-RAN moves from theory to application
MWC26: CTO Scott Petty and network strategy chief Marco Zangani highlight work with vendors push AI deeper into the network as tech moves ‘from theory into practice’…
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Analyst BriefingVodafonewatch: redrawing the European footprint (again)
Analyst Briefing: unerringly upbeat CEO Margherita Della Valle pitched German turnaround (again), UK merger integration (at pace), and more M&A (Ziggo, towers, and beyond). Elsewhere, Amdocs gets in on cable overhaul; Cornerstone considers micro-edge compute options …
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Financial & PerformanceIn depth: headline numbers mask Vodafone’s in-market challenge
Q3 FY25–26: Vodafone’s Q3 followed a familiar narrative of missed expectations, but optimism untouched. Management has brushed aside concern that headwinds will continue into the next FY in both Germany and the UK, with claims that the foundations are in place to propel the Group’s largest OpCos to growth. Resilient performance elsewhere kept Vodafone on the straight and narrow.
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Financial & PerformanceVodafone guidance: plenty of confidence in these ‘early days’
Q3 FY25–26: Vodafone set to come out of the year at the upper end of free cash flow and EBITDAaL guidance, with new CFO Pilar López picking up on the CEO’s positive view of things moving forward.
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Financial & PerformanceMore of the same: Vodafone leans on outposts as core OpCos wobble
Q3 FY25–26: CEO Margherita Della continues to repeat optimism about the potential for a turnaround in Germany and progress in the UK, but Q3 earnings are yet to back her up in earnest. Wider European industry could be in for reform, however, and the CEO remains confident that Vodafone will be well placed to capitalise…
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Suppliers & SCMVodafone taps Amdocs for German cable platform simplification
Vodafone Germany looks to complete ‘gradual migration’ from legacy tech to simplified infrastructure.
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Analyst BriefingVodafonewatch: IT leadership rejig; RAN upgrade kick-off
Analyst Briefing: Vodafone continues its European IT management reshuffle; pushes on with German open RAN rollout; and talks network autonomy roadmaps. Meanwhile, VOIS speaks up; the future of former OpCo Vodafone Spain; and IoT goes NTN with Skylo tie-up…
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Network & InfraVodafone takes ‘effort versus value’ approach to autonomous networks
Zero-touch lead Mabel Pous-Fenollar argues for case-by-case network and operations automation, determined by an ‘effort versus value’ evaluation, to secure quick wins on the road to Level 4…
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Suppliers & SCMVodafone a “frontrunner” partner as Ericsson seeks new opportunities in “flattish” RAN market
In depth: Upbeat Ericsson management present FY25 earnings complete with organic growth and progress in efficiency programmes. CSPs said to be willing to invest despite muted RAN outlook, as Vodafone namechecked for its ‘physical AI’ groundwork…
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Network & InfraVodafone tiptoes into German open RAN party
In depth: Cementing its status as a top-five territory, Germany’s state-stimulated ORAN love-in continues. Local Vodafone OpCo confirms plans for modest-but-symbolic deployments this year, with all of the nation’s MNOs now advanced from test to deployment…
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Analyst BriefingVodafonewatch: rewiring Europe’s digital landscape
Analyst Briefing: Vodafone and European telco peers weigh up the implications the overhauled Cybersecurity Act and the all-new Digital Networks Act, reworking how the industry operates. Elsewhere, M&A in Europe and Africa; SpaceMobile ‘validated’ by gov contract win; and Turkey expands fibre reach with wholesale deal…
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Public AffairsGerman fibre players cautiously welcome BNetzA’s copper switch-off plans
German telcos and industry bodies issue guarded welcomes of German regulator’s latest regulatory plans to enforce copper shutdown in parts of the country, although timeline for the switch-off still not firmed up…
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Network & Infra‘No other choice’: 1&1 to sue BNetzA over spectrum extension move
Challenger operator CEO Ralph Dommermuth tells Handelsblatt that he intends to sue the regulator for spectrum licence extension decision that “ruled out” 1&1. “This is not OK”…
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Analyst BriefingVodafonewatch: M&A ripples in Europe, debt reprieve in India
Analyst Briefing: European M&A, some of Vodafone’s own making, shifts the Partner Markets landscape; AGR pressure lifted for Vi as India’s gov commits to reassessment; and reports suggest change in the office for OXG Glasfaser ownership…
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M&AAltice seeks buyers for OXG Glasfaser as co-owner Vodafone sees promise — report
Patrick Drahi-owned Altice has reportedly revived efforts to exit German fibre JV, even as Vodafone highlights improved build momentum…
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PeoplewatchVodafone Peoplewatch: CSR influence secured, Ventures leadership renewed
January 2026 update: Vodafone sustains influence in the industry’s CSR alliance, adds a COO to recently acquired B2B services provider Skaylink, and names new Vodafone Ventures leadership…
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Analyst BriefingTelefónicawatch: another JMAP-era exec exits; Gayo gets buying; IT vendors net handouts
Analyst Briefing: Round-up of the latest developments at Spain’s re-morphing incumbent, as 2025’s dramatic strategy and personnel changes continue all the way up to the end of the year. Finance chief Laura Abasolo’s departure is confirmed, as part of another top exec layer rejig. And partnerships with Prosegur and Nato move forward as Group targets tech growth. Read more…
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Products & ServicesVodafone seeks to rebuild trust in voice with network APIs
Vodafone has launched a caller ID network API in the UK, with US voice security partner Hiya ‘buying in’ to Group’s ‘novel’ standards-based approach to building consumer trust…