Vodafone Germany
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Financial & Performance
Telefónica Q1 FY24: modest growth to be boosted by core market catalysts, further efficiency
Group COO Vilá highlights “catalysts” in Brazil, Germany, Spain, and the UK, aiming to accelerate financial gains over the next quarter. Read more…
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Financial & Performance
Vodafone Germany to lose half of TV customer base as new tenant laws take effect
Vodafone’s largest and last standalone European market braces for a slump in performance this year while revamping operations in an attempt to revive growth. Tenant bundling law change set to accelerate longer term trend of customer losses at misfiring major OpCo.
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Network & Infrastructure
German operators respond cautiously to BNetzA’s proposed spectrum auction compromise
Three existing MNOs, which have been loudly complaining over spectrum access cost burden, would pay just under €600m for five-year rights extension under new BNetzA proposals.
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Weekly Briefings
Vodafonewatch Weekly: cost of Ethiopian expansion laid bare; another twist in M&A tale
Latest from Vodafone, affiliates and partners: Group earns security clearance for UK merger; Ethiopia optimism reiterated despite financial reality check; and TowerCo Inwit braces for reshaped Italian market following MNO reshuffle. More from South Africa, Spain, Netherlands, elsewhere…
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Financial & Performance
1&1 continues to push back against calls for German auction rethink
German challenger is at odds with established MNO rivals over how to allocate soon‑to‑expire spectrum rights.
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Network & Infrastructure
German telcos expand 4G coverage on Berlin’s U-Bahn
O2 Germany, Telekom Deutschland, and Vodafone Germany extend 4G subway network to cover all nine lines and 175 stations. 5G upgrade already in the works, as operators aim to meet Germany’s wider coverage targets along transportation corridors. Read more…
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Partnerships & Alliances
Nokia bags new fibre kit deal from Deutsche Glasfaser
Finnish vendor claims to be swapping out two competitors in fibre network provider’s installed base.
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Weekly Briefings
Vodafonewatch Weekly: ups and downs in Group’s network-sharing tie-ups and M&A; RAN mega-tender KO
Latest from Vodafone and its ecosystem, including: commencement of massive RAN tender; regional network-sharing in Australia; and UK merger with Three competition concerns mount. Elsewhere: Vodafone Business seeks role in edge compute innovation; Vodacom Tanzania facing legal action; and more consolidation prospects in the Netherlands and Spain explored…
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M&A
Telefónica grows O2 Germany stake to 97%
Group splashes a further €175m on opportunistic stake increase, bringing total spend on O2 shares over last six months beyond €2bn. Move chimes with Group strategy to increase exposure to “attractive and stable” German market, while aiding O2 with strategic recalibration…
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Network & Infrastructure
Telekom Deutschland faces uphill task to pass ten million premises in 2024
Group confirms that the ten million fibre rollout target remains valid.
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People
Vodafone Peoplewatch: senior swaps in Germany as transformation agenda beds in
20+ high-profile moves in and around Vodafone, including: new Business CEO; HR swaps in multiple markets; German consumer services team overhaul; top-level pivots in Africa; plus more across the Group…
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Content & TV
Telekom Deutschland targets tenants with UEFA EURO campaign
Commercial puts focus on the ability to switch TV providers with football as an additional incentive.
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Eventwatch
Telefónica’s Rao warns against 6G jump before realising 5G’s B2B potential
FutureNet World: O2 Germany CTIO cautions telcos against jumping into 6G too quickly and calls for improvements in enterprise sector to close gap between potential and realised revenue growth. Read more, including further views from BT and Three UK…
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Weekly Briefings
Vodafonewatch Weekly: M&A success in Africa; funding milestone in India; Microsoft getting AI-cosy in Paddington
Latest from Vodafone and its ecosystem, including: long-awaited acquisition in Tanzania that looks to be good business for Vodacom; initial answer to funding questions at Vi via Vodafone partner ABG; developments across the Group’s European operations; and more…
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Network & Infrastructure
Deutsche Telekom boss decries 1&1 5G network as ‘huge white spot’
Timotheus Höttges takes another swipe at rival during AGM speech.
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Network & Infrastructure
O2 Germany completes 5G reduced capacity trial; foresees IoT, B2B uplift, alt-4G
Operator tests RedCap terminal modules for first time in Munich, with CTIO Mallik Rao saying 4G alternative tech holds potential to “bring new momentum” to IoT sector. As O2 shows keen interest in B2B, cost reduction, efficiency possibilities. Read more…
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Weekly Briefings
Vodafonewatch Weekly: Phones 4u legal battle reignite, satcomms remain grounded, enforced M-PESA spin-out hits tax challenge
Latest from Vodafone and its partners, including revived legal wranglings in the UK over Phones 4u collusions claims, Vodafone-backed SpaceMobile still struggling to launch, Safaricom $0.5bn+ tax exposure complicating state-enforced divestment of M-PESA jewel. Plus much more…
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Weekly Briefings
Vodafonewatch Weekly: Germany goes into cost-cutting mode, while shareholder Xavier Niel grumbles about Group strategy
Lots of action in Germany this week as Vodafone announced 2,000 job cuts and new efficiency programme and fibre altnets argued the practical and competitive hurdles holding back gigabit broadband deployments. Read the full briefing…
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Operations
Vodafone Germany to axe 2,000 jobs in €400m cost-cutting drive
Vodafone Germany embarks on a cost-cutting journey with job cuts and investments going elsewhere.
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Network & Infrastructure
Germany’s 1&1 claims network prep progress, with modest site growth
German challenger expects to construct 3,000 antenna sites in 2024.