All Vodafone Group articles
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Network & InfrastructureBackup batteries drain Vodacom funds and dent ESG targets
ZAR 683m ploughed into project Energiser to deploy backup power to mitigate load shedding risk.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vantage in ‘smart-site’ tech update to evade energy risk
Project comes in response to need for more detailed power billing to key clients, including Vodafone.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone Germany tackles phone waste with Closing the Loop
German OpCo launches One for One initiative with e‑waste specialist.
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People
T-Mobile stakeholder SoftBank International swaps CEO
Alex Clavel to replace Michel Combes after short five‑month tenure.
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People
Vodafone Ireland CEO O’Leary goes Meta
Anne O’Leary set to exit in September for SME role at Facebook parent.
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Strategy & Change
UK’s new Digital Strategy ‘lacks long-term vision’
TechUK claims new strategy would need to be updated in 2024 to ‘remain relevant’.
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Financial & Performance
Vi nears funding target as state equity conversion looms
Cash‑strapped Indian joint venture closes in on INR 200bn fundraising target.
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Network & Infrastructure
Private equity firms make joint bid for Deutsche Funkturm
KKR‑led consortium reportedly submits binding offer for controlling stake in Deutsche Telekom’s German towers business.
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Network & Infrastructure
Gaia-X builds following beyond Europe
Signs of international momentum for European data sovereignty project.
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Operations
Vodafone Germany flaunts “future‑ready” working concept in Kerpen
Work complete following “several million-euro” investment.
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Products & Services
Vodacom takes zero‑rating international
ConnectU services launched in DRC, and readying for release in Lesotho, Mozambique, and Tanzania.
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Products & Services
Vodafone seeks developers for Digital Asset Broker
Economy of Things platform efforts led by Group veteran Jorge Bento.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodacom in network-sharing talks with Axian in Tanzania
Discussions kick off after Axian Telecom’s recent acquisition of Millicom’s mobile network operations. Axian talks of “significant investment” in Tanzania over next five years.
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Network & Infrastructure
5G auction finally going ahead in India
Set to commence after two-year delay.
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Suppliers & SCM
Vodacom tightens up supply chain amid trade turbulence
Group’s International businesses team up on adoption of Vodafone’s central Network Stock System.
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Operations
Vodafone quietly settles long‑running patent battle
TOT Power Control and Top Optimized Technologies withdrew all confidentiality and patent infringement claims in late‑2021.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodacom seeks strategic partners for ‘Africa FibreCo’
SA group’s infra overhaul continues with plan for regional wireline play.
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Network & Infrastructure
SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3 nears launch
Vodafone partner AST SpaceMobile sets date for LEO satellite launch.
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Public Affairs
Phones 4u claims telco “culture of impunity” as collusion trial begins
Phones 4u seeks to depict cavalier attitudes towards competition law among executives on the UK mobile scene as it attempts to prove operators colluded to cause its collapse.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone NZ targets independence with SAP integration
New Zealand operator and Vodafone Partner Markets ally flags SAP cloud solutions migration.
