All Vodafone Group articles – Page 74
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Strategy & ChangeNew Ethiopian OpCo sticks with Safaricom marque
New business formally named. ECA grants operator full operating licence, effective from 9 July. Ethiopia seen as early target for Vodafone’s satellite venture with AST.
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Public AffairsUzan family sues Vodafone and others for $68bn
Turkish clan of business tycoons claims its assets were illegally seized and sold by the state. Vodafone’s 2005 acquisition of Telsim among the family’s grievances. Group denies all allegations of contributing to defraud the Uzans.
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PeoplewatchTPG sets out vision with refreshed exec line-up
Three senior appointments look to drive TPG growth ambitions in fixed wireless, enterprise, and customer experience improvement. Expertise drawn from TPG Corp. and Vodafone’s European OpCos.
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Suppliers & SCMBT, Vodafone “actively pushing” procurement collaboration
BT and Vodafone procurement chiefs back Trust Your Supplier to bring harmony to telco purchasing. Vodafone eventually to “mandate” Trust Your Supplier use. Collaboration between operators key to simplification and digitalisation of the industry, claim Cyril Pourrat and Ninian Wilson.
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PeoplewatchVodafone’s Ethiopian OpCo gets a leader
Anwar Soussa takes job as first MD of as-yet-unnamed OpCo. Industry veteran brings M-PESA experience. EOC plans and ownership remain vague.
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PremiumVodafone’s energy analytics platform rollout progresses
60,000-plus sites across operations in twelve markets now benefiting from eSight-enabled energy management tech. Operator’s emissions clean-up intensifies.
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PremiumVodafone taps DOCOMO Digital for direct carrier billing
Turkish OpCo teams up with long-time Group enabler to provide customers with payment security on Huawei’s AppGallery marketplace.
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PremiumVodafone said to be mulling cable network’s future
Telefónica and Onivia Networks are said to have approached Vodafone with competing solutions to tempt it to move away from HFC technology.
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Products & ServicesPartners tapped for Vodafone IoT device update
Cradlepoint, Digi International, and Teltonika Networks named device provider partners for latest Integrated Terminals iteration. Vodafone-branded and -managed LTE-powered IoT suite given new lease of life.
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PremiumVodafone hosts Dixons Carphone mobile play
Retail group set to launch MVNO proposition in the near future on Vodafone UK’s network. Dixit’s MVNO wholesale strategy making its mark.
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Suppliers & SCMVodafone Group furthers shake-up with open RAN vendor picks
Capgemini Engineering, Dell Technologies, Keysight Technologies, NEC, Samsung, and Wind River selected for commercial UK deployment. Vodafone top brass insists that accelerating the pace of RAN innovation, rather than cost reduction, is initial the strategic driver for open RAN rollout. Quietly trimming UK open RAN site commitment from 2,600 ...
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Strategy & ChangeGroup Technology toes line on “new-gen” plan
Top-down flavour to Tech 2025 initiatives as Group Finance (again) steals a lot of the Group Technology thunder, keeping ambitions in check with fiscal targets. Programme kept closely in line with Group leadership’s medium-term, twin-track ambition to refuel its commercial engine while keeping a tight rein on investment. Headline ...
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PremiumVodafone signs HERE for traffic warning R&D
5G-enabled real-time traffic warning system in development. Partnership takes in HERE Technologies and Porsche. Precision location and edge computing utilised. 5G Mobility Lab hosts R&D project, adding to a growing list of V2X partnerships.
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Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in Vodafone Associates & JVs: ACCC says ‘I told you so’
ACCC says ‘I told you so’ over TPG merger’s impact on competition.
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Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in Vodafone Africa: Vodacom debuts new products
Safaricom rival Ethio making hay in m-money; Vodacom debuts new products in youth market and SMME lending; Aziz back on radar in Tanzania.
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Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in Vodafone Partner Markets: Oman appoints CFO
du and Philips form e-health partnership; Proximus subsumes Mobile Vikings; Vodafone Oman appoints CFO.
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Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in Vodafone Europe: Canary Islands’ Subsea cable
Subsea cable to the Canary Islands; mce tapped for device self-assessment.
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PremiumVodafone TV seeks AI smarts with Kaltura and AWS
Next phase for cloud-based Vodafone TV is applying ML and AI. Operator also exploring MEC via AWS partnership for low-latency TV services.
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PremiumVodafone people moves: Czechs ring the changes
Brazdilova takes Commercial top-spot at Vodafone Czech Republic, with Rutherford out and Hoerová back. Transformation Director Girault heads for the door amid broader Group Technology reshuffles. Turkey’s Aksoy names his team with Enterprise and Marketing appointments.
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Products & ServicesVodafone Carrier Services expands enterprise fraud prevention
Vodafone Carrier Services set to roll out Vodafone Identity Hub to five more European markets. Built on industry initiative Mobile Connect, platform uses network data for authentication and identity verification services for businesses.