All Vodafone Group articles – Page 75
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PremiumVodafone Q4 FY20–21 headlines: footing regained and Group ready for climb
Top execs keen to portray Vodafone as ready for bounce-back. Top-line recovery remains Africa- and Germany-centric. Signs domination of efficiency drives may have run course and revenue base needs a boost.
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PremiumVodafone Q4 FY20–21 guidance: capex bill causes pushback
Group opens up with medium-term growth commitments. However, City analysts appear irked by cash flow uncertainties stemming from spend to fuel that growth.
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PremiumVodafone Q4 FY20–21 spend: a rare loosening of the purse strings
Leadership keen to assure that RoI will dictate where capex flow is directed. Lack of opex focus suggests digital efficiencies programmes could be in for a reboot.
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Suppliers & SCMThe Nucleus Option: Vodafone bets big on Google
Vodafone promises data-driven business revolution by shifting to cloud-native data management and analytics platforms. Group sees “hundreds” of opportunities for business improvement in both commercial and operations spheres. Deal will come with Hotel California concerns surrounding Google hookup. Roadmap unclear for huge undertaking. Questions yet to be answered over ...
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Partnerships & AlliancesAmdocs sets up shop on Vodafone’s Tomorrow Street
Long-time Vodafone partner signs strategic tie-up with scale-up incubator and offers digital transformation services to portfolio companies. Amdocs flags intention to market Tomorrow Street-backed solutions.
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Partnerships & AlliancesVodafone tools up for data-driven future
Group is deploying tools from Mehrwerk and Qlik to help implement its ‘digital first’ strategy. VodafoneZiggo is using Qlik Sense to turn its workforce into ‘data-driven employees’.
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Network & InfraEthiopia tender win: gov talks up Vodafone’s ‘quality’
Safaricom-led consortium emerges as sole new entrant in damp squib of an auction. Group’s rare move into new market muddied by competitors’ apparent wariness regarding risks in Ethiopia. Only two bidders emerge for new licences. Fears of incumbent’s political heft added to suitors’ macro uncertainties. Plan for an Ethio ...
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PeoplewatchKanaris takes helm at Vodafone Romania
Senior-level musical chairs at eastern European OpCos. Murielle Lorilloux moves to Vodafone Business. Top spot at Vodafone Albania up for grabs.
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Venturing & InvestmentsElsewhere in Vodafone Associates & JVs: TPG set for FWA launch; Vi shifting away from Huawei
TPG set for FWA launch; Vi transitioning away from Huawei; INWIT agrees to equip Milan metro with 5G-friendly DAS technology.
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Premium3G sunsets accelerate amid re-farming push
After Germany and the Netherlands, more Vodafone businesses are laying out plans to repurpose 3G spectrum for 4G and 5G networks.
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Products & ServicesVodafone Italy’s GameNow goes live
Edge-based gaming platform was first announced in September 2019.
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PremiumVodafone people moves: Chief Network Officers named across European footprint
Following the lead of Vodafone UK Networks Director Andrea Donà, CNOs were named at a handful of European OpCos, including some external appointments. Former Vi executive Narayan takes Lyca Group CEO job and sets lofty ambitions for MVNO strategy turnaround.
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Analyst ReportVodafonewatch Report #195 – April 2021
Key stories include: Della Valle on driving digitisation | Vodafone Business resets for 2025 | VPC eyes new partnership models | MVNOs come back into fashion | Joosub hints at M-PESA rejig
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Strategy & ChangeVodafone CFO: Shared Services at the heart of digital strategy
Finance’s Shared Services division was spark for Group’s digital strategy. Vodafone Group CFO Margherita Della Valle is not “empire building”. Shared Services drives efficiency, but not immune from cuts.
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Suppliers & SCMRicoh flags widening Vodafone role
Longstanding IT services partner expects to have more opportunities in areas such as digital workplaces, data and analytics, and cloud infrastructure.
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Suppliers & SCMVodafone’s supply chain unit targets enterprises with ‘buying club’
New procurement service for enterprise customers and Partner Markets. Marketplace aggregates tail spend to control procurement costs.
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Products & ServicesVodacom eyeing M-PESA’s biggest money transfer yet?
M-commerce froth suggests possible eight-figure valuation for M-PESA. High-profile friends could add further appeal. Joosub showing signs of monetisation interest, possible temptation.
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Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in Vodafone Partner Markets: Vip Mobile adopts A1 marque; MTS partners Ericsson on 5G lab
Developments from around Vodafone’s soft-power network; A1 Telekom’s Serbian unit adopts A1 marque; MTS partners Ericsson on 5G lab.
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InterviewVishal Dixit: MVNOs are vital to Vodafone UK growth
Conversations with potential UK MVNO partners are “in the double digits”. Asda Mobile and Virgin Media deals exemplify OpCo’s new approach to MVNO partnerships. OpCo moving away from a ‘computer says no’ approach to MVNOs.
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Products & ServicesJoosub hints at pan-African ambitions for Vodacom’s Super App
Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub says Alipay-backed “Super App” could “transform the continent”. Super App’s enterprise offering will build on current VodaTrade and VodaPay functionality, with Vodacom targeting SMEs in its expanding financial services goals.