Vodafone Group
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Venturing & InvestmentsSitetracker secures fresh investment
Vodafone- and Deutsche Telekom-backed business receives $96m cash injection.
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Strategy & Change
Vodafone brand ditched in New Zealand
Telco to be rebranded as One New Zealand in early-2023.
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Public Affairs
Demand grows for UK Databank as living costs rise
Virgin Media O2, Vodafone, and Three donate mobile data to support internet connectivity for 500,000 people, as households struggle.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodacom ties with Eskom to lighten the energy load
Vodacom and Eskom launch pilot in bid to halt repeated power outages.
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Operations
TPG Telecom unleashes revamped wholesale unit
FTTB Wholesale moniker ditched in favour of Vision Network; will offer tiered residential services.
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Network & Infrastructure
NEC flags open RAN “caution” among brownfield operators
Senior exec blames open RAN timidity on “delayed validation”.
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Strategy & Change
DT “walks the talk” on supply chain emissions
NGMN IC&E 2022: sustainability requirements introduced for largest suppliers in June.
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M&A
Vodafone ‘lines up Vantage Towers suitors’
Operator reportedly invites private equity firms to participate in auction.
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Network & Infrastructure
NGMN conference puzzles over 6G
Deutsche Telekom Chair of Communication Networks at TU Dresden believes talk of cellular generations is for “dinosaurs”.
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Partnerships & Alliances
MOWEA kicks off deployment in Germany
NGMN IC&E 2022: Vodafone partner to start installing micro wind turbines on German towers in September.
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Operations
New _VOIS premises for the “Bride of the Mediterranean”
New space to provide 1,000 new jobs.
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M&A
Vodacom edges closer to Vodafone Egypt buyout
Local reports claim Vodafone has obtained regulatory approval.
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Innovation (R&D)
SpaceX supports launch of SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3
New communications satellite to fill phone and data coverage gaps.
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Venturing & Investments
Vi equity conversion appears imminent as speculation intensifies
Local media raises volume ahead of long-awaited government deal.
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Suppliers & SCM
Vantage Towers signs new billing partner
BillingPlatform handed five-year deal to support Vodafone TowerCo’s “future growth initiatives”.
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Network & Infrastructure
South African regulator proposes 2G, 3G shutdown
Drafted ICASA policy document suggests 2G shuttering in 2024, with 3G to follow in 2025.
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M&A
Open Fiber–Telecom Italia merger “welcome”, says Colao
Italy’s Innovation Minister open to deal as long as “competition is maintained”.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone NZ continues disentanglement from Vodafone
Former Vodafone outpost completes three-year programme to upgrade and migrate multiple IT systems away from ex-parent.
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Products & Services
Vodafone set to bring CPI+ pricing strategy to Spain
Spanish media reports indicate Vodafone tariffs will be linked to Consumer Price Index from January 2023.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodacom takes 5G to Tanzania
First 5G network goes live in Vodacom’s second-largest market.
