Vodafone Group – Page 79
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Public AffairsLiberty Global deal approval triggers Deutsche Telekom
EC waives through merger, conditional on full compliance with Vodafone’s remedy package. Telekom considers legal action.
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PremiumDT up in arms over Vodafone–Liberty approval
EC waives through merger, conditional on full compliance with Vodafone’s remedy package. DT considers legal action.
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PremiumEE stormz into 5G
EE pips Vodafone to the post on 5G launch, but head-start is limited. Consumer to join the party later in year, with BT Plus converged packages. Huawei dropped from the handset list, but still providing FWA hardware.
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Public AffairsPhones 4u ‘price-fixing’ controversy continues
Latest filings on Phones 4u legal action sees operators assert commercial reasons behind end to agreements. Claims on alleged comments from O2’s Dunne on operator collaboration vigorously denied by operators. While O2 and Vodafone flatly deny, EE response keeps Dunne and Vodafone’s Guy Laurence in the firing line.
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PremiumVodafone Rest of World Region People Moves, July 2019
Latest people movements inlcude: Michael Joseph, George Njuguna, Thibaud Rerolle, Jacqueline Kalaza, Abhay Parashar, Sainath Rajagopal.
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PremiumVodafone Group People Moves, July 2019
Latest people movements include: Paul Chapple, Jennifer Gill Didoni, Nick Dixon, Justine Harris, Cornelia Schaurecker, Ninian Wilson.
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PremiumVodafone Group Alumni People Moves, July 2019
Latest people movements include: Pauline Best, Catherine Walker, Andy MacLeod, Arun Sarin, B. S. Shantharaju, Maximo Ibarra, Karsten Pradel, Mark Bowden.
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Suppliers & SCMVodacom Group spreads supply to mitigate US-China fall-out
Political storm spreading beyond Vodafone’s European homeland.
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PremiumSafaricom is the latest to introduce LTE services
Safaricom is the latest Vodafone business to launch voice-over-LTE and video-over-LTE services.
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PremiumVodafone Group gave its backing to Libra, Facebook’s planned new digital currency
Vodafone gave its backing to Libra, a new digital currency planned by Facebook. Apart from France-based Iliad Group, Vodafone is the only network operator among the initial 28 members of the Libra Association. Others in the Association include eBay, Lyft, Mastercard, PayPal, Spotify, and Uber. Each member must pay ...
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PremiumPTC flags a “strategic alliance” with Vodafone Business
US-based wireless technology specialist PTC flagged a “strategic alliance” with Vodafone Business
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PremiumVodafone Business providing IoT connectivity for Perch Interactive’s products
Perch Interactive, a retail display specialist, highlighted that Vodafone Business is providing IoT connectivity for its products.
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Strategy & ChangeVodacom Group shifts to ‘International’ enterprise play
Vodacom Business Africa moves to wider and shallower strategy, with increased commercial mindedness. Vodacom continuing to chase African powerhouse dream.
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Public AffairsVodafone Group quietly exits Iran
Geopolitics strikes again; June 2019 filing reveals exit from enterprise and network tie-up.
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Strategy & ChangeDTW19: Vodafone Germany on charge to cloud payments
Long-running, Huawei-supported project said to have been met well, with customer experience and efficiencies benefits. Some compromises made on legacy and vendor retention.
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Strategy & ChangeDTW19: Another Vodafone Group signal of coming partner platform refit
Vodafone recognises need for improvement in partner collaboration, to fuel 5G success. Chief Systems Architect looking to reshape IT, to help open-up while protecting “secret sauce”. TM Forum and University of Surrey among collaborators.
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Partnerships & AlliancesGoogle and telco: a beautiful budding relationship
Web services giant gees-up operator audience, stressing their go-to-market strength. Opportunities highlighted across network, IT, and services.
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Partnerships & AlliancesDeutsche Telekom: introvert telcos plan mould-breaking 5G party (DTW19)
DT plans to step up “conversations” with partners in a bid to ensure 5G return-on-investment. Execs concede telcos remain “quite poor” on enabling collaboration. ’Fast telecoms’-vision mooted, with repeatability across numerous services, but can traditionally closed telcos deliver? Hints of increased focus on services long-tail, and beyond flagship tie-ups. ...
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Network & InfrastructureOperators, other industries struggle for 5G commonality
5G expectations have been raised, and now need to be met: lots of talk of potential, but monetisation not clear cut. Scepticism over network readiness for advanced, challenging applications, such as in gaming and sport. Supplier establishment again chided for dragging feet on harmonisation and cloud-ification; operators stuck in ...