All Vodafone Oman articles
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M&AHelios Towers warms up for Middle East kick-off
All boxes ticked in infra company’s long-delayed buyout of Omantel’s towers.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Vodafone Partner Markets: VfNZ links up with Nokia on 5G-Advanced and 6G
Sunrise acquires energy provider’s telecoms business; Vodafone New Zealand agrees MoU with Nokia to develop 5G‑Advanced and 6G use‑cases.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Elsewhere in Vodafone Partner Markets: Vf Oman partners Tamimah for government-enabled services
Major network outage throws further doubt on Rogers–Shaw combination.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Vodafone Partner Markets: A1 Telekom snaps up STEMO
Canadian competition authority rejects Rogers–Shaw mega-merger; Vodafone New Zealand takes full control of retail stores JV.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Vodafone Partner Markets: Cyta’s bold 5G claims
Cyta claims Cyprus will be first to reach 100% 5G population coverage in EU; Rogers’ Q4 FY21 profits down 10% on last year; Vodafone Qatar builds submarine cable station to extend Vodafone Group-backed 2Africa subsea cable.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone’s Omani partnership finally goes live
High-profile Partner Markets ally opens up services and stores. Debut comes followed prolonged setup process. Operator stresses “digital-first” credentials. Group executives welcome debut.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone Oman opens new HQ
Partner Markets’ greenfield operator expected to launch services “very soon”. Taps Ericsson for network and Netcracker for BSS.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Vodafone Partner Markets: Proximus launches regional fibre JV
Developments from around Vodafone’s soft-power network: Get-go for Proximus’s regional fibre JV; MTS firms up tower spin out ambitions; NZ operator parts company with Vodafone Group’s Tobi.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Vodafone Partner Markets: MTS acquires Factorin
Developments from around Vodafone’s softpower network. MTS acquires control of Factorin. SoftBank continues satellite broadband endeavours. Musical chairs at Tele2.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere 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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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone boosts takings from Partner Markets allies
Soft-power federation increases contribution to the Group, amid footprint expansion. Relationship formed upon exit from New Zealand appears one significant driver. Africa and Americas gaps cloud Vodafone’s ‘global’ credentials.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone Oman launch pushed back
Flagship greenfield alliance for Vodafone’s Partner Markets federation continuing to be hit by delays. Bureaucratic hurdle cleared, but launch still appears some months away.
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People
Vodafone moves: M-PESA readies for growth; Vi’s Vora departs
Vi CTO Vishant Vora steps down leaving a vacancy. Several changes in Germany across departments. M-PESA gets a CTO to aid expansion. Former VGE CEO gets board position; Cheang named Huawei security lead.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone’s Omani adventure falling behind schedule
High-touch operational relationship with Vodafone does not appear to have prevented launch programme from backing up. Drags could be a reputational worry for challenged Partner Markets federation, and Group as a whole.
