Vodafone Strategy & Change – Page 11
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PremiumVodafone Hungary unveils 5G base station
VfH activated what it called the country’s first “live and permanent” 5G base statio
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Public AffairsVodafone UK to switch off 3G, following inefficiencies
Plans are reportedly being hatched for VfUK to switch off 3G within the next two-to-three years.
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Suppliers & SCMVodafone Idea’s network-supplier radar picks up Samsung
Threat of Huawei ban leaves VfI fearful of constrained supply.
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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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PremiumTests underway to offload Vodacom South Africa’s mobile traffic
VdSA reportedly in tests to offload its mobile traffic onto VAST Networks’ open access Wi-Fi network.
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Strategy & ChangeVodafone Group Foundation joins play for innovation partnerships with Ventures arm
Vodafone’s Group Foundation is adds new, “commercial” layer to its Connecting for Good strategy.
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Strategy & ChangeTomorrow Street bedded in, says exiting CEO
Cramer says more collaborative, matchmaking approach to partner innovation is paying off. Lessons learned from Group’s stifling of past startup acquisitions and investments. Technoport indicates Vodafone links adding value.
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Strategy & ChangeWibergh trailers next five-year plan for Group Tech
Johan Wibergh, Chief Technology Officer of Vodafone, used the Arch Summit to provide a teaser on the Group’s coming “Technology 2025” strategic update, and a glimpse into leadership’s latest thinking about how it can protect revenue and relevance as challenges continue to mount.
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Strategy & ChangeVPC tightening up act with SCM Control Centre
Ninian Wilson, Global Supply Chain Director at Vodafone, used his keynote at Arch Summit to highlight ongoing digitisation of Vodafone Procurement Company’s (VPC) internal functions as it continues to spearhead efforts to drive cost out of the Group’s P&L.
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Strategy & ChangeVodafone Group seeks to shore base with ‘One More Service’ plan
The Group is refreshing its defensive commercial strategy. Marginal-gains mission handed to all OpCos and central functions.
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Products & ServicesVodafone Group’s NB-IoT footprint continues to spread
Covered markets now number 14, but detailed data on progress still light. NB-IoT collaboration proves a Partner Markets selling point.
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Strategy & ChangeVodafone gets out of the way on M-PESA expansion
Vodacom and Safaricom given licence to pursue “M-PESA 2.0”.
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Products & ServicesVfEg deploys Red Hat’s Cloud Suite to upgrade website
Agile technology and ways-of-working accentuated.
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PremiumVodafone Germany tests 5G SA base station with Ericsson, EMITE
Group starts to look beyond non-standalone 5G.
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PremiumVodafone Group shifting advertising functions in-house
Operator’s relentless focus on supply chain savings extends to media management. Group Commercial looking increasingly keen on media analytics sideline.
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Public AffairsVodafone-Afrimax partnership takes another blow
African market realities continue to bite Vodafone’s regional partner Afrimax Group, as a second of the operator’s business units hit difficulties. Another setback for Vodafone’s diminishing Partner Markets federation as flagship sub-Saharan African commercial and operational collaboration is reduced to just one territory.
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Strategy & ChangeVodafone Group puts on a new look in Canada
The renaming of Vodafone’s local unit gives a nod to recent years’ increased interest in ties with Canadian vendors and operators.