Vodafone Technology – Page 21
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Vendor VoiceBMC: IT streamlining will drive network value creation
The more virtualised telco networks become, the more relevant IT experience in overseeing complexity becomes.
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OperationsVodacom sets UiPath bots in motion
RPA specialists focusing on strategy enablement rather than just cutting manual hours.
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M&AVodafone, Three open UK merger talks
Pair confirm discussions after almost a year of speculation.
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Venturing & InvestmentsVodacom–CIVH fibre venture to be called MAZIV
Investment group CIVH announces new, combined name for two fibre network players that are due to become minority interests of Vodacom.
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M&APort top-up ordered by Vodafone; rival Nowo imbibed
Some rare news of incoming M&A at retrenching UK Group, with a small add-on buyout of Portuguese rival Nowo.
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Network & InfrastructureModi hears 5G plans from Airtel, Jio but nothing from Vi
Vi keeps quiet on 5G intentions at India Mobile Congress, inaugurated on Saturday by Prime Minister Modi.
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PremiumElsewhere 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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PremiumElsewhere in Vodafone Africa: STE strikes deal with IPDC to build Addis Ababa data centre
Vodafone Foundation commits to national expansion of maternal health programme; M‑PESA leads growth in real‑time A2A transactions.
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PremiumElsewhere in Vodafone Europe: rising energy costs could delay European 5G rollouts
Vodafone Italy’s Bisio points to energy price blocker for 5G rollout; Vodafone enters domestic Spanish electricity market.
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PremiumElsewhere in Vodafone Associates & Investments: CareGame and Vi to develop cloud gaming service
Vi links up with CareGame for 5G cloud gaming; Vi Business secures partnership on integrated IoT with Trilliant.
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Venturing & InvestmentsSitetracker secures fresh investment
Vodafone- and Deutsche Telekom-backed business receives $96m cash injection.
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Strategy & ChangeSafaricom’s M-PESA will be ‘standalone entity’
M-money business will reportedly separate in coming months.
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Network & InfrastructurePower outages see mobile networks falter in South Africa
Load shedding continues to haunt Vodacom amid decline in reliable power supply.
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PremiumElsewhere in Vodafone Africa: BII commits $76m (£67m/€76m) to African Infrastructure Fund
Vodacom fibre customers suffer third‑party data breach; Vodacom broadens burgeoning financial services portfolio with new short‑term loan offering.
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PremiumVi rivals set the pace for 5G rollouts
Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio to start offering 5G services in October.
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PremiumElsewhere in Vodafone Europe: VfD introduces flexible working model
Flexible working policy introduced in Germany; VfUK signs up to Greener Litigation pledge.
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PremiumElsewhere in Vodafone Associates & JVs: Vi denies data breach
TPG taps Adtran for Gigabit upgrade; Vi denies massive customer data breach.
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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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Network & InfrastructureSouth 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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Network & InfrastructureVodacom takes 5G to Tanzania
First 5G network goes live in Vodacom’s second-largest market.