All Vodafone UK articles
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People
Latest Vodafone people moves: revolving doors at Business
Host of changes for Vodafone Business at Group, Ireland, and UK level, with Nick Read bagging the top job (for now) at digital infra firm.
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Financial & Performance
‘We are changing’: Vodafone CEO Della Valle assures more improvement is coming in largest markets
H1 FY23–24: Vodafone reports a “solid start” to fiscal year as Margherita Della Valle sets about transformation effort, pitching new era of right-sized operations to restore operator to growth.
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Financial & Performance
Vodafone’s problem children: German remedial progress, Spain disowned, UK betroved, Italy seeks paramour
Vodafone Europe H1 FY23–24 insights, including Germany still needing to navigate TV exodus; regional organic growth; the happier story at remnant smaller markets; and more…
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M&A
Two down, one to go: Vodafone gets serious about M&A in Italy
H1 FY23–24: CEO Margherita Della Valle signals Italy is next in Group’s “right-sizing” initiative for struggling European markets as strategy in motion for Spain and UK.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone urges top operators to shoulder responsibility on scaled open RAN adoption
Vodafone’s Head of Open RAN Francisco Martín Pignatelli emphasises duty of ‘top 20’ operators in supporting smaller players on their “open RAN journey”.
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Network & Infrastructure
UK MNO trio call for deadline extension as Shared Rural Network stagnates
Laggards Three, VM O2, and Vodafone ask for two-year delay to interim timeline to account for claimed planning permissions and pandemic obstacles. EE smugly maintains committment.
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Premium
Andrea Donà: 5G and MPNs a collective responsibility
Vodafone UK Chief Networks Officer Andrea Donà issues enterprise customer plea as digital “democratisation” at risk.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone part-breaks with tradition through expanded radio kit supply contest
Open, disaggregated tech gets key role as Vodafone confirms plans for Europe- and Africa-wide, 170,000-site RAN supplier refresh.
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People
Vodafone people moves: Spanish shuffle underway as Chairman steps away
Vodafone Spain President António Coimbra will not renew his mandate, and will be replaced by the operator’s CEO, Mário Vaz.
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M&A
MPs warn of “terrible consequences” of Vodafone–Three “cartel” as security put in merger spotlight
MP disquiet on prospect of Chinese part-ownership of UK’s largest mobile network appears closely tied to union Unite’s ‘dossier’ outlining national security threat, as shadow of Huawei ban looms large.
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Network & Infrastructure
EE’s 3G to be shuttered by spring
Operator provides further details on 3G shutdown, with finalisation expected by March next year, nationwide sunset to begin in January.
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Strategy & Change
Vodafone–Three merger lobby turns to 5G rollout, NHS rescue
Vodafone–Three lobbying campaign targets 5G SA, MPNs, and the future of the NHS as Chief Networks Officer Andrea Donà issues enterprise customer plea.
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Strategy & Change
Vodafone UK to ship customer care overseas
Portion of customer care operations set to be transferred to _VOIS Egypt and contact support specialist Webhelp in South Africa.
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Premium
Vodafone closes in on UK Redstream network evolution
Vodafone UK enters into final phases of Redstream Evolution project, which will converge all customers onto single network.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone kickstarts open RAN, Huawei gets the boot
UK deployment begins in earnest as operator seeks 2,500 open RAN sites by 2027.
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People
Vodafone people moves: Safaricom calls in reinforcements after Chair exit
Michael Joseph leaves Safaricom’s Board in Kenya, with Dr John Mosonik and Murielle Lorilloux joining as Non‑Executive Directors.
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Network & Infrastructure
BT and partners take step forward with 5G SA R&D
Group leans on Ericsson and Nokia tie-ups for 5G standalone innovations as BT seeks frontrunner status against UK competition.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone places 5G SA at heart of cloud gaming ambition
Vodafone and Ericsson trial 5G SA network slice for cloud gamers.
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Suppliers & SCM
Germany seeks high-risk compromise as operators maintain reliance on Huawei
Vodafone and its peers may get time to wean themselves from Huawei dependency as Germany looks set to water down high-risk restrictions.
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Premium
Elsewhere in Vodafone Europe: Vodafone hits 90% 5G coverage in Germany
Vodafone hits 90% 5G coverage in Germany.