All VodafoneThree articles
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Network & InfraVodafone talks up eRedCap potential as IoT gets ‘chaotic’
With RedCap still in its relative infancy, Vodafone IoT is already looking ahead to the emergence of the next-gen ‘enhanced’ RedCap, tracking growing demand for applications above LPWA’s capabilities, but without the cost and complexity of full 5G.
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Analyst BriefingVodafonewatch: one in, one out as group completes deal double
Analyst Briefing: A positive Q1 performance followed by completion of a pair of major, structural deals in Europe helps CEO Margherita Della Valle lead the Group into a new phase, and suggests multi-year footprint rethink is beginning to deliver tangible results. Elsewhere, European towers trouble, questions of SatCo revenue potential, and AI gets physical in Albania…
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Financial & PerformanceVodafone rises as Africa bulks up, Europe steadies
Q1 FY26–27 in-depth: Vodafone’s largest markets appear to be moving forward together for the first time under CEO Margherita Della Valle, even if challenges remain. Germany has found firmer footing, UK integration is advancing, and consolidation of Safaricom has strengthened African contribution…
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Financial & PerformanceVodafone to keep cutting costs, shedding jobs — raises ‘efficiencies’ goals and guidance
Q1 FY26–27 spend & guidance: EBITDAaL outlook upgraded despite M&A integration costs, reflecting confidence in reshaped portfolio in both Europe and Africa, supported by amping-up of widescale efficiencies programme beginning to generate tangible benefits, including job cuts.
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Financial & PerformanceVodafone Business quietly enters Group’s ‘growth’ agenda
Q1 FY26–27: B2B improvements mean division is an increasingly important part of the turnaround story, driven by cloud, cybersec, and SaaS, underpinned by deals with digital services allies.
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Strategy & ChangeUK’s giffgaff goes ‘AI-first’, revamps tech org and stack
Virgin Media O2 innovative flanker brand highlights tech, leadership, operational, and organisational changes as it seeks to up competitive game in challenging market (and boost the operator’s lines of defence against discounting competitors). As giffgaff embraces AI, execs assure over future of its community-centric model.
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Analyst BriefingVodafonewatch: tower turbulence and AI acceleration
Analyst Briefing: the European towers industry watches on as Vodafone-backed INWIT battles MNO discontent in Italy; Vodafone reaps the rewards of early security and compliance grunt work as it accelerates AI adoption; satco SpaceMobile continues with familiar ups and downs; and more from Africa, Europe, elsewhere…
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Public AffairsVodafone avoids court in no-admission settlement with UK franchisee claimant group
Vodafone has drawn a discreet line under a high profile dispute with dozens of UK franchise partners, reaching an out-of-court settlement that should minimise further reputational broadsides over allegations of unscrupulous pandemic-era behaviour.
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Analyst BriefingVodafonewatch: Xavier Niel places multibillion-pound bet on Vodafone’s transformation story
Analyst Briefing: CEO Margherita Della Valle’s two-year restructuring programme proves enough to convince Xavier Niel of Vodafone value; satco-telco standards need work; regional outposts promote AI innovation; more from across Europe and Africa…
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Analyst BriefingVodafonewatch: the making of a pan-African telco giant
Analyst Briefing: Vodacom takes a majority stake in Safaricom; Vodafone and Google Cloud get ‘pragmatic’ with a network autonomy blueprint; another Tomorrow Street alumnus picks up a Vodafone commercial deal; and we record the latest senior exec changes from Germany and beyond…
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Products & ServicesUK telcos eye 2026 for latest number verification API launch
BT and Virgin Media O2 set to launch Number Verification 2.0 API during 2026, with Vodafone — having already deployed the technology in the UK — moving to roll out the technology in other European markets. Operators highlight new capabilities unlocked with the latest version, and success of close collaboration on wider API rollout…
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Network & InfraVodafoneThree turns to video AI to streamline mobile network upgrade
UK network operator deploys Vyntelligence tech to enable remote site audits in a bid to improve safety and efficiency as it delivers a massive £11bn network integration and upgrade programme.
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Network & InfraOptimising Virgin Media O2 joins BT and VodafoneThree in laying down 2G switch-off schedule
Operator seeks to free up frequencies as 2G switch-off to begin in 2029. Spectrum to help VM O2 catch up with rivals on network capacity and strengthen 4G and 5G services. However, Ofcom notes “clear expectations” in place around support for 2G-reliant customers…
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Partnerships & AlliancesVodafoneThree extends CityFibre deal into the realm of backhaul
CityFibre takes on the role as preferred backhaul supplier at VodafoneThree mobile sites as part of renewed, “long-term” wholesale fibre deal. The arrangement builds on more than a decade of collaboration between the pair on fixed broadband.
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M&AVodafoneThree networks chief: merger remedies more ‘asset’ than ‘burden’
Chief Network Officer Andrea Donà has framed strict regulatory remedies as an “engineer’s paradise” as the UK operator sets about its £7bn network integration programme.
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Partnerships & AlliancesVirgin Media O2 trials telco cloud voice-enhancement with Mavenir
Mobile core network software seeks to improve call clarity for users with hearing loss as well as enhancing customer experience. Move sits within £1.4bn Mobile Transformation Plan and backdrop of other operators also turning to 5G standalone and AI to restore voice as a value add…
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Analyst BriefingVodafonewatch: marking UK MOCN milestones
Analyst Briefing: VodafoneThree makes network integration strides in the UK; Oz MOCN underpins TPG confidence in Vodafone’s return; and the Group signs wholesale deals in largest markets to monetise existing infra assets. More from across Europe, Africa, beyond…
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Financial & PerformanceFighting fibre with fibre: BT Consumer goes hyper-local in counter-attack against challengers
FY25–26: BT CEO Kirkby trumpets a marginal return to broadband customer growth as an early sign of a Consumer comeback.
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Financial & PerformanceThree cheers for London: Community Fibre achieves cash-positivity, returns to rollout, adds mobile multiplay
FY25/Analyst Briefing: upbeat and staunchly local altnet resumes build-out and ups ambitions, now partly self-funding as possibly first UK-fibreco to turn cash-positive following strong FY25. Also debuting highly-competitive mobile bolt-on bolstering fixed-mobile convergence challenge…
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Analyst BriefingVodafonewatch: Vodafone treads uneven road to recovery
Analyst Briefing: Vodafone says it is turning a page but the same old storyline persists: challenge in Germany, market share pressure in the UK, and emerging market headaches in Africa. Progress has been made, though, and CEO Della Valle is happy to talk it up.