Vodafonewatch News – Page 24
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PeopleVantage Towers: CEO Badrinath scarpers as Vodafone TowerCo charts KKR-fuelled ‘next phase’
Vivek Badrinath, three-year founding CEO at Vantage, unexpectedly leaving by the end of year to head back to family in France. Exit comes amid change of ownership (and, likely, reset), as Vodafone cedes control of European TowerCo to private equity.
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PeopleSafaricom installs KCB’s Waititu as fintech lead
Operator brings in Esther Waititu as Chief Financial Services Officer.
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PremiumVodafone: EMS “slows everything down” in 5G cloud network; calls on vendors to fix
Operator network consultant says typical Element Management System is a blocker to OSS automation.
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PremiumSafaricom swaps in new Ethiopian CTO
Greenfield network roll out lead Pedro Rabacal exits, with Safaricom networks chief James Maitai taking over.
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M&AVodafone CEO lauds Vodacom amid M&A speculation
Della Valle says pan-African operator is “one of the best assets in the Group”.
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Financial & PerformanceQ3 FY22–23: top-heavy Vodafone reassesses life choices under Della Valle
Interim boss solidifies play for top job with new found love of simplicity and autonomy (her own domains excepted).
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PremiumVodafone completes withdrawal from Hungary
4iG Group and Corvinus tie up the acquisition of Vodafone Hungary.
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PremiumA year on, Vantage reassures ops overhaul ‘is working’
TowerCo remains on “journey” when it comes to realigning its production function, and smoothing out logistics challenges arising from the global supply chain crunch.
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PremiumSafaricom gets political ducks in row with Ngumi replacement
Operator confirms appointment of lawyer Adil Arshed Khawaja as Chairman.
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PremiumVodafone launches LEO satellite trials in Turkey
Turkish operator partners local SatCo to test 4G/5G satellite speeds.
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PremiumVodafone people moves: Vodacom consumer chief exits
Jorge Mendes, Chief Consumer Business Officer, leaves Vodacom Group after 23 years at the operator.
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PremiumDigital Barriers: take two for surveillance-as-a-service mobile video scaleup
UK video surveillance tech scaleup has refreshed ambitions following a capital injection by 3i and new product platform for expansion alongside key partners Vodafone and Intel.
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PremiumAST SpaceMobile to boost 4G in Brazil with TIM
SatCo ties with TIM to trial roll out of 4G coverage in rural areas of Brazil.
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PremiumIndus Towers posts loss as pressure piles on ailing client Vi
TowerCo forced to make large provision against ‘doubtful debts’.
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PremiumVodafone closes Newbury HQ sale
Operator to lease portion of the campus but vacate three buildings.
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PremiumHigh hopes: Sitetracker on re-imagining TowerCo InfraOps
Asset management software player gaining clients as infra operators seek to escape outdated practices and tech. Reference win with Vantage Towers seeing vendor support IT transformation accompanying TowerCo’s independent growth ambitions.
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PremiumVodacom lands 2Africa subsea cable in South Africa
2Africa subsea cable system extended to Vodacom network facility in Gqeberha, South Africa.
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PremiumEx-Vodafone boss Colao to help steer General Atlantic ship
Vittorio Colao, former Italian minister and Vodafone CEO, named Vice-Chairman for EMEA at equity firm.
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PeopleLiv Garfield emerges as candidate for Vodafone top spot
Former Openreach executive is reportedly being considered to fill vacant CEO role following Nick Read’s departure.
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Network & InfrastructureGerman telecoms watchdog threatens white spot fines
BNetzA reportedly intends to issue €50,000 fines per location after operators concede delays to rollout.