Vodafonewatch News – Page 4
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Venturing & InvestmentsWorldLink bags funding to expand Nepal coverage
Nepalese ISP WorldLink to leverage financing from British International Investment and Dolma Fund Management to expand coverage.
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People
Vodafone’s Vaz moves to Spain in CEO rejig
Mário Vaz, long-standing Vodafone Portugal CEO, takes on Spanish challenge.
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Public Affairs
Safaricom hit with boycott as Kenya protests roll on
Opposition leader names operator among “enemies of the people” enabling President Ruto’s “brutal regime”.
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M&A
4iG swaps shares to boost Vodafone Hungary stake to 70%
4iG presents growing challenge for Magyar Telekom as it builds market share.
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Financial & Performance
EU recovery funding starting to flow, delays dampen telco expectations
The EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility funding programme enters midlife with less than a third of money distributed.
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M&A
Three seeks to underscore Vodafone merger rationale
Three UK and Vodafone UK are subscale with returns below the cost of capital, says former.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Safaricom maps out drone collab progress with Astral Aerial
Drone provider Astral Aerial provides update on Safaricom partnership at the launch of the operator’s 5G Experience Centre in Nairobi.
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People
Vodafone loses its B2B chief
Vodafone Business CEO Vinod Kumar to ‘retire’ to new portfolio career.
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People
Vodafone-Altice fibre JV begins filling out C-suite
OXG Glasfaser makes double appointment of Matthias Ospelkaus as CFO and Stefan Rüter as CCO.
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People
Ndegwa says ‘no question’ over Safaricom CEO spot
Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa dismisses departure rumours as he approaches three years at the helm.
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Strategy & Change
EU must ‘get house in order’ to fight investment drain to US business
Vodafone and Telefónica chiefs among industry leaders to call for EU regulatory reform to attract investment in the bloc.
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Network & Infrastructure
i14y Lab sets multi-operator collab as ‘highest priority’ for 2023
Open RAN testing at Berlin lab to be underpinned by Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, and Telefónica collaboration.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone Spain taps Nokia for 5G core
Vodafone said to be last MNO in Spain to pick 5GC suppliers, marking the end of Huawei’s Spanish presence in core networks.
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People
Ex-Vodafone exec named CFO at United Internet
Former Vodafone executive Ralf Hartings joins United Internet as CFO.
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M&A
Vodafone–Three ‘finalising’ merger talks
Vodafone UK reportedly set to announce combination with Three UK, with finalisation of deal possible by the end of March 2023.
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Public Affairs
Vodafone Italy to axe almost 20% of workforce, says union
About 1,000 employees said to be at risk of redundancy at Italian operator, which has seen headcount steadily decline in recent years.
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M&A
Elsewhere in Vodafone Africa: Ooredoo wary of Vodacom M&A buzz
Ooredoo wary of Vodacom M&A buzz.
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Public Affairs
Vodacom cuts off police force for unpaid bills
Operator runs out of patience with South Africa Police Service.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Amdocs gets gig to cloudify its own apps
US vendor to migrate Customer Experience Suite software from on-premises platform.
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Products & Services
Elsewhere in Vodafone Europe: Vodafone UK expands edge compute partnerships to launch Salford 5G lab
Vodafone UK expands edge compute partnerships to launch Salford 5G lab.
