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Digital EditionVodafonewatch Report #212 - December 2022
Key stories include: CEO Read to exit after agenda derailed | Reeling Group seeks billion+ in savings | Vantage’s mega-deal end game ‘still on’ | Energy demand tops network priority list | Vodacom makes move in foreign infra
- Strategy & Change
BEE revamp further erodes Group’s Vodacom holding
Overhaul of Vodacom’s BEE ownership arrangements dilutes Vodafone’s stake to 60.5%.
- Partnerships & Alliances
Mobecom SwitchedONBenefits tie-up expanded
Australia-based mobile solutions specialist Mobecom highlighted advances in a “multi-phase” engagement with Vodacom South Africa (VdSA).
- Network & Infrastructure
Network supplier switch-out disrupts VdSA
Another supplier management issue hits South African OpCo.
- Network & Infrastructure
VfNZ primes for fibre assault with Vocus
JV aims to exploit regulatory changes surrounding UFB and fibre access regulation.
- M&A
Tanzanian share buyout looks to move on a step
Deal would strengthen Vodacom control over Tanzanian subsidiary, at a time when market consolidation is bubbling under.
- Partnerships & Alliances
India: Amdocs highlights billing revamp progress
Telecoms IT specialist Amdocs flagged further work with Vodafone India (VfIn) on billing system modernisation.
- Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone Egypt: Fixed-line expansion talks back on
Saga of VfEg’s plans to gain larger wireline platform continues to drag on.
- M&A
Vodafone Greece firms up CYTA wireline add-on
VfGr adds another item to Group’s pragmatic, ‘build, buy, and partner’ wireline portfolio.
- Partnerships & Alliances
VfUK dims Project Beacon in London
Active network-sharing agreement with Telefónica UK in London starts to unwind, as previously mooted.
- Innovation (R&D)
Vodafone roams and explores enterprise IoT growth
Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom complete Europe’s first international roaming trial using 3GPP‑backed standard.
- Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone lays down OpenRAN gauntlet to vendors
Vodafone and Telefónica expand attempts to challenge established suppliers’ RAN modus operandi.
- Digital Edition
Vodafonewatch Report #211 – October 2022
Key stories include: Drahi is man for FibreCo plan | Group back in the M&A Hutch | Tech boss Wibergh steps down | Ecosystem preps for Arch 2022 | NOWO deal adds Portuguese bulk
- Suppliers & SCM
Vodafone calls for cooperation to cut supplier emissions
Scope 3 emissions in focus at NGMN industry conference.
- Network & Infrastructure
TPG sets 3G network end date
Spectrum re‑farming to extend to 900MHz band as operator focuses on 4G and 5G networks.
- Vendor Voice
BMC: IT streamlining will drive network value creation
The more virtualised telco networks become, the more relevant IT experience in overseeing complexity becomes.
- Strategy & Change
Elsewhere 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.
- Digital Edition
Vodafonewatch Report #210 – September 2022
Key stories include: Hungarian exit confirmed | SpaceMobile assesses funding options | Vantage up for auction? | Egypt buyout advances | Ghana sale disputed
