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Analyst ReportVodafonewatch Report #183 – February 2020
Key stories include: Düsseldorf to form TowerCo HQ | Group plans SoHo excursion | DT eyes Partner Markets challenge | Read concerned by HRV rationing | Court revives Australian merger
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Strategy & ChangeTelefónica hits ground running with restructuring plans
Hispanoamérica expected to be put on a par with Partners Program operators as Group prepares for sale and encourages local independence. Latin American billionaires float a majority stake acquisition of local assets, with Telefónica a minority shareholder, but individual OB sales still a prospect. Morgan Stanley working on Telefónica ...
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Public AffairsRead tries to whip up support for Huawei
CEO calls on Europe not to blindly follow USA. Read warns excluding Huawei will harm Europe much more than the USA. UK fudge to cap and firewall Huawei 5G kit; bans ZTE altogether. EU echoes UK, delegating ultimate decisions to member states.
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PremiumVodafone Hutchison Australia taps Nokia for 5G launch
Nokia lands five-year deal in Australia’s post-Huawei landscape. Berroeta lauds the Finnish vendor’s “advanced 5G roadmap”. 5G launch slated by 30 June 2020.
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Strategy & ChangeVodafone's Egyptian exit agreed as Read’s scale-back continues
STC to pay $2.4bn for controlling stake in Vodafone Egypt, at modest valuation. Deal aimed to close by mid-2020. Groundwork of _VOIS Egypt separation previously completed.
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PremiumVodafone Idea preps 5G trials
Project comes with questions growing over whether VfI will live to see 5G era, however.
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PremiumVodafone goes to the 5G edge with Amazon
AWS Wavelength promises 5G latency times in “single-digit milliseconds”. Vodafone Business spearheads AWS Wavelength rollout in Europe.
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PremiumVodafone Group reaffirms opposition to private spectrum auctions
Vodafone offers stark warning against German plans to auction spectrum to private industry. German, UK, and US governments edging towards private spectrum auctions; telcos left nervous.
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PremiumChina Mobile, Vodafone Idea cloud tie up said to be on cards
VfI understood to have met with China Mobile in late-2019.
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PremiumNew cities added to Open Fiber footprint
Market additions point to healthy relationship, despite both partners dancing around Telecom Italia.
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PremiumVodafone Germany’s Deutsche Glasfaser tie-up eyes new territory
NatCo embarks on ‘lease and operate’ partnership. Two parties aim to connect “entire municipalities” with fibre.
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PremiumVodafone UK loosens exclusivity terms with CityFibre
NatCo claims move will accelerate UK FTTP growth. Backs new FTTP trial with Openreach in Salisbury.
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Premium3G sunset nears as Vodafone Group preps re farming push
JV is one of first Group businesses to push button on spectrum switchover.
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PremiumVodacom joins Cell C circlers
Talks centre on a subscriber add-on but apparently do not cover spectrum.
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PremiumVodafone pulls support from Facebook’s Libra
Vodafone backtracked on its support for the Libra Association, the Facebook-led crypto currency initiative
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PremiumLOXXESS provides logistics solution to Vodafone Germany
Vodafone works with LOXXESS for new logistics system.
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Public AffairsVodafone Spain ordered to pay €18m to former ONO CFO
Vodafone must reportedly pay upwards of €18m to Carlos Sagasta, former Chief Financial Officer at ONO. VfS acquired ONO in 2014 and has fought legal cases against its board since.
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PremiumVodafone Idea loses out to Reliance Jio
VfI relinquished wireless subscriber leadership status in November 2019, according to the latest figures from the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
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PremiumVodacom South Africa partners with Microsoft for DCB
VdSA partnered with Microsoft on its Direct Charge to Bill (DCB) facility.
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PremiumVodafone backs 5G Future Forum
Vodafone was among several heavyweight operators to give their backing to 5GFF. Joins América Móvil, KT, Rogers Communications, Telstra, and Verizon Communications.