Vodafonewatch

Vodacom says more work needed on satco-telco compatibility

2026-07-10T06:59:00

vfw249-dtw vodacom ntns

Source: TelcoTitans

DTW Ignite: Jayesh Hargovan warns that while LEO satcoms is reaching maturity, integration challenges remain a major blocker to development of telco–satellite relationships, delaying time to revenue for both CSPs and satcos.

This article includes:

  • Themes: Direct-to-device (D2D) satellite; Non-terrestrial networks (NTN); Network integration; Open Digital Architecture (ODA); Satellite communications; Telecommunications partnerships; Telecommunications standardisation.
  • Events: DTW Ignite; MWC Shanghai Satellite and NTN Summit.
  • People: Dario Talmesio; Jayesh Hargovan; Joann O’Brien; Ryan van den Bergh; Tim Hatt.
  • Geographic: Africa; Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC); Mozambique; South Africa.
  • Organisations: Amazon Kuiper (Project Kuiper/Amazon LEO); AST SpaceMobile; Deutsche Telekom; GSMA Intelligence; Starlink; TM Forum; Vodacom.

Register for free to continue reading this article

Already registered? Sign in here.

Join the TelcoTitans community and continue reading this article

By registering for a free account, you will get immediate access to the rest of this article, plus:

  • Enhanced access to TelcoTitans with several article views per month
  • TelcoTitans weekly newsletter

“The detail is very good. Better than we get internally.” – GM, Vodafone OpCo 

Register now

 Want full access to TelcoTitans content? Check out our subscription options.