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Vodafone chases defence opportunity with centralised German hub

2026-06-25T12:27:00

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Source: Vodafone

European B2B chief Hagen Rickmann heads a move to consolidate and ‘bundle’ defence-related operations in Düsseldorf to target the sector “more strongly”, meet growing demand, and go head-to-head with rival telcos.

This article includes:

  • Themes: Critical infrastructure; Defence communications; Digital sovereignty; Enterprise strategy; Telecommunications strategy.
  • People: Hagen Rickmann; Margherita Della Valle; Tim Höttges.
  • Geographic: Europe; Germany.
  • Organisations: Deutsche Telekom; Indra; NATO; Rheinmetall; Telefónica; Vodafone; Vodafone Business.

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