Latest Regional News – Page 132
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BT Italia faces court hearing
BT Italia faced a preliminary hearing at the court of Milan on 9 December 2019, according to reports.
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Read 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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Vodafone 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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Vodafone Idea preps 5G trials
Project comes with questions growing over whether VfI will live to see 5G era, however.
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Vodafone 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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China 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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New cities added to Open Fiber footprint
Market additions point to healthy relationship, despite both partners dancing around Telecom Italia.
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Vodacom joins Cell C circlers
Talks centre on a subscriber add-on but apparently do not cover spectrum.
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Vodafone 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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Vodacom South Africa partners with Microsoft for DCB
VdSA partnered with Microsoft on its Direct Charge to Bill (DCB) facility.
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Vodafone Italy hit with €6m fine
VfIt slapped with €6m fine. Follows €800,000 fine in early-2019.
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Vodafone Italy, HDI partner to launch telematics-based insurance policy
Italian insurance provider HDI Assicurazioni launched HDI Insieme, a telematics-supported policy created in partnership with Vodafone Italy and Vodafone Automotive.
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Vodafone Hutchison Australia registers Felix Mobile service
Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) could be about to jump aboard the Group’s sub-brand train with a new service called “Felix”
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Vodafone Hutchison Australia merger “will be permitted”, says TPG Telecom CEO
David Teoh, Chief Executive of TPG Telecom, reiterated his optimism that the TPG–Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) merger saga is coming to a close.
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Indian telcos halt service during Delhi demonstrations
Delhi police ordered Indian telcos to temporarily halt mobile voice and data services as protests swept the city.
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Vodafone Idea, NASSCOM launch The Managr
VfI partnered with Indian non-profit tech-empowerment organisation NASSCOM to launch The Managr, a free-to-use project management mobile app specifically designed for non-government organisations.
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Safaricom to reboot MPost
MPost has been in operation for some time through the Postal Corporation of Kenya, but the Safaricom partnership is being treated as something of a relaunch
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Vodafone savings not yet impacting African business
Vodafone’s drive to squeeze “industrial savings” out of tower infrastructure in Europe and India does not yet appear to have extended to its African footprint.
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Airtel Kenya, Telkom Kenya secure merger approval
Safaricom rivals Airtel Kenya and Telkom Kenya secured approval for their merger from the Competition Authority of Kenya. Clearance of the proposed combination is still awaiting approval from Kenya’s Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission.
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Safaricom revamps Masoko e-commerce platform
Safaricom announced a revamp to its e-commerce marketplace Masoko, which is linked closely with flagship m-money offering M-PESA.