Latest Vodafone Insight – Page 102
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Vodafone UK runs AR-enabled Apple giveaway competition across London
Vodafone UK (VfUK) ran a five-day, augmented reality- and distributed ledger-enabled competition across central London, as part of a promotional Apple giveaway.
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Vodafone UK offers SDN consultancy service to enterprise customers
Vodafone UK (VfUK) began offering a consultancy service with the aim of increasing the appeal of software-defined networking to enterprise customers.
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Vodafone among UK companies accusing Facebook and Google of “crush or kill” tactics
Vodafone was reportedly among several big-name UK-based companies lashing out at what they saw as aggressive “crush or kill” tactics deployed by Facebook and Google to stifle internet competition.
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Altran ties with Vodafone Portugal on AI and data science
French engineering and industrial consultancy Altran flagged a tie-up with Vodafone Portugal (VfP) that aims to “increase the skills and know-how” of the two partners in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and data science.
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Vodafone Portugal continues 5G testing with Ericsson
Vodafone Portugal (VfP) continued to collaborate with Ericsson on 5G tests, using 100MHz of temporary spectrum in the 3.6GHz band.
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Vodafone Portugal required to up 4G speeds across Portugal
Vodafone Portugal (VfP) was tasked by Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM) to increase 4G speeds in 160 districts throughout Portugal.
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Telefónica accentuates Vodafone alignment on towers
Two challenged operators out at front of race to offload assets.
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Vodafone Italy faces increased scrutiny over 5G network kit supply deals
Vodafone Italy (VfIt) faces increased scrutiny over its 5G network kit supply deals, after Italy’s new government under Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte approved its use of special powers, dubbed “golden powers”.
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Vodafone Italy adds Serie A football to TV package
Vodafone Italy (VfIt) began offering coverage of Serie A football matches as part of its Vodafone TV Sport Plus television package.
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Palo Alto Networks and Exclusive Networks partner Vodafone Ireland on cybersecurity
Vodafone Ireland (VfIr) revealed it had recently entered into partnership with two cybersecurity specialists: US-based Palo Alto Networks and France-headquartered Exclusive Networks.
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Products & Services
Hatch and Ubitus tie-ups activate Vodafone 5G gaming push
Edge-based gaming begins to make an appearance in Vodafone’s 5G strategy. New services come from Group leadership’s One More Service playbook. VfIt takes both technical and commercial partnership routes.
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Vodafone Ireland extends sponsorship agreement with Irish RFU
Vodafone Ireland (VfIr) extended its sponsorship agreement with the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU).
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Vodafone Hungary to drop UPC brand in 2020
Reports surfaced that Vodafone Hungary (VfH) intends to drop the UPC brand from as early as April 2020, as Vodafone’s central and eastern European OpCos step up their converged services strategy.
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Vodafone Greece enables smart waste collection system in Athens
Vodafone Innovus, Vodafone Greece’s (VfGr) Internet of Things solutions subsidiary, was reported to have helped set up a new “smart waste collection” system in Athens.
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Top trio gain clear run on 5G spectrum
Boost for Vodafone as new entrant plan fails to re-emerge and Digi is locked out.
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Protests continue despite Unitymedia buy completion
Small operator grouping gets legal on competition. Housing association supply concerns resurface.
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Vodafone Germany teams with Signify to light up 5G
Trulifi prepped for IoT and connected-car use cases.
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Vodafone Germany 5G in planes, trains, stadiums, and automobiles
Partnerships with Airbus, Thales, and North Rhine-Westphalia help VfD target different 5G markets. Network slicing and edge computing underpin various use cases of the next-gen tech.
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Suppliers & SCM
Vodafone’s Partner and Supplier People Moves, October 2019
Latest partner/supplier people movement highlights include: Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, Red Hat.