Latest Vodafone Insight – Page 29
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3G: Vodafone’s legacy network shutdown gains pace in Europe
Vodafone OpCos in Greece, Ireland, and the UK initiate phased 3G blackouts as Group progresses towards network shutdowns.
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Telefónica proceeds serenely as Spain’s fibre scene braces for consolidation fallout
The reported suspension of a €1bn Spanish fibre access merger over financing difficulties sparked speculation that the crowded market may struggle with future funding.
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Orange questions sell off of Europe’s ‘critical’ infra
CEO Christel Heydemann wants to keep hold of tower business TOTEM, citing strategic and political concerns around majority sales of infrastructure assets.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone agritech partner Moocall stars in Clarkson’s Farm
Irish company’s Calving Sensor IoT solution, which monitors pregnant cows, features in latest series of documentary.
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Vi grapples with losses, debt after equity conversion completes
Indian government now owns about 33% of JV.
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Claure’s investor eye falls back on home region LatAm
Former SoftBank exec Marcelo Claure has plans for his personal billions
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Ex-Vodafone Germany CEO ‘advising 1&1 behind scenes’
German news outlet claims that Fritz Joussen joined Vodafone Germany’s rival operator 1&1 as a freelance consultant.
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Vodafone sliced up again: Liberty piles pressure on UK group by taking 5% stake
Liberty CEO Mike Fries describes purchase of Vodafone shares as “opportunistic”.
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Safaricom, Vodacom drop more cash into Ethiopian kitty
Share issue by parent vehicle opens up more funds for Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia’s startup rollout
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Telefónica, Liberty step back from Cornerstone
Duo said to be putting wheels in motion to halve their stake in UK TowerCo to 25%
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Network & Infrastructure
Rakuten Symphony keeps eyes on brownfield prize, sees FUD clearing
2023 is pivotal year for Rakuten’s telecom software spinout, now anchored on ‘Mobile as a Software’.
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Vodafone Turkey CEO defends quake response as scale of recovery challenge grows
Chief Executive Engin Aksoy says Vodafone Turkey is focusing on cooperation with peers and Group imports to fix infrastructure.
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ruhrfibre goes Mack speed — innovative FibreCo bags ex-Vodafone Germany CTO as Chair
ruhrfibre to leverage Vodafone ties to strengthen existing partnership.
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Vodafone’s lack of 6G coherence not getting in way of German health R&D pragmatism
Vodafone Germany-led 6G Health initiative wins government backing in search for real-world applications.
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Wibergh joins network-multiplier Cohere as board adviser, in latest post-Vodafone sinecure
Wibergh presents Cohere’s MU-MIMO software as a “game changer”.
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Vodafone–DOCOMO pact delivers first open RAN fruit
Vodafone–DOCOMO partnership building a head of steam to drive open RAN deployment
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Vendor Voice
Pega: Bridging the Digital Skills Gap Faster with Low-Code
Operators are correctly pursuing digitalisation strategies, but continued siloing risks customers becoming “stuck” between teams or channels, warns Pega.
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Vantage Towers: CEO Badrinath scarpers as Vodafone TowerCo charts KKR-fuelled ‘next phase’
Vivek Badrinath, three-year founding CEO at Vantage, unexpectedly leaving by the end of year to head back to family in France. Exit comes amid change of ownership (and, likely, reset), as Vodafone cedes control of European TowerCo to private equity.
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Safaricom installs KCB’s Waititu as fintech lead
Operator brings in Esther Waititu as Chief Financial Services Officer.
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Vodafone: EMS “slows everything down” in 5G cloud network; calls on vendors to fix
Operator network consultant says typical Element Management System is a blocker to OSS automation.