Latest Vodafone Insight – Page 40
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Network & InfrastructurePower outages see mobile networks falter in South Africa
Load shedding continues to haunt Vodacom amid decline in reliable power supply.
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PremiumVM O2 tests digital inclusion scheme in Manchester
Cost‑of‑living crisis driving city’s vulnerable residents offline.
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Network & InfrastructureNEC flags open RAN “caution” among brownfield operators
Senior exec blames open RAN wariness on “delayed validation”.
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Strategy & ChangeDT “walks the talk” on supply chain emissions
NGMN IC&E 2022: sustainability requirements introduced for largest suppliers in June.
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M&AVodafone ‘lines up Vantage Towers suitors’
Operator reportedly invites private equity firms to participate in auction.
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Network & InfrastructureNGMN conference puzzles over 6G
Deutsche Telekom Chair of Communication Networks at TU Dresden believes talk of cellular generations is for “dinosaurs”.
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Partnerships & AlliancesMOWEA kicks off deployment in Germany
NGMN IC&E 2022: Vodafone partner to start installing micro wind turbines on German towers in September.
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PeopleINWIT shortlists new board members following buyout
New board to be appointed at shareholder meeting on 4 October.
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PremiumVodacom stokes Telkom M&A fever
MTN, Rain, and Toto Consortium each flagged as Telkom suitors.
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PremiumElsewhere in Vodafone Africa: BII commits $76m (£67m/€76m) to African Infrastructure Fund
Vodacom fibre customers suffer third‑party data breach; Vodacom broadens burgeoning financial services portfolio with new short‑term loan offering.
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Premium‘Big six’ form new industry body
Association of Communication and Technology created by Vodacom, Cell C, Liquid, MTN, Rain, and Telkom.
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OperationsNew _VOIS premises for the “Bride of the Mediterranean”
New space to provide 1,000 new jobs.
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M&AVodacom edges closer to Vodafone Egypt buyout
Local reports claim Vodafone has obtained regulatory approval.
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PremiumVi rivals set the pace for 5G rollouts
Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio to start offering 5G services in October.
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PeopleDimitrova in, O’Leary out for Vodacom directorate
Anna Dimitrova replaces Anne O’Leary, who is set to join Meta in coming days.
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PremiumElsewhere in Vodafone Europe: VfD introduces flexible working model
Flexible working policy introduced in Germany; VfUK signs up to Greener Litigation pledge.
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PremiumElsewhere in Vodafone Associates & JVs: Vi denies data breach
TPG taps Adtran for Gigabit upgrade; Vi denies massive customer data breach.
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PeopleTruphone switches CEO amid takeover probe
Former Vodafone exec promoted to top job after three years as Truphone COO.
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Innovation (R&D)SpaceX supports launch of SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3
New communications satellite to fill phone and data coverage gaps.
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PremiumVodafone hits a regulatory road bump in Ghana sale
NCA knocked back attempts to sell Group’s 70% stake in Vodafone Ghana to Telecel.