Latest Vodafone Insight – Page 65
-
PremiumVodafone’s energy analytics platform rollout progresses
60,000-plus sites across operations in twelve markets now benefiting from eSight-enabled energy management tech. Operator’s emissions clean-up intensifies.
-
Products & ServicesPartners tapped for Vodafone IoT device update
Cradlepoint, Digi International, and Teltonika Networks named device provider partners for latest Integrated Terminals iteration. Vodafone-branded and -managed LTE-powered IoT suite given new lease of life.
-
PremiumVodafone said to be mulling cable network’s future
Telefónica and Onivia Networks are said to have approached Vodafone with competing solutions to tempt it to move away from HFC technology.
-
PremiumVodafone hosts Dixons Carphone mobile play
Retail group set to launch MVNO proposition in the near future on Vodafone UK’s network. Dixit’s MVNO wholesale strategy making its mark.
-
Products & ServicesSafaricom, Vodacom launch m-money Super Apps
Safaricom’s m-payment and remittance service leaps into the digital services realm with an experience-focused facelift. “Super App”- tag attached to revamped M-PESA, with new functionality showing resemblances with Vodacom–Alipay’s ‘app-within-an-app’ concept. Vodacom’s Super App now onboarding partners.
-
PremiumVodafone signs HERE for traffic warning R&D
5G-enabled real-time traffic warning system in development. Partnership takes in HERE Technologies and Porsche. Precision location and edge computing utilised. 5G Mobility Lab hosts R&D project, adding to a growing list of V2X partnerships.
-
PremiumVodafone taps DOCOMO Digital for direct carrier billing
Turkish OpCo teams up with long-time Group enabler to provide customers with payment security on Huawei’s AppGallery marketplace.
-
Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in Vodafone Europe: Canary Islands’ Subsea cable
Subsea cable to the Canary Islands; mce tapped for device self-assessment.
-
Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in Vodafone Africa: Vodacom debuts new products
Safaricom rival Ethio making hay in m-money; Vodacom debuts new products in youth market and SMME lending; Aziz back on radar in Tanzania.
-
Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in Vodafone Partner Markets: Oman appoints CFO
du and Philips form e-health partnership; Proximus subsumes Mobile Vikings; Vodafone Oman appoints CFO.
-
Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in Vodafone Group: Group shells out €20m in fines
Dutch copycat in Ireland ‘not on cards’; sustainability front and centre with green network boost; Group shells out €20m in privacy fines.
-
Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in Vodafone Associates & JVs: ACCC says ‘I told you so’
ACCC says ‘I told you so’ over TPG merger’s impact on competition.
-
PremiumVodafone TV seeks AI smarts with Kaltura and AWS
Next phase for cloud-based Vodafone TV is applying ML and AI. Operator also exploring MEC via AWS partnership for low-latency TV services.
-
Public AffairsDRC: Vodacom denounces ‘arbitrary’ engineer arrest
Vodacom DRC formally protests arrest of engineer on allegations of fraud. Controversial mobile device registry at the centre of the row, which has in recent months seen marches on the streets of Kinshasa.
-
PremiumVodafone people moves: Czechs ring the changes
Brazdilova takes Commercial top-spot at Vodafone Czech Republic, with Rutherford out and Hoerová back. Transformation Director Girault heads for the door amid broader Group Technology reshuffles. Turkey’s Aksoy names his team with Enterprise and Marketing appointments.
-
Products & ServicesVodafone Carrier Services expands enterprise fraud prevention
Vodafone Carrier Services set to roll out Vodafone Identity Hub to five more European markets. Built on industry initiative Mobile Connect, platform uses network data for authentication and identity verification services for businesses.
-
Suppliers & SCMEricsson targets African gains on back of Vodafone reorg
Swedish vendor has been punching below weight within Vodafone’s African operations. Tech 2025 organisational changes and geopolitical flux could create openings to grow regional account.
-
Vendor VoiceTeradata: balanced data foundation critical to digital transformation
If AI and ML are your future, make sure the data foundations are in place. Requirements and applications change but the need for a solid data base does not. Your data vision should be holistic, released from the complexity and inefficiency of hundreds and even thousands of siloes. Use ...
-
Products & ServicesVodafone and Celfocus tackle AI-based automation for IoT
Former Vodafone Portugal investment Celfocus has taken on its fourth cognitive automation project for the Group Network Operations (GNO) organisation. Further solutions and use-cases are already being explored to reap benefits of automation throughout the Group.
-
Network & InfrastructureVodacom to roll out smart-site kit beyond SA
Mozambique operation set for first dibs, with other international markets to benefit during the next phase of the rollout in FY21–22. Half of Group’s SA base stations now fitted with IoT.nxt tech, with efficiency and energy saving benefits trumpeted.