All Vodafone Germany articles – Page 6
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Weekly BriefingsVodafonewatch Weekly: Phones 4u legal battle reignite, satcomms remain grounded, enforced M-PESA spin-out hits tax challenge
Latest from Vodafone and its partners, including revived legal wranglings in the UK over Phones 4u collusions claims, Vodafone-backed SpaceMobile still struggling to launch, Safaricom $0.5bn+ tax exposure complicating state-enforced divestment of M-PESA jewel. Plus much more…
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Weekly BriefingsVodafonewatch Weekly: Germany goes into cost-cutting mode, while shareholder Xavier Niel grumbles about Group strategy
Lots of action in Germany this week as Vodafone announced 2,000 job cuts and new efficiency programme and fibre altnets argued the practical and competitive hurdles holding back gigabit broadband deployments. Read the full briefing…
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OperationsVodafone Germany to axe 2,000 jobs in €400m cost-cutting drive
Vodafone Germany embarks on a cost-cutting journey with job cuts and investments going elsewhere.
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Network & InfrastructureGermany’s 1&1 claims network prep progress, with modest site growth
German challenger expects to construct 3,000 antenna sites in 2024.
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Network & Infrastructure‘Stop the mud slinging’: DT’s Gopalan hammers German rivals’ fibre competition complaints
FTTH Conference 2024: Tensions spill over in Berlin on fibre leaders CEO panel, with competitors arguing over who and what is to blame for poor position in European league table on availability and penetration. Incumbent Srini Gopalan lambasts ‘rhetoric’, untruths, lying. Read much more…
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PeopleVodafone Peoplewatch: Vinod Kumar’s new Dubai digs, fresh faces in shared services…
20+ high-profile moves in and around Vodafone, including: new private equity digs for Vinod Kumar; Group Technology exits; VodafoneZiggo top-team (and ‘value-creating’ exec at part-owner Liberty); plus more across the Group…
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Public AffairsTelefónica’s Rao adds to calls for German auction rethink
O2 Germany’s CTIO helps maintain pressure as BNetzA considers next move on spectrum rights.
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Financial & PerformanceDT hits sales targets in Germany but yet to earn FTTH bonus
Group’s home market business continues to outdo its key rivals on commercial and financial numbers, as well as comfortably hitting mid-term internal goals.
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Weekly BriefingsVodafonewatch Weekly: CEO claims reset success on Italian offload; now for the internal re-jig
Latest from ecosystem: confirmation of Italian exit triggers major overhaul of Group structure and ExCo. Elsewhere: German fibre disputes; M&A in Czechia; more from Africa, Europe, and much beyond…
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PeopleEssam on the rise as Vodafone shuffles exec deck
CEO changes in the UK and Germany to reflect changed shape of Group operations, European markets relegated under Ahmed Essam remit, Serpil Timuray steps into Investments posting…
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Network & InfrastructureDeutsche Telekom wades into ‘trench warfare’ over fibre duct access
Group continues to refute accusations it is trying to hinder altnet fibre buildouts.
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Weekly BriefingsVodafonewatch Weekly: Oz modernisation mix step, Indian rejuvenation?
Latest from Vodafone, including TPG transformation stunted by failed asset offloads; Vi’s funding update raises more questions than answers; and a €1bn Berlin fibre build. More from across the Group’s footprint, from Cape Town to Canberra, Berlin to London…
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Weekly BriefingsDeutsche Telekomwatch Weekly: MWC gives Europe one in the AI, ISS dispute escalates
Barcelona sees Group CEO Tim Höttges join European peers to reiterate calls for new thinking on regional telco development. New T-Systems CTO, Europe NatCos expansive on fibre, M&A…
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Network & InfrastructureVodafone, OXG pull €1bn from German fibre investment pot
OXG Glasfaser to widen Vodafone Germany’s reach in major expansion initiative, covering 900,000 homes. Project to begin imminently, at a time when Germany’s fibre market is only getting more competitive…
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Weekly BriefingsVodafonewatch Weekly: Della Valle calls for EU rethink as Group begins Italy retreat
Weekly Briefing: Vodafone CEO looks likely to get rationalisation wish granted as Italian escape nears, days after she presented a united front at MWC with European peers to demand change on the continent. Other developments showcased in Barcelona include an XR headset demo and open API momentum…
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Weekly BriefingsTelefónicawatch Weekly: MWC sees German and Spanish units take centre stage
Group reveals more on strategic plans after publishing end-year financial results, with operating businesses in Germany and Spain in spotlight. Key collaborations with Ericsson and Microsoft see Group advance AI, API, cloud RAN, and 5G standalone interests…
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Products & ServicesCTO Petty backs XR as Vodafone and Qualcomm target 5G enterprise
MWC: Vodafone’s CTO Scott Petty sees telemedicine and manufacturing as key areas where XR apps can help build new business cases that leverage 5G investment.
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Products & ServicesGerman telco trio debuts Open Gateway APIs
MWC: Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica, and Vodafone launch first APIs in Germany, with focus initially on providing anti-fraud and security to financial organisations. Various ongoing trials flagged with Fireblocks, Siemens Energy, and Sony. Collaboration presented as key as initiative takes centre stage at Mobile World Congress…
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PremiumVodafone Peoplewatch: cluster of moves at Business, new CTO in Netherlands
More than 20 moves in the latest edition of Vodafone Peoplewatch, with Blanca Echániz in as new Group Products & Services Director, Thomas Helbo as VodafoneZiggo CTO; Best to ServiceNow; De Prest now Atos CFO.
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Weekly BriefingsVodafonewatch Weekly: M&A, network milestones, and what next for VodafoneZiggo?
Latest in Vodafone: Liberty goes Dutch to prompt Vodafone review; a problem, a solution, and a proposal for M&A in UK, Portugal, and Italy respectively; Turkish DCs set for big investment through new JV; and much more across Europe, Africa, India…