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Ciena upgrades Vodafone-backed Europe India Gateway cable
Network equipment provider Ciena highlighted involvement in an upgrade to the Europe India Gateway (EIG), a Vodafone-backed subsea cable system connecting India and the UK, via the Middle East.
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Vodafone Group people movements, March 2020
Vodafone Group movements for March 2020 include VBA swaps and Tech changes.
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Vodafone’s Q3 FY19–20 management update
Group sneaks another par score but still not really on-form. Call comes too early for coronavirus impact discussion. Focus remains on Read’s drive to minimise Vodafone. Gradual steadying of ship enables another quarter of slim growth. Churn reduction remains the key goal in Vodafone’s chosen battleground of Europe. RoW ...
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Vodafone's Read talks up tower power (again)
Germanisation of Vodafone continues with choice of Düsseldorf for TowerCo HQ. CEO continues to push for improved asset utilisation in mobile networks, plus sales opportunities. Sharing developments in Germany, India, Italy, Portugal, and UK.
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Deutsche Telekom eyes challenge to Vodafone’s alliance network
Vodafone has been using Partner Market arrangements since 2002 to create a strategic presence outside its own network footprint. DT is now signalling plans to create competing alliances.
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Vodafone teams with eSight on energy data upgrade
Group furthers push to squeeze more cost of power supply.
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Tenorio takes TIP topspot: Vodafone Group people movements, February 2020
Reshuffles at Vodafone Business. Boddy moves into Group Strategy Director position. Tenorio take TIP topspot.
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Vodafone Partner Markets expands in Fiji
Vodafone expanded its Partner Markets relationship with Fijian ally Amalgamated Telecom Holdings
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Vodafone postpones Arch Summit 2020 on coronavirus fears
Luxembourg get-together moved back to October 2020.
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New emission-reduction programme launched by Telefónica
Sustainability strategy flagged at UN’s COP25, including energy consumption requirements.
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Telefónica admired by Fortune
Telefónica Group was the most highly rated European telecoms operator in Europe within Fortune magazine’s annual ranking of The World’s [300] Most Admired Companies.
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Former Partner Market member Swisscom joins FreeMove alliance
Deutsche Telekom-backed roaming and enterprise services alliance FreeMove gained another member in the form of Swiss incumbent Swisscom.
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Read tries to whip up support for Huawei
CEO calls on Europe not to blindly follow USA. Read warns excluding Huawei will harm Europe much more than the USA. UK fudge to cap and firewall Huawei 5G kit; bans ZTE altogether. EU echoes UK, delegating ultimate decisions to member states.
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Vodafone's Egyptian exit agreed as Read’s scale-back continues
STC to pay $2.4bn for controlling stake in Vodafone Egypt, at modest valuation. Deal aimed to close by mid-2020. Groundwork of _VOIS Egypt separation previously completed.
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Vodafone goes to the 5G edge with Amazon
AWS Wavelength promises 5G latency times in “single-digit milliseconds”. Vodafone Business spearheads AWS Wavelength rollout in Europe.
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Vodafone pulls support from Facebook’s Libra
Vodafone backtracked on its support for the Libra Association, the Facebook-led crypto currency initiative
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Vodafone backs 5G Future Forum
Vodafone was among several heavyweight operators to give their backing to 5GFF. Joins América Móvil, KT, Rogers Communications, Telstra, and Verizon Communications.