Vodafone Group – Page 70
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Network & InfrastructureMavenir’s Cantarelli on OpenRAN vision
Vision of new flexibility and optionality in operator RAN deployments; not just a cost-slicer. 5G piece to be added to OpenRAN by end of 2019; vendors position for network densification role. Operators still to adapt themselves culturally and organisationally to exploit OpenRAN changes.
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PremiumVodafone throws down OpenRAN gauntlet
OpenRAN time appears to be coming, with supplier choice constraints evidently dominating Group thinking. Vodafone steps up rhetoric regarding potential of tech; “fast tracking” referenced. Group still in trial mode with technology, however. Firm strategy for bearers and configurations yet to emerge.
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PremiumVodafone Alumni People Moves, October 2019
Latest people movements include: Sean Mahon, Robin Bell.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom Group People Moves, October 2019
Latest people movements include: Jörg Weber, Beatrice Felder, Stefan Hofbauer, Khalid Sharaf, Jochen Appel, Laurent Donnay, Angela Maragopoulou, Tibor Megyeri, Gema Ortiz, Peter Ruppel, Randy van Essen.
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PremiumTelefónica Group highly rated by Juniper
Telefónica ranked as the fourth-placed operator in Juniper’s Operator Innovation Index list.
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PremiumTelefónica Group People Moves, August-September 2019
Latest people movements include: Ilya Kazansky, Diego Martín Sanz, Aurora Navarro, María del Valle Ortega Moreno-Tome.
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PremiumVodafone Group’s Omani Partner Markets deal confirmed
Stock tactic of arms-length footprint expansion seen again. Vodafone has ‘still got it’ for challenger partners, despite questionable competitive record.
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Suppliers & SCMVodafone Group joins IBM push to better manage suppliers
Vodafone part of IBM-led consortium to develop Trust Your Supplier blockchain network. Wilson envisions easier onboarding of smaller suppliers.
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PremiumVodafone Alumni People Moves, September 2019
Latest people movements include: Ian Ferrao, Douglas Craigie Stevenson, Jonathan Kini.
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PremiumVodafone Group People Moves, September 2019
Morawski swaps Vodafone Business for Oracle. Device-buying boss heads to Rogers. Latest people movements include: Alessandra Antonelli, María Babé Ayuso, Dorothee D’Herde, Fraser King, Andrew Morawski, David Rose, Roy van de Kamp, Sébastien Barberis, Pablo Inga.
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Suppliers & SCMVodafone Group deciding between last two players for media partnership
Vodafone was said to have reduced the shortlist in a tender for its global media account to just two players (Vodafonewatch, #165, #167, and #174).
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PremiumNational Express gets on board with Vodafone Group and IBM cloud venture
Strategic partnership looks to be getting going.
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PremiumVodafone Group apparently unaffected by long-running cyberattack
Vodafone was named among telecoms operators that appeared to have been unaffected by a long-running cyberattack flagged by US-Israeli cybersecurity specialist Cybereason.
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PremiumBT Global People Moves, August 2019
Latest people movements include: Emma Bateson, Karen Gusterson, Stuart Lyle, Hannah Nichols, Dhawal Parekh, Daniel Symonds, Keith Goldman.
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PremiumBT Group People Moves, August 2019
Latest people movements include: Chris Brooke, Matthew Flood, Marc Foglino, Paul Hopes, Jonathan Reynolds, Gergo Safar, Nim Sanghera, Nick Speed, Dhawal Parekh.
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Strategy & ChangeTimotheus Höttges plays hard-to-get after Vodafone Group tower overtures
Focus increasing on German infrastructure reshaping as cash-strapped European operators seek to extract asset value. Group yet to be convinced to draw up the tower bridge and help Vodafone’s consolidation plan. Telefónica Deutschland relationship a possible plan-b for Vodafone.
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PremiumVodafone Group management update: Q1 FY19–20
Pickup seen following revenue slump, but leadership still focused on asset sales to reduce debt and preserve cash flow. Read primes stakeholders for multi-billion euro tower reorg.
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PremiumVodafone Group awarded compensation from the UK Government
Vodafone received £740,000 in costs, after UK Government’s error assessing bids.
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PremiumVodafone Group in talks on wholesale 2G/3G switch
Vodafone’s new thinking on network assets leads to consideration of cross-operator 2G/3G meld.
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Suppliers & SCMVodafone Group joins LTE patent pool
Vodafone joined an LTE patent pool , which develops and manages licensing programmes on behalf of intellectual property holders.