All Vodafone UK articles – Page 23
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BT takes a hit as Virgin Mobile swaps EE for Vodafone
Virgin Media to end MVNO agreement with BT Enterprise, as Vodafone UK swoops. Liberty Global CEO ominously described current £200m-a-year deal with BT as “big number”, but BT unwilling to accommodate new demands to maintain contract.
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EE tops RootMetrics’ 5G tests in Cardiff and Birmingham
EE outperforms Vodafone in early tests of 5G performance in the UK.
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Vodafone Group eyes the next billion (savings, not users)
Strategic taster for 2020s is — predictably — cost-focused. Germany and UK in firing line for €1bn savings push.
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Vodafone Q2 FY19-20: Europe recovery drags at increasingly Germanic Region
Bulked-up Vodafone Germany now driving more than half of Europe Region cash flow, as other big OpCos’ struggle for form continues. Read’s commercial changes yet to ignite revival in Group’s core region. Drastic Spanish overhaul or exit still on cards. Group still to internalise Europe’s regulatory challenges.
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Vodafone usurps EE with Virgin Media tie up
Another signal of Read stepping out from Colao’s shadow. 5G capacity boost appears to change Group thinking.
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Vodafone under pressure to rethink CityFibre partnership
CityFibre wants end to VfUK exclusivity to capture more business. Openreach turns VfUK’s head with generous FTTP discounts.
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Vodafone error lands UK customers with £1,000 charges
Roaming Vodafone UK customers mistakenly given bills up to £9,000 in system error.
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Vodafone, Church of England agree to boost rural network coverage
Vodafone UK network joint venture Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Church of England.
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Vodafone opens London digital hub ‘The Speechmark’
London mayor Sadiq Khan cut the ribbon to officially open Vodafone UK’s new digital hub.
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Ofcom rejigs 5G auction plans after shared access deal
Ofcom changes structure for spring 2020 auction. Industry’s rural commitments said to have enabled a re-think. Degree of uncertainty remains due to UK elections and Brexit.
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Vodafone report: 5G to be used as a “platform of innovation” by UK business leaders
Vodafone UK published research indicating strong 5G enthusiasm among “business leaders” from UK sports organisations.
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Church of England strikes Cornerstone deal
Telefónica UK and Vodafone UK infrastructure-sharing joint venture Cornerstone reached a new agreement with the Church of England, with the aim of using Church-owned sites to boost mobile coverage in both rural and urban locations.
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Vodafone UK sub-leases 2.6GHz spectrum to StrattoOpencell
OpCo claims UK first following introduction of spectrum-sharing rules.
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Vodafone UK to shutter legacy Bulldog ADSL broadband platform
Vodafone UK (VfUK) confirmed it is to shutter the legacy Bulldog unbundled ADSL broadband platform in mid-November 2019.
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Vodafone UK activates 5G network at Gatwick Airport’s South Terminal
Vodafone UK (VfUK) activated a 5G network at Gatwick Airport’s South Terminal, with an expansion to the North Terminal set to follow in early-2020.
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Vodafone UK participates in West Midlands 5G trials
Vodafone UK was said to have participated in 5G trials led by West Midlands 5G (WM5G), a new organisation set up by the UK government and West Midlands Combined Authority to run a regional 5G testbed.
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Vodafone UK runs AR-enabled Apple giveaway competition across London
Vodafone UK (VfUK) ran a five-day, augmented reality- and distributed ledger-enabled competition across central London, as part of a promotional Apple giveaway.
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Vodafone UK offers SDN consultancy service to enterprise customers
Vodafone UK (VfUK) began offering a consultancy service with the aim of increasing the appeal of software-defined networking to enterprise customers.
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Vodafone among UK companies accusing Facebook and Google of “crush or kill” tactics
Vodafone was reportedly among several big-name UK-based companies lashing out at what they saw as aggressive “crush or kill” tactics deployed by Facebook and Google to stifle internet competition.
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Vodafone Group People Moves, October 2019
Latest people movements include: Durdana Achakzai, Ritesh Bhargava, Jon Buckthorpe, Louis DiCesari, Nitu Kaushal, Asif Meghani, Mark Rose, Ahu Tunc, Olatz Urroz.