Vodafonewatch News – Page 97
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PremiumVodafone Ghana absorbs Vodacom Business Ghana
VfGh confirmed it had completed absorption of Vodacom Group’s local enterprise unit Vodacom Business Ghana.
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PremiumVodafone Egypt awarded VMware Cloud Verified status
VfEg becomes first service provider in Egypt to gain the status.
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Public AffairsIndian telcos halt service during Delhi demonstrations
Delhi police ordered Indian telcos to temporarily halt mobile voice and data services as protests swept the city.
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Products & ServicesVodafone Idea, NASSCOM launch The Managr
VfI partnered with Indian non-profit tech-empowerment organisation NASSCOM to launch The Managr, a free-to-use project management mobile app specifically designed for non-government organisations.
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Products & ServicesVodacom working on API gateway
Vodacom Group is working on exposing application programming interfaces (API) to customers and partners through a gateway.
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Products & ServicesSafaricom to reboot MPost
MPost has been in operation for some time through the Postal Corporation of Kenya, but the Safaricom partnership is being treated as something of a relaunch
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PremiumVodafone savings not yet impacting African business
Vodafone’s drive to squeeze “industrial savings” out of tower infrastructure in Europe and India does not yet appear to have extended to its African footprint.
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PremiumAirtel Kenya, Telkom Kenya secure merger approval
Safaricom rivals Airtel Kenya and Telkom Kenya secured approval for their merger from the Competition Authority of Kenya. Clearance of the proposed combination is still awaiting approval from Kenya’s Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission.
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Products & ServicesSafaricom revamps Masoko e-commerce platform
Safaricom announced a revamp to its e-commerce marketplace Masoko, which is linked closely with flagship m-money offering M-PESA.
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PremiumSwisscom defects to FreeMove, leaves Vodafone’s Partner Markets
Vodafone’s once-powerful Partner Markets organisation lost another member in the form of Swiss incumbent Swisscom.
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PremiumVodafone Czech Republic supports 5G cities
VfCZ indicated it will support three of five towns and cities that won a “5G for 5 Cities” competition organised by the Czech government.
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PremiumVodafone Rest of World region people movements, January 2020
Changes at Vodacom and Vodafone Idea.
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PremiumSubstantial changes across Vodafone Europe, January 2020
Turn-of-the-year movements across Vodafone’s Europe businesses.
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PremiumVodafone Group people movements, January 2020
High-profile changes at Vodafone Global for January.
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PremiumVodafone UK’s Helen Lamprell awarded OBE
Helen Lamprell, General Counsel and Director of External Affairs at Vodafone UK, was awarded Order of the British Empire status in the UK’s New Year Honours list.
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Venturing & InvestmentsVodafone invests in Avellan’s US satellite upstart
Vodafone takes minority stake in US-based satellite venture AST & Science. Rare (and sizeable) outlay by Group’s Vodafone Ventures unit.
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Strategy & ChangeReprieve for Talkmobile as Vodafone UK revamps brand
Further step in Group’s reconciliation with virtual operators.
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BT demos onboarding proof of concept for IoT
BT showcased its onboarding PoC at the Digital Transformation Asia event in Malaysia.
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Products & ServicesVodafoneZiggo launches Wifi Assistant
Dutch OpCo releases tool to track and improve Wi-Fi performance in homes and offices.
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PremiumSaphety wins invoicing contract with Vodafone Hungary
Electronic billing specialist Saphety won a three-year contract to install and support an electronic invoicing system at Vodafone Hungary (VfH).