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Vodafone and BT say removing Huawei will cost billions
Britain’s rebound from COVID-19 could be harmed if the government demands a speedy removal of telecoms equipment Huawei – BT. Read more…
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Rakuten, Vodafone invest in SpaceMobile LEO satellite network
Rakuten and Vodafone are lead investors in SpaceMobile, extending mobile coverage using the first mobile broadband network to be broadcast from space. Read more…
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Australia – Vodafone-TPG merger approved, regulator overruled
Australian court approves merger between Vodafone and internet provider TPG Telecom, overruling the country’s regulator. Read more…
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Axiata, IoT Forum, Vodafone collaborate with TM Forum on IoT
TM Forum has released an IoT Device Management API Component Suite developed in collaboration with Axiata, Vodafone and the IoT Forum. Read more…
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Australian TPG-Vodafone merger decision not until 2020
Proposed merger of TPG Telecom and Vodafone Hutchison Australia – judge hearing the case has suggested a decision may not be forthcoming until 2020. Read more…
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Consortium concludes Vodafone New Zealand acquisition
The consortium comprising of Infratil and Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management has executed a conditional agreement to acquire Vodafone New Zealand. Read more…
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Vodafone, Google expose the real flaw in 5G (and everything)
At 3 p.m. on Thursday 13th 2019, Vodafone customers took to social media to complain that their service was down (if they were able to). Read more…
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Vodafone offloads New Zealand operation to consortium
Vodafone has agreed to sell its New Zealand business for NZ$3.4 billion to a consortium in a deal the telecom giant says would help reduce its debt. Read more…
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The IoT barometer is set to ‘fair and disruptive’: Vodafone report
It is not that surprising that the #IoT is enjoying robust growth. What is surprising is the extent to which it is changing how industries, operate. Read more…
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Security flaws in Huawei equipment found by Vodafone resolved
Telecoms group Vodafone found security flaws in Huawei equipment supplied to its Italian business in 2011/12, but both incidents had been resolved quickly. Read more…
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MWC19: Huawei comes out swinging with no-backdoor pledge
Huawei’s Guo Ping counters US accusations that its 5G gear is riddled with secret backdoors. Vodafone’s CEO and an EU commissioner quietly lend support. Read more…
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EU roaming data traffic proves that it should be free everywhere
Remember the long running skirmish between the EU and Vodafone (mainly) over implementing the data roaming rules? Remember Vodafone (mainly) saying that if the rules were implemented the drop in revenue would badly hinder its Read more…
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Here’s how Vodafone is getting digital transformation right
The term ‘digital transformation’ is so overused it’s easy to forget the outcomes that operators are trying to achieve when they embark on these programs. Here’s an example of one telco that knows exactly what Read more…
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Vodafone, China Mobile and Huawei demo ONAP-based CCVPN
Vodafone, China Mobile and Huawei have collaborated to demonstrate advanced ONAP orchestration capabilities for cross-operator multilayer VPN services. Cross-domain, cross-layer VPN (CCVPN) is one of the use cases of the upcoming ONAP Casablanca release in Read more…
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Vodafone makes hologram call to promote 5G roadmap
NEWBURY, England (Reuters) – Vodafone said it would have 1,000 5G-enabled network sites in Britain by 2020, delivering blisteringly fast speeds and near-instant response times that it demonstrated by making Britain’s first holographic mobile call Read more…
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Vodafone Australia trials DIY 4G/NB-IoT hub for farmers
Vodafone Australia has trialed a mobile coverage solution for the outback that will enable farmers to set up their own 4G coverage with a roof-mounted hub device that also includes support for NB-IoT. The Vodafone Read more…
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India’s biggest operator is now Vodafone Idea after merger
Vodafone Group announced that it has completed the merger between Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, and that the new company – which is now India’s biggest operator – will be renamed Vodafone Idea. The new Read more…
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Vodafone Australia and TPG Telecom get hitched
Vodafone Australia and TPG Telecom have struck a merger deal that will result in a stronger third operator valued at A$15 billion ($12 billion). Following confirmation last week that the two operators were in “exploratory Read more…
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TPG Telecom and Vodafone Australia confirm merger talks
Australian broadband operator TPG Telecom has confirmed it is in talks with Vodafone Hutchison Australia for a potential merger deal that would keep the mobile market to three players. TPG bought A$1.3 billion worth of Read more…
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Vodafone trials TIP’s Voyager optical “white box” on live network
The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) says that Vodafone has successfully completed a live network trial in Spain with the Facebook-designed Voyager optical “white box” as part of its work with TIP. An increased demand for Read more…