Hungarian state becomes major telecoms player with Vodafone acquisition
Vodafone has completed the sale of its Hungarian business to a group consisting of an IT firm and the Hungarian government.
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CityFibre’s XGS PON upgrade gathers pace with Vodafone trial
Altnet CityFibre has successfully tried out fibre technology that paves the way for 10 Gbps broadband services.
EE, VMO2 and Vodafone sign up to multi-operator small cell pilot
Three of the big four vendors have signed up to a pilot scheme led by Freshwave, pitched as ‘the first small cell network in the UK capable of hosting all four mobile network operators from day one.’
Vodafone drafts in Hazy to trial ‘synthetic data for telecoms’
UK operator Vodafone has been tinkering away with a firm called Hazy to test the use of ‘synthetic data’ in its operations.
Vodafone builds a hybrid Porsche…network
Vodafone Business has rolled out a 5G hybrid private mobile network for Porsche Engineering at its Italian tech centre as part of a push to further the development of the connected cars agenda.
Vodafone hopes urban Open RAN deployment won’t lead to faulty towers
UK operator Vodafone has deployed Open RAN tech on some live masts in urban environments, claiming a European first in so doing.
Vodafone Chief Exec throws in the towel
Nick Read (pictured), the Chief Executive of UK-based operator group Vodafone, is stepping down from his role at the end of this year, with no permanent replacement named.
Another day, another new lab, as Vodafone seeks an edge
Vodafone UK wants to show the people of Manchester what can be done with multi-access edge computing (MEC).
Vodafone teams up with WWF on phone recycling scheme
Operator Vodafone and environmental charity WWF have launched a ‘one million phones for the planet’ programme.
Vodafone to cut €1 billion in costs and raise prices due to economic headwinds
Vodafone on Tuesday revealed hefty cost-cutting measures to help mitigate the impact of the worsening economic climate, as well as reducing its full-year earnings and cash flow guidance.
Telecoms industry renews its vows at COP27 but with conditions
We’re in the middle of the annual climate action jamboree known as COP, in which the global public and private sectors strive to show they’re doing their bit for the planet.
Vodafone’s multi-billion-euro towers deal is all about control
Vodafone has agreed a co-control deal for its Vantage Towers business with Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and KKR that could bring in cash proceeds of up to €7.1 billion.
German operators beat their own 5G targets
Two of Germany’s big mobile operators are very excited to have beaten their own targets for 5G network rollout.
Virgin Media signs wholesale deal with Vodafone Ireland
The Irish wings of operator Vodafone and fixed line provider Virgin Media have signed a wholesale agreement that will see the former being able to flog the latter’s fibre.
Qualcomm and Vodafone buddy up to develop 5G Open RAN infrastructure
US chip designer Qualcomm and UK operator group Vodafone are collaborating on high-performance, energy efficient 5G vDU and Massive MIMO RU solutions.
Vodafone doubles down on Open RAN with new partnerships and pilots
UK-based telco group Vodafone is pulling all the strings it can to turn its Open RAN dream into reality.
Vodafone rolls out £12 social broadband tariff
Telco group Vodafone is taking further measures to help UK families and small businesses cope with inflation.
Vodafone and Altice team up on €7 billion German fibre rollout
Vodafone and Altice have announced the creation of a fibre joint venture in Germany that will spend as much as €7 billion on network rollout in the coming years.
Vodafone UK confirms merger talks with Three
A long-rumoured piece of major British telecoms market consolidation is on the cards, with the UK arms of Vodafone and Three confirmed to be in merger discussions.
Vodafone’s Portugal buy could raise regulatory eyebrows
Vodafone has agreed to acquire Portuguese mobile operator Nowo in a deal clearly designed to help it build some scale in the country.
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