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Vodafone Spain aims 5G to reach 82% of population by end-2024

Vodafone Spain has been recently acquired by Zegona Communications Vodafone Spain expects its 5G network to reach 82% of the Spanish population by the end of this year, the telco said in a statement. By the end of 2024, the telco’s 5G network infrastructure will reach...

ATC seeks conversion of debentures in Vodafone Idea to shares

Vodafone Idea said it will take necessary action to allot ATC a total of 1.44 billion fully paid-up equity shares Indian telecom operator Vodafone Idea said that tower company American Tower Corporation (ATC) has requested conversion of debentures worth INR4.4 billion ($173.5 million) into equity...

Swisscom to acquire Vodafone Italia and merge it with Fastweb

Swisscom said the acquisition of Vodafone Italia is expected to be completed during Q1 2025 Swiss carrier Swisscom confirmed it has entered into binding agreements with U.K carrier Vodafone Group for the acquisition of 100% of Vodafone Italia for EUR 8 billion ($8.71 billion) on...

Vodafone Group and partners to bring Open RAN to Italy

Vodafone deployed the U.K.'s first 5G Open RAN site in Bath, Somerset in January 2022 Vodafone Group this week said it will introduce Open RAN in Italy through a pilot program. The carrier completed a series of 4G calls over a cluster of shared commercial...

Vodafone ends 2022 with over 5 million IoT connections in Spain

Vodafone Group currently connects 159 million IoT devices on over 580 networks in 190 countries Vodafone ended 2022 with over 5 million active IoT lines in Spain in the IoT segment, after adding nearly 1 million during the year. In a statement, the company noted...

Liberty Global acquires 4.92% stake in Vodafone Group

Liberty Global confirmed that it is not considering an offer for Vodafone Liberty Global announced that it has acquired 1,335 million shares in Vodafone Group representing 4.92% of the outstanding share capital. In a release, the multinational telecom company noted that the transaction was principally funded...

Vodafone Idea, Genus Power to carry out NB-IoT PoC in India

  Vodafone Idea said it is already testing automatic metering infrastructure at Genus’s R&D facility in Jaipur   Vodafone Idea Business Services, the enterprise arm of Indian carrier Vodafone Idea, has inked a strategic partnership with compatriot firm Genus Power Infra to establish a commercial proof of...

Virtual transformation aided by Amdocs NFV solutions

Amdocs NFV targets service providers managing both physical and virtual features Amdocs continues to dip its toes into the network functions virtualization (NFV) market. The company recently unveiled Amdocs NFV powered by Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP), which oversees the lifecycle of virtual network functions....

Vodafone eyes South Korea with new LG Uplus partnership

Vodafone links up with LG Uplus Vodafone Group is looking to compete in South Korea, inking a strategic deal with telecom company LG Uplus to expand the European carrier's influence. The new partnership with LG Uplus started April 1 but was just announced this week. Under the agreement,...

Vodafone and Idea Cellular move to create largest mobile carrier in India

Proposed merger of Vodafone and Idea Cellular operations would result in nearly 400 million combined customers, robust spectrum for LTE and 5G. Vodafone Group and Idea Cellular moved on long-simmering plans to combine their cellular operations in India, announcing a proposed deal to...

Vodafone Group's Q1 revenue reaches $17.5B

Vodafone ends June with 52.5M LTE subscribers in 21 markets U.K.-based Vodafone Group recorded 13.37 billion pounds ($17.55 billion) in revenue for its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, a decline of 4.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Group service revenue was 12.27 billion pounds for...

Liberty Global expands LatAm cable, mobile reach with $5.3B CWC deal

Liberty Global looks to bolster LatAm LiLAC platform with proposed Cable & Wireless deal International cable telecommunications provider Liberty Global is set to expand its footprint deeper into the Latin America market through a pending acquisition of U.K.-based Cable & Wireless Communications. The deal is being...

Vodafone to implement companywide maternity leave standards

Vodafone plan to include 16 weeks of fully paid leave Telecommunications giant Vodafone Group said by the end of this year it plans to implement a mandatory minimum global maternity policy across the organization that will include at least 16 weeks of fully paid maternity...

Global Telecom: Denmark takes top spot in ICT Development Index

Denmark ranks first in global ICT Development Index The United Nations' International Telecommunication Union released its annual report on Monday. The ICT Development Index ranks 166 countries on their level of ICT access. South Korea ranked second in the report and almost every country improved their...

Carrier Wrap: AT&T Mobility extends ‘double data’ to business customers

AT&T Mobility this week expanded its recently launched “double data” promotion to its business customers, offering up twice the amount of shared data buckets through the end of the month. The plans were rolled out to business customers on Oct. 5, and call for original...

Report: China Mobile dominates world stage, U.S. robust in revenues

A new report from industry trade association GSMA looked to rank the world’s mobile operators based on their total revenues over the past 12 months and connections to their networks at the end of the second quarter, with both values ranked equally. The results...