Vodafone will use its new "Sensing4Farming" platform for the NB-IoT project with Bodegas Emilio Toro
Vodafone has signed an agreement with Spanish wine producer Bodegas Emilio Moro to develop what it describes as the "winery of the future", using narrowband Internet of Things technology, Spanish...
Vodafone Group currently operates 110,000 towers across its European footprint
U.K.-based telecom group Vodafone is considering selling towers in order to help reduce the company’s debt, which currently totals 31 billion euros ($36.2 billion), its incoming CEO Nick Read said.
At a Goldman Sachs investor conference,...
Vodafone announced plans to deploy new infrastructure in the U.K., Romania and Hungary
Vodafone has confirmed plans to double the number of European sites in its narrowband Internet of Things network footprint by the end of 2019.
The U.K.-based telecom group said it has seen a...
Operators Sprint and Vodafone have backed Arm’s integrated SIM (iSIM) technology to help the internet-of-things (IoT) market reach scale.
Sprint confirmed it is working with fellow Softbank companies Arm and Packet on its new IoT platform, announced last week. Swedish vendor Ericsson has been handed...
The German regulator also urged existing carriers to open up network infrastructure to MVNOs
Germany’s antitrust regulator called for a fourth mobile carrier to enter the domestic market when 5G licenses are auctioned in 2019, Reuters reported.
The Federal Cartel Office’s head Andreas Mundt suggested that...
The South African telco said it is ready to launch 5G in its home market once the government assigns spectrum in the 3.5GHz band
South African telecom operator Vodacom Group has launched what it claims to be Africa’s first commercial 5G service in Lesotho, the...
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Vodafone willing to...
Idea Cellular and Vodafone India both using cloud-native core solution
As India's booming mobile market continues to develop, Nokia is chalking up another win for its cloud-native core solution. The infrastructure vendor is working with operator Idea Cellular to deploy a cloud-native core as part...
In this case study, Cobham Wireless explains how it provided in-building connectivity for Torre Diamante, which is Italy?s tallest steel building is located in Milan?s new business district, Porta Nuova
U.K.-based infrastructure company Cobham Wireless said it has installed its intelligent digital Distributed Antenna System...
The European telco secured 90 megahertz of 5G spectrum in the recent tender
Vodafone Spain has announced the launch of 5G trials in the cities of Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Bilbao, Malaga and Seville. The announcement follows the recent acquisition of 90 megahertz of spectrum in...
The European market for cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) communications will grow to 416.5 million connections by 2023, from 86 million at the end of 2017, according to ABI Research. This growth, of 384 per cent, will come with the launch of new internet-of-things (IoT) based...
Mobile operators from every region have backed the GSMA’s new IoT security guidelines. AT&T is the only US operator so far to have committed to the GSMA measures; it is joined by the leading operator brands in Europe and China.
The GSMA guidelines make 85...
The carrier is currently working to deploy the trials in the cities of Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool, London and Manchester
Vodafone has announced plans to carry out 5G trials in seven cities across the U.K during the last quarter of the year.
The telco said...
Cloud packet core will support nearly 8 million subs
Bangalore, India, a tech hub in the rapidly developing subcontinent, just got a little more connected with Vodafone India's deployment of a Nokia cloud packet core that will support some 7.8 million enterprise and consumer users.
Vodafone...
Vodafone's IoT connectivity would allow mills to provide fortified flour to millions of people in African countries
U.K.-based telecom group Vodafone is currently working with Sanku (Project Healthy Children) to equip small flour mills across Africa with internet of things (IoT) services to provide fortified...
European operators Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone have completed the first international roaming trial in Europe using narrowband ‘internet-of-things’ (NB-IoT) technology, according to the GSMA. The trade body said 29 mobile operators have launched 51 commercial licensed low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks, running either of the...
Vodafone’s group revenue from ‘internet of things’ (IoT) services stood at €747 million for the 12 months to March 31, up 7.2 per cent from €697 million the previous year.
The increase was down to higher IoT SIM connections in the period, up 31.2 per...
British telecoms group Vodafone finally completes €18.4 billion ($21.8bn) monster deal for Liberty Global cable and broadband assets in Germany and eastern Europe to complete its decade-long journey from mobile-only carrier to the region's multi-play champ.
Vodafone has struck a deal to purchase Liberty Global’s...
Data from the sensors is sent to Huawei's OceanConnect IoT platform through Telefonica’s network
Huawei, Telefónica Germany, and IoT provider Q-loud have jointly launched a smart meter proof-of-concept (POC) based on NB-IoT technology for Munich airport.
The partners said that insufficient wireless signals in buildings and...
The two firms said the small cell deployment will be completed by 2020
U.K mobile operator O2 and compatriot communications infrastructure firm Arqiva confirmed plans to deploy up to 300 small cells across London.
The companies said the small cells will offer enhanced mobile data capacity...
UK carriers have paid £1.35 billion ($1.9bn) in the first stage of bidding for new 3.4 GHz radio spectrum, for use with 5G services, including high-bandwidth IoT-based concepts like autonomous driving. The new 3.4GHz allocation is the first bandwidth to be made available for...
Vodafone will work with Veolia Energy to kick off a commercial NB-IoT initiative in the Czech Republic
Vodafone Czech Republic and Veolia Energie have launched a commercial NB-IoT project to deploy smart meters. Under the NB-IoT initiative, a total of 1,000 smart meters will be connected...
Vodafone Germany and Bosch partnered on C-V2X trial
Huawei, Vodafone Germany and Bosch have successfully tested the extended usage of cellular vehicle to everything (C-V2X) technology in combination with Bosch’s adaptive cruise control (ACC) driver assistance system.
The partners said they have been performing trials of...
Nokia, Vodafone and other partners look to deploy 4G to support data transmissions from lunar rovers
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. Now come over here, Buzz. I want to get a selfie of this up on Insta; my ex-girlfriend'll...
