Vodafone noted that WRC-23 will decide the future use of the 6 GHz spectrum band
U.K. carrier Vodafone said it has achieved 1 Gbps speeds in its ongoing network tests in the upper 6 GHz frequency band, ahead of a meeting of national regulators and...
Italian gas and water distributor Italgas is working with Infovista to bring visibility and control to eight million cellular-connected smart meters, connected via the country’s three mobile network operators. Infovista said it has supplied the Italian utility with its Ativa assurance solution to help...
Market research firm Kaleido Intelligence has reviewed a bunch of cellular IoT providers for the supply of connectivity management platforms (CMP), eSIM connectivity, and eSIM subscription management – and ranked Vodafone, Eseye, G+D, and Thales as the best in the business. Vodafone was rated...
It seems strange for a telco to lean on its telco roots to sell digital services to enterprises – but that's what Orange has done, as OBS becomes Orange Business.
The main news from the Orange Business strategy update in London last week (November 8)...
Vodafone noted that the new unit will utilize Accenture’s technology and transformation services such as its digital solutions and platforms, as well as its expertise in the AI field
U.K.-based Vodafone Group announced its intention to create a strategic partnership with Accenture with the main...
Ofcom said that each lot will comprise a block of 200 megahertz
U.K. telecommunications regulator Ofcom has confirmed the details of the country’s first millimeter-wave (mmWave) spectrum auction.
In September, Ofcom announced that it will open the 26 GHz and 40 GHz spectrum bands to mobile...
Germany-based IoT company Dryad Networks, offering a planet-saving wildfire protection solution, and talked about in these pages a year ago as a “superstar on the LoRaWAN circuit”, continues to pick up useful-sounding contracts with government agencies, municipal authorities, forestry trusts, and private landowners variously...
Israeli edge-cloud and private cellular software company ASOCS is working with Lufthansa Industry Solutions (LHIND), the system integrator (SI) division of German aviation firm Lufthansa Group, and an early pioneer of private 5G in Europe, to test and develop its own industrial 5G positioning...
Virgin Media O2 will retain a 33.33% stake in Cornerstone upon completion of the transaction
U.K. telco Virgin Media O2 has reached an agreement to sell a 16.67% minority stake in its mobile tower joint venture, Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited, to the U.K.-based infrastructure fund,...
Vodafone CEO describes sale as part of "right-sizing" effort
Vodafone is existing the highly-competitive Spanish market with the sale of its business there to Zegona Communications. According to Vodafone, it's receiving €4.1 billion in cash and €900,000,000 in "redeemable preference shares...for an amount comprising the...
Major multinational European carriers have publicly and repeatedly expressed intent to deploy Open RAN at scale. This is driven by a number of factors chief among them the need to comply with national-level regulations concerning the replacement of equipment from Chinese vendors, as well...
Vodafone explained that 6GHz equipment was installed on an existing 5G site in Madrid covering the carrier’s campus and the surrounding area
U.K. telecom operator Vodafone announced it has successfully tested future mobile spectrum in the upper 6 GHz frequency band in Spain.
In a release,...
If the Vodafone-Three merger is approved, the new entity will reach 99% of the U.K. population with 5G Standalone (SA) networks
Executives from U.K. telcos Vodafone and Three UK unit said their $18 billion merger would benefit Britain's consumers, infrastructure and jobs, according to a...
If the Vodafone-Three transaction is approved, the new entity will reach 99% of the U.K. population with 5G Standalone (SA) networks
The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it is providing an early opportunity for interested third parties to comment on the potential impacts...
Note: this the second part of an introduction to a forthcoming editorial report on smart meters, covering how ‘IoT has changed up a gear in the utilities market’. The report will be available next month. RCR Wireless will host a webinar on the same...
While Open RAN vendors are focused on hardware/software disaggregation and interoperability, operators also need RAN reaggregation
As commercial Open RAN deployments, particularly in brownfield network environments, begin to ramp, the longstanding focus on ensuring interoperability between disaggregated radio hardware and software could stand to move...
In March, Ofcom unveiled plans to award spectrum in the 26GHz and 40GHz bands for 5G and other mobile technologies
U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom confirmed plans to award millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum but announced it will not hold an auction until a decision has been...
Initial 6G networks are expected to be commercially launched around 2030
The Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance (NGMN) announced the publication of the “6G Position Statement: An Operator View”, with the main aim of guiding a course for the future of communication networks
“Our publication provides...
Zegona is also in talks with bank for the potential financing of the Vodafone Spain acquisition
U.K.-based investment firm Zegona Communications confirmed it is in discussions with U.K. telecom group Vodafone on a potential acquisition of the carrier’s Spanish business, Zegona Communications said in a...
A good panel session at Digital Transformation World in Copenhagen yesterday (September 19), rounding out the first early-morning keynotes, saw chief digital and technology officers from BT and Vodafone, plus others, variously discuss the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) within telecoms. In particular,...
Vodafone UK noted that 5G networks will enable more patient care to be delivered remotely
The U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) could lose up to £1 billion ($1.24 billion) a year if 5G is not rolled out quickly across the country, according to a new...
Project Kuiper will connect geographically dispersed cellular antennas back to Vodafone’s core telecom network
Vodafone Group and Amazon’s Project Kuiper will use low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite technology to extend 4G and 5G connectivity in Europe and Africa, particularly for those in underserved communities.
Project Kuiper will...
Vodafone said its O-RAN program is supported by Samsung, Intel, Keysight, Dell Technologies, Capgemini and Wind River
U.K. telco Vodafone confirmed it has officially started the installation of Open RAN (O-RAN) equipment for 2,500 sites in Wales and in certain regions of England, the telco...
Thanks to network slicing, trial participants experienced a 270% increase in throughput, a 25% decrease in latency and 57% less jitter
Ericsson and Vodafone demonstrated that an optimized 5G Standalone (SA) network can enhance cloud-based mobile gaming in a live network trial at Coventry University,...
