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Vodafone starts field trials of connected car platform

Road safety is being included in telecom operators plans. As such, Vodafone, Nokia and Chordant, with some kind of public sector seal of approval and maybe even public funds, took a step towards that purpose by having it positioned as a ‘mobility cloud platform’. This seems an initial step towards using the mobile edge to […]

Vodafone Idea offers free recharge for 60 million low-income users

Vodafone Idea announced earlier last week special COVID-19 relief offers for its 60 million low-income customers to help them stay connected at all times during the country’s brutal second wave of the pandemic. As a special relief offer, Vi is giving $0.67 prepaid plan free to over 60 million low income customers due to the […]

MTN, Vodafone bid for telecom operating licenses in Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s Finance Ministry announced on Monday that two bids have been made for two new telecoms operating licenses, as the country looks to liberalize its telecoms industry and economy. The two license bidders include South Africa’s MTN Group and a consortium of Kenya’s Safaricom, Vodafone, Vodacom, CDC Group (a UK development finance institution) and Japanese […]

Vodafone calls for new cybersecurity policies to promote small business recovery

Vodafone is calling on the British government to support the pandemic recovery of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by introducing new cybersecurity policies. A report published recently titled: ‘Protecting our SMEs: Cybersecurity in the new world of work’, said that the UK’s economic recovery from COVID-19 is at risk if new policy recommendations are not […]

100GB fiber broadband record deal by Nokia and Vodafone

Nokia and Vodafone have announced the successful trial of a new passive optical network (PON) technology capable of delivering speeds up to 100 gigabits per second (Gb/s) on a single wavelength 10 times faster than the most advanced networks available today. The development marks the first in fiber broadband access for Nokia, following breakthroughs in […]

Good news looms for Vodafone, as Telefonica offloads towers

Spanish telco Telefonica agreed on Wednesday to sell its tower portfolio in both the European and Latin American markets to American Tower for €7.7 billion (or $9.4 billion). Telefonica will offload almost 30,722 existing communications sites pertaining to its telecom infrastructure subsidiary, Telxius Towers across Brazil, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Germany, and Spain. American Tower is […]

Vodafone becomes Oman’s third operator

Telecoms giant Vodafone has officially become Oman’s third operator following a royal decree granting it a first-class license to establish and operate public telecommunications services in the Sultanate. Vodafone, which owns and operates networks in 22 countries and has partner networks in 48 further countries, will stand toe-to-toe with the local Oman Telecommunication Company (Omantel) […]

Vodafone Qatar launches 5G mobile hotspot device

Vodafone Qatar has officially become the first operator in the region to launch their next generation Inseego 5G MiFi M2000, a 5G mobile hotspot that delivers breakthrough performance with features designed to provide the ultimate 5G experience for everyone. “We’re proud to expand Inseego’s existing relationship with Vodafone Qatar, now with availability of our high-performance […]