UK government conditionally approves £15bn Vodafone–Three merger
The UK government has this week released a “Publication of notice of Final Order” that provisionally approves the Vodafone–Three merger, subject to certain conditions.
Read Moreby Georgia Sweeting | May 10, 2024
The UK government has this week released a “Publication of notice of Final Order” that provisionally approves the Vodafone–Three merger, subject to certain conditions.
Read Moreby Harry Baldock | May 10, 2024
Nokia and Vodafone have announced the successful completion of a trial, leveraging Nokia’s anyRAN approach in collaboration with partners Arm and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE).
Read Moreby Harry Baldock | May 1, 2024
According to anonymous sources speaking to Bloomberg, Abu Dhabi-based operator group e& is looking to expand into eastern Europe through the acquisition of international telco United Group.
Read Moreby Harry Baldock | Apr 16, 2024
This week, Vodafone Group has finally announced a new CEO for Vodafone Business in the form of Marika Auramo, currently the Chief Business Officer for the EMEA region for software specialist SAP.
Read Moreby Georgia Sweeting | Apr 5, 2024
This week, Vodafone Germany has announced its network construction update for the first quarter of this year. Within this time frame, Vodafone has made strides in bolstering mobile connectivity infrastructure across the country, completing over 1,200 construction projects.
Read Moreby Harry Baldock | Apr 4, 2024
Today, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced that it will launch a Phase 2 investigation into the £15 billion merger between Vodafone UK and Three UK, a move that would shrink the number of mobile players in the market from four to three.
Read Moreby Georgia Sweeting | Mar 22, 2024
This week, the UK competition and markets authority (CMA) has completed the first phase of its investigation into the merger which was put in place to identify whether the deal may lead to a ‘substantial lessening of competition’.
Read Moreby Georgia Sweeting | Mar 18, 2024
Swisscom has announced a binding deal to acquire Vodafone’s Italian business unit for €8 billion (£6.8bn).
Read Moreby Harry Baldock | Mar 8, 2024
At Mobile World Congress 2024, speakers from Kingfisher, CCS Insight, Vodafone, Samsung, and Telefonica sat down to discuss strategies focussed on changing consumer mindsets with regard to device lifecycles
Read Moreby Harry Baldock | Mar 7, 2024
Today, Vodafone UK has become the first operator in the country to launch a large language model (LLM) chatbot, introducing the novel technology for its VOXI customers.
Read Moreby Harry Baldock | Feb 28, 2024
Today, Vodafone has confirmed that it has agreed to sell its Italian unit to Switzerland’s Swisscom for €8 billion.
Read Moreby Harry Baldock | Feb 21, 2024
Today, Vodafone has announced the deployment of NEC’s Massive MIMO technology to one of their live 5G Open RAN sites in Devon. The operator has upgraded one of its existing Open RAN masts in Devon with NEC equipment, demonstrating the benefits of interchangeable RAN components.
Read Moreby Harry Baldock | Feb 1, 2024
A selection of the month’s biggest news stories from the German telecoms market, with expert guest commentary provided by Rowan Thomson, Senior Conference Producer of Connected Germany, Total Telecom
Read Moreby Harry Baldock | Jan 30, 2024
This week, RootMetrics (Ookla) have released their bi-annual benchmarking study of UK mobile networks, measuring both performance and coverage of various mobile technologies.
Read Moreby Georgia Sweeting | Jan 29, 2024
Vodafone and the UK government have reached an agreement to implement “proportionate measures” after the government raised concerns over UAE-based e&’s growing stake in the UK operator. The move comes as a measure to prevent foreign powers from having too much power and influence over British businesses.
Read Moreby Georgia Sweeting | Jan 26, 2024
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has begun the first phase of its investigation into the proposed merger of mobile network operators Three UK and Vodafone UK. Prior to the investigation’s launch, the CMA collected pre-notification evidence and information from both companies, as well as early views from stakeholders.
Read Moreby Harry Baldock | Jan 22, 2024
Vodafone, Xiaomi, and Qualcomm Technologies Inc have successfully tested a new 5G technology that will pave the way for customers to get faster upload speeds and wider coverage with the arrival of new smartphones and devices expected during 2024
Read Moreby Georgia Sweeting | Jan 19, 2024
This week, AST SpaceMobile has announced a combined $155 million strategic investment from AT&T, Google and Vodafone. AST SpaceMobile will use the financing the help further secure their position in the emerging direct-to-device satellite communications market.
Read Moreby Harry Baldock | Jan 17, 2024
In December, Ofcom launched a consultation on network resilience, noting the increasing importance of connectivity in our daily lives and subsequently of network outages’ disruptive impact. Indeed, the consultation seems to be partly inspired by the disruption caused by recent winter storms, as well as the ongoing shut down of the Public Switched Telephone Network (landlines).
Read Moreby Georgia Sweeting | Jan 16, 2024
News The $1.5 billion deal will see Vodafone replace its European data centres with virtual ones...
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