Satellite Connect Europe and Vodafone Ireland have completed Ireland’s first mobile video phone call, via an AST SpaceMobile satellite using a standard smartphone. The video call was made by Vodafone Ireland engineer Robert Ivers from an area of no mobile coverage on Clare Island, County Mayo, to Vodafone Ireland CEO Sabrina Casalta in Dublin. The […]
Vodafone TV has continued to expand its entertainment ecosystem in Spain with the addition of Rakuten TV to its platform offering. Vodafone TV customers will be able to access the Videoclub by Rakuten TV service, a library of rental movies that increases the catalogue available within the Vodafone TV service. Vodafone TV customers in Spain […]
Huber+Suhner and Aurora Networks, a Vistance Networks business, are collaborating on a next-generation Remote PHY solution which will provide multi-gigabit service enablement, long-term support and sustainable expansion of the Vodafone cable network in Germany. The two technology companies will assist Vodafone with the adoption of enhanced, field-proven and innovative Distributed Access Architecture and Virtual CMTS technologies. […]
Swisscom has announced that Fastweb + Vodafone and TIM have entered into a non-binding agreement aimed at developing and operating new mobile towers with up to 6,000 new sites in Italy. The joint initiative is designed also to support the swift deployment of 5G networks in the country. It will allow Fastweb + Vodafone and […]
Fifty government-funded mast upgrades have now been activated in Wales as part of the Shared Rural Network (SRN) – a programme brokered by the UK government and joint-funded with mobile network operators to improve mobile coverage in rural areas. Across the whole of the UK, 119 masts are now live as part of the SRN. Rural […]
Samsung Electronics and Vodafone have announced that the companies have successfully completed the first call utilising Samsung’s virtualised RAN (vRAN) solution and Intel Xeon 6 SoC (system-on-chip), marking a first milestone in Europe. This test of the latest chipset reinforces a shared commitment to advance next-generation autonomous networks, which are built on a software-driven, cloud-native […]
Vodafone and Amazon Leo have signed an agreement to extend mobile coverage across Europe and Africa. The news emerged from the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona. This announcement is additional to the agreement with AST SpaceMobile also announced at the show. Vodafone will use Amazon Leo satellites to connect more remote mobile masts and […]
The Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile joint-venture for European connectivity to its orbiting satellites has been officially opened. ‘Satellite Connect Europe’ is already investing in new ground stations in Germany, UK, Spain and France, all supported by a state-of-the-art control centre in Germany, a major satellite production facility in Barcelona, and test lab in Malaga, Spain. […]
Marika Auramo, the Vodafone Business CEO, has said that her company is ready to scale up activity through satellite connectivity. Vodafone has a partnership agreement in place with AST SpaceMobile. “2026 will be the year satellite connectivity transforms business resilience and growth. As the technology matures, we’ll see it move beyond niche applications into mainstream […]
There has been a shift in how quickly broadband service providers (BSPs) using prpl Foundation and RDK platforms can deploy new services, from months and years to a matter of weeks, as both organisations have integrations with the Broadband Forum’s OBUSPA open source software. Two of the most widely used carrier-grade open source platforms for […]