Vodafone will be the official Technology Partner for the Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021). The tournament, which was postponed due to the pandemic, is set to take place in England later this year and will be the first time the RLWC encompasses the men’s, women’s and wheelchair competitions, within a singular event, across 61 […]

Papua New Guinea (PNG) now has a new mobile service provider to choose from as Digitec Communications Limited (Vodafone PNG) and SES have partnered up to provide 4G and 5G high-speed mobile broadband services. The high-speed data service will be delivered via SES’s O3b medium earth orbit (MEO) satellite constellation, which will further enable economic […]

Spain’s largest telcos, Telefónica, Vodafone and Orange, have lost 341,000 pay TV customers in a year, according to Q4 2021 data. Telefónica saw the biggest losses, shedding 218,000 pay-TV customers. In the first quarter of 2022, it has deepened its losses losing another 70,000 customers to stand at 3.64 million subscribers. Its pay-TV platform Movistar […]

Vodafone Spain reported a 0.3 per cent rise in revenues to €4.18 million in its last fiscal year (to March 31st), with an EBITDA of €957 million, down 1.1 per cent. Tough competition in the market drove its revenues per service to fall by 2 per cent to €3.714 million with the company losing customers; […]

Emirates Telecommunications Group company e&, formerly known as Etisalat, has acquired approximately 2,766 million shares in Vodafone Group Plc, representing 9.8 per cent of Vodafone’s issued share capital (excluding treasury shares) for purchase cost of circa $4.4 billion (€4.23bn). e& has made the investment in Vodafone to gain significant exposure to a world leader in […]

Former Ofcom CEO Stephen Carter will be appointed as a non-executive director of Vodafone Group following the Company’s Annual General Meeting on July 26th, subject to shareholder approval. “I am delighted to welcome Stephen to Vodafone’s Board,” declared Vodafone’s Chairman, Jean-Francois van Boxmeer. “He brings a track record of value creation and he has extensive […]

Research by Vodafone has revealed that European households have rapidly shifted to permanent ‘digital-first’ lifestyles in the wake of the global pandemic – with high-quality, reliable and secure WiFi now considered critical for wireless work, entertainment and social connectivity in the home. Households in Germany, Spain, Italy and the UK were surveyed by Kantar for […]

Extreme E has has announced Vodafone Business as its Technology Communications Partner.This collaboration will see Vodafone Business leading innovations and capabilities such as 5G, MPN, IoT and MEC, integrated into Extreme E’s global operations. It will also include full involvement in the purpose-driven elements of the series, with special prominence on Extreme E’s Legacy Programmes […]

Philippe Rogge has been appointed CEO of Vodafone Germany and a member of the Group Executive Committee effective July 1st. Current CEO Hannes Ametsreiter will step down, effective June 30th, to pursue new career opportunities. Rogge joins Vodafone after more than a decade with Microsoft including his most recent role for the last five years […]

The owners of TalkTalk, the UK broadband provider, have received tentative approaches about a potential £3 billion (€3.59bn) sale of the company amid a flurry of international telecoms industry consolidation. Vodafone has been plotting an offer for TalkTalk in recent weeks, according to Sky News, whilst Sky itself – owned by Comcast – is also […]