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Vodafone’s Vicente named CEO of Ericsson Iberia

The former General Director at Vodafone Spain, Andrés Vicente, has been named as new president and CEO of Ericsson Iberia, including Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar. Vicente will replace Javier García Gomez in the position with the aim of strengthening the company in view of the 5G deployments in the Iberian market. Vicente has 25 […]

September 6, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Technicolor, Vodafone deploy Super Wi-Fi 6 boosters with Alexa

Media and entertainment technologist Technicolor Connected Home has partnered with Vodafone to deploy next-generation Wi-Fi 6-enabled Super Wi-Fi boosters with Alexa Built-in as part of the latest Vodafone Pro Broadband offering – Vodafone Pro Broadband with Alexa Built-in. It says the Super Wi-Fi boosters represent a first in bringing Wi-Fi 6 to Vodafone’s UK customer […]

August 18, 2021

Vodafone launches Pro Broadband with Alexa

UK multiplay telco Vodafone has launched Vodafone Pro Broadband with Alexa Built-in which it claims offers customers a UK broadband first – a Super WiFi Plus booster with Alexa Built-in, hybrid 4G broadband back-up and dedicated WiFi Xperts support from £38 (€45) a month. Vodafone’s new booster includes Alexa – giving households the ability to […]

August 9, 2021

Spanish Court rejects RTVE tax refund to telcos

The Spanish Court, Audiencia Nacional, has rejected appeals from Telefónica, Vodafone and Orange against the RTVE tax refusing to return the €1.6 billion paid by them since 2010. The refusal is a new setback to the operators which also saw their appeals rejected by the Constitutional Court and the European Court of Justice. The operators […]

August 2, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Duilio heads Sky Italia

Sky Italia has named Vodafone executive director Andrea Duilio as its new CEO. He will take up the role on September 6th. Duilio, 47, who heads Vodafone’s consumer business unit in Italy, will succeed Maximo Ibarra who stepped down in April and will report to Stephen van Rooyen, CEO of Sky’s UK and European operations. […]

July 27, 2021

Vodafone up; no thanks to TV

Vodafone has reported a better-than-expected rise in Q1 service revenue as more stores reopened and tourism made a small return. CEO Nick Read said the company was back to service revenue growth in Europe as well as Africa as it reported a 3.3 per cent rise in service revenue. The company said it maintained momentum […]

July 23, 2021

Spanish telcos pay €1bn+ for 5G

Telefónica, Vodafone and Orange will pay €1.01 billion for the 700 MHz-based 5G licences following the completed public auction, with a 1.5 per cent price rise from the €995 million starting price. Teléfonica will pay up to €310 million for a block of 2 x 10 Mhz frequencies and has undertaken to deploy it before […]

July 22, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Vodafone UK expands IoT coverage

Vodafone has doubled the number of sites in its Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) network to meet increasing demand for Internet of Things (IoT) services. Vodafone NB-IoT coverage now reaches 98 per cent of the UK. NB-IoT is a low power, wide area network (LPWAN) technology, designed to enable efficient communication across wide geographical footprints, or deep […]

July 20, 2021

Analyst: 3.9bn 5G subs by 2026

While 5G is being widely deployed on a global basis, we haven’t even begun to see the full potential of this technology, according to research firm GlobalData. The company notes that 5G is yet to make a

July 19, 2021

Sport TV 6, CNN to launch in Portugal

Portuguese premium sports channel operator Sport TV will launch its sixth channel in August, after receiving the green light from the Regulatory Authority for the Media (ERC). Sport TV 6 will mainly focus on popular sports such as basketball, handball, volleyball and motorsports, promising even more live coverage. According to ERC’s ruling, Sport TV 6 […]

July 19, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome