Texas-based AST SpaceMobile (AST) will hold its Q2 investors update later today (August 11th) at 5pm Eastern Time. Investors and analysts are keen to know more on AST’s launch and business plans. Some observers are suggesting that an Indian rocket launch of AST’s Bluebird FM1 heavyweight craft is delayed, perhaps beyond September. However, there are […]

Following the acquisition of Vodafone Italia, Swisscom Group’s first joint half-year figures show a revenue increase of 36.7 per cent to CHF 7.4 billion (€7.9bn) EBITDA after lease expense (EBITDAaL) rose by 15.9 per cent to CHF 2.4 billion, while operating free cash flow rose by 1.2 per cent to CHF 989 million. In addition, […]

Vodafone Group and Kaltura, the AI Video Experience Cloud, have extended their partnership around the Kaltura-powered Vodafone TV solution (VTV). Vodafone launched VTV in 2014, and it has since grown to serve several million subscribers across eight markets. Kaltura’s platform has been supporting Vodafone’s continued transition from providing traditional on-premises based IPTV services to offering […]

Liberty Global has offloaded its remaining stake in Vodafone, according to a filing with the London Stock Exchange made on August 1st. Liberty held 5.018 per cent – consisting of 0.357 per cent in voting rights attached to shares and 4.661 per cent through financial instruments – in the British telco through Liberty Global Europe […]

Zegona Communications has announced that Vodafone Spain and MasOrange have entered into a binding contract with GIC Private Markets to create FibreCo – a new fibre network company in Spain. This contract with GIC, a global investor, activates the binding agreement Vodafone Spain signed with MasOrange in January 2025.  FibreCo will bring together network assets […]

Ofcom’s Mobile Matters research report puts people’s experiences of using mobile networks across the UK under the microscope, based on crowdsourced data collected between October 2024 and March 2025 by Opensignal. The analysis showed that 71 per cent (a year-on-year decrease of 7 percentage points) of cellular network connections were on 4G, 28 per cent on […]

Thirty 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, 56 masts are now live as part of the SRN. […]

Vodafone Spain, now under the control of UK-based fund Zegona since June 2024, closed its most recent fiscal year (ending March 31st) with losses of €82.12 million. Despite the red figures, the company’s EBITDA rose by 2.8 per cent to €1.24 billion, while operating cash flow jumped 54.7 per cent to €625 million. Total revenues […]

London Tube users can now stay connected via high-speed 4G and 5G on new sections of the network as Transport for London (TfL) and Boldyn Networks (Boldyn) complete further installation works to expand mobile coverage on the network. Mobile coverage has been expanded along the Northern line with the tunnelled section between Balham and South Wimbledon […]

Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile have a joint-venture covering AST’s planned ‘direct-to-consumer’ satellite-based cellular service. The pair have chosen Luxembourg as the new company’s headquarters. Mobile operators covering 21 EU member states and other European countries have already expressed an interest in using the service; commercial launches expected from 2026. The planned establishment of the new […]