All Vodafone Group articles
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M&AVodafone bulks up with £4.3bn UK buyout
Group says ‘time is right’ to move on VodafoneThree less than a year after combining, buying out CK Hutchison and bulking up in its home market. Management cites progress on synergies, but jury’s out on ‘success’ of merged operator eleven months in…
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Financial & PerformanceVi secures government dues breather as attention turns to infra investment
Vodafone-backed Indian operator confirms AGR liabilities slashed by a quarter to ease debt burden and offer some relief for the challenged MNO as it invests in significant 4G/5G expansion.
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M&AINWIT may turn to data centres as tower stronghold gets rattled
Italian towerco said to be preparing €100m bid for Wind Tre digital infra assets amid turbulence in its traditional towers business…
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Products & ServicesMobile money hits maturity as telcos tap into accelerating usage
In-depth: More than $2tn flowed through mobile money wallets worldwide in 2025, with Africa’s telcos taking a piece of the pie. Safaricom’s flagship M-PESA and MNT’s MoMo continue to dominate, but momentum is being built in new areas as spending habits change and adoption rises…
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Partnerships & AlliancesVodafone draws on $1bn Google Cloud ties in enterprise AI expansion
Vodafone Business homes in on SMEs with expansion of Google Cloud-powered services portfolio. New customer service and security offerings for European customers mark the latest development in the pair’s ten-year link-up…
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Products & ServicesLiberty eyes ‘premium’ B2B connectivity play to monetise network slicing
FutureNet World: Liberty Global seeks to bring network slicing to market as part of ‘premium’ connectivity and managed service offerings, joining peers moving to commercialise the technology…
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Network & InfraSpaceMobile to ground latest satellite after failed launch
Satco’s seventh BlueBird pulled out of the skies after being released into the wrong orbital slot by Blue Origin’s New Glenn 3 rocket. SpaceMobile assures over impact on wider launch roadmap and Satellite Connect Europe venture with Vodafone…
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PeoplewatchEMEA telco veteran Rob Shuter bolsters KKR’s digital infra squad
KKR has added heavyweight telco leader Rob Shuter to its advisory panel, tapping his ‘rare’ blend of fibre and telecoms expertise as the firm looks to scale its digital infra stable.
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Analyst BriefingVodafonewatch: carving a quantum niche
Analyst Briefing: Vodafone gets to work cementing a spot in the quantum-secure networking future, as its Tomorrow Street accelerator onboards Arqit as a portfolio member, and JV Pairpoint works on cryptographically secure financing for tower-based edge compute use-cases. Plus, senior and strategic moves across the Group, retail investment in the UK, and potential infra sharing in India…
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Network & InfraVodafone’s Pairpoint plots tower-based edge compute to meet AI demand
Vodafone’s Web3 joint venture partners Nillion and Chainlink to remove financing as a blocker to cell tower-based edge data centre build, providing ‘trusted’ returns to investors and ‘balancing’ the AI economy…
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PeoplewatchVodafone Peoplewatch: Vi appoints AI chief to lead ‘intelligent techco’ transition
April 2026 update, including: new AI Strategy Architect gets a wide-ranging transformation brief in India; Safaricom fills two-year IT Director vacancy; senior departures in business resilience, external affairs, and the Vodacom boardroom; Vodafone IoT Americas further strengthened; and more…
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Suppliers & SCMTomorrow Street fast-tracks quantum techco Arqit into Vodafone orbit
Quantum-safe security scaleup Arqit has been named a Tomorrow Street portfolio company after graduating from Scaleup X programme, seeking closer Vodafone ties and enterprise opportunities…
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Analyst BriefingVodafonewatch: Group exposed to Italian towers upheaval
Analyst Briefing: Vodafone faces turbulence as Italian towers market threatens to implode; Vi pushes on with 5G rollout catch-up; Partner Markets gets a branding and leadership refresh; and B2B M&A looks to be paying off in Germany…
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Network & InfraVi accelerates 5G rollout with ‘strategic densification’ model
CTO Jagbir Singh outlines a “phase and calibrated” 5G rollout approach as India’s Vi attempts to close the gap to its faster-moving rivals.
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Partnerships & AlliancesVodafone gives Partner Markets a fresh lick of paint, installs new leadership
Jan Holzberg replaces Petr Dvořák to lead Partner Markets, which has been rebranded to Vodafone Partners.
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Network & InfraVodafone completes first AST SpaceMobile D2D call in Ireland
Irish OpCo makes first video call using only direct-to-device connectivity from SpaceMobile, marking latest milestone in Vodafone’s relationship with the satco, and the pair’s journey to launch commercial D2D services by the end of 2026…
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Network & InfraINWIT fights back as anchor tenants threaten to dismantle Italian towerco business model
In-depth: Towers showdown erupts in Italy as Fastweb + Vodafone looks to pull out of its INWIT MSA and is met by ‘conflict’ accusations and a legal response. With Vodafone still exposed indirectly, and peers observing with interest, Europe’s once-staid infra sector continues to reset…
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Analyst BriefingVodafonewatch: grand openings, network upgrades
Analyst Briefing: Vodafone cuts the ribbon to a new logistics hub in Luxembourg and data centre in Turkey; signs a series of cable upgrade deals in Germany and network innovation collaborations with Tiami Networks, Cirrus360, and more; plus M&A in Czechia and AI expertise exports in Kenya…
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Network & InfraVodafone Germany adds tech partners to drive cable upgrades
German OpCo works with Huber+Suhner and Aurora Networks to support efforts to tap traditional cable stronghold, with fibre playing a supporting role.
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Network & InfraSouth Africa: MAZIV targets townships with major ‘fibre to the shack’ push
In-depth: Vodacom-backed fibreco’s Vumatel wholesale arm is targeting townships with a ‘fibre-to-the-shack’ rollout to unlock digital inclusion at scale. Smart deployment, aggressive pricing, and parental synergies enable the plan, rivalling wireless and satellite alternatives.