BROWSING: Vodafone

Through this process, Ofcom aims to award spectrum in the 26 GHz and 40 GHz bands U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom has provided updates on how it will make mmWave spectrum available in the 26 GHz and 40 GHz bands. In September 2023, Ofcom had announced...

When news broke in January of Vodafone’s double deal with Microsoft to dichotomize and nebulise its airtime service operations, so its ancillary IoT unit is spun-off as a joint venture and its mainstream 5G business is reprogrammed in the cloud, there was lots of...

The report highlighted a $31.2 billion investment gap, integral to the roll out of 5G Standalone (SA) networks The ambition of the U.K. government to reach widespread adoption of 5G technology at a national level is at risk of being missed if actions outlined in...

The CMA recently highlighted that it has concerns that the proposed Vodafone-Three merger could lead to mobile customers facing higher prices and reduced quality The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has confirmed it will launch, as expected, a Phase 2 investigation into the proposed...

Nokia Bell Labs and Vodafone’s Fixed Access Center of Excellence recently performed what it claims to be the world’s first demonstration of L4S running over PON in Vodafone’s lab in Newbury Nokia and Vodafone announced they are currently collaborating to test the viability of L4S...

Digital Catapult, organising national tech innovation centres on behalf of Innovate UK, the UK government’s innovation agency, has recruited operator Vodafone to connect up its newest 5G innovation lab in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in the northeast of the country. Vodafone has been appointed as “delivery partner”...

Vodafone Spain said the hub will have 1,000 employees at the end of 2024 Spanish telco Vodafone announced plans to locate what it claims to be Spain's largest laboratory for Open RAN (O-RAN) networks in its technology center in Malaga. The telco noted that this plan...

Vodafone said that the 5G lab will be located in Newcastle and will be operational from September this year U.K. carrier Vodafone has partnered with Digital Catapult to launch a 5G immersive laboratory in the country, with the aim of helping local startups overcome barriers...

The CMA recently highlighted concerns that the Vodafone-Three UK deal could lead to mobile customers facing higher prices and reduced quality U.K. carriers Vodafone and Three UK said that the recent decision by the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to carry out a new...

Last year, Vodafone and Three UK had announced a deal to merge their operations The proposed merger between U.K. telcos Vodafone and Three could lead to higher prices for customers and affect investment in local mobile networks, according to the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority...

Vodafone said that the deployment of 5G SA networks in Scotland will benefit for several sectors including healthcare, agriculture, education and energy U.K.-based carrier Vodafone said it aims to provide 5G Standalone (5G SA) technology to nearly 90% of Scotland by 2034 as a result...

Although the 5G-Advanced era does not officially begin until the freeze of 3GPP's Release 18, which is expected in June of this year, mobile network operators are already busy testing of related technology and features in the lab and even in the field. Here...

Vodafone and Intel are working alongside the Telecommunication Institute of University of Málaga on an O-RAN project U.K. telecom group Vodafone announced an extension of its cooperation with Intel on optimizing advanced algorithms for use in Open RAN (O-RAN) platforms, the former said in a...

One we missed, from late February: Spanish water company Aqualia has appointed Vodafone on a 10-year deal to automate and manage its advanced meter infrastructure, with a view to supply more than one million NB-IoT smart meters over the first five years of the...

Vodafone highlighted that countries such as Sweden, the Netherlands, Finland and Denmark are currently investing in 5G SA connectivity at a faster rate compared to the U.K. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating in the U.K. could be missing out on up to $10.9 billion...

BT has opened a new NB-IoT network in the UK to serve the smart cities space, alongside utilities, construction, and logistics services. The firm claims 97 percent population outdoor coverage for the new infrastructure, which rides on its EE-branded LTE network in the 1800MHz...

The launch follows successful tests Vodafone started with Samsung and other partners last year in Romania Vodafone said it is installing new Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) sites in 20 cities across Romania. In Romania, Vodafone said it is working with several partners, including Samsung for...

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Vodafone, Samsung and AMD completed an end-to-end data call in Samsung's research and development lab in Korea, utilizing AMD processors that supported Samsung's virtualized RAN (vRAN) software, which is O-RAN compliant. The test result exceeded 1 Gbps throughput for multiple devices on multi-cell configuration,...

Ten new projects have been selected for €50 million of European Union (EU) funding from a second call for proposals under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF Digital) programme. The focus of the funding is 5G for Smart Communities’, and includes a couple of notable...

This announcement builds on a previous agreement that Vodafone and e& unveiled in October last year U.K. telecom group Vodafone and UAE-based operator e& have joined forces to provide other operators with fully managed voice solutions to support their international voice traffic requirements, the former...

Smart label pioneer Sensos, spun-off from Sony Semiconductor Israel last year, has closed a Series A funding round worth $20 million to further develop and commercialise its disposable and degradable iSIM-based cellular IoT smart label solution for asset tracking in the logistics industry. Its...

The CMA is now inviting input by February 9, 2024 on how the Vodafone-Three merger could affect competition The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it has officially started the initial phase of an investigation looking into the proposed merger between local carriers Vodafone...

e& had increased its stake in Vodafone to 14.4% last year The U.K. government says that the stake in local carrier Vodafone held by United Arab Emirates-backed telecoms group poses a national security risk to the country. The Cabinet Office recently issued a notice warning that...